The Swinging Sixties will return to Carnaby Street and the surrounding area this weekend (13-14th June) with ‘Swinging Carnaby’, a weekend of live music, exhibitions, pop up shops and promotions, as part of the Mayor’s ‘Story Of London’ initiative.
Amongst the free activities on offer will be complimentary Sixties’ eye makeovers at M.A.C. and Pix!; Sixties’ [...]
Journal entries about Fashion
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Watch Suger Pie DeSanto perform ‘Rock Me Baby’ in the UK in 1964:
Born Umpeylia Balinton in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935, Sugar Pie DeSanto was nicknamed ‘Little Miss Sugar Pie’ by bandleader Johnny Otis when she made her first recording with him in 1955. An amazing R’n’B singer, her single ‘I Want To Know’ was [...]
Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 6
When I became a professional musician in 1963, there was no real recording industry at the time, but all of a sudden, the recording industry started to buck up and this wave of English music cut across the world. It was absolutely amazing to eventually go to places in Japan and have kids come up [...]
Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 5
At that time, anything could happen. The ambiance was almost euphoric. Suddenly, it was like all the talented youth in England had gained power - not only the musicians, with clubs opening everywhere up and down England, but the fashion designers like Mary Quant and Biba. Biba had a big store in Kensington High Street [...]