On this day, 23 Feb 1963, Cliff Richard and the Shadows played Sophia Gardens Pavilion on the first night of their UK tour in a package that including Patsy Ann Noble, The Vernons Girls,Alan Randall,The Trebletones with Frank Berry the compère.
Both Richard and the Shadows were playing on the back of the success of their film Summer Holiday which had been released the previous month.
The film had its world premiere at the Warner Theatre in London's West End on 10 January 1963. A crowd of 3,000 people turned up to Leicester Square and Cliff Richard was unable to exit his car due to the crowds, so did not attend the opening.
The film was the second most popular movie at the British box office in 1963, after the James Bond feature From Russia with Love. The comedy film Tom Jones came third.
It helped Cliff Richard to be voted by exhibitors as the most popular star at the British box-office in the same year.
