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2008 sees Fat Old Dad celebrate their 25th year together as a
group and in that time they have achieved a great deal in the entertainment
business.
When they got together in 1983, after being members of various
other bands and being part of various other forms of entertainment, they could
not have foreseen that in a few short years they would be appearing with the
likes of David Essex, Chubby Checker, The Searchers, The Drifters, The
Merseybeats, The Fortunes and comedian Frank Carson to name just a few of the
star names that they have shared the same stage with.
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They very quickly became regulars at the Butlin's Sixties
Festivals making well over 35 appearances and have appeared at many of the major
venues around the country. They have topped the bill at Butlins cabaret night.
Visited Holland and Belgium and performed in cabaret for The Olau Line, Stena
Sealink and The Gala Clubs. They have also appeared at the world famous
Highbury Stadium the home of Arsenal Football Club and been on BBC Radio.
One of their most memorable performances was at the
International Merseybeatle Festival in Liverpool which is attended by 80,000
people from all over the world. They were profiled in the popular sixties
magazine 'The Beat Goes On' and featured regularly in the magazine.
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The music for an evening is a selection of hits from:-
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Searchers, The Swinging
Blue Jeans, Cliff Richard, The Hollies, James Brown, Buddy Holly, The McCoys,
The Tremeloes, Chubby Checker, Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas, The Everly
Brothers, Conway Twitty, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Status Quo, The Drifters, Ben
E King, The Shadows, The Who, Jeff Beck, The Merseybeats, Gerry and The
Pacemakers, Elvis, The Mindbenders, The Shirelles, The Kinks, The Animals, Eddie
Cochran and many more.
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Although they play mainly sixties music, if required, they
will also play some more recent hits such as:
Angels by Robbie Williams
Dancing in The Dark, Bruce Springsteen
You Got It by Roy Orbison
Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton
Do You Believe in Love by Huey Lewis
Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams
Back For Good by Take That
Still The One by Shania Twain
Stuck on You by Lionel Ritchie
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
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