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Television: The Beat Room

Joe — Mon, 27 Jul 1964 18:35:15 +0000

Davie Jones and the King Bees appeared on the BBC’s The Beat Room on Monday 27 July 1964, performing their single ‘Liza Jane’. The TV show featured beat music, R&B and other pop music. It was shown on BBC 2 in 1964-5. The acts performed before a live audience. This was the fourth edition of the show, which began on 6 July 1964. All recordings of the show were later wiped, apart from the 5 October 1964 edition. The line-up for the 25-minute show were Kenny Lynch and the Echoes, Elkie Brooks, Georgie Fame, Davie Jones and the King Bees,

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Television: Ready Steady Go!

Joe — Fri, 19 Jun 1964 11:00:26 +0000

Davie Jones with the King Bees – led by the future David Bowie – appeared on the television show Ready Steady Go! on Friday 19 June 1964. It was Bowie’s second TV appearance, following his debut on the BBC’s Juke Box Jury earlier in the month. Ready Steady Go! was a pop music show filmed at Television House on London’s Kingsway. The edition was broadcast two days later on 21 June. Also appearing was blues legend John Lee Hooker. Prior to forming the King Bees, Bowie was briefly in a trio with George Underwood and drummer Viv Andrews called the Hooker

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Live: Davie Jones and the King Bees, Bedsitter, London

Joe — Sun, 07 Jun 1964 19:00:27 +0000

Davie Jones and the King Bees performed at the Bedsitter in London on Sunday 7 June 1964. The Bedsitter was located at 120 Holland Park Avenue in Notting Hill, London. In 1965 it was renamed the London Cavern.

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Television: Juke Box Jury

Joe — Sat, 06 Jun 1964 17:00:45 +0000

The day after its UK release, David Bowie’s first single, ‘Liza Jane’, was featured on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury. The song was one of several being considered a future hit or miss by a panel, which included Diana Dors, Jessie Matthews, Bunny Lewis, and Charlie Drake. Only Drake considered ‘Liza Jane’ a hit. Following the verdicts, Bowie was briefly shown reacting, and was brought on stage to shake the judges’ hands. This was his first appearance on television. ‘Liza Jane’ was released on Decca’s Vocalion Pop label, with ‘Louie, Louie Go Home’ on the b-side. It was

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UK single release: Liza Jane

Joe — Fri, 05 Jun 1964 08:00:45 +0000

David Bowie’s first single, ‘Liza Jane’, was released in the United Kingdom on 5 June 1964. It was credited to Davie Jones with the King Bees, and was released on Decca Records’ Vocalion Pop label, with the catalogue number V.9221. Its b-side was ‘Louie, Louie Go Home’. ‘Liza Jane’ received positive reviews in the UK music weeklies New Musical Express, Record Mirror, and Record Retailer, and was played on the pirate station Radio Luxembourg. The day after its release, ‘Liza Jane’ was featured on BBC television’s Juke Box Jury, where it was deemed a ‘miss’ by all but one of

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