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Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

  • Nile Rodgers – Too Much Too Young

    • 16368 Views • 1970s, Music • • Comments Off on Nile Rodgers – Too Much Too Young

    As soul and disco fans we love the sound of Chic and the disco magic that Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards created in the halcyon days of the 1970s. As lazy buggers we also admire a high achiever when we see one and Nile Rodgers early days take some beating....

  • James Brown -The Godfather of Adverts

    • 13159 Views • 1970s, Music, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on James Brown -The Godfather of Adverts

    When he wasn’t taking it to the bridge or getting on up like a sex machine, The hardest working man in show business James Brown managed to squeeze in a few ads into his busy schedule. Here’s the Godfather of soul endorsing Coca cola, Falstaff...

  • It’s the quiz of the week – Anglia TV Musical Director Peter Fenn

    • 14084 Views • 1970s, Music, Television • • Comments Off on It’s the quiz of the week – Anglia TV Musical Director Peter Fenn

    Keeping retro and regional we pay tribute to  the Norwich based musician Peter Fenn, who was best known for composing the quirky organ theme to the Quiz of the week – Sale of Century. The Anglia television programme was hosted by Nicholas Parsons, the...