A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
This was written by Norrie Paramor and Bunny Lewis for the 1959 film Expresso Bongo in which it was performed by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. It was released as a single … Continue readingCliff Richard and the Shadows: A Voice in Wilderness
A clip from the Faces’ farewell British gig, at the Kilburn State Theatre on December 23, 1974. By then poor old Ronnie Lane had been replaced on bass by Tetsu … Continue readingThe Faces with Keith Richards: I Would Rather Go Blind
AT the end of my second column about Nick Drake, he was dead from a drug overdose at the age of 26 having spent his final months in self-imposed squalor. How … Continue readingNick Drake: Now we rise
Pretty good guitar playing for a lass . . .
From 1970, the mighty Bridge showing them Froggies how she’s mastered the lingo.
Written by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher and Mark James, this was first recorded in 1970 by B J Thomas (who made the ghastly Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, which pretty … Continue readingAlways on my Mind
First the terrific 1971 version by Trees, from the album On the Shore. And then for good measure Fairport’s stab at it, from the 1973 LP Nine.
I was just at the start of my interest in pop when this was released by Andy Williams in early 1963, and I loved it. Written by Jerome ‘Doc’ Pomus … Continue readingAndy Williams: Can’t Get Used to Losing You
THE midge season is in full swing. I wondered when we moved to a house beside a stream if they would be a problem. As it turns out, they aren’t. … Continue readingMidge over troubled water
Written by Nick Drake’s mum Molly, this is from the album Diversions Volume Four and very sweet it is too.