Tag Archives: Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street The Musical - An Announcement!

In case you’re wondering how Carnaby Street The Musical is coming along - well, we can tell you that casting is a VERY long drawn out process! However, we are now starting to confirm some of the stars of the show which we hope to announce shortly and we plan to have the musical [...]

Marquee Bands - Duke Vin’s Sound System

Watch a trailer for a documentary entitled ‘Duke Vin, Count Suckle & the Birth of Ska in Britain’ here:

The Marquee is usually associated with rock and R’n’B, but in the Sixties, DJ Duke Vin, one of the most important figures in popularising ska music in the UK, had a regular slot on the club’s schedule, [...]

Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 2

You would meet your friends up at the clubs in Soho and Carnaby Street fitted in the middle of that scene. There were two different kinds of people: there were the rockers who looked like bikers and probably liked rock and roll, and the mods who were more modern and progressive in terms of their [...]

10 Top Models of the 60s…

1. Benedetta Barzini
A lot of models start from the bottom and work their way up (if they’re lucky), but not Benedetta Barzini. The Italian secured her first modelling gig via Vogue’s then editor (in 1963).
Three years later, she was on the ‘100 Great Beauties of the World’ list compiled by US fashion mag, Harper’s Bazaar.
Benedetta [...]