After working in Summer Season and caberet for fourteen years, trying to get that break to become a star, Bruce said to Jimmy Tarbuck that he was jacking it in and opening a tobacconist. Then Tommy Trinder resigned as compare of "Sunday Night At The London Palladium" after a row with Val Parnell. A replacement compare was needed urgently and someone saw Bruce in Summer Season, and how he was a natural with the public. He recommended him to Val Parnell and he was given one performance to prove himself. He was an instant hit and became our greatest entertainer. Those were the days when you had to be talented to be successful.
This brings back happy memories of watching this on a 16 inch black and white TV with my parents on a Sunday evening. I recall 1960 was a happy period, with new schools and housing after the post=war. Everything the UK worked.. And employment was plentiful. Adam Faith was a talented singer, and his hit from 1960, a lonely pup in a Christmas shop is still played 60 odd years later. Proving the successor shows today produce music that soon disappears. One of the UKs greatest song writers, and musical arrangers, Les Read was part of the John Barrie seven who back Adam Faith on this clip. Watching the wonderful talent of Bruce Forsyth shows who far we have fallen in providing light entertainment we once took for granted, until 24 hour TV diluted everything.
Adam Faith was seriously sexy. Unlike most of his stage contemporaries he avoided the usual distracting gyrations and gimmicks. He mostly just stood still and gave you THE LOOK.
How lovely to see the sparks flying between Adam and Bruce. Such an entertaining interaction 😍
After working in Summer Season and caberet for fourteen years, trying to get that break to become a star, Bruce said to Jimmy Tarbuck that he was jacking it in and opening a tobacconist. Then Tommy Trinder resigned as compare of "Sunday Night At The London Palladium" after a row with Val Parnell. A replacement compare was needed urgently and someone saw Bruce in Summer Season, and how he was a natural with the public. He recommended him to Val Parnell and he was given one performance to prove himself. He was an instant hit and became our greatest entertainer.
Those were the days when you had to be talented to be successful.
Thank you so much for uploading this great show.
we need programmes like this today on TV
This brings back happy memories of watching this on a 16 inch black and white TV with my parents on a Sunday evening. I recall 1960 was a happy period, with new schools and housing after the post=war. Everything the UK worked..
And employment was plentiful. Adam Faith was a talented singer, and his hit from 1960, a lonely pup in a Christmas shop is still played 60 odd years later. Proving the successor shows today produce music that soon disappears.
One of the UKs greatest song writers, and musical arrangers, Les Read was part of the John Barrie seven who back Adam Faith on this clip. Watching the wonderful talent of Bruce Forsyth shows who far we have fallen in providing light entertainment we once took for granted, until 24 hour TV diluted everything.
Wonderful thank you for sharing real entertainment 💙💎🙏
Cliff Richard, Tommy Bruce, Tommy Steele, Emile Ford,
Adam Faith was seriously sexy. Unlike most of his stage contemporaries he avoided the usual distracting gyrations and gimmicks. He mostly just stood still and gave you THE LOOK.
He had a James Dean kind of vibe 🤷♂️
Omg Adam faith ha ha