Manager Robert Wace “I had a friend … He thought the group was rather fun. If my memory is correct, he came up with the name just as an idea, as a good way of getting publicity … When we went to [the band members] with the … Continue reading Have a Cuppa Tea – A Six-Pack of the Kinks
First post here: Peter and Gordon were a pop duo whose most well-known song arguably is the Paul McCartney written “A World Without Love.” (Which, according to Asher, nobody wanted.) While they went on to have some other hits, including the odd but catchy “Lady … Continue reading British Invasion (Beatles to Blues – 3)
First post here: As to what the “British Invasion” was, I can do no better than to here quote Wikipedia: “{It} was a phenomenon that occurred in the mid-1960s when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom as well as other aspects of British culture, became … Continue reading British Invasion (Beatles to Blues 2)
Picture this: it’s early 1964. Only a few months earlier, the American President – who offered so much promise not only to America but to the world – is brutally assassinated in Dallas, Texas. America is still in a funk, still trying to figure out … Continue reading The British Invasion (Beatles to Blues – 1)
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