20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1963
Featured song: The Beatles – Please, Please Me 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…]
Music
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1962
Featured song: Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again 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 – 1961
Featured song: The Shadows – FBI – as performed on Crackerjack (It’s Friday what do we all say?) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1960
Featured song: Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown 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 – 1958
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…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1957
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
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
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…]
Arts
The Organ (ii)
Wind The accompanying image is taken from Dom Bedos’ ‘ l’art du Facteur d’ Orgues’ (1776), and shows, among other things, a single organ-blower, operating one of three ‘feeders’ – or possibly, pumping two of the [more…]