In the 1970s and 80s, a panel beater’s council house in Sheffied (South Yorkshire) doubled as “Studio Electrophonique”, a recording studio that was the launchpad…
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Members of The Beatles’ fan club were rewarded with a special seasonal gift each Christmas between 1963 and 1969 – their very own 7″ Beatles…
In 2020, with COVID-19 raging and much of the world locked down, working from home and communicating via Zoom and other online video conferencing platforms,…
During the summer of 1967, The Beatles’ Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club album had shot straight to the top of the UK and US album charts. A…
Since the advent of commercial television, ratings represented a matter of life and death on the air to virtually every television star and series. As…
“John, please don’t go. They’ll kill you,” screamed one of the 500 young Beatlemaniacs who braved the London rain to watch John, Paul, George and…
On 3 April 1953, a small magazine – about 5 inches by 7½ inches – with Lucy and Desi’s new baby on the cover, appeared…
30 January 1969 The Beatles made their last ever live appearance together on 30 January 1969, putting on a free lunchtime concert on a hastily…
The Old Grey Whistle Test, That’s Life!, Juke Box Jury and Crackerjack were all made in front of large audiences in what the BBC called…
The huge success of Playboy magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, led to the creation of a chain of ‘Playboy Club’ nightclubs and resorts…
10 December 2021 Michael Nesmith, singer, guitarist and songwriter with 1960s pop group The Monkees, has died at the age of 78. After the break-up…
The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe) failed an audition as Billy Fury’s backing group but drew a consolation prize…
4 November 2021 Lionel Blair, the veteran actor, dancer and entertainer, has died at the age of 92. Born Henry Lionel Ogus, he grew up…
9 October 2021 Canadian-born Rick Jones began his TV career in Britain as part of the Play School team before starring as “Yoffy” in Fingerbobs,…
26 September 2021. Alan Lancaster, founding bassist of rock greats Status Quo, has died in Australia, aged 72. He had been suffering from Multiple Sclerosis for some time.
Coined by British filmmaker Gerry Anderson and his wife, Sylvia, while making the series Supercar in 1960, “Supermarionation” was the name given to a technique…
16 September 2021. Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor and entrepreneur who was instrumental in bringing home computers to the masses, has died at the age of 81.
6 September 2021 Get Some In! star Tony Selby has died aged 83. His management, LCM Limited, shared a statement on Twitter announcing he had died…
29 August 2021 Seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as tough-talking TV newsroom head Lou Grant on the long-running sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore…
24 August 2021 The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80. It had been announced earlier this month that Watts…
