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Clem Cattini joined Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
abandoning the Larry Parnes Tours as the money was so low, Clem got a job as the drummer for Johnny Kidd
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Losing Errol Brown
has put me in mind of this interview where the origins of Hot Chocolate’s recording career started with a single released on Apple for curious reasons. However many good things came to pass in their long musical career
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Mel Gale touring with the Electric Light Orchestra
Mel signed on for one tour and found himself drafted into the band permanently
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She turned down millions
A rocking young Tom Jones and the song ‘It’s Not Unusual’ – she turned them all down all for her time spent with Des
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Hyping the charts was a dirty business
Some of the biggest hits you know and love where ‘helped’ in those early years by weekly cash payments so now you know how Mickie Most got one over Don
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The free men in Paris
A quick trip to Paris last weekend to film two veterans of the early Sixties busking scene, both of whom worked with Davy Graham. Joe Locker on the right is an American who came over straight after University with his banjo having learnt his folk music from his mother. He played the British circuit with great…
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Norman Jopling – watch the clip – then you can buy his great book
It was this interview with Norman that led to us publishing his book ‘Shake It Up Baby!’ so it just goes to show. We have had some absolutely fabulous reviews so far in the papers: Fascinating, funny and gloriously evocative account…easily the best music book to hit the shelves in an age…as passionate as it…
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Andrew Oldham reviews our book
“I used to say that the best books on the 60’s were written before 1970. Norman Jopling’s SHAKE IT UP BABY! breaks that thought. He writes about the 60’s pop boom as if he were still there – and he takes us back there. A triumph of time-travel ! “
