In 1983 a student from UCL formed a band called Seona Dancing, and got signed to Decca Records. His name? Ricky Gervais.
The first Lennon & McCartney song to make the US charts was Del Shannon’s From Me To You (it made No.77). 7 months later came I Want To Hold Your Hand.
BB King said it was his ambition to record an album of Louis Jordan’s songs. 19 years later that album was released which acknowledges BB’s debt to Louis.
Space Hymns features Eric Stewart and Lol Creme on guitar and moog, Kevin Godley on drums on flute while Graham Gouldman plays guitar and bass.
In 1970 Ozzy Osbourne wrote a letter complaining that the weekly pop paper, Disc had confused Black Widow’s album Sacrifice with Black Sabbath’s debut album
It’s the opening line of a Rupert Holmes song which he sings about those men and women knows as the studio musician.
Lonnie Donegan was fond of telling people how badly done by he was over the recording of his debut hit, Rock Island Line in 1956.
