Ann Moses
Ann Moses began writing about music in Southern California in 1965. She was a freelancer for Rhythm n News, a weekly newspaper sold in music stories. She began working for Tiger Beat Magazine in January 1966 as an Associate Editor and was promoted to Feature Editor in April 1967. On her 21st birthday Ann was named as the official Editor of Tiger Beat. She worked as the Feature Editor of Tiger Beat's Monkee Spectacular monthly from 1967 to 1968.
In 1966 she became a freelance contributor to the New Musical Express, and from 1968 to 1971 was the Hollywood Correspondent for the NME. She contributed her weekly column "America Calling", and many full length interviews. She left Tiger Beat and Hollyweird in 1972 to move to Normalville. She currently blogs about her Hollywood and music memories at www.annmoses.com [link below].
During her years at Tiger Beat, Ann traveled with such groups as Paul Revere and the Raiders, Dino, Desi and Billy, and the Monkees. She spent countless hours on the set of the Monkees' TV show throughout its 2 year run. She also interviewed the "faves" of Tiger Beat readers like Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy, the Osmonds and the Jackson Five.
Once she began contributing to NME, her interviews ranged from James Brown, the Mamas and the Papas and other hit American groups. She interviewed the stars of the British Invasion of America, like the Rolling Stones, the Bee Gees and so many other chart-toppers.
65 articles
List of articles in the library
The 5th Dimension: Love Keeps Us 5th Dimensions Together says Marilyn
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 14 February 1970
AT A PERIOD when groups come and go and musical moods change quickly, the lasting power and dependable good vibration sounds of the 5th Dimensions ...
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 17 August 1968
NEWPORT FESTIVAL FAILURE ...
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 24 February 1968
Peter Tork gives party guests healthfood ...
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 31 August 1968
RASCALS ARE FINEST! ...
The Band: Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach CA
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 14 February 1970
MAGNIFICENT BAND ...
The Beach Boys: Beach Boys' Fame Just Grew and Grew!
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 18 February 1966
THE FIVE Californian Beach Boys – Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine – began their music career with little intention of ...
The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson: ? Time with Beach Boy Brian Wilson
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 5 August 1966
THE Beach Boys — in demand for appearances all over the world — used to be one of the most difficult groups to track down. ...
The Beatles: Beatles Off Guard
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express Annual, December 1966
When two Los Angeles security men guarded the Beatles during their last U.S. tour there were no reporters... no photographers. The Beatles never thought this story would be ...
The Beatles, Cannibal & The Headhunters: Cannibal & The Headhunters: Beatles Threw Marbles, Pillows
Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 17 September 1965
"THERE WERE so many things that happened, I can hardly think of them all" reflected Yo Yo of Cannibal & The Headhunters. As we talked ...
The Beatles, Cannibal & The Headhunters: Cannibal & The Headhunters: Land of 1000 Laughs
Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 10 September 1965
(Editor's note: This is the first of two parts dealing with Cannibal and the Headhunters — their group, their thoughts, their experiences as one of ...
The Bee Gees: Anaheim Convention Centre, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 10 February 1968
BEE GEES TRIUMPH ...
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 30 August 1969
CLAPTON ADORATION ...
Profile by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 2 March 1968
IMITATORS and/or carbon copies of top groups seldom make it big in the business of pop. But a probable exception may be Blue Cheer, who ...
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 4 July 1970
WHO HEAT UP SUMMER ...
Booker T & The MGs: College Comes First For Jones
Report and Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 27 August 1965
FEW FULL-TIME college students could find enough time, energy or initiative to record and promote a record like the 1964 hit 'Green Onions'. But Booker ...
James Brown: Two Sides of James Brown
Report and Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 4 March 1966
JAMES BROWN. Such a plain name – they call him Mr. Dynamite. They are one person. But there are two faces to the entertainer. Thousands ...
James Brown: 95 Per Cent of Credit
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 1 October 1965
IT COULD have been James Brown, professional boxer or baseball player. Instead he chose to enter the world of entertainment and became a giant, playing ...
Eric Burdon, War: Eric Burdon: War Was Too Soft For Me!
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 7 August 1971
ERIC BURDON ANSWERS QUESTIONS FOR ANN MOSES IN HOLLYWOOD ...
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 3 January 1970
Special QUESTION-TIME conducted by ANN MOSES IN HOLLYWOOD ...
The Carpenters: Right Song Saved The Carpenters
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 3 October 1970
TODAY THE Carpenters are soaring from requests to make in-person concerts and television appearances, and record fans are buying their discs like crazy! ...
Memoir by Ann Moses, Rock's Backpages, 7 September 2012
DAVID CASSIDY WAS first introduced to Tiger Beat readers in the June 1970 issue. He had appeared on TV on Marcus Welby, MD, The F.B.I ...
Report by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 5 July 1969
NOW THAT the Newport '69 Pop Festival (called that to borrow a little of the fame from the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, but actually ...
Joe Cocker, Leon Russell: Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 2 May 1970
COCKER SURVIVES AND TRIUMPHS ...
Rita Coolidge: Scene Needs Male Groupies
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 8 May 1971
YOU'VE SEEN her with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, you've seen her with Eric Clapton. You probably think you saw her with Joe Cocker, too, ...
Cream: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 2 March 1968
THE CREAM met great success here. when they played before 300 people a night at the Whisky-a-Go-Go last year. This trip they got equal acclaim ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Creedence Perkins Fans
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 26 July 1969
CREEDENCE Clearwater Revival are at the top of America's pop group list. They are No. 12 this week in the NME charts with 'Proud Mary', ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: John Fogerty (continued): I Gave Up Note-making a Year Ago
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 28 March 1970
The second part of Ann Moses' long rap with John Fogerty, lead singing star of Creedence Clearwater Revival, takes the form of a frank Ask-In ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: An 80 Buck Bummer Made Us Start Learning
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 21 March 1970
ANN MOSES INTERVIEWS JOHN FOGERTYlead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival ...
Derek & The Dominos: Derek and the Dominos: Clapton misses concert
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 21 November 1970
Ann Moses, editor of Tiger Beat in Hollywood ...
Report by Ann Moses, Tiger Beat, January 1967
SUNDAY ...
The Doors, Jim Morrison: Why Manager Kept Silent About Jim Morrison's Sudden Death
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 24 July 1971
Ann Moses in Hollywood ...
Elvis Presley: Elvis Takes Off Tiny Tim And Richard Harris
Report by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 27 July 1968
The continuing story of ELVIS and ANN MOSES (Editor of Tiger Beat) ...
The Four Seasons: Seasons Hate Miming
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 31 December 1965
ANN MOSES talks with BOB GAUDIO ...
Herman's Hermits in LA: Herman at Home
Report and Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 29 October 1965
How He Was Almost Thrown in Jail! ...
Herman's Hermits in LA: Herman's Excitement; Keith's Disappointment
Report and Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 5 November 1965
This concludes a two-part EXCLUSIVE Rhythm 'n' News interview with Herman's Hermits during their stay in Hollywood. ...
The Jackson 5: Jackson 5 Still Do Chores At Home
Profile and Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 7 November 1970
OUTSIDE THEIR back window, the lights from the steel mill flashed as the molten metal poured into the waiting moulds, while the incinerators belched out ...
Carole King: Look Out For Carole
Report by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 19 June 1971
YOU'LL BE hearing the name Carole King a lot very soon, so be prepared. Quietly her album Tapestry was released on Ode Records in the ...
The Lovin' Spoonful: Flashback For Lovin' Spoonful — To Days When They Were Just Kids
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 26 August 1966
Special from ANN MOSES in Hollywood ...
The Lovin' Spoonful: The Little Teenie Spoonfuls!
Interview by Ann Moses, Hit Parader, January 1967
STEVE BOONE ...
The Lovin' Spoonful: The Little Teenie Spoonfuls! #2
Interview by Ann Moses, Hit Parader, February 1967
JOHN SEBASTIAN ...
Barry McGuire... Protests About Protests
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 1 October 1965
"I LEFT to be myself. I felt there were better things to be said. If I can't have fun then I'm not real, and if ...
Roger Miller: Coppers on Bikes Got Roger Miller Swinging!
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 7 January 1966
"England swings like a pendulum do. Bobbies on bicycles, two by two. Westminster Abbey, the Tower, Big Ben; The rosy-red cheeks of the little children." (Part ...
The Monkees, Michael Nesmith: I Was Hungry, Ugly, Skinny, Poor! By MIKE NESMITH
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 18 February 1967
IT'S VERY hard for me to write about my life, since I can't remember farther back than two years! I don't think there's much of ...
Report by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 4 May 1968
Mike Nesmith wanted me to expose how rude he is reveals Ann Moses in this NMExclusive from Hollywood. ...
Nancy Sinatra, The Osmonds: Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas NV
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 22 August 1970
FRANK SINATRA played host to 500 members of the Press to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Caesar's Palace and his daughter Nancy's opening. ...
Elvis Presley: International Hotel, Las Vegas NV
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 13 September 1969
SECOND LOOK AT ELVIS ...
Elvis Presley: International Showroom, Las Vegas
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 7 February 1970
KING ELVIS RULES VEGAS AGAIN. New songs and old in his act after his first night including 'Proud Mary', 'Walk A Mile In My Shoes', ...
Elvis Presley: In TV-Film Show With Elvis!
Report by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 20 July 1968
On steps five feet from him ...
Elvis Presley: One More Time with Feeling! Elvis Presley: Showroom Internationale, Las Vegas
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 22 August 1970
ANN MOSES GOES TO THE LATEST PRESLEY FIRST NIGHT, THIS TIME FILMED FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, AND REPORTS ...
Elvis Presley: Yes, I was in an Elvis Movie!
Memoir by Ann Moses, Rock's Backpages, 23 November 2012
THE FIRST QUESTION whenever I tell someone I was in an Elvis movie is "Which one?" And my answer is usually "Not one of his ...
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 1 June 1968
NANCY SINATRA is a flag, waver and you know it the minute you walk into her brand new Boots Enterprises office above the Sunset Strip. ...
Elvis Presley, the Sweet Inspirations: International Hotel, Las Vegas NV
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 9 August 1969
SENSATIONAL LIVE SHOW COMEBACK! ...
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Smokey Can Do All The Tamla Jobs —
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 12 September 1970
but still finds time for his golf! ...
The Rolling Stones: Forum, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 22 November 1969
Stones terrific ...
Nina Simone: The Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 22 October 1965
Nina Knocks Out With 'Pastel Blues' ...
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 11 February 1966
HER BOOTS may have been made for walkin'! But Nancy Sinatra's 'Boots' also jumped, ran and scrambled up the pop charts in both America and ...
Joe South: I'm Proud To Be Schizophrenic!
Interview by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 12 April 1969
JOE SOUTH is a songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer and self-confessed schizophrenic. But first he is a poet. His publicist told me this in ...
The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder: Motowners have Racial Problems
Report by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 27 September 1969
SINCE SO many Motown artists are currently in the British charts, I thought I might pass on some things about them that have been circulating ...
The Knickerbockers: No Lie! It's a Big Hit For Knickerbockers
Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 27 November 1965
NO. 4 IN 2 WEEKS ...
The Leaves: These Leaves Aren't Falling
Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 24 September 1965
NONCHALANCE is the only word that can accurately sum up the new group, the Leaves. ...
Tiny Tim: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 13 July 1968
TINY TIM IS BIG ENJOYMENT says ANN MOSES from Hollywood ...
Ike & Tina Turner: Mother of Four Rocks in Revue
Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 10 September 1965
IT ALL HAPPENED by accident. Tina Turner explained it this way: "While watching Ike on stage in St. Louis one night (he played the organ ...
Jackie Wilson: Wailing Wilson Fishes, Hunts
Interview by Ann Moses, Rhythm 'n' News, 10 November 1965
JACKIE WILSON'S career (past, present, and future) may be accurately summed up in one word — determination. ...
List of genre pieces
Meow! My Life with Tiger Beat's Teen Idols: An Introduction
Book Excerpt by Ann Moses, 'Meow!', June 2017
FEBRUARY 3, 1968 IT'S MY TWENTY-FIRST birthday. I'm standing at the front window of my house a block below the Hollywood sign, wearing a dress made ...
Woodstock (Dir. Michael Wadleigh, Warner Bros.)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 11 April 1970
WOODSTOCK FILM IS WORTHWHILE ...
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