A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
This was written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry and produced by Spector. The Crystals, like many of the US girl groups, had a shifting rota of personnel, … Continue readingThe Crystals: Then He Kissed Me
Eight sweet minutes from the 1973 album Bananamour. https://am-records.com/2019/01/21/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-ayers/
Written by Move member Roy Wood, this song’s claim to fame is that it was the first record played on BBC Radio 1 when it opened on September 30, 1967. … Continue readingThe Move: Flowers in the Rain
In honour of our first dry day in living memory.
AT a recent reunion lunch for Fleet Street hacks, I was reminded of a boast I made in the late 1970s – ‘I’ve got more Leo Kottke albums than Leo … Continue readingLeo the lion
Great song, great singer, great mullet. TJW, who died last year, wrote this himself but it was Brook Benton who had a hit with it.
. . . the more I love my dog. Admirable sentiments from the former Kent and England left-arm medium pacer.
I FIND it incredible that Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) wrote his marvellous Octet in E flat major Op 20 when he was only 16. And this was after he had composed 12 symphonies, … Continue readingThe young Mendelssohn
Another soggy classic from John Fogerty and Co. Off the 1970 LP Cosmo’s Factory.
This was written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and went to No 23 in America in 1964, the last top 40 hit for the Ronettes. It did … Continue readingThe Ronettes: Walking in the Rain