When I was an adolescent, we all talked about sex but nobody did it. You would walk ten miles in those days for a kiss goodnight and to get your hand in somebody’s sweater was unbelievable. During the early Sixties, at 14/15 years old, there came a time when everybody had a girlfriend and it [...]
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Clubbing in the Sixties at The Marquee Club
18 August, 2008 – 10:28 am
As a teenager, Carnaby Street and the West End clubs became really important to us. In the spring of ‘64, The Marquee had just moved from Oxford Street to 90 Wardour Street and I got a job working there for Harold Pendleton who owned the club with his wife Barbara and jazz musician Chris Barber. [...]
Song and Dance
11 August, 2008 – 10:25 am
Being Welsh, I grew up with lots of music. Everyone had a piano in their house and my father played in that kind of sliding, vamp style which made all the songs sound the same. And everybody could dance, so at 10 or 11 years old, you were taught to waltz and foxtrot. My parents [...]
Welcome to Carnaby Street!
4 August, 2008 – 9:27 am
Hello,
My name is Carl Leighton-Pope and I’ve been an agent in the music industry for over 30 years, working with a number of well-known artists including Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, Dire Straits, Simple Minds, Van Morrison and Huey Lewis & The News.
About ten years ago, I went to see a showcase, conceived and written by [...]