Originally Posted by
Cowbridge Blue
My time was the Sixties and bands appearing atSwingin' Blue Jeans, the old Capitol have been talked about fondly on here a couple of times.
If you're old enough to remember, I recall seeing the following at the Capitol or Sophia Gardens:-
Beatles (twice), Stones, Gerry & Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer & Dakotas, Animals, The Who, Kinks, The Hollies, Freddie & Dreamers, Elton John (St Davids), Cliff & Shadows, Genesis, Status Quo, Santana, Cat Stevens, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Herman's Hermits, Ike & Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Yardbirds, Dave Clark Five, The Searchers, Peter & Gordon, Manfred Mann, Wayne Fontana & Mindbenders, Moody Blues, Cilla Black, Brian Poole & Tremeloes, Spencer Davis, Sandie Shaw, Georgie Fame, Swinging Blue Jeans, Merseybeats, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, Fourmost, Rockin' Berries, Lulu,
The Everly Brothers, Del Shannon, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Dion, Bobby Vee, Neil Sedaka, Gene Pitney, Chuck Berry.
Wow, what a time it was. I'm sure there are many other up and coming names at the time as in the early days you used to get about half a dozen acts before the top of the bill.