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Cilla Black: "I was terrified at first but the fans are just the same"

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 20 March 1965

CILLA BLACK — calling from Australia — tells Chris Welch ...

Interview by Dave Hull, Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 31 March 1965

THE REPORT that the Beatles planned to name their second movie "Eight Days a Week" proved to be about 25 per cent correct. The first ...

Manfred Mann: Manfreds Bounce Czechs

Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 23 October 1965

BEAT GOES EAST AND FINDS NO RED SQUARES ...

Joan Baez: A Lady in Show Business — Joan Baez

Interview by Maureen Cleave, Detroit Free Press, 12 December 1965

THERE WERE many things about Joan Baez, the folk singer, to give the impression that she was — if not slightly holier than most people ...

Kingsmen, The: Kingsmen Need Perry Mason

Interview by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 5 February 1966

WHENEVER THE Kingsmen are mentioned, one automatically thinks of 'Louie, Louie' – right? Well, The BEAT staff used to think that way too but as ...

Dusty Springfield: I Just Look For A Song That Suits Me

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 23 April 1966

"YOU PUT a smell on me!" sang Dusty Springfield and Madeline Bell to an audience consisting of a monkey in a box. ...

John's Children At $3.00 A Minute

Interview by Rochelle Reed, KRLA Beat, 14 January 1967

THE INGREDIENTS for a typical day of work at The BEAT usually consists of six jabbering PR men, five screaming reporters, four clicking typewriters, three ringing telephones, ...

Dusty Springfield, Madeline Bell: Madeline Bell: Demon Phone Calls Drive Dusty Crazy

Interview by uncredited writer, Disc and Music Echo, 18 March 1967

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD and flatmate Madeline Bell are, unhappily, on the move again. ...

Who, The: Who? A Conversation With Peter Townshend Of The Who, That's Who!

Interview by Paul Nelson, Hullabaloo, March 1968

The who, what, where, when, why — and how! — of the sensational Who! Singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Townshend tells us all! ...

The Doors: An Interview with Jim Morrison and The Doors

Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Hullabaloo, October 1968

THE DOORS' OFFICE is in a brightly painted yellow stucco building set back off Santa Monica Boulevard. Located over an antique shop, it boasts a ...

Steppenwolf: John Kay #1

Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Hullabaloo, January 1969

JOHN KAY, lead singer and songwriter of the fast-emerging Steppenwolf, wears dark glasses and has been called by one pop reviewer the logical alternative for ...

Jimi Hendrix #1

Interview by Jacoba Atlas, Hullabaloo, February 1969

THE JIMI Hendrix Experience just spent six weeks in Los Angeles, ensconced in a rambling home in Benedict Canyon that was once occupied by the ...

Beatles, The, John Lennon, Yoko Ono: John Lennon: "The Beatles' Wealth is a Myth"

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 20 September 1969

JOHN LENNON hasn't had a royalty cheque for two years. And, believe it or not, he's feeling the pinch. ...

Lionel Hampton: If anybody asks, tell them — Lionel is ready!

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 15 November 1969

LIONEL HAMPTON'S late-night appearance at Jazz Expo in London the other week caused disputation, to put it rather mildly. Some people found him exciting. Others ...

Mike Cooper and the bottleneck revival

Interview by Jerry Gilbert, Melody Maker, 14 February 1970

MIKE COOPER, who has, in recent years, revived interest in the bottleneck and knifestyle of playing, uses two 1930s National steel guitars, as well as ...

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 ...

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Swamp Rock That Wasn't

Interview by Royston Eldridge, Sounds, 31 October 1970

The SOUNDS Talk-in — JOHN FOGERTY of Creedence Clearwater Revival: an exclusive interview by Royston Eldridge ...

Frank Zappa: An Interview with Frank Zappa

Interview by Miles, unpublished, November 1970

This interview recorded at Rattner's on 2nd Ave, New York City, on the 14th November 1970. After we'd eaten we escaped the rude noisy waiters ...

Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson, in it for the Birds

Interview by Andrew Bailey, Rolling Stone, 2 December 1970

LONDON — "The name? Well, we hadn't got one and we were asking around and this university-educated agent suggested Jethro Tull. I'd never heard it ...

Captain Beefheart: A Candid Conversation With Beef The Chief: The Don Van Vliet Interview

Interview by Rick McGrath, The Georgia Straight, 1971

This interview was found in the vaults by Harold Colson, an ace Librarian at the University of California at San Diego. Harold is researching the Stones ...