When ‘Top Of The Pops’ Was Top Of The World
As The Ed Sullivan Show was to the US, or Der Musikladen (follow-up to Beat-Club) was to Germany, so Top Of The Pops was to...
‘Doin’ Things’: Madeline Bell’s Succulent Soul Banquet
Best known as a member of the multi-racial British pop band Blue Mink, with whom she scored four UK Top 10 hits between 1969 and...
‘Aswad’: How A Pioneering Band Put British Reggae On The Map
Aswad are best-remembered for the memorable reggae makeover they gave “Don’t Turn Around,” the Albert Hammond-Diane Warren penned B-side to the Tina Turner single “Typical...
‘Melting Pot’: Booker T & The MGs Cooking With Gas
Booker T & The MGs were soul legends by 1971, having created numerous hits not only for themselves but many other acts from the Stax...
The Toppermost Of The TOTPoppermost: 20 Classic Performances
Britain’s longest-running and best-loved pop show, Top Of The Pops, ran from 1964 to 2006 and brought the nation’s families together round their TV sets....
‘You Don’t Know Like I Know’: Sam & Dave’s Soul Starter
Sam Moore and Dave Prater did their share of paying dues. The soul men from Florida and Georgia respectively met in 1961 and cut two...