1972

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 1972
Date		Valid	Event	Comments
Jan	1	♫	Disco	Adm50p
	7	♫	Disco	New lighting system used for the first time Adm 50p
	8	♫	The Showstoppers	Adm 80p
	14	♫	Disco
	15	♫	Disco	With Bruce Benson Adm. 50p
	22	♫	Jimmy Ruffin	With Bruce Benson Adm. £1
	29	♫	The Fantastics	With Bruce Benson Adm. £1
Feb	5	♫	Eddie Floyd	With Bruce Benson Adm. 80p
	12	♫	Doris Troy	With Bruce Benson Adm.70p
	14	♫	Valentine Dance	Adm.20p
	19	♫	Johnnie Walker	With Bruce Benson Adm. 50p
	21	♫	The Lovers Concerto Disco	Adm. 20p
	26	♫	The Flirtations	With Bruce Benson Adm. 70p
Mar	4	♫	Ben E. King	With Bruce Benson Adm. 80p
	11	♫	The Rosco Roadshow with 2000 Watts of Power	With Bruce Benson Adm. 80p
	18	♫	The Drifters	With Bruce Benson Adm. 80p
	25	♫	Radio Luxembourg Show with Dave Christian	Also Bruce Benson Adm. 50p
Apr	1	♫	Edwin Starr	With Bruce Benson Adm. 80p
	3	♫	Chancery Lane	With Bruce Benson Adm. 30p
	8	♫	Donnie Elbert	With Bruce Benson Adm. 90p
	10	♫	Z	Adm. 20p
	15	♫	Closed for a private function
	17	♫	Satan's Toys	Adm. 20p
	22	♫	Bloodstone	With Bruce Benson Adm. 60p
	24	♫	The Showstoppers backing group The Red River Band	Adm. 20p
	28	♫	Radio Luxembourg Show with Mark Wesley	Adm. 20p
	29	♫	Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon	Adm. 70p
May	1		Live Group Night	Adm. 20p
	6	♫	Sarah Gordon and Bondage Little Free Rock	With Bruce Benson 60p "Little Free Rock took over backing Sarah Gordon when Bondage broke up. The California billing was still for the original Bondage booking. I didn't know about it until you just said." Peter Illingworth - LFR Sarah Gordon used to strip onstage, taking off one piece of clothing for every song she sang. Needless to say, LFR didn't back her for too long.
	8	♫	Warrior	Adm. 20p
	13	♫	Inez Fox	With Bruce Benson Adm. 60p
	20	♫	Johnny Walker Tells The Motown Story	Adm. 80p
	27	♫	Freddie Mack Soul Show	Adm. 60p
	29	♫	Tony Morgan's Muscle Power	Adm. 30p
Jun	3	♫	Johnny Nash	with guest appearance (2 songs) from a complete unknown who was being produced by Johnny. His name was Bob Marley! DJ for the night was Graham Bonney Adm. 80p
	10	♫	The Elgins	Adm. 70p
	17	♫	De-Hems	50p with Paul Gray playing the records as Bruce Benson is resting prior to his marathon. The advert say's the De-Hems were an 8 piece American band. Paul and I went to their flat in London and met Eddy Grant there. We don't remember them being American.
	24	♫	Slade	DJ for the night was Paul Gray who never actually got to spin a record. Bruce Benson finished his marathon and introduced Slade. Slade went off, Paul came on, all the fuses blew. Adm. £1
Jul	1	♫	Nicky Thomas & The Equators	Adm. 60p
	8	♫	Noel Edmonds	Noel Edmonds ran the Disco on this date along with Bruce Benson Adm. 50p
	15	♫	Bruce Ruffin	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 70p
	22	♫	Non-stop Tamla Motown	With interviews with the stars!!!! Adm 50p Eh? Not at that price there weren't! Anyone remember this?
	29	♫	Blonde	Ray J Day Disco Adm 50p
Aug	5		There is nothing in the papers for this date.	This may be the date Kopperwyne played see mystery gig at bottom of list.
	12	♫	Mary Wells	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 70p
	19	♫	Gary Glitter	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 90p
	26	♫	Tony Morgan's Muscle Power	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 60p
Sep	2	♫	Blackfoot Sue	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 70p
	9	♫	Dave Lee Travis	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 60p
	16	♫	The Drifters	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm.
	23	♫	Love Unlimited	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 80p
	30	♫	Jackie Wilson	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 80p
Oct	6	♫	Private Function Dave Collins	...of Dave & Ansell Collins appeared at this. The advert in the paper says that even though it was a private function, regular patrons were welcome for a fee.
	14	♫	Major Lance	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm. 80p
	21	♫	Chairmen of the Board	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm.
	27	♫	Soul Review with Dave Holland	Adm. 30p
	28	♫	The Flirtations	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm.
Nov	4	♫	Fontella Bass	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm.
	11	♫	Junior Walker & The All Stars	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm.
	18	♫	Dance & Cabaret with The Barron Knights and Eddie Curtis Orchestra	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm.
	25	♫	Sarah Gordon	With Bruce Benson Disco Adm.
Dec	2	♫	Love Affair	Adm60p
	9	♫	Dandy Livingstone	Ray J Day Disco Adm 80p
	16	♫	Bob & Earl	Plus the California's 1200 watt Disco. Admission 70p
	23	♫	Edwin Starr	With Bruce Benson Discotheque Adm.£1.50p
	24	♫	Christmas spectacular with DJ Dave Holland	Adm. 30p
	30	♫	Hot Chocolate	With Bruce Benson Discotheque Adm.£1.00p
	31	♫	Be in with the in crowd and DJ Dave Holland	Adm. 30p
???	?		Kopperwyne	Definite gig. Evidence held. No date