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Beatles, The, Quarrymen, The: It's the Beatles! Fans Just Didn't Dig The 'Quarrymen'

Retrospective by Tony Barrow, Liverpool Echo, 22 October 1963

THE STRUGGLING DAYS... ALL OF FIVE YEARS AGO Second Article In The Series By TONY BARROW ...

Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 28 October 1963

Folk Songs Draw Carnegie Cheers Bob Dylan Appears as an 'Angry Young' Recitalist ...

The Ronettes: Wrong Phone Number Brought Success

Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 11 January 1964

TALK ABOUT a coincidence! A thundering great coincidence — a flash of fate which virtually launched the swinging Ronettes, one of the most successful girlie ...

Beatles, The: Beatles Heat Flares in Court

Report by uncredited writer, Billboard, 25 January 1964

CHICAGO — The Beatles, the nation's hottest recording property today, are becoming the object of the nation's hottest lawsuits, at least as far as the ...

Beatles, The: Beatles Panned By U.S. Critics

Report by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 10 February 1964

But they wow TV audience and bring out mounted police ...

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Temptations, The: The Temptations: Hit Was Written in a Car

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 6 March 1964

IT TOOK the help of a "miracle" for the Temptations to come up with their first big hit, 'The Way You Do the Things You ...

Cassius Clay: Clay Wins: Columbia Swings

Report by uncredited writer, Billboard, 7 March 1964

NEW YORK — The upset victory of Cassius Clay over Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing championship last week (25) also upset the operational procedures ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: This Horrible Lot – Not Quite What They Seem

Report and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 21 March 1964

"BUT WOULD YOU LIKE your daughter to marry one?" is what you ask yourself about the Rolling Stones. They've done terrible things to the musical ...

Manfred Mann: Meet The Manfreds

Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 2 May 1964

PART ONE OF A NEW SERIES — MIKE HUGG AND TOM McGUINESS ...

Elvis Presley: The Facts About Elvis

Report and Interview by Peter Jones, Keith Matthews, Record Mirror, 30 May 1964

FROM JIMMY SAVILE ...

Bobby Bland, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Johnny Ace, Junior Parker: Duke/Peacock Records: The Success Story

Overview by John Broven, Blues Unlimited, 12 June 1964

WITH THE emergence of interest in blues recordings after the war, with its resultant popularity, it was only natural that there should be a multitude ...

Inez & Charlie Foxx: Inez and Charlie Foxx: Gospel Voice and Lunatic Gestures...

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 11 July 1964

CHARLES AND Inez Foxx are a handsome pair. To the initiated and fortunate few in this country who have heard them, they are known as ...

Marianne Faithfull: Put it down to my age, says Miss Faithfull

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 25 July 1964

MARIANNE FAITHFULL is a raving beauty of 17 who lives with her mother, the Baroness Erisso, in a small terraced house in Reading. She goes ...

Burt Bacharach, Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick: Burt Bacharach: "Time Is My Enemy"

Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 4 September 1964

"I JUST DON'T get enough time to cram everything in," top U.S. songwriter, arranger and producer Burt Bacharach told me, during a two-day visit last ...

Jack Nitzsche, Rip Chords, The: Jack Nitzsche: Dress For 'Nitchie'

Profile by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 26 September 1964

— Orange Jeans, Black Jersey, Green Jerkin ...

Beach Boys, The: Top Tunes: The Beach Boys Hit Town

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 26 September 1964

THE BEACH Boys, who were instrumental in starting the surfing and hot rod trends in music, are finished singing about cars and the surf and ...

Gene Pitney, Supremes, The: Gene Pitney's 72 Days With The Supremes

Interview by Ian Dove, NME, 2 October 1964

GENE PITNEY recently took a bus journey with the Supremes. They shared front seat views — FOR 72 DAYS AND OVER 30,000 MILES. Gene, who ...

Jack Nitzsche, Righteous Brothers, The: Jack Nitzsche: Disc Producer To Film Gerry...

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 3 October 1964

HAVE YOU heard about Electronovision? If not, you soon will. For American composer-arranger Jack Nitzsche is in London this week lining up appearances in the ...

Delaney & Bonnie, Jackie DeShannon: Jackie DeShannon: The girl who began when she was two

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 24 October 1964

JACKIE DeSHANNON might be considered an alarming girl. She is one of those prodigies in whom the Americans seem to specialise. She appeared on the ...

Mugwumps, The: Top Tunes: The Mugwumps

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 October 1964

THEY MEET with "stunned silence" when performing before someone for the first time. They have their own language. A new dance has started because of ...