The 60’s were a heady time for me, with so much happening everywhere:

1962 with LONNY DONNEGAN and DES O’CONNOR in Summer Show at the ABC Great Yarmouth.

• Signed with Oriole Records (with option to move on, as planned)

• Made 2 Singles on the Oriole Label.

1963 Signed with Pye Records

* met TONY HATCH for the first time – ‘ A bit full of himself ’

* First PYE RECORDING – ‘MELANCHOLY ME’ – by Humperdinck. Ugh!

1964 ‘BEATLES NIGHT OUT’ Special hosted by Mike & Bernie Winters.

• Tony Hatch sent over a couple of tunes, knowing that I wrote lyrics. So I wrote the lyrics for:
  • ‘SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD’
  • ‘THIS TIME’
  • ‘WHERE ARE YOU NOW’

 

• GUEST STAR on Z-CARS – the very popular TV Police series . After they taught me to drive a very nice white Sunbeam Alpine sports car I didn’t drive at the time, but no-one had thought to ask me that, before shooting the scene. After a few ‘kangaroo’ demo’s, they got the picture! Frightened the living ….. out of me! - I played the’ sensual hairdresser’ girlfriend of one of the police stars.

• Christmas tour of South Africa

A couple of Trent/Hatch songs went very well over there and were minor hits. My old pal Adam Faith shared the bill. Some very interesting times with non- music reading musicians???

1965 Summer Show, Isle of Man with VAL DOONICAN.

Met Geoff Duke, Mike Hailwood and Barry Sheene at the TT Races

• ‘WHERE ARE YOU NOW’ hit the Charts @ No 1 - (completely unplanned – the song was written for a TV series)

• Recorded first album – ‘WHERE ARE YOU NOW’

• Worked in Israel at The Hilton Tel Aviv and The King David, JERUSALEM. ‘High Class Tea Time Entertainment for The Ladies’………. And I hated it - 2 afternoon’s per week………

• TONY HATCH started pursuing me (critical observers please note!) By telegram and by letter at long distance, whilst I was working in Israel. All completely unexpected – he was married, I was happy, busy and successful in my life, certainly with no designs on Mr Hatch! But we did work together, so……….

• Then started a long spell of writing Hit Songs with Tony Hatch between 1-week Shows all over the UK, plus recording sessions.

• Became known as ‘One Take Trent’ in the recording studio.

1966 Much the same as above

1967 Ditto, plus marriage to Tony Hatch

1968 FRANK SINATRA brought Tony and I over to the USA on board the old Queen Elizabeth liner to write 12 songs for his new album. FRANK laid on a special birthday party for me, but I was exhausted after giving birth to my daughter by Caesarean just 4 weeks before and I just couldn’t make it. Frank hadn’t known that, of course.

Would you believe, the FRANK SINATRA flew to UK in his private jet to meet up again. What a compliment from a fascinating man……….

• Hosted YORKSHIRE TV’s first COLOUR Musical Special – MR & MRS MUSIC, with SCOTt WALKER and MATT MUNRO as special guests. The set designer created a glorious CREAM STAGE SET, but with no legroom for the musso’s. That was fun: the trombones kept hitting the musso’s sat in front of them!!

1969 Hosted the First AUSTRALIAN CHANNEL 9 Colour TV Musical Show - Shown twice!

• First Tour of Australia.

• ‘THE TWO OF US’ was No.1 IN OZ FOR SIX MONTHS

………….. then in and out of the Charts………………