1973

Complete

Confirmed events are indicated by a ♫
Events are only confirmed if printed evidence is available, i.e.. Magazine, Advert, Ticket, Poster etc. or if verified by two independent sources. Internet sourced dates are not classed as evidence due to errors being copied from site to site.
All acts are listed exactly as they appeared in the advert.
It will be noted that in the early years, some of the more famous bands had differing names and may have been lower on the bill. This usually means that they were, as yet, relatively unknown.
Additional information and corrections to this list are more than welcomed.

All the gigs and events at the California Ballroom during 1973
Date		Valid	Event	Comments
Jan	05	♫	Dave Holland Soul Show.	Devils Den with Lektronis Sounds Disco. Adm. 35p
	06	♫	The Real Thing	Carl Edwardes Disco Show Adm. 50p
	13	♫	Johnny Johnson and The Bandwagon	Carl Edwardes Disco Show Adm. 50p
	20	♫	Closed	No idea why
	22	♫	Roy C	Dave Holland and Paul Gray. Admission 50p
	27	♫	Clem Curtis and the Foundations	Carl Edwardes Disco Show Admission 50p
Feb	03	♫	Jimmy Ruffin	Bruce Benson & Carl Edwardes D.S. Adm. £1
	10	♫	Martha Reeves and The Motown Sound on the opening night of her UK tour	Bruce Benson & Carl Edwardes D.S. Adm. £1
	17	♫	The Freddie Mack Extravaganza	plus Carl Edwardes D.S. Adm. 50p
	24	♫	Mac and Katie Kisson	plus Carl Edwardes D.S. Adm. 50p
Mar	03	♫	Danta	plus Carl Edwardes D.S. Adm. 50p
	10	♫	Sam & Dave	Bruce Benson Adm. 80p
	17	♫	The Equals	LSE disco with Mr H. Admission 50p
	19	♫	The Detroit Emeralds	LSE disco with Mr H. Admission 50p
	24	♫	Junior Walker & the All Stars	LSE disco with Mr H. Admission £1
	31	♫	Sweet	The Sensational Bruce Benson Show featuring Paul Gray Adm. 80p
Apr	07	♫	Geordie	LSE disco with Mr H Admission 50p
	14	♫	Major Lance	LSE disco with Mr H and Paul Gray in the Devils Den Admission 50p
	19	♫	Disco	with Dave Holland Adm. 40p
	20	♫	Good Friday closed
	21	♫	The Fantastics	LSE disco with Mr H and Paul Gray in the Devils Den Admission 70p
	28	♫	Arthur Conley	LSE disco with Mr H and Paul Gray in the Devils Den Admission 70p
May	05	♫	Millie Jackson	LSE disco with Mr H and Paul Gray in the Devils Den Admission 70p
	12	♫	The Flirtations	LSE disco with Mr H and Paul Gray in the Devils Den Admission 70p
	19	♫	Edwin Starr	LSE disco with Mr H and Paul Gray in the Devils Den Admission 80p
	26	♫	Oscar Tony Junior	Plus Dave Holland and Paul Gray in the Devils Den Adm.50p
	28	♫	Bank Holiday Disco	with Dave Holland Adm. 30p
Jun	2	♫	Geordie	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 70p.
	9	♫	Hot Chocolate	Dave Holland Disco and Paul Gray Adm. £1
	16	♫	Drifters First Saturday night of their UK tour	Dynamic Dave's Disco. Admission £1
	22	♫	Disco Show combined with Jays 2in1	Dynamic Dave's Disco. Admission 40p Does anyone have any idea why they were promoting toilet cleaner?????
	23	♫	Dave Holland Disco Show	Admission 50p
	30	♫	Suzi Quatro	Dave Holland Disco. Admission £1
Jul	3	♫	The First Choice	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
	4		Sparks
	7	♫	The Drifters	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 85p
	13	♫	Slade promotion	Records of Luton. Throughout the evening we shall be giving away free Slade LPs, singles, T-Shirts, posters, badges and stickers PLUS Dave Holland Disco. Admission 40p
	14	♫	RAK recording stars Mud and Pebbles	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
	21	♫	Mungo Jerry	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
	22	♫	Sunday Soul in the Devil's Den	every Sunday with Dave Holland Admission 30p
	28	♫	Blackfoot Sue	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
Aug	4	♫	Chicory Tip	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
	11	♫	Greyhound	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
	18			Nothing listed in the papers
	25	♫	Average White Band	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
Sep	1	♫	The Real Thing	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
	8	♫	10cc	Dave Holland Disco. Admission 50p
	15	♫	Chairmen of the Board	Dave Holland Disco. Admission £1
	22	♫	Jimmy Ruffin	Dave Holland Disco. Admission £1
	29		Limmie and the Family Cookin'
Oct	4	♫	Medicine Head Beckett	Rock on Thursdays Disco with Mr H Adm. 50p
	6	♫	Chi-Lites	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance £1
	11	♫	Budgie supported by Bitch	Rock on Thursdays Mr H Disco. Admission 50p
	13	♫	Detroit Emeralds	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance £1
	18	♫	Osibisa The Heavy Metal Kids	Rock on Thursdays Disco with Mr H Adm. 80p
	20	♫	Guy Darrell Deep Feeling	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance 50p
	25	♫	Vinegar Joe Gerry Moore Band	Rock on Thursdays Adm. 50p
	27	♫	Ben E King	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance 50p
Nov	3	♫	JJ Barnes	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance 60p
	8	♫	Nicole and Marsh	Rock on Thursdays In the Devil's Den. Disco with Mr H Admission 20p
	10	♫	Desmond Dekker	Entrance 60p
	17	♫	Suzi Quatro	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance 80p
	22	♫	Diamond Lill	Rock on Thursdays In the Devil's Den. Disco with Mr H Admission 20p
	24	♫	Hot Chocolate	Entrance 70p
	29	♫	Haydn	Rock on Thursdays In the Devil's Den. Disco with Mr H Admission 20p
Dec	1	♫	Mac and Katie Kasoon	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance 60p
	8	♫	Heart of Soul	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance 60p
	10	♫	The Philly Review starring The O'Jays, The Intruders, Billy Paul and M.F.S.B	Admission £1.50p MFSB didn't appear at a lot of the gigs, including the Hammersmith Odeon. Paddy Grady remembers seeing them at the Cali though.
	15	♫	The Pioneers	Dave Holland Disco. Entrance 60p
	22	♫	The Real Thing	Admission 60p
	24	♫	Christmas Eve Spectacular Mungo Jerry	Admission £1.50p
	29	♫	Mud	Admission £1
	31	♫	The Fantastics featuring the farewell Disco Show from Dave Holland	Entrance £1.50p Doors open at 8pm, Disco until 1am, Bar extension until 12.45am