Sorry if the question has been asked before but i cannot recollect it.

Reason being i have received an Email asking the Question and to be honest i have not got a clue.

so over to you guys and thanks & in advance for Your Help.

Rick.

That’s a difficult one ! My first guess would be The Flamingo Jazz All-nighters which then went R n B - but my second guess for a “ recognised “ All-nighter by today’s standards would be The Scene Club

The first allniters weren't R&B or soul related, they go back to the jazz years -- late 50's / early 60's. London January 1959 & 1960 ...

Edited Saturday at 19:261 day by Roburt

Early R&B niters ... LONDON >> Friday & Saturday nights in January 1964 ...

Seems jazz groups still ruled the roost @ the Flamingo at the start of 1962. But during the early part of that year, jazz acts played the niter sessions BUT the acts on had started to also include R&B songs in their repertoire. Thus jazz front men like Earl Watson & Tommy Whittle were leading jazz outfits. Also on the bill were the likes of the Birch Heckstall Smith Quartet. Main man in this jazz group was Dick Heckstall Smith. He was soon to join Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. They cut the groundbreaking album 'R&B from the Marquee'. The following year, he was a founding member of that band's breakaway unit, the Graham Bond Organisation. So he became one of the UK's fore-runners in the R&B field (despite his 5 or so earlier years as a main man on the London jazz scene).

MARCH 1962 Flamingo niter ad ...

Edited Saturday at 20:041 day by Roburt

Some very interesting posts and information there you guys and yes it is a tough one to call, even for us oldies on here ( i'm 74 btw) and the way info and promoting events was very different back then to what we have today and the old brain cells ain't what they used to be it has to be said

Flamingo is Very early & the adds full of information & and The Scene Club sounds very interesting too, so more info on that would be wonderful if anybody has any, thanks for replies up to now you guys, looking forwards anything else that may be out there. Rick

2 hours ago, Rick Scott said:

Some very interesting posts and information there you guys and yes it is a tough one to call, even for us oldies on here ( i'm 74 btw) and the way info and promoting events was very different back then to what we have today and the old brain cells ain't what they used to be it has to be said

Flamingo is Very early & the adds full of information & and The Scene Club sounds very interesting too, so more info on that would be wonderful if anybody has any, thanks for replies up to now you guys, looking forwards anything else that may be out there. Rick

Think much of the history of the Scene Club was covered in an old thread ... 1960's London Mod / Soul Clubs

SCENEMAN posting the most informative info.