The home computer and its promiscuous offspring the internet were wrecking balls, demolishing much that was worth treasuring. Amidst the deb...

It was Derek Taylor, the eminent Beatles PR, who gave me my first copy of A Christmas Gift For You , Phil Spector’s classic Christmas LP. It...

“Oh, baby doll,” exclaims Tom Petty in his endearing Southern drawl at the start of this 2-CD set drawn from six of the 20 nights he and his...

Around about this time one year ago there was a great deal of wailing and gnashing of teeth in our little village. The Gomshall Mill, the hi...

Last week I was interviewed for a forthcoming music documentary in which the subject of being ‘bigger than The Beatles’ cropped up. I pointe...

Christine Perfect with her Top Female Singer award at the 1969 Melody Maker Pop Poll awards at the Waldorf Hotel in London.  (Photo by Davi...

I t is a testament to the everlasting affection in which The Beatles are held that books like this exist, not to mention the effort that goe...

I remember... I was introduced to soul music through Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band whose 1966 album Hand Clappin’ Foot Stomping’ Fu...

David English with England T20 cricket captain Jos Buttler Yesterday’s celebrations following England’s win in the T20 World Cup in Melbourn...

“He didn’t have personal friends,” says Dick Allen, a showbiz agent who worked with Chuck Berry for years. “I travelled all the time with hi...