Displaying items by tag: Swinging Sixties
Monday, 18 November 2019 18:47
A Short Biog of Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1943. She had two younger siblings, Michael and Laura Growing up her parents felt Janis needed more attention than their other children and at school, she was never part of the crowd and proved to be a misfit.
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Music
Saturday, 22 June 2019 15:44
The Real Oliver Reed (1999)
Narrated by David Hemmings reveals the contrasts and contradictions in the life of Robert Oliver Reed. Born in Wimbledon in 1938,
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Thursday, 04 April 2019 15:10
A Short Biog of The Walker Brothers
Scott Engel (1943 - 2019) came from Ohio and was a teen idol in the making in the late 50s, making several appearances on Eddie Fisher's TV series (Carrie Fisher’s father).
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Music
Monday, 23 April 2018 10:05
The Turning Tide by P.P. Arnold (Released October 2017) on ZANI
In the liner notes to P.P. Arnold’s long-overdue release The Turning Tide, Barry Gibb refers to the singer as “a girl inside a woman. Childlike in many ways, and yet her voice was somehow ancient.” His words only begin to describe a too-oft-overlooked voice of the sixties, and the artist behind that voice, whom he brought into the studio to record ten tracks in 1969.
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Tuesday, 13 February 2018 12:39
After the Mods: Carnaby Street Today
Although it’s important to enjoy and promote the artistry of the Mod era, just as it is important to celebrate the colourful lives and loves of those who drove it, sometimes it’s hard to resist a brutal examination of just how much things have changed since the days of the racing fifties and Swinging Sixties.
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