On This Day 06/02/1965 P.J. Proby

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On this day, 6 February 1965, American singer PJ Proby played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre, headling with Liverpool singer Cilla Black in a package that also featured Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Mike Cotton Sound, Tommy Quickly, The Remo Four, Sounds Incorporated with Bob Bain (compere)..

During the tour, PJ Proby was banned from all ABC cinemas after his "pant splitting incident" at Croydon & Northampton when he was arrested.. He was replaced by Tom Jones & The Squires.

The incident scandalised the British press and public, causing Proby's career to lose momentum. Minor hits in 1966 were followed by flops, and in March 1968, "It's Your Day Today", gave Proby his last UK chart entry for nearly 30 years.

Proby was born James Marcus Smith on November 6, 1938 in Houston, Texas. He is a great-grandson of Old West outlaw John Wesley Hardin.

His father was an affluent banker; at nine, his parents divorced and as part of the custody deal, Proby was sent to military school. He began at San Marcos Military Academy, and followed with stints in Culver Naval Academy and Western Military Academy.

On This Day 06/021964 Cilla Black

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On this day, 6 February 1965, Liverpool legend Cilla Black played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre in a package that included P.J. Proby, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Mike Cotton Sound, Tommy Quickly, The Remo Four, Sounds Incorporated with Bob Bain (compere).

During the tour, PJ Proby was banned from all ABC cinemas after his "pant splitting incident" at Croydon & Northampton when he was arrested.. He was replaced by Tom Jones & The Squires.

Championed by her friends the Beatles, Cilla Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her singles "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World" both reached number one in the UK in 1964.

Black's version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1965) reached No. 2 on the UK charts. A week later the Righteous Brothers' original version of the same song went to No. 1 while Black's version dropped to No. 5. The single wasn't critically well received, however; the Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham took out an advert in the Melody Maker to deride Cilla's efforts compared with the original.

Being so closely associated with the Beatles, Black became one of a select group of artists in the 1964–65 period (the others being Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas and Peter and Gordon) to record more than one Lennon–McCartney composition.

Black continued to record Lennon–McCartney compositions throughout her time with Parlophone (1963–1973) and her recordings of "Yesterday", "For No One" and "Across the Universe" became radio favourites. McCartney said Black's 1972 interpretation of "The Long and Winding Road" was the definitive version of the song.