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Ivy League, The: The Ivy League: Songwriting Hit-Makers

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 13 February 1965

FROM INSIDE the music publisher's office came the familiar sounds of creation, Tin Pan Alley style — tentative chords being hammered out on a piano ...

Junior Walker & the All Stars: Top Tunes: Junior Walker's 'Shotgun' Is His First Big Hit

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 27 February 1965

JUNIOR WALKER and the All Stars can thank a couple of teenagers from Benton Harbor, Mich., for the inspiration that's led to their first major ...

Paul Revere & The Raiders: Paul Revere & Raiders Carry Fight to British

Profile by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 10 March 1965

WATCH FOR the world-wide ride of Paul Revere! ...

Val Doonican: Relaxation: it's a way of life for the housewife's choice...

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 20 March 1965

VAL DOONICAN Is a friendly, easy-going man of 36 who makes his living — it would be but slight exaggeration to say — by looking ...

Marianne Faithfull: The Trouble With Marianne: By The Man She'll Marry

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 27 March 1965

MARIANNE FAITHFULL announced her engagement to Mr. John Dunbar in The Times. Pop singers do not often use The Times to let their friends know ...

Them: Everyone wants to know about... that there Them group!

Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc, 10 April 1965

...and here's the secret of their success — writes PENNY VALENTINE ...

John Hammond: Folk And Blues Friends

Profile and Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 1 May 1965

"DYLAN — WELL, let's say he gave me confidence when I needed it most." The speaker was John Hammond, 22 years old blues singer from ...

Spencer Davis Group, Jackie Trent, Vashti Bunyan: Vashti agrees: her last name must go (it's Bunyan)

Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 15 May 1965

VASHTI BUNYAN is the latest in a stream of refined, nicely brought-up, middle-class girls whose well-bred accents have adorned the hit parade since Marianne Faithfull ...

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs: Sam The Sham Has Sung In Opera!

Interview by Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 30 July 1965

Special from Tracy Thomas in Hollywood ...

Vicki from Inkpen, Berks, may not look like a girl with power — but she's got it, lots of it

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 31 July 1965

SHE'S BACK! THE GIRL WHO REALLY KNOWS THE POP PEOPLE ...

Georgie Fame: After many years Georgie realises an ambition...

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 14 August 1965

GEORGIE FAME'S latest hit ('Like We Used To Be') represents an important step forward in the career of this 22-year-old singer-bandleader-pianist-organist. It's his first composition. ...

Nico Leads Andrew's Off Beat Company...

Profile and Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 28 August 1965

PETER JONES REPORTS ...

Sonny & Cher: The Mad Mad World of Sonny And Cher!

Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc Weekly, 4 September 1965

SONNY and Cher had just arrived in their manager's office in Los Angeles. It was 2.30 p.m. and they had bounced happily back from a ...

Byrds, The, Sonny & Cher: Beat Music Background: Carnaby Street — New Way To Shop

Report by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 18 September 1965

WHILE ENGLAND has its huge department stores with multiple floors crammed with everything from needles and thread to tuxedos and minks, it also boasts a ...

Marc Bolan: Knit Yourself A Pop Singer — Marc and Mike Will Tell You How

Report and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 23 October 1965

HUMILITY AMONG POP SINGERS used to be all the rage. "Mr. Presley," the interviewer would ask, "is it to luck or to talent that you ...

"Opry", 40, Shows No Sign Of Aging

Report by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 23 October 1965

Nashville Marking Event's Birthday on Joyous Note ...

Vejtables, The: Vejtables Growing in San Francisco

Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 1 January 1966

THE LAST thing on anybody's mind would be to call themself a vegetable, but five young San Franciscans have gone one step farther and call ...

Bobby Bland, John Lee Hooker: John Lee Hooker: John Lee Hooker Plays And Sings The Blues (Chess CRL4500); Bobby Bland: Here's The Man (Vocalion VA-PS041)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 15 January 1966

HOOKER RECORDS abound, but the latest from Chess, John Lee Hooker Plays And Sings The Blues (CRL4500) is a more than usually satisfying set. ...