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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Giles Oakley

Letter: Kingsize Taylor obituary

Kingsize Taylor with his band the Dominoes was the warm-up act for Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry in London in 1964.
Kingsize Taylor with his band the Dominoes was the warm-up act for Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry in London in 1964. Photograph: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images

I saw Kingsize Taylor at the Finsbury Park Astoria in London in 1964, and I felt sorry for him and his band, the Dominoes. They were red hot, with a walloping backbeat, but they had the misfortune to be effectively a warm-up group for Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry, the latter making his UK debut.

The atmosphere was electric, but it felt as if Taylor was out of time. That was a shame, because he was a first-class rocker, who kept the joint jumping.

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