Chris Nickson's Guide To British Rock...
British rock has changed the world. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, punk, dance music, and the pop of recent years have all gone global and influenced everything musical.
But there's been no history of British music from its skiffle roots to the present day.
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How Take That Began: For the first half of the 1990s they were the idols of the pop charts, with seven songs that went to number one, and record sales that outstripped everyone except the… [182 views in Oct]
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Tommy Steele: Fame has often been as much about opportunity as ambition - being in the right place at the right time. In the early days of rock'n'roll, on both sides of the Atlantic, that… [54 views in Oct]
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1960s Record Producer-Joe Meek: He was one of Britain's greatest record producers, a man immersed in the possibilities of sound at a time when studio facilities were still primitive.… [34 views in Oct]
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Female Pop Stars: The 1950s was definitely the period of the male pop star, the rocker who appealed to girls. But the 1960s brought a change, with the rise of the females. It might have… [30 views in Oct]
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1960s & The Introduction of Pirate Radio: The BBC had a monopoly on radio broadcasting in Britain, and pop music fans were poorly served by it. There was a limit to the amount… [30 views in Oct]
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Sunday
Re: Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie is at once over-rated (he had a bit of a history of self-serving, e,g, adding his name to Woodie Guthrie's on composer credits), and…
19 April 2023 -
harry
Re: Bands in Hamburg
is there a list of bands that played during the sixties anywhere. I am looking for bobby Bobby and the blue diamonds
15 September 2019 -
TERRY
Re: Skiffle, Music of the Fifties
Hi , I am a bit of an avid car booter , collect and deal with all manner of interesting items online and have recently come…
26 September 2017 -
vicky
Re: All About Gig Package Tours
I'm researching information about my late father-in-law, who used to play guitar in england, he often 'backed' or 'filled-in' for…
7 April 2017 -
rooster
Re: The History of Britpop
I love this site however i thing it could do with some sort of Britpop facts in bullets points or whatever.
19 September 2014 -
edd
Re: Cliff Richard
Cliff's career has out lived many singers and bands over the past 55 years, Well done cliff
2 November 2013 -
Phideaux
Re: T Rex- The Rock Band
"Shady politician in my bed Tying bolts of lightning to his head...." Who else but Marc could pull this style off! Marc and T-Rex's…
24 October 2013 -
Chris
Re: Virgin Records - Richard Branson and Nik Powell
These days, of course, Virgin, both shops and label, are just a memory, but for those who bought music in…
27 September 2012 -
muso
Re: The Impact of Festivals on The Music Industry
Festivals are big business these days, and even if they don’t all make money, or some take a year off (like…
27 September 2012
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