Arthur Howes

1924 - 1987  (62 years)

• Name	Arthur Howes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	23 Mar 1924	Chapel Lane, Yaxley, Cambridgeshire   [5]
  		Arthur Howes BC
  Gender	Male
  Birth	23 Mar 1924  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt May 1924	Peterborough RD, Cambridgeshire   [3]
  Occupation	29 Sep 1939  [1]
  	Railway Checker
  Residence	29 Sep 1939	149 Broadway, Yaxley, Cambridgeshire   [1]
  Occupation	Between 1955 and 1975
  	Music Promoter
  Death	Abt Feb 1987	Camden RD, London   [2]
  Death	12 Feb 1987  [4]
  	the date appeared as an announcement of a memorial service at All Souls, Langham Place, London on 8 Apr 1987.
  Died	12 Feb 1987	Camden RD, London
  Notes	Excerpt from the book: "The History of Live Music in Britain Volume 1: 1950-1967" by Simon Frith, Matt Brennan, Matt Cloonan and Emma Webster: "Howes also first entered the live music business as a dance-band promoter. He was born in 1924 in Peterborough, orphaned and then adopted by parents in Yaxley. At the age of 20 he enlisted in the navy, where, according to his personal assistant Susan Fuller, he met up with several fellow serviceman who had worked in the entertainment industry. After the war he returned to Peterborough, and by the 1950s was regularly promoting dances in local halls and dance-band concerts in Peterborough's Embassy cinema. He was one of several regional promoters in Britain ... who would buy individual dates for touring bands from London-based agents ... Howes began to distinguish himself from the crowd of smaller regional promoters in the second half of the 1950s, as he took on higher profile, more ambitious and presumably lucrative tours. By 1955, he had expanded his activities beyond Peterborough; now he began to diversify into rock'n'roll and youth pop package tours... Howes was the exclusive promoter of Britain's biggest pop star, Cliff Richard, and, although still based in Peterborough, by the beginning of the 1960s he had become nationally well known... When Brian Epstein was looking to book the Beatles on a national tour in 1962, Howes was, therefore, obviously someone to approach. Howes invited the band to Peterborough to play a test event, a support slot for Frank Ifield at the Embassy on 2 December 1962. The crowd (there fotr Ifield) did not appreciate the Beatles' performance, but Howes was impressed and offered them a contract giving him first option on all their subsequent British tours ... If the Cliff Richard tours had not already done so, the success of the Beatles' tours from 1963 to 1965 confirmed Howes' status as the biggest pop promoter of his time." ================================== Turns out that the book was wrong! Once we obtained his birth certificate, we can see that Arthur was illegitimate
  Person ID	I110748	ONS
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2019

  
  

  Mother	Bertha Howes,   b. 31 Jul 1907, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire ,   d. Abt May 1947, Bury St Edmunds RD, Suffolk  (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F49079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Mar 1924 - Chapel Lane, Yaxley, Cambridgeshire Birth - Abt May 1924 - Peterborough RD, Cambridgeshire Residence - 29 Sep 1939 - 149 Broadway, Yaxley, Cambridgeshire Death - Abt Feb 1987 - Camden RD, London Died - 12 Feb 1987 - Camden RD, London  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1956] 1939 Register, findmypast.com, ancestry.com. [S480] BMD register (England & Wales) - deaths - multiple sources. [S476] BMD register (England & Wales) - births - multiple sources. [S3024] The Stage, 1987 Mar 12. [S11] Birth cert.