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Thank you Ian.

It's obvious that she had good taste in music.

Iain Purdon wrote:

HM The Queen & The Shadows.jpg

The Shadows played many times at the annual Royal Variety Performance, it must have been at one of them.

Didier

R.I.P. HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Didier wrote:

Iain Purdon wrote:

HM The Queen & The Shadows.jpg

The Shadows played many times at the annual Royal Variety Performance, it must have been at one of them.

Didier

Yes: 1960, 1962, 1964, 1981 and 2008.

Only in 1964 whilst John Rostill was alive and a member.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Variety_Performances#1960s

The same scene in November 1964. Part of Brian's features can be glimpsed immediately on Bruce's right...


Bill

With the arrival of rock and roll during the first decade of her reign, Johnnie Ray, at the Royal Variety Performance in November 1955, was said to be a personal favourite of the Queen.


Bill