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Sylvia Stephen

Sylvia Stephen

Sylvia Stephen wrote extensively for Fabulous magazine. We haven't been able to track Sylvia down, so if you can help us, get in touch.

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Cilla Black, Lulu, Sandie Shaw: Cathy McGowan, Sandie Shaw, Cilla Black, Lulu: Screening the Girls

Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 21 February 1964

SHE WANDERED into my office looking a bit vague — a tall, slender girl, with long, straight dark hair. Tinted glasses hid her lovely blue-grey ...

The Dave Clark Five: Teledate: Sylvia Stephen Talking to Dave Clark

Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 29 February 1964

I LOVE IT when my telephone rings. Almost always it's someone exciting — Gerry, Adam, Bobby Rydell. Latest call was from one of the best ...

Johnny Hallyday: Jhon-Nee 'Alleeday

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 28 March 1964

Our Sylvia's French isn't so hot but she had lunch with the hottest thing in French Popbiz ...

John Leyton, Mike Sarne: Teledate: Sylvia Stephen Talking To Mike Sarne & John Leyton

Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 28 March 1964

I call them The Terrors of Tin Pan Alley. They're the boys who are my closest friends in show business. When we get together, anything ...

The Hollies: Hollie, Hollie, Hollie, Hollie & Hollie & Co. Ltd.

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 25 April 1964

THE BOARD of directors raced me up the aisle of the West London cinema. "Bet we're at the tea bar before you. Sylvia," they yelled. ...

The Beatles, George Harrison: Teledate: Sylvia Stephen talking to George Harrison

Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 13 June 1964

Y'KNOW, I'D like to adopt George Harrison. (Sit down those girls who yelled "So would we.") I don't have a favourite Beatle, they're all FAB, ...

The Kinks: A Kookie Day with the Kinks

Report by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 4 July 1964

"WE'VE GOT a day off tomorrow," Pete (the kink!) said, washing his hair between shows at Brighton. "Why don't we go to Battersea Park Fun ...

The Mojos: Much Ado About Mojos

Profile and Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 25 July 1964

What a FABULOUS assignment! ...

The Beatles: Beatle Talk by Sylvia...

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 1 August 1964

"Actually," Paul McCartney said solemnly, "I've been married for three years." My eyes shot straight up through my McCartney type fringe. "Yes," he continued, still ...

The Dave Clark Five: The Dave Clark 5: Wot! Yeah! Smith's the Name

Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 1 August 1964

SYLVIA MEETS FABULOUS MIKE OF THE DAVE CLARK 5 ...

Billy J. Kramer: Fab Says Happy Birthday Billy J.

Report by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 22 August 1964

It's Billy J's. 21st. What better excuse for a party? So we had one — and it was FAB. ...

Billy Fury: Teledate with Billy Fury by Fab's Sylvia

Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 29 August 1964

OFF-STAGE, Billy Fury is quiet and rather shy. But he has a wonderful sense of humour. And he's one of my favourite people; so I ...

The Beatles on Wax

Report by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 3 October 1964

I FOUGHT my way past the body of Napoleon lying in state, having already paid my respects to Nelson dying at Trafalgar, turned my head ...

Marianne Faithfull: Teledate with Marianne Faithfull

Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 12 December 1964

When Marianne Faithfull rang me up, we talked at first about the things all girls talk about when they natter on the 'phone. Then I asked the question ...

Paul Jones, Manfred Mann: Manfred Mann: The Jones Boy

Profile by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 2 January 1965

"YOU'LL BE pleased about this, Sylvia," the Editor grinned. "After The Beatles and The Stones, the one group member who came highest in our New ...

Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Mike Berry, The Escorts, The Four Pennies, Herman's Hermits, The Pretty Things, The Rockin' Berries, The Rolling Stones, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Tremeloes, Twinkle: Reigning Cats And Dogs

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 27 March 1965

Switched on people are definitely animal lovers, and dogs and cats top the pop stars own hit parade... SYLVIA STEPHEN has done some vetting on the subject. For ...

The Beatles, Georgie Fame, The Honeycombs, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones: The No.1 Boys

Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 15 May 1965

Who are the girls in the lives of the chart topping boys? Who are the girls who know them, who have encouraged them, who have ...

The Zombies: Otto Preminger directs Bunny Lake is Missing starring Sir Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, Carol Lynley, Martita Hunt and THE ZOMBIES

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 12 June 1965

IT LOOKED like Ready Steady Goes Live. It sounded like Ready Steady Goes Live. It was taking place in the Ready Steady Goes Live studio. ...

The Beatles, Cilla Black, George Harrison, Tommy Quickly, Ringo Starr: Liverpool: Home Town

Report and Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 19 June 1965

...that's Liddypool, home of so many greats in the pop world, and from the streets where they lived Fab's SYLVIA STEPHEN reports... ...

Françoise Hardy, Tom Jones: Sylvia's Teledate with Tom Jones & Françoise Hardy

Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 26 June 1965

WALES — the land of song. Yet when the FAB gang sat down and discussed how many pop singers we know who come from Wales, we only ...

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