![]() ![]() The Generation X song "Ready Steady Go!" referred to the show in its lyric: "I'm not in love with Juke Box Jury/I'm not in love with Thank Your Lucky Stars". Only a small handful are known have survived in full, as well as incomplete segments from other shows. The vast majority of Thank Your Lucky Stars shows are lost. The Musicians' Union was not in favour of such shows because, until the change of policy in 1966, the songs were mimed. The show ended on 25 June 1966, after two thousand artists appearances. Most of the same GIs who earned standing ovations every night on Broadway appear in the film version, along with leading lady Joan Leslie and guest stars Joe. The first theme song was by Peter Knight & The Knightriders and, later on, "Lunar Walk" by Johnny Hawksworth was used. The Beatles' second national television performance was on the programme, the first being on children's programme Tuesday Rendezvous on 4 December 1962. Many of the top bands performed on it, and for millions of British teenagers it was essential viewing. ![]() After she was dropped from the show she trained as a chiropodist and ran a practice in Hednesford in Staffordshire. Overview Media Fandom Share Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961) 40m User Score Overview Thank Your Lucky Stars was a British television pop music show made by ABC Television, and broadcast on ITV from 1961 to 1966. She was a former office clerk from the English Midlands who became known for the catchphrase "Oi'll give it foive" which she said with a strong Black Country accent. It was on that segment that Janice Nicholls appeared. Cantor was also a man known to have a big ego and known for interfering with every aspect of production in film, stage, and radio. And in fact he did have her under contract. Generally, American singles were reviewed. Today's moviegoers would not be aware of the fact that at the time Thank Your Lucky Stars was filmed, Dinah Shore was a regular on Eddie Cantor's radio show. Īudience participation was a feature of Thank Your Lucky Stars, and the Spin-a-Disc section, in which a guest DJ and three teenagers reviewed three singles, was a feature of the show. Occasionally a band was allowed to do two numbers (possibly the A-side and B-side sides of their latest single or an EP or LP track) bands of a higher status such as The Beatles or The Rolling Stones would sometimes play up to as many as four numbers.Ī typical 1961 programme listing included The Dale Sisters, Adam Faith, John Leyton, The Brook Brothers, Geoff Goddard and Dion. It would appear from the surviving footage that the bands mimed their latest 45. As well as featuring British artists, it often included American guest stars. ![]() Many of the leading pop groups of the time performed on it. Of all the show's presenters, Brian Matthew is perhaps the best remembered. Thank Your Lucky Stars was a British television pop music show made by ABC Weekend TV, and broadcast on ITV from 1961 to 1966. ![]()
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