Original CHRIS MONTEZ Autograph 1963 from BEATLES tour.

	£		47
	$		62

Description This is an original and authentic autograph from CHRIS MONTEZ from a 1963 concert at the Birmingham Hippodrome on the 10th march 1963.
CHRIS MONTEZ and TOMMY ROE were the headliners on the tour supported by THE BEATLES who was on their 2nd ever tour after a short tour with Helen Shapiro. This was the 2nd night of a 21-date tour.
At this point CHRIS MONTEZ and TOMMY ROE were the big US stars coming into town and The Beatles were still pretty much unknown in the USA. The Beatles were just starting to break out by this point in March after the release of Please Please Me but there was signs that the Beatles were about to become massive.  By the end of the tour The Beatles were getting so big that the running order was changed and it was The Beatles who closed the show and Chris Montez and Tommy Roe dropped to support roles. 
There was 21 dates in this tour including this Birmingham show and other acts on the bill included The Terry Young Six, Debbie Lee, The Viscounts and compare Tony Marsh.
We also have BEATLES autographs from this show along with CHRIS MONTEZ and TOMMY ROE plus tickets, handbills and programmes.
Authenticity
This is part of a unique 1000+ collection of hand-written autographs taken face-to-face with the stars between 1962-1964 in and around Birmingham, United Kingdom. 
My name is Phil and I'm helping to collate and sell this unique collection with my friend Paul who was active on the live music scene between 1962-1964 and collected these between those years. Paul went to school in Aston Birmingham and amongst his class mates were Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi who went on to form the rock band Black Sabbath. In fact you can find a picture of Paul in Iommi's autobiography - Iron Man. 
In 1962 as a 14 year old Paul started attending live concerts and started an obsession to meet and collect autographs from as many stars as he could which would last for the next 2 years.
During that period Paul collected autographs from virtually every British and American band and singer who played live in Birmingham between 1962-1964. He collected 1000+ autographs from stars at venues like The Plaza Ballroom, Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham Hippodrome, Alexandra Theatre and at the ATV TV Studios where he used to attend the recording of the TV show Thank Your Lucky Stars each week. He also used to go to the main hotels that many of the big American stars stayed at like The Albany Hotel. He also learned the layout of many of the venues and as a young kid – 14 or 15 at the time – managed to get back stage at many venues and met many stars in their dressing rooms. 
Back then he didn't have the money to buy glossy photos to get autographs on, so collected all the popular music papers like Sounds, Melody Maker and New Music Express plus others. So apart from the occasionally promo cards the stars carried, most of the autographs are on period clippings from the music papers which he collected through those years. 
The collection is a truly unique snapshot of the live music scene in Birmingham, United Kingdom,  between 1962-1964 and a one-off collection and probably the largest of its kind. 
Coming very soon... We are slowly collating this massive collection and releasing it for sale and coming soon we've got the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bobby Vee, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, Petula Clark, Helen Shapiro, Sammy Davies Jr, Jet Harris, Joe Brown, The Four Seasons, Dusty Springfield, Duke Ellington, The Hollies, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, The Crickets, The Tornados, The Searchers, Gene Vincent, Billy J Kramer, Nat King Cole, Alma Cogan, Matt Monro, Richard Attenborough, The Everley Brothers, Freddie and the Dreamers, Adam Faith, Bo Diddley, Chris Montez, Tommy Roe, Chubby Checker and so many more.....
We guarantee the authenticity of this item for life and we offer a 100% "No Quibble" money back guarantee, so its a "No Risk" purchase. All our autographs are from one collection, personally collected by the owner from face-to-face meets with all the stars and many have great stories behind them also!