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Realizing how nervous he was, Billy Marsh, a Life-Governor of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund (the previous name of the Royal Variety Charity) and a key figure in the creation and production of the Royal Variety Performance for many years, took him up to the BBC, to see Morecambe and Wise. One of the virtually unknown performers who was feeling very apprehensive about the show was Freddie Starr. 'That, I think, has a newness which will give a warm fillip to those who firmly believe that there is a great talent abounding amongst us today, waiting in the wings for their chance to scale the heights.' The 'Presidents Message' that year made the point that, apart from Max Bygraves, ' all the remaining artistes on the stage of the London Palladium are appearing in their first Royal Variety Performance, making it in one sense a 'premiere'.

For light relief there was humour from Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor, the latter best known as one of the Goodies. Wonderful playing of classical music came from the pianists Rostal and Schaefer, pop from Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits and the legendary US female singer, Dionne Warwick. Her Majesty saw the new, vital talent of impressionist Freddie Starr, and the puppeteering of the Black Theatre of Prague heard the smooth sound of Syd Lawrence and his orchestra, and, rounding off a successful show, the urbane, sophisticated American singer Andy Williams.Īll this contrasting talent was held together beautifully by the relaxed style of Max Bygraves, always a big hit with the occupants of the Royal Box.

There was a true variety of talent on offer when the Queen Mother settled down to watch the 1970 Royal Variety Performance at the Palladium.

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