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There are so many tribute bands and singers around now....I thought it was a new trend. But have recently discovered posters for some shows at major British theatres in the 50s called 'Disc...

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I remember seeing a show called 'Hollywood Double's' at the Metropolitan Variety Theatre, Ronnie Carroll impersonated Nat King Cole.

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i remember Woolies selling records on the Embassy label of people impersontating " real singers". In the States the great operatic mezzo Marylyn Horne made a living from doing that at the commencement...

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I can recall a very young Shirley Bassey being in a similar show, Might have been the same one, at the old Feldmans Theatre in Blackpool. She must have only been 16 or there a bouts.

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It just came to me it was a Jolson Revue,not Hollywood Doubles.

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Clemmy - Was it a coloured artistes show? If so it may have been 'Hot from Harlem' a revue show that was on tour circa 1954.Mark

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In that case, it was Shirley in a show called ' Memories of Jolson'.Mark

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My Dad was a big Jolson fan (so was I ) and he took me to see it, I can't recall who the star of the show was but it was very very similar in content to the later Black and White Minstrel Show.

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Some time ago I was researching into Oriole Records. I was told Embassy's recording of Hoots Mon/ Tom Dooley would have made the charts had they been audited.

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Tribute acts have indeed been around for ages but never so much as now. The STAGE classifieds have been full of them for a couple of years but not before that. Elvis is the main tribute but Abba are a...

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I know this is a long shot and the posts on here are quite old.. but I was looking through with my mom to see if we could find anything regarding the Disc Doubles shows she used to do all over the...

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