Hear Elton John singing ‘Come Back Baby’, a 1965 single, with Bluesology here:
Bluesology are chiefly remembered today as the first band to feature Elton John - then known as Reg Dwight - who played keyboards with them from the tender age of 14. Originally named the Corvettes, they formed part of the new wave… Continue Reading…
By Valerie Potter on 14 September, 2009.
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Filed in Bands at the Marquee, Celebrities, Clubs, Music
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Tagged Bernie Taupin, Blue Belles, Bluesology, Come Back Baby, Corvettes, Doris Troy, Drifters, Elton Dean, Elton John, Hercules, Hoochie Coochie Men, Long John Baldry, Patti LaBelle, Reg Dwight, Steptoe and Son, Stuart Brown
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Listen to Ronnie Jones performing ‘I Need Your Loving’ with the Nightimers here:
Ronnie Jones was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1937, but a career in the US Air Force brought him over to the UK in 1961. He was discovered by Alexis Korner, although Jones himself credits Georgie Fame with giving him his first… Continue Reading…
By Valerie Potter on 11 September, 2009.
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Filed in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Tagged Alexis Korner, Bill Evans, Billy Cobham, Blue Jays, Blues Incorporated, Flamingo, Georgie Fame, Hair, I Need Your Loving, John McLaughlin, Long John Baldry, Mick Jagger, Nightimers, Q-Set, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Jones, Steve Lukather, Toto
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London’s National Portrait Gallery is celebrating the 50th anniversary since the start of the Sixties with ‘Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed’, an exhibition of 150 photographs of the personalities and groups who made the Sixties swing.
The exhibition, which runs from 15th October 2009 to 24th January 2010 and features over 100 images… Continue Reading…
By Valerie Potter on 7 September, 2009.
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Filed in Celebrities, Events, Fashion, Lifestyle, Music
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Tagged Angus McBean, Beatles, Cecil Beaton, David Bailey, David Bowie, Don McCullin, Gered Mankowitz, Jimi Hendrix, Laing Art Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Newcastle, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Philip Townsend, Rolling Stones, Terry O'Neill, Twiggy
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I was with the London City Agency for about 18 months. I was a new face, but I very quickly got to know all the other agents around the scene.
We booked a lot of bands into Eel Pie Island [in Twickenham] and I used to go down there, especially when the American acts came… Continue Reading…
By Valerie Potter on 30 August, 2009.
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Filed in Clubs, Events, Music, Television
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Tagged Alan Price, Art Chisnall, Artwoods, Barry Dunning, Colin Richardson, Colosseum, Darrell Adams, Eel Pie Island, Fleetwood Mac, Geno Washington, Georgie Fame, John Gunnell, John Mayall, Johnny Jones, London City Agency, Long John Baldry, Marquee, Rik Gunnell, Twickenham
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