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Chubby Checker, Joey Dee & the Starliters: As Twist Hits the Chart Top Chubby Checker and Joey Dee Reveal How They Started To Do It — And Why!

Interview by uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 23 February 1962

C'MON EVERYBODY, let's do the twist! Did I hear someone say they don't know how to do it? That's ridiculous. Anyone can do it, I ...

Elvis Presley: Dates With Elvis

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 12 October 1962

Presley's Follow That Dream co-star ANNE HELM talks to Alan Smith ...

Limeliters, The: Alan Smith invites you to meet The Limeliters

Profile by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 25 January 1963

INTO THE Limelight this week come... the Limeliters. This lively American folk trio arrive today (Friday) for their first-ever visit to Britain. ...

Ruby & the Romantics: New to the Charts: Ruby, Romantics Make It At Last!

Profile by uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 12 April 1963

'OUR DAY Will Come' couldn't be a more appropriate disc title for Ruby and the Romantics, who enter the NME Chart this week. Their record ...

Chiffons, The: New to the Charts: Tokens aid Chiffons

Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 19 April 1963

'HE'S SO FINE', the disc by the Chiffons — a coloured, all-girl group with a Shirelles-type sound — looks set to confirm the prophecy of ...

Bobby Rydell's British Recording Hits The Bull's Eye!

Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 24 May 1963

BOBBY RYDELL came from America in March to appear on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. While here he said: "Just lately I haven't been ...

Mickie Most: Newcomer to the Charts: Mickie Most Goes Right Back...

Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 19 July 1963

MICKIE MOST may be a newcomer to the NME Top 30 with 'Mr. Porter', but he's had one of the longest careers in beat music ...

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 ...

Beatles, The, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, Fortunes, The, Herman's Hermits, Roy Orbison, Alan Price, Cliff Richard, Rolling Stones, The, Seekers, The, Shadows, The, Small Faces, The, Spencer Davis Group, Dusty Springfield, Walker Brothers, The, Who, The, Yardbirds, The, Sounds Incorporated, Crispian St. Peters: All About The World's Greatest Pop Show: 1966 NME Concert Mightiest Ever!

Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 6 May 1966

THOUSANDS upon thousands of fans converging on the massive Wembley Empire Pool for the biggest pop show in the world on Sunday... the staggering, the ...

Doors, The, Jefferson Airplane: Jeffersons, Doors are Tops

Profile by Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 2 September 1967

LET ME TELL you about the two groups which are currently the most popular in America: the Doors and Jefferson Airplane. Both have been playing ...

Jose Feliciano: Jose Makes Old Very Avantgarde

Profile and Interview by Ritchie Yorke, New Musical Express, 12 October 1968

IF, AS THE cynics say, there is nothing new in the world, then the mark of the truly creative performer is one who can make ...

Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline

Review by Ritchie Yorke, New Musical Express, 19 April 1969

DYLAN HAS CHANGED again. His latest album, Nashville Skyline, the 14-month-later follow-up to John Wesley Harding, presents the folk-rock star in a completely new guise. ...

Badfinger: New to the Charts: Badfinger Make Apple Feel Rosy

Profile by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 17 January 1970

IT'S BIG smiles and happy heads at Apple this week, where the once much-maligned label now has a further chart name — BADFINGER — to ...

Norman Greenbaum: 'Sky' Star Hits At Showbiz Phonies

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 18 April 1970

I'm not religious but I live a pure life says Norman Greenbaum ...

Jimi Hendrix: Goodbye, Jimi

Obituary by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 26 September 1970

A tribute by Richard Green, who once worked with him ...

Doors, The, 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 ...

Peter Frampton, Herd, The, Humble Pie: Frampton: the Musician Who Beat a Pretty Face

Interview by Tony Norman, New Musical Express, 3 June 1972

PETE FRAMPTON has seen a lot of changes in his 22 years. There was a time when the pretty Face of '68 was showered with ...

Yes: Confessions Of a Musical Idiot

Interview by Tony Norman, New Musical Express, 3 June 1972

JON ANDERSON OF YES TALKS TO TONY NORMAN ...

Frederick Knight: Freak Hit for Knight

Profile and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 17 June 1972

PROVIDED HE isn't burdened down with a surfeit of bills and tax demands, the arrival of the postman is one of the brighter moments in ...

Impressions, The: The Impressions

Report and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 15 July 1972

FOR MORE than a decade, the Impressions have been a legendary soul name, besides having produced two fine solo performers — Jerry Butler and Curtis ...