...Renamed the Gaumont on 22nd August 1949, the theatre staged numerous plays produced by its own theatre group and presented a series of jazz concerts starring the top jazz musicians in the country. It also hosted top international stars such as Victor Borge, Ella Fitzgerald and Johnny Mathis, plus variety shows with Frankie Vaughan, Shirley Bassey and Norman Wisdom. Live organ recitals, Melody for Late Evening starring Ronald Brickell on the Wurlitzer and Harold Gee on violin, were broadcast regularly from the Regent on Thursday evenings by the BBC throughout the fifties. In the sixties, it became a regular stop off for package tours, along with the Winter Gardens, packed with pop stars....
The Shadows - Live Gaumont Bournemouth(1964)
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