The annual celebration of Dusty Springfield's music will be held on Sunday April 15th. in Finnegan's Wake, Ealing, London W5. Join Dusty fans from all over the...
Greetings, Spectropoppers! A little out of our usual era, but the Elvis discussions from the beginning of the year indicate that "The King" has a lot of fans ...
... This is an excellent article in last weekend's New York Times. I give the man a lot of credit for bravery. Has anyone heard his new/last album? Peter...
How ya' doin'? With all of the recent interest in Jack Keller compositions, I thought you'd like to know about the passing of Sidney Sheldon, who produced and...
Hello S'poppers, Did we ever figure out the mystery of who sang on the Who Killed Teddy Bear theme from the Sal Mineo film of the same title? Perhaps Jeananne...
One Bob Lind version that hasn't been mentioned is "Cheryl's Goin' Home", by Adam Faith in 1966 on Parlophone R5516, which was a small hit in the UK. Ken...
... i have a UK 'brit girl' version- MIKKI YOUNG 45 (PROMO) POLYDOR 56048 (1966) A. WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? B. SOME SOMEDAY produced by fellow Spectropopper,...
... "Life & Soul Of The Party" was written by Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent as the lead-off single for Petula's 1966 LP "My Love" but when they realized the ...
... I also read this article but in the L.A. Times Magazine . . . very moving indeed. Two of my favorites with Nancy Sinatra were Summerwine and Jackson. I...
... A recording was released on the Atlantic records label, with Leslie Uggams as the artist. The other side features a great northern soul song called "Don't...
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... The song in the film is performed by Leslie Uggams, and I believe that there is an Atlantic single of the performance, although I've never seen a copy. It ...
... Terrible news. The Kane Triplets' version of "Mission Impossible" is one of my huge favourites. The track is featured on the CD "Girls Go Zonk", which I...
... What I'd like to know is, who were those tracks Juliet Prowse spun (over and over again ...) at the dance club by? I can't recall, was there a live band...
Taken awhile but 12 of Jack Nitzsche's musical moments from "Moment To Moment" written, directed, blah, blah, blah by Robert Downey are playing as the ROTW....
... I just got copy of the 45 in the mail, having been (as perhaps we all were) reminded of it by that recent Rhino "girl" comp (see also the UK Dreambabes ...
... What a revolting development. Their "Mission Impossible" hits me like a stack of bricks every time I hear it, and so even though it's the only track of ...
WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR is, I believe, currently leased by Strand Releasing Corp. in the states. They reissued the film theatrically back in 1995, but it has...
Can anyone identify any songs recorded (separately) by both Frank and Nancy Sinatra? I know of "Bang Bang" and "This Town," but wonder if there might be any...
A couple of months ago, we talked about the solo work of James Phelps (as a part of Phil Wright's sixties discography). Added only yesterday (Jan 31), there's...
... Frank's right, the Isleys' version of "Teach Me How To Shimmy" is miles better than the Coasters. Don't take our word for it, judge for yourselves - it's ...
Oops, I gave the wrong URL in my previous post. To listen to "Teach Me How To Shimmy" by the Isley Brothers, click here: http://tinyurl.com/39ld9p Hey la, Mick...
Another interesting looking new book is "Blue Monday: Fats Domino And The Lost Dawn Of Rocknroll," which has apparently been flying below the radar since its ...
I was really pleased this week to win a copy en eBay of a CD I've been after for ages - La La Brooks and Friends - and for the bargain price of 1 Euro! It's a ...
Any Joe Meek fans out there? Yes, thought so. In which case, an event taking place in London on Friday Feb 9th should interest you. The movie "Live It Up" will...
Joe Hunter has died in Detroit, having just returnded from European gigs with the Funk Brothers' Jack Ashford. Joe was the first of the Funk Brothers recruited...
