His most recent titles include the Des O’Connor Tonight specials, the award-winning ITV talk show Today with des and Mel and his interview this year on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, which was the highest rated of the series. Mark was hardly out of the charts from August 1960 until the end of 1963, during which time he had nine singles chart hits and spent an extraordinary 80 weeks in the hit parade. From 1989 he was a consultant to Warner Music International, HMV Group and both the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the International Federation of the phonographic Industry (IFPI). Don Black said, "When I saw Dreamboats and Petticoats I loved it – the songs from the era are pure and distilled. The teenagers that hang out at Youth Club all know each other, even if they're not necessarily friends.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Indeed, the entire cast’s timing was as flawless in comedic and dramatic terms as it was in musical ones. The musical, featuring those songs of the rock 'n' roll era, is set around the years 1957 to 1963 [1] and was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. With book by Laurance Marks and Maurice Gran, and musical supervision by Keith Strachan, Bringing on Back the Good Times is packed with some of the greatest songs ever written, from Roy Orbison, Eddie Cochran, The Walker Brothers and many, many more, and will once again have audiences all over the country jiving in the aisles and singing along with their memories.Inspired by the smash hit, multi-million selling Dreamboats and Petticoats albums, the show features some of the greatest hit songs of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era including Bobby’s Girl, Shaking All Over, Three Steps To Heaven, Only Sixteen, Let’s Twist Again, At The Hop, The Wanderer and many more. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Given their TV pedigree, the surprise is that Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran's book isn't stronger or the jokes sharper in a story that takes us back in time to the St Mungo's youth club in Essex. But the boy-meets-girl premise is predictable, and in the rush to get from song to song (there are almost 40), character and plot development take a back seat.

After a three-month hiatus, the musical found a new location at the Playhouse Theatre on 6 January 2010.Inspired by the smash hit, multimillion selling Dreamboats and Petticoats albums, the Dreamboats’ musicals feature some of the greatest hit songs ever written from Roy Orbison, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, The Walker Brothers and many, many more, and are guaranteed to have you reminiscing and singing out loud! Set in 1961, emotions are running high as young musicians Norman and Bobby compete to win a national song writing competition – and, more importantly, the attention of the gorgeous Sue! In essence, this show features an excellent, well-directed cast and a superb songbook – so yes bring back the good times but with perhaps a less crude and lightweight script. Featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Neil Sedaka, Eddie Cochran, Dion, Del Shannon and many more, including Let’s Dance, To Know Him Is To Love Him, Shaking All Over, Bobby’s Girl, Little Town Flirt, Only Sixteen, Runaround Sue, Happy Birthday Sweet 16, Let it Be Me, Let’s Twist Again and many more hits from music’s golden era! The Dreamboats and Petticoats musical is set It's 1961 when the music scene is red hot and every week sees another classic track released, with Del Shannon, Roy Orbison, Phil Spector, Eddie Cochran and Helen Shapiro topping the charts.