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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 2879
Alan Arnison 4749
Alan Cheetham 3522
Barry Chaytow 3526
Barry Perkins Organisation 3187
BDH 3025
Brian Gannon Associates (Rochdale) 1075
Brian Mills 2880
Bryan Yorke (Haslingden) 6429
Bunny Lewis 11366
Delrick Entertainments 2559
Derek Oultram Entertainments (Bollington) 2613
Dial Theatrical Enterprises 2747
DK Enterprises 2443
Don Read 2833
Empress Ballroom (Wigan) 1876
Esquire Entertainments (Davyhulme) 2471
George Gray - Unit Management 2842
Gordon Vickers Agency (Chester) 2674
Harry Gunn Associates (Deansgate, Manchester) 2002
Holland-Ford 2672
Ian Hamilton 3998
Intermac International 2340
Jack Goulding Theatrical Agency (Penketh) 1497
Jeff Bates Promotions 2393
John Smart Entertainments (Bury) 2687
JT Enterprises (Blackpool) 2480
Kennedy Street Artistes 8660
LE Agency 5594
Les Mac Associates 2797
Les Thorpe 2815
Miller Bourne 3028
North West Productions 2639
Northern Management 2126
Oliver Batson Agency 2432
Paddy McKiernan 3708
Parabil Agency (Culcheth) 3318
Parkside Entertainments 2212
Paul Ingham 2785
Paul Vonk 2596
Robert Holland-Ford (Moston) 2971
Ronnie London 2428
Rowntrees Agency 2599
Roy D. Spencer and Associates (Levenshulme) 2802
Roy Mozley 5982
Sounds Entertainments 2683
Stuart Littlewood 10725
StyleMaster Theatrical Agency (St Helens) 3211
Ted Ross Enterprises 1103

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