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The Historic Telegram dated
8th March 1962 from Philip Solomon to Con Cluskey asking him to confirm
their contract to tour with Nina and Frederick, which started Con and Dec
Cluskey on their fantastic career
Con dining with Nina and Frederick
In 1962 Philip Solomon an
entrepreneur from London appeared on the scene and booked them to tour
Gt. Britain with Nina & Frederick - - "There's a Hole in my Bucket" - -
The tour finished in Manchester where they worked on the Club Scene for
several months.
Philip
Solomon again approached them to appear in a Summer Season Show in
Arbroath in Scotland. Top of the Bill was Patrick
O'Hagan (Johnny
Logan's Father) from Ireland. Also
on the bill was Hal
Roach, a world class comedian from Dublin.
Dick Rowe from Decca Records
heard them rehearsing and asked them to record 'Charmaine'.
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Con & Dec, with Steve Perry (who was a
producer on Basic Instinct)
They changed their name
to 'The Bachelors', and released 'Charmaine' two weeks before Christmas
1962. It rose to no.5 in the charts and stayed there for 52 weeks! |
Con & Dec with Shel Talmy.
the genius who produced their early hit records starting with 'Charmaine'
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