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 taste [...]
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, [...]
Friday nights at the Marquee were just amazing! When you walked in, there would be this bank of fog from people smoking and it was packed to the rafters. It couldn’t happen now, because obviously, smoking would be banned and you wouldn’t be able to get the amount of people into a club like that. [...]