Letter: Kingsize Taylor obituary

Giles Oakley

Thursday, 20 Apr 2023

Giles Oakley writes: He was a first-class rocker, who kept the joint jumping

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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Giles Oakley

Giles Oakley is a retired TV producer and the former head of BBC Community & Disability Programmes

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