Well folks.
Well folks..After all's said and done, what is there still left to do? The ironing.
Check out the fantastic original version of "Always Something There To Remind Me"
Check out the fantastic original version of "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Lou Johnson, recorded in performance on an American TV show in the Sixties. He also recorded the original versions of several other Bacharach and David songs that later proved to be...
Here's my "Gift" for you today…
The Gift I don't often think about the work I've made in the past, unless I'm called to perform it…Here's my "Gift" for you today…Thanks for all the lovely comments! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmU7IAk76V0&feature=youtu.be
I was handed a small note…
On a long haul flight yesterday just before disembarking I was handed a small note...Very nice.
A walk along Sunset Boulevard this morning..
A walk along Sunset Boulevard this morning.. No place for pedestrians, but Spring is in the air..Will dive deep into the music box again soon..Keep on tuning in!
I got married in them!
Here are my favourite gold boots..especially cause I got married in them!
Performing Fool on the Hill
Performing Fool on the Hill with Paul and Ringo in the front row last night. Not a bad gig if you can get it!
Annie Lennox And Dave Stewart Reunite For One Night Only
-- Official Announcement --- The Recording Academy has announced that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart will perform as a duo for The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles. The event will be taped at the Los Angeles Convention Centre on January 27, a...
Hear this and prepare to be SLAYED people!
Hear this and prepare to be SLAYED people! Here she comes…The one and Only High priestess of Soul…Ladies and Gentlemen…Miss Aretha Franklin! http://youtu.be/VuQvIfOQY6M
THE SUPREMES "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO"
THE SUPREMES "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO" I was absolutely mad about The Supremes, who graced our British TV screens with elegance and style as the most commercially successful of Motown's acts, with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of these hits were...
Rehearsing for tomorrow's show
Rehearsing for tomorrow's show.. Very exciting indeed peoples!!
PETULA CLARKE "DOWNTOWN"
PETULA CLARKE "DOWNTOWN" This is sheer fabulousness…I've loved this song since the first time I heard it. It's very much of it's epoch, saturated with Swinging London in the Sixties…. innocent, joyous and celebratory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AElZEM7esWU
CILLA BLACK "ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART"
CILLA BLACK "ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART" Most famous in the UK for the no 1 single "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (1964) which was the biggest selling single by a female artist in the 1960s. Cilla had eleven Top Ten hits on the British charts between 1964 and 1971. I've always...
DIONNE WARWICK "WALK ON BY"
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 another singer who could...
Greetings pop pickers!
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 be a mixed bag...My musical...
Dusty Springfield – The Look of Love
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 just a young...
THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
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 Mozart's...
ITCHYCOO PARK… THE SMALL FACES
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 conceived by Ronnie Lane, the song's...
HOLE IN MY SHOE…TRAFFIC
HOLE IN MY SHOE…TRAFFIC Reaching number 2 in the UK Singles chart in 1967, written by guitarist Dave Mason, who must have been under the influence of Lysergic Acid at the point of it's conception. Apparently it was disliked by the band's other three members who felt...
MACARTHUR PARK…RICHARD HARRIS
MACARTHUR PARK…RICHARD HARRIS Written by Jimmy Webb, it was initially rejected by The Association and Richard Harris was the first to record it in 1968. It was subsequently covered by numerous artists. The inspiration behind the song was the relationship break up...