THE Cavern is arguably the most famous club in the world.

So how do you celebrate its 60th birthday? With a musical extravaganza, of course.

The venue at 10 Mathew Street started out as a jazz club in 1957.

It went on to herald skiffle, Merseybeat and a host of household names played there from Chuck Berry to Stevie Wonder.

To mark its six decades the Cavern in conjunction with a little help from their friends - the Phil put on a show - a real feel-good party.

One of the Cavern directors, Jon Keats, introduced the nostalgic charity night starting at 19.57hrs (geddit?) and dedicated it to three Cavern stalwarts who have all died in December: Sam Leach, Allan Williams and Beatle poster artist, Wirral's Tony Booth.

Cavernous applause greeted their names.

The sold-out gig starred the accomplished 60 tribute band The Overtures - they can put their talented hands to anything and so we were taken on a journey through rock and roll history.

Three screens showed footage from the Beatles who played there 292 times to Herman's Hermits and the Kinks.

There were old tickets for famous performances and programmes beamed on stage along with footage of legendary DJ Bob Wooler.

The Overtures treated the wide-aged group audience to Fab Four songs and hits from: Chris Farlowe, The Rolling Stones, The Hollies, The Moody Blues, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer, The Who, Cilla Black, The Merseybeats, Donovan, The Monkees and The Zombies.

It was a who's-who homage of household names who graced the club's stages.

There were also spot-on musical celebrations of Queen, Rod Stewart, Oasis, Elbow, Status Quo Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Jake Bugg.

The Cavern has never stood still.

The two-and-a-half hour show was the hottest ticket in town. It whizzed by with hit after hit.

It was a night of a thousand stars. A raucous Hey Jude ended the evening to cries of more.

Don't worry Cave dwellers - there's another 60 years to come.

Globe verdict: Five stars. Take a bow, The Cavern.