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On This day – The Payola Scandal Made Public
On This day in 1958 Billboard ran an article attacking the practice of accepting money to play certain records on the radio. The term used was ‘payola’ a combination of ‘pay’ and ‘victrola’ (Victrola was a line of phonographs originally introduced by RCA Victor in 1906 that continued until 1970). The article went on to […]
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Tagged as: alan freed, chuck berry, love rock music, On This Day, payola, real rock and blues, rock and blues
The Best Band You Never Heard 1
Over the last couple of weeks I have been two stonkingly good gigs. Both by the same duo Akoustic Soul. Now, I know them, but that does not mean that I am biased. I know some of the other local bands but they will not feature in this series. Akoustic Soul Are; Andrew Wilson (guitars) […]
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Tagged as: akoustic soul, live music, love rock music, new bands, rock and blues
On This Day – Bob Crashes
On this day in 1966 Bob Dylan crashed his motorbike. Apparently he suffered serious neck injuries although their extent have never been fully confirmed. After the accident an ambulance was not called and was taken home in a car by his then wife Sara. The crash, the circumstances of which were not fully explained, did have […]
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Tagged as: bob dylan, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues
Vamika – The Best band You’ve Never Heard (2)
Well, you would not have as they have only played one gig so far with another lined up for 7th May at 9.00pm at The Pleasant Retreat in Lostock hall, Lancashire, UK. However, they have previous. Until part way through 2009 they were Crimzon, a gigging band with a dedicated local following in this part […]
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Tagged as: amy murrell, dave sharples, love rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues, vamika
On This Day (Nearly) – Billy Fury Dies
This is one that got away from me….On this day (yesterday) in 1983 Billy Fury died from heart and kidney problems. He was 42. Billy Fury was almost unknown in the States but in the UK he was huge in the early 60s. In fact he had 24 hits in the UK charts in the […]
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Tagged as: billy fury, love rock music, mersey beat, On This Day, rock and blues
On This Day – Zeppelin’s Debut, Probably.
On this day in 1968 led Zeppelin played their first gig, probably. There is some confusion due to the short time that the band called themselves ‘The New Yardbirds’. Also, some internet sources quote the 15th October 1968 as being the first Zepp gig, but that appears to be an error. Jimmy himself presented a […]
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Tagged as: jimmy page, led zepp, led zepplin, love rock music, On This Day, rock and blues, surrey university, zepplin
On This Day – What a Week For Elvis!
On this day in 1956 Elvis was involved in a fist fight. He had stopped at a petrol station in Memphis to get some petrol and was mobbed by teenagers. The petrol station manager wanted him to go away so that he could start selling petrol again. Tempers became frayed and the owner, Ed Hopper, […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, elvis fighting, elvis presley, love rock music, On This Day, rock and blues
A New One From Jacko, Old Ones From The Beatles
A new single from Michael Jackson will be released on 12th October. Whether it would have been released if he was still alive I do not know. In the last week the Beatles sold 2.5 million (remastered) albums in the US, UK, and Japan. A spokes person for EMI said “Beatlemania has returned, with fans […]
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Tagged as: beatles, classic rock music, love rock music, michael Jackson
Beatlemania to Sweep The World! (again)
There is going to be a worldwide growth in fabness. Mop tops will be back in fashion and lovable Liverpudlian accents everywhere. At least according to the media including a simpering Sunday Times this week, the reason? The Beatles’ albums have been remastered and reissued together with a magnificent box set. The box set contains […]
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Tagged as: beatlemania, beatles, beatles remasters, george harrison, john lennon, love rock music, paul mccartney, ring, rock and blues, rongo starr
On This Day – The Boss and Anne Murray
Raised eyebrows and presumably a mixed reception as on this day in 1974 Bruce Springsteen opened for Anne Murray, the country singing star in New York. Anne Murray was the golden haired, honey voiced, very clean and wholesome Canadian country singer whose biggest hit was the sweet, and so annoying, Snowbird. What the hell was […]
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Tagged as: anne murray, bruce springsteen, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues