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Category Archives: Stories of the British Music Business
A Personal History of the British Music Industry – 106. Tony Hiller
Tony Hiller with The Brotherhood of Man (and if anyone can identify the man to his right,I can complete the line-up!) John Poole thinks it’s Alyn Ainsworth – I think he’s` right! Tony Hiller, whose death in November 2018 at … Continue reading →
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A Personal History of the British Record History 101 – Harry Walters Pt.2 and conclusion
Someone’s reading this! John Williams has sourced a photo, together with its caption, of Harry back in the days when he was in charge of the Cameo-Parkway label in the UK, then released via EMI’s Columbia. Many thanks, John! We … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alma Cogan, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Andrew Phillips, Anthony Newley, Arthur Muxlow, Bernie Lowe, Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, David Jacobs, Derek Chinnery, Dick Whittington, Doreen Davies, Doug Geddes, Duchess of Bedford, Ed Stewart, Esther Farmer, Family Favourites, Gary Miller, Harry Chippetts, Harry Walters, Housewives' Choice, Jack Jackson, Jimmy Young, Joan Collins, John Phillips, Junior Choice, Lew & Leslie Grade, Lita Roza, Louis Benjamin, Mark White, Michael Barclay, Michael Holliday, Mrs Gerald Legge, Music While You Workl, Nat King Cole, Norman Newell, Norrie Paramor, Open House Pete Murray, Pat Osborne, Peter Gormley, radio luxembourg, Shadows, Sir Joseph Lockwood, South Africa, Stanley Barnett, Steve Race, Teddy Holmes, Tony Somerfield, Wally Ridley
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 101 – Harry Walters Pt.1
Considering Harry Walters’ music business history goes way back and covers not only publishing, record companies but the BBC, he, as with Selwyn Turnbull, seems to have been largely forgotten online. One or two mentions of the Mercury Cameo-Parkway labels, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan A. Freeman, Alma Cogan, Andrew Fenner, Arthur Sandford, Beverley Sisters, Billy Cotton, Bobby Pagan, Bryce Summers, Cameo-Parkway, Chappells, David Whitfield, Denis Preston, Dennis Lotis, Dick Whittington, Dickie Valentine, Doris Day, Frank Ifield, Frankie Laine, Gary Miller, Geraldo, Guy Mitchell, Harold Fields, Harry Walters, Joe Roncoroni, Johnnie Ray, Len Smith, Len Wood, Lita Roza, Lonnie Donegan, Louis Mordish, Marion Ryan, Maurice Kinn, Michael Barclay, Michael Carr, Norman Newell, Norrie Paramor, Patti Page, Peter Gormley, Petula Clark, Piccadilly Hayride, Platters, Rosemary Clooney, Ted Heath, Teddy Holmes, The Shadows, Wally Ridley, Winifred Atwell
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A Personal History of the British Record Industry 100 – Selwyn Turnbull
It’s so long since I knew or interviewed Selwyn that I resorted to Google, primarily to check whether he is still alive. All it came up with was this photo which, apart from him, also shows Brian Gibson and Tony … Continue reading →
A Personal History of the British Record Industry 99 – Jonathan King Pt.2
We left Jonathan pondering what might have been should he have taken the role as Chairman of Decca Records, with EMI the two greatest record companies in UK recorded music, now quietly nestling within the wide arms of Universal music. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 10CC, Allan Klein, Carl Malcolm, Chris Wright, Derek Chinnery, Doug Morris, Freddie Haayen, John Reid, Johnny Evans, Jonathan King, Kursaal Flyers, Monty Morris, Paul Marshall, Philip Brodie, Phill Greenop, Richard Armitage, Richard Branson, Roger Watson, Rolling Stones, Roy C, Selwyn Turnbull, Seymour Stein, Sir Edward Lewis, Sir Joseph Lockwood, Terry Dactyl & Dinosaurs, The Rocky Horror Show, Tony Hall, UK Records, Vera Lynn
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A Personal History of the British Record Industry 98 – Jonathan King Pt.1
Jonathan King! The very name will immediately provoke a reaction. Many of the characters I interviewed around 20 years ago would have meant very little or nothing to the general public. But everyone knows Jonathan, so without further introduction….and without … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Klein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Andrew Loog Oldham, Andrew Scott, Bill Townsley, Chris Wright, D.H.Tollerbond, Decca, Dennis Berger, Dick Rowe, Don Moss, Genesis, Geoff Milne, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Hugh Mendl, Joe Meek, Joe Roncorini, Jonathan King, Ken Jones, Korgis, Marcel Stellman, Maurice Roach, Mickie Most, Pete Murray, Peter Gabriel, Sir Edward Lewis, Terry Ellis, Terry Ward & the Bumblies, The Ramblers, Tim Rice, Tony Hall, Walt Maguire
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 96 – Marcel Stellman, Part 2.
We’ll carry straight on from where we left off… I suppose I can say that I started with the 78 and left with the CD! I saw the beginning of CD’s because I used to go to Germany where we … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anthony Newley, Art & Dotty Todd, Arthur Haddy, Bill Townsley, Bob Thiele, Capitol Records, Caterina Calente, Charles Aznavour, Chipmunks, David Seville, Dick Rowe, Frank Lee, Geoff Milne, George Martin, Gilbert Becaud, Harry Lewis, Harry Secombe, Ivor Raymonde, Jacques Loussier, JOan Regan, Johnny Franz, Johnson Brothers, Julio Iglesias, Malcolm Lockyer, Marcel Stellman, Marianne Faithfull, Mimi Trele, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Oscar Pruess, Perry Como, Peter Sellers, Pinky & Perky, Rawicz & Landauer, Ronnie Hilton, Spike Milligan, Stig Anderson, Teresa Brewer, The Goons, The Smurfs, Tutti Camarata, Wally Ridley
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 95 – Marcel Stellman, Part 1.
Marcel Stellman, who died in May 2021 at the fine age of 96, will, as all the obituaries showed, be primarily remembered as the man who was watching the French TV quiz show ‘Des Chiffres et Des Lettres’ in his … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anna Instone, Barry Morgan, Bill Townsley, Bush House, Cashbox, Derek Chinnery, Dick Rowe, Doreen Davies, Edith Piaf, Henri Salvador, Hugh Mendl, Joseph Lockwood, Lionel Gamblin, Marcel Stellman, Rosemary Clooney, Sid Parnes, Stanley Blackl, Ted Lewis, Thurston Holland, Walt Maguire
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 94 – Walter J. (Wally) Ridley Pt. 5 and conclusion.
We finally get to in the 1950’s and the arrivals of both the 45rpm and 33rpm discs, not to mention the teenager and rock’n’roll. And, extraordinarily, a one-word answer from Wally! The first few years you were recording for HMV … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anne Shelton, Bert Ambrose, Black & White Minstrel Show, Charlie Thomas, David Whitfield, Don Lang, Educating Archie, Elvis Presley, Frank Cordell, Frankie Howerd, George Marek, George Mitchell, Gracie Fields, Harry Leon, HMV, Iris Williams, Jack Payne, Jimmy Phillips, Joe Carlton, Joe Loss, Johnny Kidd, Leslie Grade, Mantovani, Max Bygraves, Norman Smitgh, Paul Anka, Perry Como, Petula Clark, Pink Floyd, Polygon Records, radio luxembourg, Robert Luff, Ronnie Hilton, Roy Featherstone, Sammy Cahn, Scruffy Dale, Steve Scholes, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Boy Friend, Vera Lynn, Wally Ridley
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A Personal History of the British Record Business 91 – Walter J. (Wally) Ridley Pt.2
We left Wally enlightening us on the very early days of song plugging and being his father’s piano salesman by playing the instrument in his shop. This photo is pretty much how he looked when I interviewed him Where are … Continue reading →
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Tagged Al Bowlly, Ambrose, Bernard Mittell, Bertie Hyams, Chappells, Cole Porter, David Bicknell, Dick James, Donald Peers, Educating Archie, Feldmans, Florrie Forde, Francis Day & Hunter, Frankie Vaughan, Fred Gaisberg, George Martin, Harry Castling, Irving Berlin, Jack Judge, Jerome Kern, Len Wood, Max Bygraves, Noel Gay, Richard Dawes, Sam Browne, Sir Joseph Lockwood, Vera Lynn, Wally Ridley
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