Peter Asher (brother of English actress Jane Asher) and Gordon Waller met in 1959 when they were pupils at London's famous Westminster School.
As a singing...
Originally a backing group for north London singer Stan Saxon, the Five originally comprised Dave Clark on drums and vocals, backed by various musicians,...
Manfred Mann (born Manfred Lubowitz in South Africa in 1940) formed a group in Britain in 1963 called The Manne-Hugg Blues Brothers.
Shortening their name...
So it goes like this . . . 15-year-old Paul McCartney hears a Skiffle group called The Quarrymen play on Saturday 6 July 1957.
Along with a police dog...
Herman's Hermits were one of the most interesting of the original wave of British Invasion groups. Unlike The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Hermits didn't threaten authority figures...
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This offering from Australia's SBS television introduced Australian music viewers to sounds from continents other than...
Ann Gentry, a social worker who recently lost her husband, investigates the strange Wadsworth family - mother, two grown daughters (Germaine and Alba) and...
The word "unique" is over-used in music, but Kraftwerk have a stronger claim than most to the tag.
Organist Ralf Hütter and woodwind student Florian...
Born in Frinton-On-Sea, Essex, England, on 17 February 1939, John Dudley Leyton started his professional career in the television series Biggles
His recording career began when...
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6 x 30 minute episodes
Former Freewheelers creator Chris McMaster developed this series about the Park Ranger of Bearsdale, a fictional Borders National Park.
David...