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20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1959

19th July 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Bert Weedon – Guitar Boogie Shuffle This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1958

5th July 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls Of Fire This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – 1957

21st June 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Song: – Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1956

7th June 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Elvis Presley with Hound Dog This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it.  [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1955

24th May 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Bill Haley & His Comets with “Rock Around the Clock”. This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]

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Homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken

11th October 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

This is so superb, trust me.  You may (indeed may not) like your local Chinese Sweet and Sour, but after you have made this, you will probably stick to homemade. This is for four adult [more…]

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G5E4 – Origins of Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Start of The Later Years

15th September 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Welcome pop pickers.  Back to Rock ‘n’ Roll, the start of the later period. This is the sort of music that makes you want to tap your feet, dance, and singalong. Thank you to Wiki, [more…]

20th Century

G4E4 – Northern Soul & Disco – Later Years

8th September 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Welcome pop pickers. This week we start the Disco era.  This is what we heard at the Youth Club in the early 1970’s through to the late 1980’s, when most nights were party nights, men [more…]

20th Century

G3E4 – The Singers – Bit of Willie and friends

1st September 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

This week we are back to the singers.  Thank you to Wiki and Top of the Pops. I have always enjoyed those singers who really do have an outstanding voice, and when combined with an [more…]

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