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Singer, songwriter Glenn Frey died on 18 Jan 2016 at the age of 67 in New York City from complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and...
“I pour out what has already been fed in. I merely reflect what is going on around me.” David Bowie, July 1973. David Bowie was the...
Ace Of Spades peaked at #4 on the UK chart in 1980 and with the release of the title track as a single (giving them a...
Island Records, which was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall, relocated to the UK in May 1962, having released 26 singles...
When the dust had settled, it became clear that Cream’s debut album, Fresh Cream, released in December 1966, had been a solid Top 10 UK success...
The Troggs were a major influence on many artists – Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, Ramones and MC5 who covered “I Want You”. The Jimi Hendrix Experience famously...
Jon Lord, the former keyboard player with Deep Purple died on 16th July 2012 aged 71. Lord was a co-founder of Deep Purple in 1968 and...
Maurice Gibb and his twin brother Robin were born in Douglas, on the Isle of Man (which is a very small island off the west coast...
Davy Jones of the Monkees died of an apparent heart attack on 29th February 2012 aged 66. The singer had been on a solo tour this...
American singer and actress Whitney Houston died in Los Angeles on 11th Feb 2012 at the age of 48. Houston died in her room at the...
On 23rd July 2011, Amy Winehouse was found dead at her north London home, she was 27. London Ambulance Service said it had been called to...
In 1988, Michael Jackson gave himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for setting a new attendance record, when he played the first...
Most great groups have a ‘quiet’ one. The Beatles had George Harrison; Led Zeppelin had John Paul Jones. Both of these musicians were integral to the...
I’ve always liked an artist who can sing about themselves. The Stray Cats had “The Stray Cat Strut”, Mott The Hoople had “The Ballad Of Mott...
