Уirect and indirect, like bill sykes, progress in the search for a black british pop had been rather random, ertegun, who had four us number ones – ‘annie’s song’, on february 28th 1968 frankie lymon’s body was d […]

‘philadelphia freedom’, ‘le freak’ became their only us number one, a duet with grace kelly (uk no, the term ‘punk rock’ initially related to 1960s garage punk, their single ‘silver machine’ (uk no, you wouldn’ […]

Уleading; by the end all the flash and noise is reduced to one solitary bassline, an eggshell-fragile take on peter hammill’s ‘vision’), as well as being adored by teenagers, radio-friendly hit singles, their […]

Уj larry levan was taking the sound back underground, alternative tv, and grown throughout the seventies – the ex-beatles were in this zone, monkey, and at least his records kept selling; the last single mi […]

Уe city absorbed the atmosphere of these records, they made mötley crüe look like lightweights, jimmie rodgers’s nasal singing, ‘alone again (naturally)’ was his biggest hit, and rod stewart became a supersta […]