Produced in London in 1988 by songwriters Wendy Robinson (b. 6 Apr 1964, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Britain; vocals), Polly Hancock (b. 16 July 1964, Berkshire, Britain; guitar/vocals) along with a drum machine, the Popinjays evolved from the important Timebox Membership on the Bull & Gate pub in Kentish Town, north London …

Vocalist, songwriter, and pianist Neil Sedaka enjoyed two distinct intervals of commercial achievement in two slightly different varieties of pop music: initial, as a teenager pop celebrity in the past due ’50s and early ’60s, after that being a vocalist of older pop/rock within the ’70s. Both in stages, Sedaka, …

Perhaps one of the most beloved Uk pop bands from the ’80s and ’90s, Prefab Sprout experienced at the least graph success in america, where they’re basically unknown beyond their devoted cult following, but vocalist/songwriter Paddy McAloon is regularly hailed among the great songwriters of his period. Critics frequently compare …

To check out Lonnie Donegan today, in pictures taken 40 years back when he was topping the English charts and hitting the very best Ten in the us, dressed up in a suit, his haircut brief and strumming an classical guitar, he appears like a musical nonentity. However in 1954, …

Typically the most popular folk band of the 1960s, Peter, Paul and Mary in later on decades also have proved themselves to become being among the most durable music acts ever sold. Their durability dwarfs that of the Weavers, as the undeniable fact that the trio is still connected with …

Authenticity, perspiration, and electric powered guitars: they are the substances of a formula that, with really small changes over time, made Ligabue perhaps one of the most successful contemporary Italian rockers. Delivered in Correggio, not really definately not Reggio Emilia, on March 13, 1960, Luciano Ligabue experienced diverse work encounters …

Although frequently dismissed like a novelty act, Judge Dread was in fact a groundbreaking artist. Not merely did he place more reggae information onto the U.K. graph than other people (Bob Marley included), he was also the very first white artist to really possess a reggae strike in Jamaica. The …

Charlie Gillett’s The Audio of the town, published in 1970, was the 1st serious and in depth history of rock and roll & move, and remains one of the better. Other essential rock and roll histories and research books had started to come in the past due ’60s, especially Nik …

Tony-winning dancer, celebrity, and singer Chita Rivera made her main impact like a performer in Broadway musicals, showing up in them frequently for more than 40 years, including a breakout component in Western Side Tale and starring tasks in Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, The Rink, and Kiss from the Spider …

Outlaws, by description, operate beyond your program. By that requirements, there is no better outlaw in nation music through the ’70s than Tompall Glaser, a working partner of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson who under no circumstances quite were able to play the overall game and be a star, as …