Cliff at rehearsals in striped shirt 
Cliff adds a white tie to the striped shirt and is all set for the real show on the 7th of March 1959 -seen above with guest singer, Marion Ryan. (Her only appearance in the 'Oh Boy!' run)
Thanks to Jack Good himself, we now have the rehearsal schedules for the two trial "Oh Boy!"shows. They were shown only in certain regions of the UK on Sunday 15th and Sunday 29th of June 1958 going out at 10.50pm.
**(NB: Some of the artists listed below may not have appeared in the final broadcasts (see note below)
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE FOR TRIAL SHOW #1
| THURSDAY 16th MARCH 1958 | |
| 2pm. - 5pm. | Bertice Reading |
| 3pm. - 6pm. | Jack Good Band |
| All Day | Dallas Boys |
| "" | Ted Taylor |
| "" | Jackie Dennis |
| "" | Jeremy Lubock |
| "" | Marty Wilde |
| "" | John Barry |
| TUESDAY 18th MARCH 1958 | |
| Morning | Don Lang |
| Morning & Afternoon | 2nd Vocal Group |
| Morning & 2pm. - 3pm. | Ted Taylor |
| Morning | Leslie Cooper |
| 2pm. - 6pm. | Bertice Reading |
| 2pm. - 6pm. | Don Lang |
| 3pm. - 6pm | John Barry Seven |
| All Day | John Barry |
| All Day | Stan Dallas |
| SUNDAY 23rd MARCH 1958 | |
| Morning | Bertice Reading |
| All Day | Marty Wilde |
| 2pm. - 6pm. | Jackie Dennis |
| 2pm. - 6pm. | Jeremy Lubock |
| All Day | Dallas Boys |
| All Day | John Barry |
| MONDAY 24th MARCH 1958 | |
| Recording for Vernons Girls & John Barry Seven at E.M.I. all the morning |
2pm. - 6pm. Vernons Girls " " Ted Taylor " " Don Lang " " Dallas Boys " " Bertice Reading " " 2nd Vocal Group " " John Barry
| TUESDAY 25th MARCH 1958 | |
| 11am. - 2pm. | Jack Good Band |
| "" | Jackie Dennis |
| "" | Marty Wilde |
| "" | Jeremy Lubock |
| "" | Bertice Reading |
| "" | Dallas Boys |
| "" | John Barry |
| "" | 2nd Vocal Group |
| "" | Don Lang |
| "" | Vernons Girls |
| "" | John Barry |
| "" | Stan Dallas |
| WEDNESDAY 26th MARCH 1958 | |
| All Day | Jack Good Band |
| "" | Jackie Dennis |
| "" | Marty Wilde |
| "" | Jeremy Lubock |
| "" | Bertice Reading |
| "" | Dallas Boys |
| "" | John Barry Seven |
| "" | 2nd Vocal Group |
| "" | Don Lang |
| "" | Vernons Girls |
| "" | Leslie Cooper |
**As you will quickly notice, all the artists rehearsed their songs about three months before the shows were actually televised, therefore it is still uncertain as to whether ALL of the listed artists DID appear. It is possible that one or two dropped out before the shows went on air, to be replaced (or not) by other singers such as Dudley Heslop (Cuddly Dudley) for example. As more information comes to light, the website will be updated.
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE FOR TRIAL SHOW #2
| WEDNESDAY 11th JUNE 1958 | |
| 9.30am. | Vernons Girls, Dallas Boys, Jackie Dennis, Marty Wilde, Kerry Martin. |
| 10.30am. | The Cutters. |
| 11.00am. | Ronnie Carroll. |
| 11.30am. | Bertice Reading. |
| 12.00noon | LUNCH BREAK. |
| 1.00pm. | Lord Rockingham's XI, Jackie Dennis. |
| 1.30pm. | Vernons Girls, Dallas Boys. |
| 1.45pm. | Marty Wilde, The Cutters. |
| 2.00pm | Ronnie Carroll. |
| 2.30pm | Bertice Reading. |
| 2.45pm. | John Barry Seven, Kerry Martin. |
| 3.30pm. | Lord Rockingham's XI & Bertice Reading leave, rest of cast continue. |
| 5.15pm. | End of rehearsal. |
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE FOR SHOWS #1 & #2 Tuesday 9th September 1958
References in text:
First Eleven: Lord Rockingham's XI
Second Eleven: Dallas Boys, Cliff, Marty etc. and the rest of the cast.
The first rehearsal for the new series of “Oh Boy” was held at the 'Four Provinces of Ireland Club' at 13, Canonbury Lane, London N1, for the entire day on Tuesday 9th September 1958.
All the cast had to be set up and instruments tuned in time for the 10am start and the rehearsals lasted until 6pm that evening. The schedule below was for the complete first show and the lion’s share of the second. Lord Rockingham's XI, who formed the musical backbone of the series, had to plan more in advance than some of the self contained groups like Cliff Richard and the Drifters or solo artists like Cuddly Dudley, hence they are strongly represented in this initial rehearsal with ample material to fill the two weeks. In the following week, Cliff and the Drifters returned to practice the songs for their second show (unknown) and artists like Cuddly Dudley would arrive clasping their written arrangements to practice with the band. As in this initial rehearsal Cliff and the Drifters would be the first to set up and practice their standard two numbers in just half an hour in order to clear the decks for the big band rehearsals of Lord Rockingham's XI.
| FIRST REHEARSAL | ||
| Time | Group | Track Titles Rehearsed |
| 10.00am. | Cliff Richard & the Drifters | 1.Don’t Bug Me Baby 2.Move It! |
| 10.25am | Dudley Heslop | Do You Want To Dance |
| 10.40am | Marty Wilde & Dallas Boys | MEDLEY: Baby I Don’t Care/ Think It Over/ Poor Little Fool /Rocky Road Blues. |
| 12 noon | Marty Wilde, Dallas Boys & Vernons Girls | Somebody Touched Me |
| 12.30pm | LUNCH | |
| 1.30pm | Lord Rockingham's XI | 1. Patricia 2. Daddy |
| 1.50pm | Neville Taylor and The Cutters & Lord Rockingham's XI | 1. Yakety Yak |
| 2. Oh What a Feeling | ||
| 2.30pm | Ronnie Carroll, The Cutters, Vernons Girls & Lord Rockingham's XI | Seven Steps To Love |
| 3.00pm | 2 Vernons Girls | Rock and Stroll |
| 3.30pm | Lord Rockingham's XI | MEDLEY ONE: Fried Onions/Tom Hark MEDLEY TWO: Splish Splash / You Shocked Me |
| 4.00pm | TEABREAK | |
| 4.20pm | Lord Rockingham's XI, Second Eleven (Entire Cast) | 1. Flippin’ Dumplins’ 2. Hoots Mon |
| 4.50pm | Run Through Show 1 | |
| 5.20pm | Run Through Show 2 | |
| 6.00pm | End of Schedule | |
| THE SCHEDULE , SECOND REHEARSAL Saturday 13th September 1958 Hackney Empire. Transmission Time: 6.00pm. | |
| 8.30am | All Artists present. Preliminary sound check and balance |
| 10.00am | Rehearse Bands and Artists |
| 11.00am – 1.00pm | Rehearsals (Vision Only) |
| 1.00pm | Final Sound Balance |
| 1.30pm | Second Eleven, John Barry Seven and All Artists Present |
| 2.00pm | Rehearsal Sound & Vision (all rehearsals held at Four Provinces of Ireland Club, 13, Canonbury Lane, London, N1. Telephone: CAN 5820 |
| 6.00pm | Live Transmission |
| Dated: 26th August 1958 | |
