Cliff Richard failed an audition for the programme and was not used, but early regular performers included McDevitt, the Vipers Skiffle Group, Johnny Duncan and his Bluegrass Boys, and George Melly and his Bubbling Over Four.
These included Cliff Richard, Adam Faith, Chris Barber, Humphrey Lyttelton, Marty Wilde, Terry Dene, Vince Taylor, Russ Sainty, Johnny Kidd, Michael Holliday, Bert Weedon and Clinton Ford.
In 1960, an LP, Saturday Club, was issued, on the Parlophone label, featuring 13 performers including Tommy Bruce, Ricky Valance, Keith Kelly, Bert Weedon and the King Brothers.
[1][3] The fifth-anniversary show in October 1963 starred the Beatles, The Everly Brothers, Tommy Roe, Frank Ifield, Kathy Kirby, Clinton Ford, Roy Orbison, Joe Brown and his Bruvvers, Kenny Ball's Jazzmen and Arthur Greenslade's group with strings.
The first Radio 1 Saturday Club on 30 September 1967 featured the Bee Gees, and other editions included Dusty Springfield, Wayne Fontana, the Searchers, Jimi Hendrix, Manfred Mann, Small Faces, Cream and the Who.
Sessions recorded for Saturday Club by Chas McDevitt, The Everly Brothers, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Johnny Kidd, Billy Fury, Dusty Springfield, Marianne Faithfull, Small Faces, Cream, Harry Nilsson and the Who have been released on CD.