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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. ...

Frederick Knight: Success From Out Of Left Field

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 2 June 1972

REGULAR READERS of B&S will already be more than aware of how we occasionally jump on a record right from when it becomes available in ...

Soul (Style): Baggy Trousers Will Not Be Admitted

Report by Bob Fisher, New Musical Express, 11 January 1975

THE STYLISTIC rivalry between soul fans in the North and South of England has been well publicised. But what magazine odes to regional soul tend ...

Tower of Power: Power From The Tower

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 4 February 1975

THAT OLD adage that you have to be Black to be a soul band has been firmly buried over the past couple of years. You ...

Tower of Power: Confessions of an East Bay greaser

Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Record Mirror, 15 February 1975

Tower of Power vocalist spills the beans on those big bad boys from Oakland. ...

Revelation: B&S debut feature: Revelation

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 15 April 1975

"POSITIVE THINKING and a high energy level" are, according to Benny Diggs, what make Revelation what they are. If you ever feel that you want ...

Hamilton Bohannon: Leicester

Live Review by Bob Fisher, New Musical Express, 13 September 1975

WHY IS it that audiences will dance all night to records, but stand round and drum their fingers to the real thing even when it ...

Northern Soul: Fact, Fiction, Faction, Friction

Report by Idris Walters, Street Life, 15 November 1975

IS NORTHERN SOUL DYING ON ITS FEET? ...

James Brown: After 21 Years, Still Refusing To Lose...

Report and Interview by Cliff White, Black Music, April 1977

A MONTHLY magazine cannot attempt to match the ephemeral topicality of a weekly news-sheet, particularly a monthly magazine that works within the rigid structure of ...

Controllers, The: The Controllers: Four Young Men With A Soulful Message

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 17 January 1978

ALMOST EVER since the term "soul music" was coined – and it might be interesting to find out just who coined it first! – there ...

Hot: When You're Hot You're Hot

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 31 January 1978

ONE OF the biggest international hits of 1977 belongs to three, very attractive, very intelligent young women who go by the name of Hot. ...

Commodores, The: The Commodores: Do these men look like black Beatles?

Interview by Barry Cain, Record Mirror, 2 September 1978

Barry "Phoner" Cain gets a Commodore connection with Walter "Sweet" Orange in Tuskegee, Alabama ...

James Brown: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Pete Wingfield, Melody Maker, 2 December 1978

The Sex Machine winds down ...

Commodores, The: The Commodores Story part 2

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 14 August 1979

Commodore William King concludes this exclusive interview talking about the group's new album, the prospect of solo albums, touring plans, and a possible full-length movie... ...

Earth Wind and Fire, Teddy Pendergrass: Earth, Wind & Fire: I Am (ARC/Columbia); Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy (Philadelphia International)

Review by Robot A. Hull, Creem, September 1979

Dear brothers and sisters: If you are interested in being a part of the Universal Community of Mellow Truth, sip a glass of wine and please pay attention. In ...

Billy Preston: No Longer Going Round In Circles!

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 9 October 1979

B&S talks to Billy about his early days with Little Richard and Ray Charles, his development as a solo talent and his recent pacting with ...

Tamiko Jones: Tamiko's Intercity Hit

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 20 November 1979

New York, Detroit, Atlanta, back to Detroit, on to Nashville. Those were the ports of call for Tamiko Jones. ...

Dynasty claim their piece of the rock

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 18 December 1979

CURRENTLY ENJOYING their first major taste of success with 'I Don't Want To Be A Freak' is Dynasty, two young ladies and a young man ...

Linx: The Missing Linx

Profile and Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 15 November 1980

THE DARK and mysterious Notting Hill Gate tube station, one cold and rainy night. Outside it stands an equally dark and mysterious stranger, armed with ...

Paul Anka, Burt Bacharach, Doobie Brothers, Loggins & Messina, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan: Michael McDonald

Interview by Sam Sutherland, Musician, January 1981

Songwriter, keyboardist, arranger, member of the Doobies and owner of The Voice reveals himself as a somewhat reluctant superstar. Thrust into pop music's center stage ...

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