Royal Variety Performance
The Royal Variety Performance is a gala evening held annually
in the United Kingdom, which is attended by senior members of the
British Royal Family. From 1960 to 1975, ITV broadcast a recorded
version of the show, switching to live broadcasts in 1976. From
1986 until 2010, production and broadcast of the show alternated
each year between the BBC and ITV.
1969
Des O'Connor, Vétérans, Roy Castle, Cilla Black,
Danny La Rue, Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop, Harry Secombe, Ginger
Rogers
1970 - HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Black Theatre of Prague, Max Bygraves, Leslie Crowther, Sheila
Bernette, Doriss Girls,
Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Sandy Powell, Rostal and
Schaefer, Freddie Starr,
Caterina Valente, Roland MacLeod
1971 - Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne
Bruce Forsyth, Shirley Bassey, Tommy Cooper, Sacha Distel, Dailey
and Wayne, Lovelace Watkins, Norman Collier, Hughie Green,
Wolfgang Plagge, Little Angels of Korea, Stupids,
Ken Goodwin, Stéphane Grappelli, Sid James, New Dollys, The New
Seekers, Jack Parnell and his Orchestra, The Young Generation
1972 - HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen
Elizabeth II
Carol Channing, Diablos del Bombo, Ken Dodd, Dickie Henderson, Rod
Hull, Elton John,
Jack Jones, Danny La Rue, Liberace, Trio Hoganas, The Jackson
Five, Mike Yarwood, Till Death Us Do Part sketch with
Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth and Una Stubbs
1973 - , The Duke of Edinburgh
José Luis Moreno, Ronnie Corbett, Les Dawson, Philip Genty, John
Quayle, Lynn Seymour, Rudolf Nureyev, Peters and Lee, Cliff
Richard, Dougie Squires, The Second Generation, Francis Van Dyke,
Jean Hawker Singers, Nana Mouskouri
1974
Josephine Baker, Perry Como, George Carl, Roy Castle, Billy
Dainty, Dance Theater of Harlem, Noele Gordon, Hungarian State
Dance Company, Paper Lace, Paul Melba, Ted Rogers
1979 - Queen Elizabeth II
Yul Brynner, Elaine Stritch, Jim Davidson, James Galway, Red
Buttons, David Kernan, Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, Ned
Sherrin, Marti Caine, Elisabeth Welch, Gemma Craven, Carol
Channing, Noel Edmonds, Bernie Clifton, Les Dawson, Virginia
McKenna, Reginald Bosanquet, Janet Brown, James Mason, Members of
the English National Opera Chorus, Hinge & Bracket, Maximova,
Vasiliev, Amii Stewart, Bill Haley and his Comets, Band of the
Welsh Guards, The Norman Maen Dancers, Boney M, Alan Jay Lerner,
Evelyn Laye
1980 - HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Charles,
Prince of Wales
Gordon Jackson, Lionel Blair, Una Stubbs, Arthur Askey, Roy Hudd,
Billy Dainty, Chesney Allen, Charlie Drake, Arthur English, Tommy
Trinder, Cyril Fletcher, Charlie Chester, Stanley Holloway,
Richard Murdoch, Sandy Powell, Paul Squires, Wall Street Crash,
Joe Loss and his Orchestra, Bruce Forsyth, Ben Warriss, Grace
Kennedy, Sheena Easton, Penelope Keith, Rowan Atkinson, Harry
Worth, Cleo Laine, Lillian Gish, Henry Mancini, Sammy Davis Jr,
Peggy Lee, Victor Borge, Larry Hagman, Mary Martin, Aretha
Franklin, Danny Kaye, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Norman Maen
Dancers, John McCarthy Singers, Angela Rippon
1982
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