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Fred Neil: An Interview with Fred Neil

Interview by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, 1966

Listen to the music of Fred Neil, particularly 'Travelin' Shoes', 'Country Boy' and 'Gone Again' from his Bleecker & MacDougal Street album and you'll dig ...

Jimmy Page, Yardbirds, The: Yardbird Jimmy Page says, 'Open Your Mind'

Interview by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, March 1967

In the December issue of H.P., you read a little background on Jimmy Page, who is the new Yardbird. He started off on bass to ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones Discover A New Generation Of Fans

Interview by Miranda Ward, Hit Parader, March 1967

IN FLANAGAN'S bar off Kensington High Street, Keith Richard, Brian Jones and I were being watched — by two bartenders in Edwardian dress and grey ...

Otis Redding

Interview by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, August 1967

What do you dislike most about England? Nothing. I loved England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the ...

Wilson Pickett: The Humor of… Wilson Pickett

Interview by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, November 1967

WILSON PICKETT started his singing career in the spiritual field in the city of Detroit. He and his family moved there when Wilson was in ...

Otis Redding, Steve Cropper: The Otis Redding I Knew

Interview by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, June 1968

interview with Steve Cropper MY ORIGINAL feeling for Otis wound up to be my final feeling for Otis. He was a pure man. Anything you ...

Tim Buckley: The Growing Mystique of Tim Buckley

Comment by Ellen Sander, Hit Parader, September 1968

HE DOESN'T talk very much and journalists are almost unanimous in their frustration of trying to get a word out of him. His presence is ...

Donovan: The Wind Rises And The Tide Goes Out

Interview by Keith Altham, Hit Parader, January 1969

AT THE OFFICE, off Berkeley Square, of "international" Beatles press officer Tony Barrow, they were organizing "instant" interviews with Donovan. Like most writers I have ...

Rhinoceros: Super Rhinoceros

Profile and Interview by Ellen Sander, Hit Parader, March 1969

THEY WERE to be the super group. A collection of the seven best musicians six months ago when producer Paul Rothchild conceived of them and ...

Amboy Dukes, The: Meet The Amboy Dukes

Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, August 1969

TED NUGENT – lead guitar ...

Doors, The: The Doors: The Kingdom Has Crumbled

Report by Ellen Sander, Hit Parader, November 1969

A BITTER January day. The morning after a Doors concert, their biggest yet, at Madison Square Garden. The gate was $125,000.00, the performance was obedient ...

Allman Brothers Band: Getting Together With The Allman Brothers

Interview by June Harris, Hit Parader, September 1970

DUANE HIMSELF is the first to admit that his task with the Allman Brothers has been made easier by the success of the British blues-rock ...

Band, The: 'There's Still Togetherness': The Band

Report and Interview by Nick Logan, Hit Parader, December 1971

The Band – now down to playing 10 to 15 gigs a year over four or five weekends...a couple of tours a year the rest ...

Peter and Gordon, James Taylor: The Producers: Peter Asher

Interview by Harold Bronson, Hit Parader, 1972

HIT PARADER: From Peter and Gordon, how did you get into producing? ...

10cc And Ready To Roar

Interview by Jonh Ingham, Hit Parader, November 1975

FIVE YEARS AGO one of the most mindless, repetitious, quintessential singles thumped up the world record charts in double-quick time. It was called 'Neanderthal Man'. ...

Sadistic Mika Band

Profile and Interview by Jonh Ingham, Hit Parader, November 1975

TWO YEARS AGO, at the time of For Your Pleasure, I attended an out of town Roxy gig. Along for the ride was Kazuhiko and ...

Eric Carmen: Rock's Rejuvenated Raspberry

Interview by Alan Betrock, Hit Parader, June 1976

WHEN ERIC CARMEN, Wally Bryson, Jim Bonfanti, and Dave Smalley formed the Raspberries back in 1971, their goal was to stand for something especially fresh ...

Sex Pistols, The: Punk Rock and the Sex Pistols

Overview by Stephen Demorest, Hit Parader, October 1977

Hey, said my name is called disturbance. I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the king,I'll rail at all his servants.–(Rolling Stones, 1968) ...

Blondie: If Music Be The Food Of Love Play On: Domestic Bliss with Debbie and Chris, or: “Not Tonight Dear I Have a Headache”

Report and Interview by Roy Trakin, Hit Parader, June 1981

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, 'Rapture' will occur when Jesus Christ returns to retrieve a third of the Earth's population for the Kingdom of Heaven, leaving ...

Debbie Harry, Blondie: Debbie Harry Goes Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls

Report and Interview by Roy Trakin, Hit Parader, December 1981

WHEN WE LAST left Blondie's Chris Stein and Deborah Harry back in December, Autoamerican had just been released. Owlishly-wise Chris was predicting it would get ...

Crosby Stills and Nash: Crosby, Stills & Nash: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Report and Interview by Dave Zimmer, Hit Parader, October 1982

INSIDE DEVONSHIRE Studios in North Hollywood, California, Graham Nash puts one of the tape machines into reverse. "Grrp Wrr, Grrp Wrr," the machine moans. ...