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‘Morning Has Broken’: New Year Of 1972 Dawns For Cat Stevens As 1972 dawned, Cat Stevens was still in the early stages of reshaping his musical persona from the singles artist of the “Matthew and Son”...
The Sound Of Film Musicals: How Songs Shaped Showbusiness On The Silver Screen Film musicals are one of the most quintessentially American art forms, and one that was eventually exported around the world. Westerns originated from dime novels...
‘Going Up The Country’: More Boogie With Canned Heat The song that went on to be seen by many as an unofficial anthem of the Woodstock Festival landed on British shores on January 1,...
‘Barbara Ann’: The Beach Boys Remake The Regents For First Hit Of 1966 If 1965 had been a memorable year in the early history of the Beach Boys, then 1966 was to be even more epic, and the...
The Story Of Karajan’s ‘New Year’s Concert In Vienna’ If you’re a double-bassist or violist, the idea of a New Year’s concert of Strauss waltzes might well give you a case of the screaming...