The Dave Clark Five 1968 – Red Balloon
The British Invasion, by 1968, was less an invasion and more an occupation, a permanent fixture in the cultural landscape.…
The Shadows 1964 – Theme for young lovers
The air in the café hung still, a familiar late-afternoon lull broken only by the hiss of the espresso machine…
The Tremeloes 1969 – Hello World
The tail-end of the 1960s was a study in sonic whiplash. The Beatles had fractured the pop template with the…
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 1965 – Three Bells
The London air in 1965 was electric, saturated with the raw energy of the Beat Boom. Bands were turning up…
Sonny & Cher 1966 – What Now My Love
The lights are down, but the air still hums with the residual glow of a thousand watts. You can almost…
David McWilliams 1967 – Days Of Pearly Spencer
The year is 1967, and the air is thick with patchouli and possibility. London’s studios are minting gold, yet just…
The Shadows 1961 – The Savage
It’s 1961, and the air is thick with the promise of a new, electric future. The Shadows, led by the…
Cliff Richard & The Shadows 1956 – Down The Line
The year is 1959. Outside, London is slicked with rain, still shaking off the grey conservatism of the post-war years.…
Diana Ross & The Supremes 1968 – In And Out Of Love
I remember the first time I truly heard this track, not as background noise from some classic radio loop, but…
Pat Boone 1957 – April Love
The American musical landscape of 1957 was a fault line. On one side, the seismic rumble of Elvis Presley and…