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Performance TitleTen Years of Bill Gibb, in aid of The World Wildlife Fund and the Royal National Life-boat Institution
Performance Date18 November 1977
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAnthony Valentine,
Michael Birkett,
Pearly Gates,
Hot Gossip,
Wayne Sleep,
Gail Taphouse and Stephen Jefferies,
John Otway

Linda Lewis,
Annie Ross,
Peter Straker - vocals
Orchestra or BandOrchestra of the Royal Marines School of Music
ConductorsLeader WO2 (Band Master) George Simpson
Set List'Diamonds Are Forever' (Pearly Gates, Arlene Phillips Hot Gossip)
'Beyond Punk' (John Otway)
Performance NotesThis fashion event was held as a tribute to women's clothes designer Bill Gibb.

Guests included Millicent Martin (actress).

"A women's designer for women. His customers include Elizabeth Taylor, Twiggy and the Duchess of Bedford. Yet when designer Bill Gibb, 34, came to London 18 years ago from Fraserburgh Scotland, people asked who would ever wear his extravagant creations. The answer was, nearly everybody who is anybody, and on November 18 7,000 people from the worlds of stage, screen, fashion and beauty paid tribute to a decade of Bill Gibb at a special show at London's Royal Albert Hall."
(Mirrorpix, 23 November 1977)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1977/203)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/6v36uc6vAI4MZ
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1977/203Ten Years of Bill Gibb in aid of The World Wildlife Fund & the Royal National Life-boat Institution18 November 1977
RAHE/3/1977/12Photographs of 'Ten Years of Bill Gibb' Fashion event18 November 1977
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Aigaxiohcr_XowgTen Years of Bill Gibb, in aid of The World Wildlife Fund and the Royal National Life-boat Institution1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/17344Valentine; Anthony (1939-); English actor
DS/UK/17350Hot Gossip (1974-1986)
DS/UK/8763Sleep; Wayne (17 July 1948); OBE; British dancer, choreographer and actor
DS/UK/14050Otway; John (1952-); English singer-songwriter
DS/UK/12227Lewis; Linda (17 September 1950-3May 2023); English vocalist, songwriter, guitarist
DS/UK/9282Ross; Annie (1930-2020); Scottish jazz singer, chanteuse, actress
DS/UK/16333Straker; Peter (1943-); Jamaican-born singer, actor
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/23933Philips; Dame; Arlene (1943-); DBE; English choreographer, presenter, talent scout, theatre director, former dancer
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