Frank Ifield - HISTORY - A MONTH AT A GLANCE

HISTORY - A MONTH AT A GLANCE

DECEMBER

1953: 1st recording Did You See My Daddy Over There released in Australia on Regal Zonophone 78rpm.
23rd 1959: First recording session at Abbey Road Studios for Columbia EMI UK, including Lucky Devil and Nobody Else But You.
1960: Played the title role of Dick Whittington in 1st Pantomime staged at the Globe Theatre, Stockton Yorkshire supporting 'The Shadows' who played the 'Brokers Men'.
1963: 2nd Pantomime proclaimed a blockbuster for Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre. The show 'Mother Goose', co-starred Oscar winning actress Beryl Reid.
22nd 1963: Did video clip on Manly Beach of Wayward Wind for 'Top Of The Pops' BBC-TV
27th 1980: The Guinness Book Of Records proclaimed that Frank had by this time, notched up a staggering 158 weeks in the UK Pop Charts and also held #24 in the 'Top 100 Chart Hits Of All Time'