Most of the information here is taken from the entertainment section of the Nottingham Evening Post, which gives the acts scheduled to play as provided by the Club. In many cases, support or backing bands are not specified and in some cases an extra or different act may have played. Please contact, if anyone can provide different or extra information.
Members have claimed that the following acts appeared at the Club but so far this has not been verified:
- Ike & Tina Turner (several members have their autographs),
- Eddie Floyd (All-nighter possible early 1965),
- The Rattles,
- The Edgar Broughton Band (possibly played at the Eight Till Late rather than the Dungeon).
The Action
(Courtesy – Jenny Slack)
(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
From Kentish Town, North London
(Courtesy James Glass)
Appeared – 13/02/1966, 27/02/1966, 17/04/1966, 17/07/1966, 10/09/1966
Alan Bown Set
Formed by trumpeter Alan Bown out of the embers of the John Barry Seven in 1965. By the time they played at the Dungeon, Jess Roden was the vocalist.
Appeared – 16/01/1966, 09/02/1966, 06/03/1966, 25/03/1966, 16/04/1966, 08/05/1966, 05/10/1966
Alan Price Set
Band formed after Alan Price left the Animals. They celebrated their first hit in March, 1966 with the Screaming Jay Hawkins classic ‘I Put A Spell On You’.
Appeared – 20/03/1966, 03/06/1966
Alex Harvey’s Soul Band
Alex Harvey led his Big Soul Band before playing in the pit band in the London production of the musical ‘Hair’ and later becoming Sensational. Their last appearance in the Club was as the backing band for Memphis Slim.
Appeared – 24/07/1964, 04/10/1964, 07/05/1965, 14/11/1965
Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated
Backing band for Doris Troy
Appeared – 14/05/1965
All Night Workers
Soul/blues big band from London
Appeared – 09/10/1965, 24/03/1967
Alvin Cash & His Crawlers
From the USA.
Appeared – 10/01/1967
Alvin Robinson
Singer, guitarist and songwriter from USA.
Appeared – 28/10/1966
Amboy Dukes
Soul/R&B band originally from Reading.
Appeared – 27/08/1966, 08/10/1966, 23/10/1966, 21/01/1967, 22/09/1967
Amen Corner
Embed from Getty ImagesFrom Wales contained the singer & guitarist, Andy Fairweather Low and keuboardist Blue Weaver. Took their name from a record session at the Victoria Ballroom in Cardiff where the DJ, Dr Rock would play the best soul music from the US.
Appeared – 19/02/1967, 31/03/1967, 23/04/1967, 14/05/1967, 11/08/1967
Applejacks
First Brumbeat band to reach the Top 10 UK singles chart.
Appeared – 24/01/1965
The Army
Soul and Rhythm & Blues from West London.
Appeared – 20/11/1966, 05/03/1967
Bakerloo Blues Line
Heavy blues rock.
Appeared – 11/02/1968
A Band of Angels
A covers band containing Mike D’Abo.
Appeared – 19/02/1966
Barron Knights
A humorous pop group from Leighton Buzzard originally known as the Knights of the Round Table.
Appeared – 15/11/1964
Beaconsville Rhythm & Blues
Band from Nottingham containing a young Colin Staples.
Appeared – 13/09/1964
The Beatmen
Also known as the Fabulous Beatmen, a band from Nottingham.
Appeared – 14/08/1964
Ben E King
(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
From America, soul and R&B singer, a member of the Drifters between 1958 and 1960, before launching a successful solo career.
Appeared – 23/10/1965, 21/05/1966, 19/11/1966, 01/04/1967
Bern Elliot & the Klan
Bern Elliott was previously backed by the Fenmen and they had a hit with a cover of the song ‘Money’, the very first hit record for the Motown label recorded by Barrett Strong.
Appeared – 13/09/1964
Beryl Marsden & the Crew
From Liverpool, Beryl was a regular performer at the Cavern Club. Later sang with Rod Stewart in the Shotgun Express.
Appeared – 22/01/1966
Better Days
From Plymouth
Appeared – 10/07/1965
Big Maybelle
Embed from Getty ImagesMabel Louise Smith, American R&B singer.
Appeared – 17/09/1967
Big Ugly Dane & the Diamonds
The very first group to play at the Dungeon.
Appeared – 10/07/1964
The Birds
London band containing Ronnie Wood.
Appeared – 23/01/1966
The Blues Set
From Skegness
Appeared – 08/09/1965
Bluesology Incorporated
Band contained Reg Dwight (Elton John). Performed here as backing band for Major Lance and Patti Labelle & the Bluebelles (twice).
Appeared – 05/12/1965, 15/01/1966, 15/05/1966
Bo Street Runners
The band that won Ready Steady Win!, the competition run by Ready Steady Go! to find the next Beatles.
Appeared – 27/03/1965, 21/05/1965, 10/04/1966, 21/08/1966, 28/08/1966, 12/11/1966, 04/12/1966, 31/12/1966
Bob Mather & the Trend
Scotland’s number 1 sax player.
Appeared – 12/11/1967, 24/12/1967, 12/01/1968
Bobby Hebb
American R&B/soul singer, musician, songwriter who wrote the song ‘Sunny’.
Appeared – 10/12/1966
Brian Auger Trinity
The Trinity played once here as the backing band for the Soul Sisters but also, added to these dates, appeared as part of the Steam Packet.
Appeared – 07/02/1965, 16/05/1965, 11/06/1965, 13/03/1966
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer, exponent of Chicago Blues, session musician at Chess Records playing on records by such as Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf.
Appeared – 05/03/1965
C.G. Morris & The Reaction
Soul singer from Jamaica.
Appeared – 27/03/1967
Canadians
From North America, originally known as the Canadian Strangers contained the Scottish-born Bobby Faulds who later changed his name to Bobby Hanna.
Appeared – 25/12/1966, 14/01/1967, 12/02/1967
The Candy Choir
Advertised as Britain’s Beach Boys, Candy Choir were a harmony group from the south, possibly Hastings.
Appeared – 13/11/1966
Carpet Baggers
A band from Nottingham.
Appeared – 27/02/1965
The Chants
Vocal group from Liverpool.
Appeared – 14/11/1964
Cherokees
From Leeds.
Appeared – 31/07/1964, 28/11/1964, 22/01/1965
Chicago Line
From Sheffield, played at the Mojo.
Appeared – 06/05/1966, 19/06/1966
The Children
Band from Nottingham who had been called Mark Fayne and the Fontains and later became known as the Lovin’.
Appeared – 02/02/1966, 23/03/1966, 06/08/1967
Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds
The Thunderbirds contained guitarist Albert Lee and keyboard player Dave Greenslade.
Appeared – 03/01/1965, 24/07/1965, 07/08/1965
The Classmates
Band from North Kent who recorded on the Decca label.
Appeared – 02/10/1964, 10/10/1964, 17/01/1965
Clayton Squares
Liverpool band named after a city centre landmark.
Appeared – 18/12/1965
Cliff Adams & the Twilights
From London.
Appeared – 03/10/1964
Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers
Rhythm & Blues, soul and beat band which contained many musicians who went on to bigger things, including Nicky Hopkins, Roy Young and all three members of Chas & Dave.
Appeared – 19/12/1965
Clockwork Orange
Psychedelic band from Manchester.
Appeared – 08/02/1967, 12/09/1967, 29/10/1967, 07/01/1968
Clyde McPhatter
American rhythm and blues, soul and rock and roll singer, a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B. After being the lead tenor of Billy Ward and His Dominoes, he formed the Drifters in 1953 to be his backing band. Later achieved solo success.
Appeared – 20/05/1967, 29/05/1967, 14/10/1967, 29/10/1967
Contrast with Bill Forbes
From Huddersfield.
Appeared – 23/10/1964
Cool Combination
Played as Edwin Starr’s backing group, allegedly from the West Indies.
Appeared – 14/02/1967, 04/03/1967
Corvettes
Scotland’s top Show Band.
Appeared – 11/07/1964
The Crawdaddies Featuring Tony Colton
Singer/songwriter Tony Colton with the Crawdaddies, later appeared with his Big Boss Band and later still sang with Heads Hands and Feet.
Appeared – 29/08/1964
The Crowd
From London
Appeared – 20/10/1965, 06/11/1965
The Cryin’ Shames
From Liverpool, recorded on Decca, produced by Joe Meek, having one hit single, a cover of the Drifters’ ‘Please Stay’.
Appeared – 22/04/1966
Danny Storm & the Strollers
From Leicester, probably contained Roger Chapman. Recorded ‘Honest I Do’ in 1962.
Appeared – 06/11/1964
Dave Antony’s Moods
From Bournmouth.
Appeared – 04/12/1965
Dave Berry & the Cruisers
From Sheffield
Appeared – 21/08/1964, 02/09/1966
Dave Curtis & the Tremours
From Clacton-on-Sea, recorded on the Philips label.
Appeared – 15/01/1965
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
Five friends from Wiltshire
Appeared – 01/01/1966, 11/03/1966
Davy Sands & the Essex
Appeared – 06/11/1966
Dedicated Men’s Jugband
Appeared – 03/09/1965
Dennisons
Liverpool’s recording stars, great Decca R&B group.
Appeared – 10/07/1964, 14/08/1964
Denny Mitchell & the Soundsations
Appeared – 13/11/1964
Deuces Wild
Appeared – 11/04/1965
The Dimples
R&B band from Scunthorpe who went through a few changes before becoming Amazing Blondel.
Appeared – 11/04/1967
The Dinky Dawson Show
Stuart ‘Dinky’ Dawson, born in Worksop, appeared as a DJ before becoming a legend in the music industry – a true innovator and visionary in the field of sound.
Appeared – 20/12/1967
Dixie Cups
Appeared – 12/11/1966
Don Covay
Appeared – 09/04/1966
Don Shinn & the Soul Agents
Appeared – 30/04/1966
Doris Troy
Appeared – 14/05/1965
Downliners Sect
Appeared – 22/08/1964, 19/12/1964, 31/01/1965, 25/06/1965, 16/07/1965
Drifters
Appeared – 19/01/1966, 17/05/1966, 05/06/1966, 13/12/1966, 18/07/1967
Earl Royce & the Olympics
From Liverpool
Appeared – 26/03/1965
Eden Kane & His Downbeats
Appeared – 25/04/1965
Edwin Starr
A great live performer who must have liked Nottingham as he lived there in later life.
Appeared – 28/01/1967, 04/03/1967, 06/06/1967
The End
Appeared – 03/07/1966
The Epics
Appeared – 11/09/1965
Erkey Grant & the Tonettes
From Kent, this band recorded as Erkey Grant and the Eerwigs.
Appeared – 08/11/1964
Escorts
From Liverpool.
Appeared – 02/08/1964, 26/12/1964, 07/02/1965
Exciters
Appeared – 08/01/1966, 24/01/1966
Fairies
From Colchester, recorded on Decca. Led by drummer John ‘Twink’ Alder who left to join London band the In-Crowd, who later became Tomorrow, before playing with the Pretty Things and the Pink Fairies. Also contained John ‘Freddy’ Gandy who later joined Bluesology.
Appeared – 30/08/1964, 29/11/1964, 22/05/1965, 20/06/1965, 14/05/1966
The Falling Leaves
From Oxford.
Appeared – 15/08/1964
The Farinas
From Leicester, became the Roaring Sixties and later Family.
Appeared – 01/05/1965, 05/06/1965, 03/07/1965
Felder’s Orioles
Appeared – 26/03/1966
The Fenmen
Appeared – 24/12/1964
Ferris Wheel
Included members of the Original Checkmates and were named after their original singer, Diane Ferraz. In later years (1968 onwards), Diane Ferraz was replaced by Marsha Hunt, briefly, and then Linda Lewis.
Appeared – 08/09/1967
Five Chants
Appeared – 11/02/1967
Fortunes
Appeared – 31/10/1964
Foundations
Appeared – 04/07/1967
Four Pennies
Appeared – 22/08/1965
Garnett Mimms
Appeared – 01/10/1967, 07/01/1968
Gary Farr & the T-Bones
Appeared – 03/01/1965, 10/04/1965, 31/07/1965, 10/10/1965, 09/01/1966, 03/04/1966, 05/06/1966, 11/06/1966, 18/06/1966, 24/07/1966, 06/08/1966
The Gass
Appeared – 05/03/1966
Gates of Eden
Appeared – 02/10/1966, 15/10/1966
The Gaylords
Originally from Scotland, the Gaylords were also known as Dean Ford and the Gaylords. At this gig they announced they had signed a recording contract and subsequently were being known as Marmalade. They played the Dungeon in December 1966 as Marmalade.
Appeared – 16/10/1966
Gene Vincent & the Shouts
Appeared – 13/12/1964
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band
The first gig, Geno was not billed and the band were backup for Inez & Charlie Foxx. For more information about the band click here.
Embed from Getty ImagesAppeared – 10/7/1965, 20/08/1965, 28/11/1965
Gobbledegooks
Appeared – 20/12/1964
Gonks
Appeared – 18/12/1964
Graham Bond Organisation
Embed from Getty ImagesJazz and rhythm and blues from the ORGANisation – Graham Bond, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Dick Heckstall-Smith.
Appeared – 19/03/1965, 06/06/1965
Grant Tracy & the Sunsets
Appeared – 07/11/1964
Half Way There
From Nottingham, also known as the Incrowd
Appeared – 26/01/1966, 09/03/1966
Hamilton & the Movements
From London
Appeared – 27/11/1965, 23/07/1967, 13/08/1967
Herbie Goins & the Nightimers
Appeared – 08/05/1965, 04/07/1965, 23/07/1965, 15/04/1966
The Herd
Appeared – 24/04/1965, 18/09/1965, 04/09/1966, 30/10/1966
The High Numbers
The Who in disguise.
Appeared – 18/08/1965
The Hightimers
Backing band for Root & Jenny Jackson.
Appeared – 15/01/1967, 26/02/1967, 12/03/1967, 15/07/1967
The Hoodoos
Appeared – 26/12/1967, 21/01/1968
The Hookey Walkers
Blues from Birmingham.
Appeared – 28/02/1965
The Hot Dogs
Appeared – 21/08/1964
The Impulsions
Appeared – 11/09/1964, 06/03/1965
The Incrowd
Band from Nottingham.
Appeared – 27/03/1965, 09/04/1965, 17/04/1965, 27/06/1965, 01/08/1965, 18/11/1965, 19/11/1965, 19/12/1965, 30/11/1966, 25/12/1966, 15/02/1967
Inez & Charlie Foxx
Embed from Getty ImagesAppeared – 10/07/1965, 29/01/1966, 02/02/1966,14/02/1966, 24/01/1967
The Interns
Appeared – 21/11/1964
Irma Thomas
Appeared – 12/03/1966
Isley Brothers
Appeared – 29/10/1967
Ivan’s Meads
Appeared – 15/09/1965
Jamaican All Stars
Appeared – 31/12/1967
Jaybirds
Nottingham band learning their tricks containing Alvin Lee. Became Ten Years After when they left Nottingham.
Appeared – 12/07/1964, 16/08/1964, 04/12/1964, 16/10/1965, 05/01/1966, 12/01/1966
Jesse Fuller
The one-man band who gave us ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’. After the show, he gave out very small slips of paper containing his autograph.
Appeared – 16/10/1965
Jimmy Brown Sound
Appeared – 23/10/1965, 27/03/1966, 28/05/1966, 26/06/1966, 15/07/1966, 13/08/1966
Jimmy Cliff & the New Generation
Appeared – 31/12/1965, 23/07/1966
Ayshea & Pete Hodges
Singers with the New Generation (see above).
Appeared – 31/12/1965
Jimmy Cliff & the Shakedown Sound
Appeared – 18/02/1967, 17/03/1967, 27/03/1967, 21/04/1967, 13/05/1967, 04/06/1967, 04/08/1967, 26/08/1967, 11/11/1967
Jimmy Crawford & the Chantelles
Appeared – 28/08/1964
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds
Appeared – 02/07/1965, 25/07/1965, 20/02/1966
Jimmy Payne Sound
Appeared – 02/09/1966
Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions
Appeared – 12/07/1964, 18/10/1964, 01/01/1965, 15/05/1965, 07/08/1966
Jimmy Winstone & the Reflections
Ex-Small Faces keybordist.
Appeared – 01/05/1966, 17/06/1966
John Evans Band
Appeared – 10/07/1966
John L Watson & the Good Goods
Appeared – 29/10/1966, 27/11/1966
John L Watson & the Web
Appeared – 03/12/1967
John Lee Hooker
Appeared – 07/10/1964
John Lees Groundhogs
The Groundhogs took their name from a John Lee Hooker song ‘Groundhog’s Blues’. When they backed John Lee Hooker on tour in the UK in 1964 (second gig), they became known as John Lee’s Groundhogs.
Appeared – 07/08/1964, 07/10/1964
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Appeared – 28/03/1965, 09/05/1965, 26/09/1965
John Smith Affair
Band from Nottingham.
Appeared – 16/06/1967, 09/07/1967, 20/08/1967, 27/08/1967, 24/09/1967, 22/10/1967, 06/11/1967
Johnny ‘B’ Great & the Quotations
Appeared – 20/03/1965
Johnny Milton & the Condors
Appeared – 08/08/1964
Joyce Bond
Appeared – 26/05/1967
Julian Covay & the Machine
Appeared – 26/02/1966
Junco Partners
A five-piece rhythm & blues band from Nottingham containing Richard Williams and Dave Turner, Nottingham’s own folk-comedian.
Appeared – 16/01/1965, 19/02/1965, 21/02/1965, 21/03/1965, 04/04/1965, 16/04/1965, 25/04/1965, 04/06/1965
Junco Partners
From Newcastle
Appeared – 04/09/1965, 31/10/1965
The Jynxs
Appeared – 19/09/1964
Keith Powell & Billie Davis
Appeared – 02/07/1966, 30/07/1966, 24/09/1966
Kinks
Embed from Getty Images
Appeared – 18/07/1964, 09/08/1964
The Knack
Appeared – 12/06/1966
Ladybirds
London’s all-girl group.
Appeared – 11/07/1964
Lancastrians
Appeared – 21/02/1965
League of Gentlemen
Appeared – 24/01/1966, 11/06/1966
Lee Dorsey
Appeared – 07/05/1966, 08/11/1966, 19/11/1966
Lemon Line Show
Appeared – 01/03/1967
Linda Laine & the Sinners
Appeared – 22/11/1964
Links
Appeared – 13/11/1965
Little Max Baer’s Chicago Setback
Appeared – 02/04/1967
Little Stevie Wonder
(Courtesy – Lynn Allen)
Little Stevie stood there singing and playing his harmonica giving us hits such as ‘Hey Harmonica Man’, ‘Fingertips’ and ‘Uptight’. Allegedly, amongst the audience was Chris Farlowe and Alan Price.
Gary Maxton – “There was definitely a large stuffed fish in a case on the stage wall, I remember that because Little Stevie Wonder banged his head on it when he threw it back whilst singing.”
Appeared – 06/02/1966
Little Walter
Appeared – 29/10/1964
Long John Baldry & the Hoochie Coochie Men
(Courtesy – Amy Spence)
(Courtesy – Amy Spence)
Appeared – 26/09/1964, 16/04/1965
Loose Ends
Appeared – 11/09/1966
Lou Johnson
Appeared – 19/09/1965
The Lovin’
Band from Nottingham formerly known as the Children.
Appeared – 28/08/1967
Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound
Appeared – 29/10/1966, 18/02/1967
Lulu & the Luvvers
Appeared – 25/07/1964
Mad Lads
Appeared – 02/10/1966, 15/10/1966
Magic Moments
Appeared – 17/10/1964
Major Lance
Appeared – 05/12/1965
Mansfields
Band from Mansfield, including drummer Ric Lee who later joined the Jaybirds and Ten Years After.
Appeared – 02/08/1964, 01/11/1964, 05/09/1965, 01/10/1965
Marauders
Recorded on Decca.
Appeared – 25/09/1964
Mark Fayne & the Fontains
Band from Nottingham, later became known as The Children.
Appeared – 23/10/1964, 29/01/1965, 06/02/1965, 04/04/1965, 22/08/1965
Mark Four
Electrics were fused during one performance at the Club. Guitarist Eddie Phillips was possibly the first to play his guitar using a violin bow. Later changed their name to The Creation.
Appeared – 15/08/1965, 12/09/1965, 30/10/1965
Mark Leeman Five
Appeared – 24/12/1965
Marmalade
Appeared – 18/12/1966
Martha & the Vandellas
Appeared – 02/04/1966
Marvelettes
Appeared – 24/12/1967
Maze
Appeared – 22/07/1967
Memphis Slim
Appeared – 07/05/1965
Merseybeats
Appeared – 30/05/1965
Mickey Finn & the Blue Men
Appeared – 05/09/1964, 20/09/1964, 16/10/1964, 27/11/1964, 20/02/1965, 11/04/1965
The Mickey Finns
Later version of Mickey Finn & the Blue Men
Appeared – 18/07/1965
Mike Berry & the Innocents
Appeared – 13/02/1965
Mike Sheridan & the Night Riders
From Birmingham, contained a young Roy Wood. Jeff Lynne joined the band in 1966 and later the same year they changed their name to the Idle Race.
Appeared – 23/01/1965, 12/03/1965, 09/04/1965, 27/06/1965
Milton James & the Milton James Band
Appeared – 07/05/1967, 02/06/1967, 18/06/1967
Mimic Rascals
Appeared – 13/02/1967
Mint
Appeared – 18/02/1968
Mojos
Appeared – 06/12/1964
Moody Blues
Appeared – 07/03/1965, 29/03/1965
Mosaic Sunset
Band from Nottingham.
Appeared – 28/01/1968
Move
Appeared – 09/07/1966, 11/12/1966, 27/01/1967
Navarones
From Scotland.
Appeared – 12/07/1964
Nelson Fletcher Line
Appeared – 08/04/1967
Nepenthe
Appeared – 30/11/1966, 12/11/1967, 26/12/1967
New Nadir
Appeared – 26/12/1967
Nightimers
Appeared – 09/04/1967
The Noblemen
Played as backing band to Alvin Robinson.
Appeared – 28/10/1966
The Orients
Appeared – 18/09/1964, 27/09/1964, 25/10/1964
Original Checkmates
Started as the backing group for Emile Ford, with whom they had a number one hit in 1959 with ‘What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?’. Some members later became the Ferris Wheel.
Appeared – 05/12/1964, 16/01/1965, 03/04/1965, 26/06/1965
Original Drifters
Appeared – 11/03/1967, 22/04/1967, 17/06/1967, 27/06/1967, 20/09/1967, 01/10/1967
Orlons
Appeared – 10/12/1966
Ossie Layne & the Red Hot Band
Appeared – 14/04/1967, 30/04/1967, 11/06/1967
Outrage
Appeared -16/07/1966
Paramounts
From Southend-on-Sea, they split up in 1966 and in 1967 resurfaced as Procol Harum.
Appeared – 10/01/1965
Patti Labelle & the Blue Belles
Patti Labelle and the Blue Belles – Cindy Birdsong, Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx back by Bluesology. Later Cindy left to join the Supremes and the other three became Labelle.
Appeared – 15/01/1966, 15/05/1966
Paul Dean & the Soul Savages
Appeared – 24/10/1965
The Pedlars
Appeared – 18/06/1965, 27/10/1965, 05/02/1966
The Persuasions
Appeared – 29/09/1965
The Pete Stringfellow Show
Pete Stringfellow and his brother Geoff ran the King Mojo Club in Sheffield which was frequented by many Dungeon members (especially for the all-nighters). Pete was the DJ and came to the Club to play slots of his personal selection of music.
Appeared – 08/05/1967, 15/05/1967, 22/05/1967, 29/05/1967, 05/06/1967, 12/06/1967, 19/06/1967, 26/06/1967, 03/07/1967, 10/07/1967, 17/07/1967, 24/07/1967, 31/07/1967, 14/08/1967, 21/08/1967, 28/08/1967, 04/09/1967, 18/09/1967, 25/09/1967, 02/10/1967, 09/10/1967, 16/10/1967, 21/10/1967, 23/10/1967, 28/10/1967, 30/10/1967, 04/11/1967, 08/11/1967, 18/11/1967, 22/11/1967, 25/11/1967, 29/11/1967, 02/12/1967, 06/12/1967, 09/12/1967, 16/12/1967, 23/12/1967, 30/12/1967, 06/01/1968, 13/01/1968, 20/01/1968, 27/01/1968, 03/02/1968,
Peter & the Headliners
Appeared – 09/10/1964
Philip Goodhand Tait
Appeared – 07/02/1967
The Pigs
Appeared – 25/09/1964
Pills
Appeared – 05/09/1964
The Platters
Appeared – 12/01/1968
The Plebs
Appeared – 19/02/1965
The Plus Four
Appeared – 08/10/1966, 09/10/1966
Powerhouse Six
Appeared – 06/06/1965
Pretty Things
Appeared – 29/01/1965, 01/08/1965
Profile
Appeared -24/12/1966
Pussyfoot Four
Appeared – 26/07/1964, 31/07/1964
The Quotations
Appeared – 06/10/1965
Ralph Denyer’s Rockhouse Band
Appeared – 02/10/1965
Ray Anton & the Peppermint Men
Appeared – 30/01/1965
Rebounds
Recorded on Decca.
Appeared – 06/09/1964, 20/11/1964
The Red Squares
Appeared – 02/05/1965, 28/05/1965
Rick ‘n’ Beckers
Appeared – 03/11/1965, 10/11/1965, 12/12/1965, 24/12/1967
Riot Squad
Appeared – 06/02/1965
The Rising Sons
Appeared – 01/09/1965
The Roaring Sixties
From Leicester, previously named the Farinas, and very shortly changed their name again to Family.
Appeared – 20/08/1966
Rob Wilson’s Blues Bros
Appeared – 02/04/1965
Robb Storme & the Whispers
A favourite of Mick Parker and the band who appeared most at the Dungeon, they started as a skiffle group in Crouch End, London. Known as Robb Storme and the Whispers, they briefly became the Robb Storme Group and finally Orange Bicycle, a psychedelic pop band. At one time they were the backing band for Paul and Barry Ryan. Lewis Collins played bass in the early days.
Appeared – 18/09/1964, 01/11/1964, 11/12/1964, 02/01/1965, 12/02/1965, 28/02/1965, 13/03/1965, 17/04/1965, 28/05/1965, 12/06/1965, 17/07/1965, 08/08/1965, 10/09/1965, 29/10/1965, 20/11/1965, 26/12/1965, 28/01/1966, 25/02/1966, 19/03/1966, 30/12/1966, 05/02/1967, 16/04/1967, 30/07/1967
Rockin’ Berries
Appeared – 14/02/1965
Rod Stewart & the Soul Agents
Appeared – 08/01/1965, 05/03/1965
Roll Movement
Appeared – 29/01/1967, 25/06/1967
Rondos
Appeared – 26/06/1965, 17/07/1965
Ronnie Jones Blue Jays
Appeared – 17/10/1965
Root & Jenny Jackson
Appeared – 15/01/1967, 11/02/1967, 26/02/1967, 12/03/1967, 09/04/1967, 15/07/1967
Roulettes
Adam Faith’s backing band. Contained Russ Ballard who had later success with Unit 4 Plus 2 and Argent.
Appeared – 12/12/1964
Roy C
Appeared – 11/06/1966
Roy Everett’s Blues Hounds
Appeared – 07/11/1965
Sam & Bill
Appeared – 23/07/1967
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Blew the electrics at the Dungeon. Singing his best-known song ‘I Put A Spell On You’, he jumped forward and there should have been a flash, but suddenly all you could hear was the horn section.
Appeared – 19/02/1965, 15/04/1966
Screamin’ Lord Sutch & the Savages
Appeared – 21/03/1965
Senate
The Senate were a white soul cover band who performed as backing band to Big Maybelle, the Vibrations, Ben E King, the Original Drifters and Garnett Mimms.
Appeared – 17/09/1966, 01/04/1967, 01/10/1967, 29/10/1967
Shane & the Shane Gang
Appeared – 11/10/1964, 09/01/1965
Sheffields
Appeared – 12/09/1964
Shell Show
Appeared – 26/03/1967
Shevells
Appeared – 02/04/1966, 06/08/1965
Simon Scott & the LeRoys
Appeared – 27/02/1965
Skatalites
Appeared – 10/06/1967
Small Faces
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(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
(Courtesy Bryan Bennion)
Appeared – 21/08/1965, 22/09/1965, 21/11/1965, 03/02/1966
Snobs
Appeared – 27/09/1964
Sonny Boy Williamson
Appeared – 03/01/1965
Sonny Child & the Cool School
Appeared – 19/09/1965
Sonny Child & the Elders
Appeared – 29/05/1965
Sons of Adam
Band from Nottingham. Read more information by clicking here.
Appeared – 13/12/1964, 05/02/1965, 11/08/1965, 12/03/1966
Sorrows
Appeared – 13/10/1965
Soul Agents
Appeared – 23/08/1964
Soul Expression
Appeared – 31/07/1966
Soul of Lyton Grae
Appeared – 08/01/1967
Soul Reasons
Appeared – 19/03/1967
The Soul Set
Appeared – 04/06/1966
Soul Sisters
Appeared – 11/06/1965, 18/04/1967, 15/10/1967
Soul Trinity
Appeared – 29/04/1967
Sovereigns
Appeared – 16/07/1967
Spellbinders
Appeared – 14/01/1967
Spencer Davis Group
Appeared – 18/04/1965
The Statesiders
Appeared – 21/03/1966
Steam Machine
Appeared – 06/05/1967
Steampacket
‘The first Supergroup’! Singers Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart (first three gigs) and Julie Driscoll backed by the Brian Auger Trinity.
Appeared – 25/09/1965, 17/12/1965, 24/04/1966, 10/06/1966
Steve & the Straycats
From Nottingham, some members went on to form Sons & Lovers. Played at the Dungeon on several occasions, including as support for the Kinks, but these are not documented.
Appeared – dates not known
Stewart James Inspiration
Appeared – 10/09/1967, 08/10/1967, 05/11/1967, 10/12/1967
Stormsville Shakers
Appeared – 29/08/1965, 11/12/1965, 07/02/1967, 17/12/1967
Strides
Appeared – 01/08/1964
Studio Six
Appeared – 26/11/1967
The Subterraneans
Appeared – 30/11/1966
Sugar Pie Desanto
Appeared – 06/08/1965
Sugar Simone & the Programme
Appeared – 24/06/1967
The Syn
Appeared – 18/09/1966
System Soul Band
Appeared – 18/03/1967
T-Bone Walker
Embed from Getty ImagesT-Bone Walker was an innovator of electric blues. Here is a preview prior to his first performance at the club – Preview.
Appeared – 28/03/1965, 17/10/1965
Temptations
Apparently this was not The Temptations. The following two notifications appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post just before the event, one posted by the Beachcomber, the other by the Dungeon.
Appeared – 12/09/1967
Them
Appeared – 05/09/1965
Tiny Davies & His Ago-Go Show
Appeared – 19/11/1967
Tonettes
Appeared – 31/12/1964, 26/02/1965
Tony Colton’s Big Boss Band
Appeared – 09/07/1965
Tony Jackson & the Vibrations
Appeared – 14/08/1965
Tony Knight’s Chessmen
Appeared – 23/04/1965, 13/06/1965, 11/07/1965, 30/08/1965
Toys
Appeared – 04/07/1967
Trendsetters
Not known if they were the same band as Trendsetters Ltd below.
Appeared – 17/05/1966
Trendsetters Ltd
From Bournmouth, contained two brothers, Michael (drums) and Peter (bass) Giles who later formed Giles, Giles and Fripp and later still King Crimson.
Appeared – 30/04/1965
Triads
Appeared – 21/05/1967
The Tribe
Blues/rock and soul band from West London.
Appeared – 14/08/1966, 25/09/1966, 01/01/1967, 25/03/1967, 02/07/1967
Unit Four Plus Two
Appeared – 19/11/1965
Vagabonds
Appeared – 19/06/1965
Vibrations
Appeared – 23/04/1966, 17/09/1966
Victor Brox Blues Train
Appeared – 26/07/1964, 30/01/1966
Vipps
Appeared – 12/02/1966
Warren Davis Monday Band
Appeared – 06/06/1967
Washington DC’s
Appeared – 22/01/1967
Watt the Dickens
Band from Nottingham who later became the Dickens Set and later still the Big Taste backing Robert Hirst. They appeared at the Dungeon at a private party.
Appeared – dates not known
Wayne Gibson & the Dynamic Sounds
Based in South London, and formerly known as the Tornadoes (not the ‘Telstar’ band), they had a certain level of success, but Wayne Gibson was far more successful with his version of the Rolling Stones ‘Under My Thumb’, which was recorded in 1966, but did not become a Northern Soul favourite and hit until 1974.
Appeared – 25/10/1964
The Webb
Advertised as from London, but can only find a band of this name from Burnley/Accrington.
Appeared – 10/01/1967
The Who
(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
(Courtesy – Bryan Bennion)
Pete Townsend played a guitar on stage with a clamp at one end, seemingly holding it together; he claimed their equipment van had been broken into or stolen.
Patrick Smith – “One night when the Who played there, it was particularly memorable. Condensation was dripping off the walls as the crowd got into a sweat because they were so good. Keith Moon was drumming away – he even came off the drums and began tapping his way across the floor, up the walls, against the fire extinguishers, never missing a beat. Around the stage were some stuffed animals in glass cases and when he started on those, he smashed two or three, much to Mick Parker’s annoyance.”
No record can be found of the exact set lists at these gigs, however a typical one in 1965 contained a selection of the following songs:
- Tell Me Baby
- Heatwave
- Motoring
- Shout And Shimmy
- I’m A Man
- Smokestack Lightning
- Spoonful
- Green Onions
- Land of 1000 Dances
- Daddy Rolling Stone
- Jump Back
- I Can’t Explain
- Dancing In The Street
- Bald Headed Woman
- Baby Don’t You Do It
- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
- Please, Please, Please
- Love Hurts
- I Don’t Mind
- Just You and Me, Darling
- A Man With Money
- My Generation
Appeared – 02/05/1965, 01/10/1965
Wild Ones
London R&B
Appeared – 24/10/1964
Wilson Pickett
Appeared – 13/11/1965, 21/03/1966
Xciters
From Leicester, contained Roger Chapman and Ric Grech who later joined bands who would become Family.
Appeared – 19/07/1964
Yardbirds
The first of the Yardbirds gigs at the Dungeon would have featured Eric Clapton on lead guitar, the second Jeff Beck.
Appeared – 05/02/1965, 02/04/1965
Ying Tongs
China’s only R&B Group.
Appeared – 02/01/1966
Zany Woodruff Operation
Appeared – 03/09/1967
Zoot Money & the Big Roll Band
Embed from Getty ImagesAppeared – 14/03/1965, 23/05/1965
The Dungeon Club, Nottingham 1964-8 
Hi,
although I was not a regular at the dungeon as The Brit was my venue of choice, I did have several visits. I did see Eddie Floyd (Knock on Wood) at an allnighter. It might have been early 1965 as later that year I left Nottingham for the Merchant Navy.
Kind regards, Russell Smith.
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Hi Russell
Most of my gig information is taken from the Nottingham Evening Post entertainment pages – who is due to play. I know sometimes that information is not correct or incomplete, so have to rely on other sources to make it as complete as possible. I have names of several acts who people claim they saw, but it is difficult to verify. You are the first to mention Eddie Floyd. I will put something on the site with names of these acts.
Thanks and kind regards, Maurice
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Wow, what in interesting page. The photographs are amazing. Have you got a page where its just a collection of the photos?
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I’m working on it – hope to have soon.
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