Amazing Music Every Day!
Pre denim but post Matchstick & Ice! “Bob Young on harmonica. Bob was Status Quo’s Roadie and unofficial member of the band, he played the harmonica on several of their recordings. Bob was also a writer and co-writer of Status Quo’s material, he was involved in the writing of :- In My Chair, Gerdundula, Mean…
William Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and brought up in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste during the late 1960s. His albums have sold over 30 million…
Heads Hands & Feet were a British rock and country rock band, and part of the Harris/Colton/Smith production company. Read below..
Alexandra Elene MacLean “Sandy” Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as “the pre-eminent British folk rock singer” Sandy Denny & The Strawbs – Who Knows Where The Time Goes…
This is a fabulous piece of music. I also first heard Karl Denver’s version back in the early 60s. Obviously back in the 30s to the 60s it certainly was the wild west and some of todays publishing houses were built very differently. I know of latin songwriters with now very famous standards selling off…
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – Nothing Has Been Proved ****** A song about Christine Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies the Profumo Affair & the 1960s cold war. Read more… The song was the second collaboration between Springfield and Pet Shop Boys, following their UK #2 and US #2 hit duet “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” in 1987….
This was recorded at our old studio…Vineyard Studio London Brilliant bass playing from Mark, he could play bass,talk and drink tea at the same time!
Viola WIlls Viola Wills’ first major break into the mainstream came in 1979 with her hugely influential cover version of Milton Kellem’s 1951 classic “Gonna Get Along Without You Now” which started a string of hits. In 1982, her cover of “Stormy Weather” peaked at number 4 in the U.S. This song is hugely popular…
