[2] He also began to contract overseas artists to perform in Australia, such as Max Adrian, Ali Akbar Khan,[2] Ravi Shankar, and others.
[3] In 1965 David Vigo (1943–2016)[4] joined his company, and the list of artists then extended to such names as American stars The Pointer Sisters, Blossom Dearie and Alvin Ailey; British performers Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, Donovan, Elvis Costello, Derek Jacobi, Pam Ayres, Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson; and European performers such as Victor Borge, Stephane Grapelli, Paco Pena and Alirio Diaz.
[2] Local artists included Don Burrows, Slim Dusty, Slava Grigoryan, and Kate Ceberano.
On 15 June, Senator Rod Kemp, the Minister for the Arts and Sport, paid tribute to Hocking in a speech to parliament.
[7] In 2001, Hocking received the JC Williamson Award, the LPA's highest honour, for their life's work in live performance.