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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 2904
Alan Arnison 4775
Alan Cheetham 3533
Barry Chaytow 3536
Barry Perkins Organisation 3202
BDH 3040
Brian Gannon Associates (Rochdale) 1084
Brian Mills 2891
Bryan Yorke (Haslingden) 6448
Bunny Lewis 11397
Delrick Entertainments 2568
Derek Oultram Entertainments (Bollington) 2623
Dial Theatrical Enterprises 2760
DK Enterprises 2453
Don Read 2846
Empress Ballroom (Wigan) 1890
Esquire Entertainments (Davyhulme) 2479
George Gray - Unit Management 2851
Gordon Vickers Agency (Chester) 2688
Harry Gunn Associates (Deansgate, Manchester) 2013
Holland-Ford 2680
Ian Hamilton 4018
Intermac International 2352
Jack Goulding Theatrical Agency (Penketh) 1506
Jeff Bates Promotions 2406
John Smart Entertainments (Bury) 2696
JT Enterprises (Blackpool) 2488
Kennedy Street Artistes 8689
LE Agency 5606
Les Mac Associates 2806
Les Thorpe 2820
Miller Bourne 3042
North West Productions 2656
Northern Management 2134
Oliver Batson Agency 2445
Paddy McKiernan 3721
Parabil Agency (Culcheth) 3328
Parkside Entertainments 2223
Paul Ingham 2797
Paul Vonk 2613
Robert Holland-Ford (Moston) 2979
Ronnie London 2437
Rowntrees Agency 2609
Roy D. Spencer and Associates (Levenshulme) 2813
Roy Mozley 6007
Sounds Entertainments 2691
Stuart Littlewood 10765
StyleMaster Theatrical Agency (St Helens) 3228
Ted Ross Enterprises 1115

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