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1964 THE MUSIC It’s the year that Billboard declares that ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ is the fastest ever million seller in the U.S.A. Epic Records of the US declares the ‘Tottenham Sound’ of the Dave Clark Five more potent than the Beatles Liverpool Sound. Capitol Records also announce that for the first time …
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE His father Maurice became famous for his film soundtracks such as Dr. Zhivago and Laurence of Arabia, whilst he succeeded in becoming the very first western rock artist to tour the People’s Republic of China in 1981 and selling out five concerts. The audiences in Peking and Shanghai were ultra-polite and did include …
STAGGER LEE Lloyd Price was a popular artist of the 1950’s era, however, sometimes a forgotten influence in the music scene. Born in New Orleans he wrote many hits that were also revised by Elvis, Little Richard, John Lennon and a few others. Never using an instrument on stage himself, nor travelling overseas to promote …
VENUS IN JEANS In 1955 Alma Coogan had a number 1 hit in the UK with Dreamboat. Photos of Alma show her dressed almost like a ballerina. The Daily Sketch of 1956 had Anne Shelton next to a photo of Elvis and ran an article on her hit ‘Lay Down Your Arms’. It was later …
SHE SHE – LITTLE SHEILA From 1956-59 Billboard (the American Trade journal) called every Caucasian Rock and Roller, a Rockabilly. It was coined to cover such new developments as Western and Loop, Country Rock n Roll, Cat music and others. By 1960 though, the music by some changed to meet the needs of the teenage …
It was the year that some of rock’s illustrious stars hit the headlines and charts for the first time. In January, DJ and Rock’n’Roll pioneer Alan Freed died aged only 43. Georgie Fame’s ‘Yeh Yeh’ replaces the Beatles at the top of the UK charts. By December the Beatles are on top of the British …
HANK MARVIN Hank Marvin wanted to be like his Am4erican Idols, James Burton. Chet Atkins, Duane Eddy with guitar experiments aimed at their American sound. As Marvin became more and more popular as a guitarist the tables turned and everyone wanted to sound exactly like him. As described in detail from journalist Tony Bacon, Hank’s …
SESSION MUSICIANS The late fifties and sixties saw an influx of session musicians converge on Los Angeles. Hollywood the capitol of Americas entertainment business and it demanded high standards and versatility. One had to switch from Jazz to rock, surf to folk, to easy listening at a moments notice. The chief source of income tended …