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Monthly Archives: March 2018
A Personal History of the British Record Business 63 – Bunny Lewis 1
I’m guessing you have to be either over 65 or a major UK pop obsessive or historian to immediately know Bunny Lewis. To get you started, here’s how Wikipedia sums him up in a paragraph:- Bunny Lewis (12 November … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bill Phillips, Billy Cotton, Bunny Lewis, Craig Douglas, David Whitfield, Decca Records, Dickie Valentine, Dorothy Squires, Eddie Day, Francis Day & Hunter, Frank Chacksfield, Fred Day, George Marrtin, Gloria Bristow, Gracie Fields, Hughie Green, Jack Jackson, Jimmy Phillips, Jimmy Young, JOan Regan, Lee Lange, Leslie Mitchell, Lita Roza, London Records, Mantovani, Max Joseph, Sir Edward Lewis, Tulio Trapani, Vera Lynn, Wally Ridley
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 62 – John Schroeder 3 and conclusion
We left John pondering his future at Oriole, having failed to persuade owner Maurice Levy to part with the funds he felt he needed to break new acts, both British and on the Motown label which he had obtained on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alaska Records, Cast your fate to the wind, Cymande, Fugees, Joe Meek, John Schroeder, Johnny Pearson, Johnny Wise, Les Cocks, Louis Benjamin, Maurice Levy, Mickie Most, Piccadilly Records, Pye Records, Rockin' Berries, Sounds Orchestral, Status Quo, Tony Hatch, Tony Reeves, Vince Guaraldi
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 61 – John Schroeder 2.
Here is the front cover of John’s autobiography, maybe stimulated by this interview….but probably not! We left Pt.1 with Norrie Paramor gobsmacked that the male voice John had just auditioned belonged to Helen Shapiro, which prompted the question…. How were … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Freeman, Barney Ales, Berry Gordy, Bill Harry, Blue Angel, Brenda Lee, Brian Epstein, Cavern Club, Clinton Ford, Dave Mason, Eddie Calvert, Embassy Records, Faron's Flamingos, Fingertips, George Chesterfield, Helern Shapiro, Iron Door, Jim Capaldi, John Schroeder, L.G.Wood, Martin Slavin, Marvelettes, Maureen Evans, Maurice Levy, Mike Hawker, Morris Levy, Motown, Norrie Paramor, Oriole Records, Peter Jones, Priscilla White, Record Mirror, Reg Warburton, Spotnicks, Stevie Wonder
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50 years ago in the Music Industry 13 – Disc & Music Echo, 1967-1972
First it was Tom and Engelbert, later it was Gilbert O’Sullivan, but in between came an unlikely and on the largish size American, Solomon King, to be adopted by Gordon Mills and put into his stable, and who, for a … Continue reading →
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 60 – John Schroeder 1.
Since interviewing him all those years ago, John, who died in January last year, had written and self-published his autobiography, much of the content of which may, or may not be duplicated in the piece that follows. To me … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abbey Road, Alma Cogan, Bunny Lewis, Cliff Richard, Columbia Records, Dennis Preston, Eddie Calvert, EMI, entertainment, Frank Ifield, Franklyn Boyd, Freddie Bienstock, George Dawson, George Martin, Helen Shapiro, Jerry Lordan, Jimmy Young, John Burgess, John Schroeder, Johnny Wise, L.G.Wood, Maurice Burman, Michael Holliday, Norman Newell, Norrie Paramor, Oscar Peterson, Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson, Peter Bown, Peter Sullivan, Ron Richards, Ruby Murray, Sir Joseph Lockwood, The Avons, The Mudlarks, The Shadows, Tony Brent, Wally Ridley
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