MANY popular musicians have graced the stages of Sussex over the years, causing quite a stir among fans.

Edgar Broughton was a founding member of the Edgar Broughton Band in the 1960s.

He is well known as one of the most strident of protest singers, but at times one of the most accessible with a diverse repertoire of self-penned material, including some thoughtful music of great originality.

Do you remember any of the gigs they played in Brighton during the 1960s and 1970s?

Can you recall any of the band’s songs relating to a particular protest or cause?

As a boy Jess Conrad was nicknamed “Jesse” after American outlaw Jesse James; as there was already an actor named Gerald James in the Actor’s Equity group.

Reportedly, a drama teacher who was a fan of the singer suggested the stage name of Jess Conrad.

Between the late 1950s and mid-1960s, he appeared in a number of films such as Serious Charge, The Boys, Rag Doll, Konga and Michael Powell’s The Queen’s Guards.

Were you one of the fans who received his autograph, as shown above?

Perhaps you remember seeing him perform and if so what was your favourite song during his set?

As Freddie and the Dreamers’ popularity declined in the UK, the British band enjoyed a brief spell of fame in the US, when American teenagers were eager to listen to any British pop music.

Although the band was grouped as a part of the Merseybeat sound phenomenon exploded around the world in the wake of Beatlemania, they came from Manchester.

Can you remember when or where the band played in Sussex or did you attend any of their past gigs?

Freddie Garrity can be seen above with the then Miss Brighton.

Do you know who Miss Brighton was at the time she was pictured with Freddie?

Following a decade working as a street performer and musician, Luke Cresswell created the stage show Stomp in 1991.

Did you watch any of the first Stomp shows?