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Comments Off on Unexpected Gems – Brotherhood of Man: Reach Out Your hand
Originally established in 1969 as a vehicle for songwriter Tony Hiller, Brotherhood of Man was an ever changing line-up of session musicians until Hiller settled on an established group who went on to Eurovision and chart success in the UK and further afield....
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1960s, Music, Retro Advertising •
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Comments Off on It’s A Moo-ving Scene -The Cowsills Milk Adverts
We imagine if your group’s name contained the word “Cow”, it would increase the chances of being picked by the American Dairy Association when they were searching for a clean cut pop combo to promote the wonders of milk. The Cowsills were...
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Comments Off on Meet The Hudsons – Slash’s Parents
Former Guns ‘n’ Roses guitarist Saul Hudson aka Slash was born in Hampstead on July 23rd,1965 to parents Ola and Anthony Hudson. When Saul was a child the family moved from London to Stoke on Trent before heading off to sunny Los Angeles in...
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1970s, Music, Popular •
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Comments Off on Sly Stone’s wedding at Madison Square Garden
Sly Stone and his Fiancé may have had his number one song playing while they were walking down the aisle, however their wedding guest list was anything but a family affair. Instead of having an intimate gathering of friends and family, the eccentric funk...
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1960s, Music, Television •
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Comments Off on Andy Williams Show 1969 Auditions
2012 saw the passing of silky voiced easy listening singer Andy Williams at the age of 84. He left us with classics such as I can’t get used to losing you, Music to watch girls by and his signature tune Moon River. During his career Andy released a...
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1990s, Film, Music •
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Comments Off on Movin on Up – Edwin Starr Covers Primal Scream
Originally we were going to pop this cover version into our Unexpected Gems category. However it didn’t meet our strict criteria, as we like quite a lot of Primal Scream and Edwin Starr’s work – the same can’t be said for Cliff...
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1960s, Hanging Out, Music •
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Comments Off on Janis Joplin at Stax Records Christmas Party
Here we have Janis Joplin in a festive mood at the Stax/Volt records Christmas party in 1968. The legendary singer is pictured among Stax artists such as Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and also band mate Sam Andrew...
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1960s, Music •
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Comments Off on Marvin and Tammi
As the most successful duet to record on the Motown label (or to be entirely correct the Motown subsidiary Tamla) Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell were the golden couple of black American music between 1967 and 1970. They recorded three albums together and had a...
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1960s, Music •
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Comments Off on Psychedelic Light Show
One of the inevitable parts of going to a ‘psychedelic’ gig in the late 1960s and early seventies was that there would be a psychedelic or liquid light show – no self-respecting band would dare go on stage without a migraine-inducing backdrop....
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1960s, 1970s, Art, Ephemera, Music •
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Comments Off on Boston Tea Party Posters
The Boston Tea Party venue on Berkeley Street (and latterly Claredon Street) , Boston, Massachusetts was only around for a relatively brief four years but in that time built itself a name as one of the great psychedelic music venues of the late sixties to...
