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Bernard John Manning (13 August 1930 – 18 June 2007) was an English comedian and nightclub owner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He gained a high profile on British television during the 1970s, appearing on shows such as The Comedians and The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club .
"Black Star Dancing" was released on 2 May 2019 [3] followed by the music video for the single on 7 May 2019. [4] The video is 70's inspired and features Gallagher performing on stage at a social club. The band are introduced to the stage by late comedian Bernard Manning.
Bernard Manning (c. 1886 [1] – 5 May 1962) was an English singer and actor who had a career in Australia, notably in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. After retiring from the professional stage, he promoted amateur productions in Perth , Western Australia.
The music video to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' single "Black Star Dancing" depicts the band performing on the show. [1] The series was, for at least part of its run, confined to a midnight slot by London Weekend Television and Southern Television, who felt it did not suit their, perceived, more upmarket demographics. [citation needed]
The Comedians is a British television show of the 1970s (later reprised in the mid-1980s and early 1990s) produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television.The show gave TV exposure to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Jim Bowen and Bernard Manning, many of whom went on to enjoy mainstream success in the 1980s.
The Haçienda was opened on 21 May 1982, when the comedian Bernard Manning remarked to the audience, "I've played some shit-holes during my time, but this is really something". [8] His jokes did not go down well with the crowd and he returned his fee. [9] A wide range of musical acts appeared at the club.
The venue was originally the Palace Cinema, then the Top Hat Club run by Bernard Manning and then a bingo hall. It became a heavy metal club in the 1970s until punk arrived there in 1976, [1] and Richard Boon [2] and Alan Robinson [3] started promoting nights there.
The club was known as the "Las Vegas of the North" and attracted the best acts in show business, both from the UK and USA. James Corrigan travelled with the booking agent, Bernard Hinchcliffe, to the USA to attract major acts, and offered Dean Martin's manager £45,000 for a booking, but the manager replied that Martin would not "get out of bed for a piss for that amount".