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GARY PIG GOLD Knows THEY AIN’T HEAVY…

Posted in Opinion with tags Alan Clarke, British Invasion, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Graham Nash, music, music videos, Records, segarini, Terry Sylvester, The HOLLIES, Tony Hicks on June 8, 2015 by segarini

It may well have been 48 years ago this month that Sgt. Pepper started going in and out of style. But possibly just as importantly – and equally entertaining, to say the least! – that hippity-heady month of June 1967 also saw another batch of northern British Invaders jettison their nice neat suits and throw a Technicoloured frock or two over the entire proceedings.

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JAIMIE VERNON – THE POWER OF POP

Posted in Opinion with tags American music, Amplifier Magazine, Badfinger, Beatles, Big Star, Big Takeover, Bob Segarini, British Invasion, Britpop, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, crooners, Dana Countryman, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, doo-wop, Elvis, Enuff Z'nuff, Fastball, Fountains of Wayne, International Pop Overthrow Festival, Jaimie Vernon, Jam Recordings, Jellyfish, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kool Kat Music, Little Richard, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, Monkees, Not Lame Recordings, paul revere, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Permanent Press Recordings, Pop music, Power Pop, Spongetones, Terry Melcher., The Association, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, The Byrds, The Jackson 5, The Knack, The Masticators, The Osmonds, The Raspberries, The Rolling Stones, The Shoes, The Turtles, The Ventures, The Who, Tommy Keene, Viet Nam War, Wackers, Weezer on October 11, 2014 by segarini

This week Paul Revere of 1960s pop band Paul Revere & The Raiders passed away at the age of 76. He and his band were one of the second generation of pop stars who took the post-Elvis world by storm on the back of Beatlemania.