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This page includes a selection of other bits and pieces related to Cannon and Ball.

Gospel Cruises

Details of gospel cruises on which Cannon and Ball have appeared

Sunday Post, December 1995

Just a chat with a stranger, but lifes so different now for Cannon and Ball

If theres one thing Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball refuse to do it's spend Christmas away from home - which is why they'll be heading south tonight, writes Rob Scott.
"I simply have to get home on Christmas Eve," says Bobby, "even though I don't get there till five in the morning,
"One year I drove from panto in Aberdeen all the way to London."
Tommy agrees. "I once had a flat in Edinburgh over Christmas," he says.
"I put up a little tree and lights but it just wasn't the same."
The duo, appearing in Babes In The Wood at the King's Theatre in Glasgow, are most definitely family men.
Bobby's wife Yvonne is in Glasgow for the eight-week run, and Tommy made sure he had two months free before it started, which he spent with wife Hazel, Kelly (5) and Zoe (2).
"It's important for a child to have both a mum and dad at their age," says Tommy. "It was brilliant reading stories and putting them to bed every night.
"There were a few tears on both sides when I told Kelly I was leaving for Glasgow, but my wife phoned me a couple of hours later to say she'd forgotten all about it!"
Family life wasn't always so happy for Cannon and Ball.
"I used to be a womanising, one-and-a-half bottles of whisky a day man," admits Bobby.
"I made my wife ill with worry.
"Then I had a conversation with a Christian guy one day who said he had the answer to my problem - he told me to take it to God.
"I forced myself to do just that and I've had a relationship woth God for nine years now.
"I could see the difference in Bobby immediately," says Tommy. "He had a certain peace about him."
A few years later Tommy and Hazel committed themselves to God as well.
"We still like to have a laugh and a drink at Christmas - in our business there's plenty of opportunity for it. But we do normally have a little prayer together before we go on stage now."

Braces

Bobby Balls nightclub	Christmas 1986 advert

Blackpool Illuminations

Tommy and Bobby turning on the Blackpool Illuminations, Autumn 1981.

'The Beloved' song lyrics

Cannon and Ball were mentioned in the lyrics of the song 'Hello', released as a single in January 1990 by The Beloved.

Hello Peter, hello Paul
Saints and sinners, welcome all
Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball
Hello, hello, hello, hello

National Club Awards

Cannon and Ball are the only act to have won three national club awards. They won 'best comedy act' in 1981. Anyone know the other years? Send me an email if so.

Fan club

This is the badge given to members of the Cannon and Ball fan club. Were you in the club? Do you know what members got? Please email me with details!