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A Short Biog of Sam Cook
Written by Cameron K
Samuel Cook was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1931. One of five boys and three girls, his father was Rev. Charles and mother, Annie Mae Cook. In 1933 the Cook family joined the great migration and moved to Chicago. Young Samuel featured as vocalist in his church choir before teaming up with three of his siblings in a quartet dubbed the Soul Children. Sam became a member of the gospel group the Highway QCs. In 1950, he joined the gospel group, Soul Stirrers and stayed with them for the next six years. During this time they recorded "Nearer to Thee" and "Touch the Hem of His Garment."
Do we ever arrive? Does the train, one day hit the buffers, and if so, what do we do once it has?
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Brian Wilson – Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, Friday 28th July 2017 – Live Review
Written by Sean Diamond
Oh, Brian, why didn’t you bring the sunny weather back from California?
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Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club Part Three - Ronnie’s Humour and the End of an Era.
Written by Dennis Munday
Ronnie was renowned for his comedic patter, and during an interview, he told how it came about; “I have a special liking for oblique humour, and I began doing regular, between-sets routines soon after we moved into Frith Street.
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A Short History of The Supremes on ZANI
Written by Cameron K
Florence Ballard was a student at junior high school in the Detroit housing projects and became friends with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks,
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“It’s just like home - filthy and full of strangers.” Ronnie Scott
“I started the Club so that I could guarantee myself somewhere to play - and it’s absolutely true. If I hadn’t have been a musician, there would have been no Ronnie Scott’s Club.” Ronnie Scott.
From Branksome Beach to the world, maybe there’s a parallel reality in which Shelleyan Orphan
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A Short Biog of Petula Clark
Written by Cameron K
Petula Sally Olwen Clark was born in 1932 in Epsom, Surrey. Her unusual name Petula was said to be a combination of two of her father’s old girl friends.
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Steve Marriott Remembered from the archives of Positive Energy of Madness.
Written by Matteo Sedazzari
In the summer of 1991, I was running a fanzine entitled Positive Energy of Madness. Issues were sporadic as most fanzines were back in the day.
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The Gig: Leeds Church 27/3/2017 I’ve just got back from a converted church in Leeds, where two brothers in their mid-to-late 50s have just shaken me to my core.
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Boston (Tom Scholz and Brad Delp)
Written by Cameron K
Donald Thomas Scholz was born in 1947 in Toledo, Ohio. He studied classical piano as a child and completed his academic studies before he turned his talents to the music industry.
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James Henry Cotton was born in Tunica, Mississippi in 1935. He was the youngest of eight and grew up in the cotton fields working beside his mother, Hattie, and father, Mose.
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A Short History of Elizabeth Cotten
Written by Cameron K
Elizabeth "Shug" Nevills was born in 1893 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to a musical family.
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