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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 2993
Alan Arnison 4948
Alan Cheetham 3627
Barry Chaytow 3604
Barry Perkins Organisation 3316
BDH 3127
Brian Gannon Associates (Rochdale) 1159
Brian Mills 2964
Bryan Yorke (Haslingden) 6624
Bunny Lewis 11608
Delrick Entertainments 2654
Derek Oultram Entertainments (Bollington) 2690
Dial Theatrical Enterprises 2843
DK Enterprises 2521
Don Read 2912
Empress Ballroom (Wigan) 1969
Esquire Entertainments (Davyhulme) 2547
George Gray - Unit Management 2939
Gordon Vickers Agency (Chester) 2771
Harry Gunn Associates (Deansgate, Manchester) 2111
Holland-Ford 2752
Ian Hamilton 4149
Intermac International 2434
Jack Goulding Theatrical Agency (Penketh) 1564
Jeff Bates Promotions 2476
John Smart Entertainments (Bury) 2766
JT Enterprises (Blackpool) 2563
Kennedy Street Artistes 8975
LE Agency 5690
Les Mac Associates 2877
Les Thorpe 2868
Miller Bourne 3127
North West Productions 2776
Northern Management 2197
Oliver Batson Agency 2538
Paddy McKiernan 3819
Parabil Agency (Culcheth) 3403
Parkside Entertainments 2303
Paul Ingham 2888
Paul Vonk 2697
Robert Holland-Ford (Moston) 3048
Ronnie London 2499
Rowntrees Agency 2675
Roy D. Spencer and Associates (Levenshulme) 2903
Roy Mozley 6131
Sounds Entertainments 2756
Stuart Littlewood 11152
StyleMaster Theatrical Agency (St Helens) 3371
Ted Ross Enterprises 1189

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