AS regular Rewind readers know, we sometimes invite you to help us out with information about items we find in our files.
This week we have two invitations, each relating to a local showbusiness performer whose file contains precisely one cutting.
The first, with a photo of a handsome young man and an Afghan hound, appeared on July 3, 1975, and is headlined: âDole yesterday fame tomorrow.â
We wrote: âOne day, redundant Swindon car worker John Krelli was facing the bleak prospect of life on the dole.
âThe next he was soaking up the sun in Spain, looking forward to a new career as a pop star.
âJohn, 20, of Tilleys Lane, Stratton St Margaret, collected his redundancy pay at the British Leyland car body plant in Stratton St Margaret last month.
âTomorrow he has his debut single issued by BUK records. Called Jij-a-Jig Jig, the song was written by Swindon singer Gordon Bennett (real name Brian Mallon), who also produced the record.
âGordon, whose parents live in Wanborough, has a recording contract with Decca Records.
âThe two musicians have known each other since the days when Gordon was a student at The College and John was a singer/guitarist with the popular Swindon rock group Green Steam.
âTo help promote the new record, John and his two back-up vocalists, Amba Barker and Denise Distel, will be meeting customers tomorrow at Kempsterâs music stores in Commercial Road.â
The internet has plenty of listings for the catalogue number of the single, whose B-side was called Do You Love Me, but there is no mention of the man himself.
Our other showbusiness cutting is from September 28, 1976, when we ran a large photo of a young magician.
The information in the caption is scant: âSwindon magician Andrew Turner, at 15, is one of the youngest âtrickstersâ in Wiltshire.
âLast night he gave a one-man show at the harvest supper at the Salvation Army Citadel in Swindonâs Fleet Street.
âAndrew, of Raleigh Avenue, Walcot, is a member of the Wiltshire Associated Magicians.â
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