Name: Rita Pierson
Home town: Hornchurch, Essex
Dreamboater since: Since the show opened
Favourite song in school: Great Balls of Fire
First music crush: Buddy Holly
Favourite song lyric: Raining in My Heart
50s or 60s band you would have liked to have been in: Buddy Holly and The Crickets
Words to live by: Live Music Keeps You Young At Heart
Best Dreamboats album: Time of Your Life Album

My story: I was a teenager when Bill Haley hit the world with rock and roll and learned to jive at the local Youth Club. It was a wonderful time for teenagers as this new music worked its way into our lives. I still love it today and never tire of listening to the bands and singers of the time. It is mostly the only music I listen to in the car or on my phone. Rock and roll will never die!

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I grew up in the late 50s and 60s when my gorgeous big brothers Gavin & Andrew were listening to all the 60’s songs on an old record player as they were getting ready to go out to the dancing. Hopefully to get a girlfriend and a wee winch. Although I was too young to […]

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