Jan 23, 2014 | Blog
DIONNE WARWICK “WALK ON BY” I’ve always been drawn to the alchemy of Bert Bacharach’s music. Dionne Warwick must have been his perfect vocal muse, with the most amazing voice to express and interpret his songs. I think it would be hard to find...
Jan 22, 2014 | Blog
Greetings pop pickers! Hope you enjoyed my late Sixties jukebox week. If you’d care for another personal selection please let me know..There’s a fairly unlimited supply in my head…Maybe I’ll focus on a band or an artist, or perhaps it’ll...
Jan 22, 2014 | Blog
Thank you for sending so many suggestions as to what kind of music you might like me to post… I’ve decided to present some of the female singers who had a massive influence on me in the early Sixties, although I didn’t realise it at the time because I was...
Jan 19, 2014 | Blog
THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND.. by French composer Michel Legrand with English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The song was used as the theme for the 1968 film,The Thomas Crown Affair. The opening two melodic sentences were borrowed from...
Jan 18, 2014 | Blog
ITCHYCOO PARK… THE SMALL FACES Released by Mod band The Small Faces in August 1967, together with ” Tin Soldier” and “All or Nothing”, the song was one of the band’s biggest hits and has become a classic of it’s time. Written and...
