Clubs, venues, info
Bands
- 50s
Flyers Manchester six-piece
- The A Band
Playing 50's r'n'r at functions, dances and weddings
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Accelerators Scotland's rockabilly
- Alleycats
Rockin' and boppin' fifties band from London
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Alley Cats North East rockers
- AJ's Big Band
Devon big band with GI jivers
- Anything
Blows 12-piece East Midlands dance band
- Atlantics
Devon five-piece
- At The Hop
Touring r'n'r theatre show
- Stirling
Austin Swing singer
- Mike Berry
"Britain's Buddy Holly"
- Be Bop
Daddies East Devon four-piece
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Russ Be-Bop & The Roadrunners
- Bobcats
- Big
Black Cadillac Norfolk four-piece
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Black Cadillacs Mansfield rockers
- Big Boy
Bloater XXL jump blues star
- Big Momma's
Door They're "just a little bit dirty"
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Big Town Playboys Rockin' blues
- Black
Cat Trio Bob Mayson's rockin' trio
- Blue Harlem
Big swingin' band
- Bombshellettes
All female swing orchestra
- Boogie
Bop Boys Gloucestershire four-piece
- Mario
Bradley Multi-talented rock'n'roll star
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Buick 55s
- The
Caezars
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Carlos & The Bandidos
- Cadillac
Kings Premium quality blues, jump and swing
- Catfish
Kings
- Cat Pack
Yorkshire's rhythm'n'blues big band
- Crazy Cavan
& The Rhythm Rockers
- Crazy
Cavan Fan Club
- Cat
Scratch Fever Cheshire's rock'n'roll and boogie woogie
- Chuck
Wagon Band Yorkshire trio starring Emmerdale actor Alun Lewis
- Country
Cattin'
- Rudy La
Crioux & The All Stars
- Crown
Top Kings Western swing and r'n'r
- Livestock
Davies & The Lowdown Snakes South Wales trio
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Del Rio Ramblers Boppin' hillbilly/rockabilly
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Derriere Brighton band
- Ding
Dong Daddios Swingin' jump jivin' Berkshire four-piece
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Downtown Daddyos
- Vince Eager
British pop pioneer
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Fast Eddie & The Jive Machine Notts trio
- Excellos
- Extraordinaires
Dop wop foursome
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Bill Fadden & The Rhythm Busters
- Fabulous
Boogie Boys Worcestershire seven-piece
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Bill Fadden & The Rhythm Busters
- Fat
45 Brighton's 11-piece jump jive orchestra
- Fat Sam's
Band Scotland's premier swing orchestra
- Fever
Essex trio
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Fireballs Rockin' teens
- Firebirds
Busy Bristol four-piece
- Firetones
Sussex four-piece
- Kevin
Fitzsimmons The voice of Sinatra
- The Flames
60s r'n'r
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The Flip Top Floozies
- Ricky
Fontayne Kent solo artist
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Johnnie Fox & The Invaders
- Furious
Three young Liverpool teds
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Carmen Ghia & The Hotrods Sheffield five-piece
- Dana
Gillespie Queen of raunch'n'roll
- Goosebumps
Kent jive and swing five-piece
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Johnny Gunner & The Raiders Essex rock'n'roll
- Gene Gambler
& The Shufflers Authentic 50s rockabilly
- Ray Gelato
Giants International sax god
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Martyn Gillie The Big Bopper reborn
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Phil Haley & His Comments
- Lil'
Miss Hayley Teenage diva
- Dominic
Halpin & The Honey Bs Swingin' lounge sounds
- Shawn Harvey
Country/rockabilly artist
- Hep Chaps
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Hicksville Bombers Lincoln trio
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Darrel Higham & The Enforcers Rockin' guitar slinger
- Steve
Hooker Swamp, death, blues, rockabilly
- Hot Lava
Javas New North West-based hot swing, jive and swingabilly six-piece
- King Groovy
& The Hornstars 18-piece swing band
- Houndogs
Rockin' trio of brothers
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Houserockers Authentic rockabilly
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Hullabaloo Jazz, jive, swing
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Hustlers Eastbourne rockabilly
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Jack Rabbit Slim "With these cats tearing up the tunes, there's
no turning back!"
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Jessie & The Orbits
- Jets
Northants rockers
- Jive Aces
Globe-trotting swinging scientologists
- Jiveoholics
The Wye Valley's hottest jump jive band
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Jive Romeros
- Jive Street
Rockin' Portsmouth
- Joey
& The Jivers Isle of Wight five-piece
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Johnny & The Zephyrs
- Juke
Box Jive North East showband
- Juke
Joint Jump Formerly the Bus Stop Boys
- Jump
66 West London's new jump blues band
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Jump Back Boogie Band Bristol four-piece
- Jump & Jive
Keeping r'n'r alive in Yorkshire
- Jump
Jive'n'Wail Yorkshire based seven-piece swing jive band
- Kai's Cats
American songstress and her jumpin' band
- Wesley
Karr & The Automobiles Rockabilly and swing four-piece
- Kat &
The K9s
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King Candy & The Sugar Push
- Kingcats
Rockin' band from South London/Surrey
- JJ King &
The Coolers Medway five-piece
- King
Size Papas New Norfolk 40s jive/swing band
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Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Junior trio
- Vince
Lee Big Combo Plymouth blues and swing four-piece
- Cliff
Topp & The Lemmings Midlands 50s band
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Laura B & The Moonlighters
- Benny Lee
& The Whistle Stop Five
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John Lewis R'n'R Trio
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Lights Out Sons of The Jets
- Linda
Gail Lewis
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Lonesome Valley Boys Full-on rockabilly from the deep south (Isle
of Wight)
- Lost
Rockets Sheffield five-piece
- Midnight
Shift Sussex rockin' trio
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Johnny & The Midnight Trio
- Mike Rossi
Blackpool DJ and singer
- Martin Fox
Blackpool's Elvis
- Chris
Hawkins - Elvis for Hire Wakefield's Elvis
- Darren
Rivers West Yorkshire's Elvis
- Dave
B "The look and sound of the King... and more"
- Memphis
King Nottingham's Elvis
- A Little
Less Conversation Paul Lillie, Suffolk's Elvis
- Oo-Bop-Sh'Bam
Jackson Sloan's journeymen of jump
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Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band Oxford-based jump jive/r'n'b/r'n'r
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King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys Birmingham's sultans of swing
- Mark Keeley's
Good Rockin' Tonite Elvis, Shaky and good time r'n'r
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Koolkatz Essex trio
- Lower The
Tone Rockin' trio
- Matchbox
- Imelda May
Dublin's finest rockin' diva
- Meekats
Colin Mee's new rockabilly trio
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Midnight Flyers Rockin' five-piece
- Midnight
Howlers "Super class honky tonkin' madness"
- Midnight
Rockers South West band with huge songbook
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Mighty Atoms Devon rockabilly four-piece
- Mojokings
Formerly the Fat Cat Trio
- Mosquitos
Portsmouth's 50s rockabilly
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Johnny & The Roccos Scots rockers, big in Germany
- Richie
Milton & The Lowdown "Sexy, swaggering r'n'b"
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Muskrats Birmingham rockabilly trio
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Number Nine starring Paul Ansell
- Neutronz
North East rockabilly trio
- Numbers
Racket West Wales jump jive six-piece
- One
Jump Ahead Kit Packham's jump jive crew
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Colin Paul & The Persuaders Manchester rockers
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Piccadilly Bullfrogs 'Three of Englands finest daft old rockers'
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Playboys
- Ruby
Darnell & The Lazy Rancheros The Atlantics' Western swing offshoot
- Rapiers
The 60s sound
- Rattle
Shakin' Daddies Rockin' the Isle of Wight
- Razzle
Dazzle
- Reservoir
Cats Four Welsh rockers
- Revolutionaires
"Sizzling hot 50s r'n'b combo"
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Rat Pack "A happy medium between rockabilly and jive"
- Rebel Dean
Actor and rock'n'roll singer
- Rebel Rockers
Surrey four-piece playing 50s hits
- Regular
Joes Swingin' Bournemouth 11-piece
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Retrobeats Cheshire four-piece
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Mike & The Rhythm Stars Rockin' Norfolk four-piece
- Roaring
Forties Ireland's only jump jive band
- Rockolas
British rock'n'roll
- Rollin' Aces
NE trio
- Marc Robinson
Buddy Holly tribute artist
- Spencer
J Buddy Holly tribute artist
- Rockabilly
Fever Oldham four-piece
- Rockateers
Liverpool's finest
- Rockatoons
Portsmouth r'n'r five-piece
- Rockabilly
Fever Oldham four-piece
- Rock
Back The Clock
- Rockin'
Em Northants trio featuring boy bassist Dean Marlow
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Rockin' On Heaven's Door Elvis/Buddy/Cochran/Orbison tribute show
- Rockin'
The Joint Busy Dorset four-piece
- Mr Rockit
NE solo artist
- The Rock'n'Roll Society New look for The
Stargazers
- Rock
Island Rebels
- Rockin'
Wildkats 50s rock'n'roll
- Rollin' Joe
& The Jets Glasgow's r'n'r legend
- Roofraisers
Bedfordshire rockers
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Roomates Veteran British doo wop foursome
- Mike Sanchez
Worcestershire's piano-pumping megastar
- Lee Scott's
Big Jive
- Slammers
Maximum Jive Band
- Senti-mentals
Eccentric doowop
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Sentinels of Rhythm Pete Cook's swingin' six-piece
- Simply
Swing
- Garry
Slade Billy Fury tribute show
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Slim Slip & The Sliders
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Sonny & The Honeydippers
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Rusti Steel & The Startones
- Sticky
Wicket Big band swing
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Strollers "Maximum rock'n'roll"
- Sugarfoot
Stomp Swingin' Kent six-piece
- Sugar
T & The Swells
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Swing Cat Solo swing artist
- Sundowners
- Stargazers
Still jumping after 20 years
- Swervyworld
East Anglia's gentlemen of jive
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Swing Commanders Western swing from Lancashire
- Swinging
Little Big Band Rat Pack-style six-piece from Kent
- Rockin'
Dave He's "Mr Boogie Woogie"
- Swinging
Little Big Band Rat Pack-style six-piece from Kent
- The Three Belles Andrews Sisters-style trio
- Thundertones
Somerset four-piece
- Tonemasters
Bristol's rockin' trio
- TTs
- Rock
Island Rebels
- Skip Rats
"Rockabilly at its best"
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Vernon & The GIs
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Maria Vincent & The Millionaires
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Wanderers Pagan, Katy and friends
- Ben Waters
Boogie woogie piano prodigy
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Wayne Conn & The Big Beat Worcester trio
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Whirlwind Re-formed 70s rockers
- Wild
Bob Burgos The tattooed sledgehammer of rock'n'roll
- Danny Wild
& The Black Katz Reactivated 70s rockers
- Wildwind
Leeds trio
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Bernie Woods & The Forest Fires
- Zoltans
1940s six-piece from Southend-on-Sea
- John
Miller Orchestra Glenn's nephew
- Glenn
Miller Orchestra UK Ray McVay's big band
- Jay
Craig Orchestra
- Debbie
Curtis Radio Big Band "Putting the 'big' back into big band"
- Adrian
Bullers & The Sounds Of Swing Orchestra
- New Lights
Big Band
- Jeff Short
Big Band Hangar dances a speciality
- Opus One
Big Band Glenn Miller tribute band
- Back To Basie
- In The
Mood Brighton's 40s dance troupe
- Comets
Bill Haley's original band, still going strong
- Stray Cats
- Ranch
Girls Dutch rockers
- Lennerockers
German r'n'r band
- Ray Collins
Hot Club German boogie woogie big band
- Big Bad
Shakin' Germany's "take no prisoners" r'n'r band
- Jumpin' Up
Jumpin' Italian r'n'b eight-piece
- Billy Bros
Italian jumpin' orchestra
Shopping
- Lady K Loves
Rockabilly fashions
- Real Gone Retro
Retro accessories
- MM Retro Tailoring
Gabardine shirts and jackets
- Modern Retro
Vintage fashions
- Acme
Retro
- The
Black Wardrobe Dark retro glamour
- Hollywood
Flame 40s/50s clothing
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New Vintage Clothing
- Devoted2Vintage
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BeBopBaby Barrettes Vintage retro style hair flowers and accessories
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Sh-boom Vintage clothing
- My Vintage
Vintage clothing
- Dead Mens
Spex 50s eyewear
- Rocket
Originals 40s/50s shoes and clothes
- Johnson
Shoes Retro shoes
- Revival
Vintage Huddersfield's retro clothes shop
- Reet Petite
Bowling shirts, skirts
- Notorious
Kitsch
- Kingdom
of Dance Shoes, clothing and videos
Hepcat Store
Sweden's online store for everything retro
- Retro
L'Amour Handcrafted gifts inspired by the 1930s, 40s and 50s
- Glamour
Kitten Vintage glamour and contemporary couture
- Red Hot Ruby
Bags, purses and accessories for hepcats and cool kittens
- allyourdanceneeds.com
Shoes and videos from the London Swing Dance Society
- Vintage
Shirts 1940s spearpoint collar shirts and gents' accessories
- Rocacha
London-based retro clothing company, specialising in 30s-50s styles
- Marina
Retro 50s style shirts, pegs and ladies' threads
- Maskerades
Wales Dance shoes and clothes for North Wales
- Gorgeous
Gear Aussie 50s wear
- Rockers
England Manchester's 50s store
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Unicorn Designs Nottingham-based 50s store
- Bleyer
German-made swing dance shoes
- Remix
Vintage Shoes 1940s wedgies specialist
- Showtime
Dance Shoes
- Rusty Zipper
Vintage clothing
- Daddyos
Cool shirts and more
- Velvet
Pocket Vintage 50s evening dresses and more
- Custom
Clothes Mens and ladies 1940s and 50s style clothing made to measure
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Sue's Nylons Retro panties etc
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Nina's Hair Parlour Retro hair salon in Marylebone, London
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Murrays Barber Shop 50s haircuts in Kingston, SW London
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Slick 50 Barbers Southend's rock'n'roll barber shop
Grease Monkeys Pomade, wax and grease for kool kats
- Bobby
Jo's Diner 50s diner on Southend seafront
- Soldier
of Fortune WW2 uniforms
- Zootsuitstore.com
Bringing zoot suits to the Bay Area
- Pollytone
Records
- Nervous Records
Big rockabilly/psychobilly selection
- Roots CD
Devon-based rockabilly and blues specialist
- Spindrift
Records Rockabilly, swing, jump
- Bim Bam Records
- Raucous
Records More rockabilly
- Rockville
Records Firebirds and more
- Western
Star Records Bristol-based rockabilly label
- Beatin'
Rhythm No 1 record store in Manchester for r'n'r, swing and doowop
- How To Jive
Modern jive video and DVD from Christine Keeble
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Phil Russell Photography Specialising in vintage and noir style
photgraphy
- Q Cards
Suzy Q's retro greetings cards
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