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Agents

Love them or not - agents played a vital part in keeping the music scene vibrant and offered new areas for groups to ply their wares.  You can only play so many friends' weddings :-)

Articles
Title Hits
ACE Artistes Agency 2949
Alan Arnison 4875
Alan Cheetham 3578
Barry Chaytow 3575
Barry Perkins Organisation 3268
BDH 3088
Brian Gannon Associates (Rochdale) 1123
Brian Mills 2934
Bryan Yorke (Haslingden) 6549
Bunny Lewis 11528
Delrick Entertainments 2624
Derek Oultram Entertainments (Bollington) 2653
Dial Theatrical Enterprises 2806
DK Enterprises 2485
Don Read 2882
Empress Ballroom (Wigan) 1926
Esquire Entertainments (Davyhulme) 2514
George Gray - Unit Management 2896
Gordon Vickers Agency (Chester) 2729
Harry Gunn Associates (Deansgate, Manchester) 2067
Holland-Ford 2715
Ian Hamilton 4088
Intermac International 2396
Jack Goulding Theatrical Agency (Penketh) 1538
Jeff Bates Promotions 2442
John Smart Entertainments (Bury) 2730
JT Enterprises (Blackpool) 2530
Kennedy Street Artistes 8830
LE Agency 5645
Les Mac Associates 2843
Les Thorpe 2843
Miller Bourne 3084
North West Productions 2729
Northern Management 2166
Oliver Batson Agency 2490
Paddy McKiernan 3778
Parabil Agency (Culcheth) 3361
Parkside Entertainments 2265
Paul Ingham 2858
Paul Vonk 2658
Robert Holland-Ford (Moston) 3017
Ronnie London 2466
Rowntrees Agency 2648
Roy D. Spencer and Associates (Levenshulme) 2862
Roy Mozley 6085
Sounds Entertainments 2720
Stuart Littlewood 10987
StyleMaster Theatrical Agency (St Helens) 3317
Ted Ross Enterprises 1160

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