Displaying items by tag: 1970s

Following on from the sad news of the passing of Toots Hibbert in September, reggae music is in mourning once again with the loss of the great Albert Griffiths the leader of The Gladiators,in my opinion, the greatest band from that golden era of Jamaican roots reggae music in the mid-seventies.

As soon autumn arrives, so thoughts start turning towards warmer clothing. There is a fabric that has been used for at least the last century that should be addressed, especially as it has seen a bit of a resurgence since certain period dramas on television (Peaky Blinders) for example have had an impact on tastes when it comes to tailoring.

The Temptations formed in 1961 and were made up of singers from several doo-wop groups. The Cavaliers (1955-57), The Primes (1957 -1960), The Siberians/The El Domingoes (1958 -1959), Otis Williams & The Distants (1959 -1960), and The Elgins (1959 - 1960). The Elgins re-christen themselves, The Temptations before signing with Miracle Records, a subsidiary of Motown Records in 1961.

Fire in Babylon is a 2010 British documentary film about the record-breaking West Indies cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s.

Marc Bolan TV documentary.Dandy in the Underworld. 1997.

A rare Lenny Mclean documentary from 1978

A documentary about the legendary film The Exorcist

By the time of the Vietnam/American War (1955 – 1975), music was used to help soldiers deal with the complexities of war whilst keeping them in touch with each other and the life they left, back home.

I am a bit late to the party with the new tv revolution in the form of Netflix and Amazon, so I have been playing catch up. Being a huge music fan, I immediately started working my way through the documentaries on James Brown,