Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1962 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 23 acts for Reading & Leeds 1962 (Jul 28–29, 1962). Headliners were Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Kenny Ball's Jazzmen. 9 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

Jul 28–29dates
23acts
1stages
39%first time at Reading & Leeds
Saturday
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Ottilie Patterson Humphrey Lyttelton Band Alex Welsh & his Band Bruce Turner's Jump Band Bob Wallis and his Storeyvile Jazz Band Coe-Picard Quintet Gerry Brown's Jazzmen Keith Christie-Wally Fawkes
Cyril Preston's Jazz Band Festival Big Band
Sunday
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
Johnny Dankworth Quintet Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen Joe Harriott Quintet Dick Charlesworth Band Tubby Hayes Quintet Forrie Cairns & The Clansmen Ronnie Ross Quartet Back o' Town Syncopaters
Don Rendell Quintet Alvin Roy's Jazz Band New Orleans Brass Band led by Ken Colyer

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Chris Barber's Jazz Band
  2. 2Ottilie Patterson
  3. 3Humphrey Lyttelton Band
  4. 4Alex Welsh & his Band
  5. 5Bruce Turner's Jump Band
  6. 6Bob Wallis and his Storeyvile Jazz Band
  7. 7Coe-Picard Quintet
  8. 8Gerry Brown's Jazzmen
  9. 9Keith Christie-Wally Fawkes
  10. 10Cyril Preston's Jazz Band
  11. 11Festival Big Band (dir. by Chris Barber & Humphrey Lyttelton)

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
  2. 2Johnny Dankworth Quintet
  3. 3Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen
  4. 4Joe Harriott Quintet
  5. 5Dick Charlesworth Band
  6. 6Tubby Hayes Quintet
  7. 7Forrie Cairns & The Clansmen
  8. 8Ronnie Ross Quartet
  9. 9Back o' Town Syncopaters
  10. 10Don Rendell Quintet
  11. 11Alvin Roy's Jazz Band
  12. 12New Orleans Brass Band led by Ken Colyer
On this bill

Their festival histories

Chris Barber 9 appearances · headlined 3× Alex Welsh Band 6 appearances Ottilie Patterson 6 appearances Tubby Hayes Quintet 4 appearances The Bruce Turner Jump Band 3 appearances Don Rendell Quintet 3 appearances Humphrey Lyttelton Band 3 appearances Joe Harriott Quintet 3 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1962

Kenny BallAlvin Roy's Jazz BandBack o' Town SyncopatersCoe-Picard QuintetCyril Preston's Jazz BandFestival Big BandForrie Cairns & The ClansmenHumphrey Lyttelton BandKeith Christie
Next yearReading & Leeds 1963Chris Barber and his Jazz Band · Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz BandSee the lineup →

Questions about Reading & Leeds 1962

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1962?

Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Kenny Ball's Jazzmen were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1962. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Reading & Leeds 1962 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 23 acts for Reading & Leeds 1962. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

When was Reading & Leeds 1962?

Reading & Leeds 1962 took place on Jul 28–29, 1962, in Reading and Leeds, England.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1962?

9 acts on the 1962 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including Kenny Ball, Alvin Roy's Jazz Band, Back o' Town Syncopaters, Coe-Picard Quintet and Cyril Preston's Jazz Band.

Source: Wikipedia, "Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups" (revision 1381448680), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.