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This story begins with a teenager in London who loved Pop, Soul and Rock & Roll. The photo career began with someone outside the theatre ( Tooting Granada, south of London ) in 1962 where I had been to see Little Richard and Sam Cooke (I don't remember seeing Sam Cooke - one of my favourite artists), asking for a copy of photos I had snapped there.This is the original photo that started it all.
Soon after that (1963)came the BEATLES.....
My Beatles autograph page says this photo was April 17th, 1963, but all the lists put it as the 18th, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, at a BBC "Swinging Sound 63: TV show though I've always thought it was POP PROMS.
I was lucky to start at the beginning of the most exciting and interesting era in pop music, especially in the UK, where on one side we had Beatles, Stones, Walker Brothers and all the other pop bands of the time, we had Jimi Hendix, Cream and other heavier bands and we had had something the UK has always loved, and still does, soul music. We got to see Otis and James Brown and Ike & Tina Turner, and Motown.
Before we go to the next years I have to pay tribute to England's three biggest pop idols when I grew up. Adam Faith , made a lot of terrific pop records, later managing Leo Sayer and becoming an actor, Billy Fury .. find his greatest hits and see how good his rock ballads were, and of course (Sir) Cliff Richard. The most successful pop star ever, at least130 + hits, 64 top 20 and 14 #1's, and still doing it
.
.Beatles
.. Dave
Clark 5 .. Kinks..
billy fury ..PJ
Proby is one of the great voices, and
showmen of pop, really gained mass fame in the UK when he split the
knees of his trousers on stage! ..Roy
Orbison.. Ronettes
1965 [back to top]
..Righteous
Brothers 
-
"probably best single of all time"
..Beatles
while at a Top Of The Pops taping
..
... Tom
Jones 
... Hollies
... Walker
Brothers..
..Donovan ... Yardbirds ... Who ... Doris Troy
..Byrds..
in Londons Hyde Park at time of Mr Tambourine Man
1966 [back to top]
..Cliff Richard..
Spencer
Davis Group ..Beach
Boys ..Small
Faces 
.. Troggs
.. Manfred Mann
James
Brown. 
"Live at the Apollo" still considered one of the most exciting live
albums ever...........
.. 
LEN BARRY
Then Soul Music Arrived
1967
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Four
Tops .. Beach
Boys with good vibrations..
Jimi
Hendrix ..The
Move ..Cat
Stevens ..Rascals ..Beatles
all you need is love .. 1968
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Fleetwood
Mac Scott
Walker who, other than Elvis, has been
my all time favourite singer. Scott came to England as part of the
Walker Brothers who during their three years of group success were as
big as the Beatles. When they split Scott went on to solo success. He
always had an incredible talent for finding great songs, and an
artist I am proud to have worked with, both as the Walker Brothers
and solo, including the Scott 3 album sleeve. He is still a huge cult
figure. Johnny
Nash .. Jose
Feliciano .. Fleetwood
Mac .. Eric
Clapton
1970
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The big Rock bands that had started to grow in
late '69 began to take over the world. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath
and The Moody Blues were some.Led
Zeppelin norman greenbaum .. moody
blues .. Free
.. Status
Quo .. Fairweather
.. Three
Dog Night .. Carpenters
.. T
Rex .. Jimi
Hendrix .. Dave
Edmunds .. Mungo Jerry .. The
Jackson
5 came to London and appeared at The
London Palladium for Royalty .. Jethro Tull .. Chicago
1971
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In 1971 in England was the start of the Glam
movement with Slade,
The
Sweet and Elton
John and Marc
Bolan all dressing in a whole different
way! ... Even
Rod Stewart
.. Lobo
1972
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1973 [back
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1974
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1975[back
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Late in 1975 during one of my US visits I got
to shoot what at the time seemed the big hype. But it was no hype.
The show was Bruce
Springsteen and the E Street Band at
UC Santa Barbara. That was one of the shows you left as a
believer, and Bruce is one artist that the same still applies 30 plus
years later. 1976
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1977
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Sex
Pistols...Mink
DeVille 1978[back
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Devo.. 1979[back
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Village
People .. Clash
.. Journey 1980
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ZZ Top Christopher Cross Beach Boys Joan
Armatrading Genesis Irena Cara Willie Nelson David Johansen PIL AC/DC
Billy Burnette 1981
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Montrose Alice Cooper Michael Jackson Blue
Oyster Cult Joe Jackson ELO Stray Cats Sparks Cliff Richard Madness
Sammy Hagar Stevie Nicks Hall & Oates Journey Earth Wind
& Fire Emmylou Harris OMD Tubes George Thorogood Michael Schenker
Tom Robinson Motley Crue Motels Joe Ely Garland Jeffries Juice Newton
Devo Adam Ant Ozzy Osbourne Jeff Beck Gary US Bonds Joan Jett
Bruce Springsteen
1982
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Asia David Bowie James Brown Rolling Stones The
Who Cheap Trick Blue Oyster Cult Huey Lewis Quarterflash Simon
& Garfunkel Scorpions Survivor Jefferson Starship Chubby
Checker Donna Summer Heart Girlschool Ted Nugent Journey Adam Ant
Billy Idol Flock Of Seagulls Grandmaster Flash J Geils Rod
Stewart Dexy's Midnight Runners Gary US Bonds Luther
Vandross
1983
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Animals REM Pretenders David Bowie Frank Zappa
Robert Plant Rod Stewart Michael Jackson Fixx Alarm Bryan Adams AC/DC
Iron Maiden Cramps Styx Lene Lovich Ratt The Clash Bow Wow Wow Toto
Girlschool Marvin Gave Stevie Nicks Journey Quiet Riot Rickie Lee
Jones Twisted Sister Talking Heads Saga Motley Crue Mary Jane Girls
Night Ranger Eurythmics Dio Alcatrazz Michael Bolton English Beat
Jeff Beck X Ozzy Osbourne
1984
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Nick
Lowe Tina Turner Yngwie Malmsteen Judas Priest David
Bowie Michael Jackson Aerosmith Yes AC/DC Scorpions Accept Gary Moore
The Clash Steve Miller Moody Blues Bad Company Cindi Lauper Van Halen
Rick James Dio Armoured Saint John Waite Michael Jackson Bruce
Springsteen
1985
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Julian Lennon Black Sabbath Lita Ford Van Halen
Stevie Wonder David Lee Roth John Parr Billy Ocean Dio John Waite
Bruce Springsteen
1986[back
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Neil Young Graham Nash Judas Priest Richie
Havens James Brown Bon Jovi ELP Peter Frampton Slayer Kris
Kristofferson Rush Robert Palmer Stevie Wonder Van Halen Country Joe
Buffy St Marie Megadeth Ozzy Osbourne Michael Jackson deniece
Williams
1987
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Janet Jackson Sammy Hagar BB King Iron
Maiden
1988[back
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Kylie Minogue Van Halen
1989[back
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The BEATLES were on Top Of The Pops again
..Monkees..BEATLES
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
..Engelbert
Humperdinck .. The
Tremeloes ..Procol Harum ..scott
mckenzie .. Bee
Gees ..
Cream
..
...Traffic
.. The
Herd ..Neil
Diamond ..Doors
.. Ten
Years After .. 
Janis
Joplin..
..Cliff
Richard..Equals.... Dave Dee
Amen Corner had a string of hits in the
late 1960's. Singer Andy Fairweather Low has spent the recent years
touring with such people as Pete Townsend and with Eric Clapton
(including "Unplugged") and Roger Waters . Blue Weaver and Dennis
Byron went on to the Bee Gees for years, Alan Jones went into
management, Clive Taylor became a recording engineer and Neil Jones
became the chief photographer for his home city of Cardiff (after
assisting me for a while !!).
Tommy Roe .. Rolling
Stones .. Zager + Evans ..
Fleetwood
Mac .. 
Joe
Cocker .. 
The
Move
Creedence Clearwater Revival came to
London .. Stevie
Wonder ..The late Steve Marriott in
Humble
Pie 
..David
Bowie
John
Lennon and Yoko Ono were in the
headlines, from holding bed-ins to concerts to appearing on Top Of
The Pops promoting their Plasic Ono Band record.
Paul and Linda McCartney started Wings
1972 was the hit year for Don
Mclean while Slade
got more successful. David
Cassidy came over to England as a huge
tennybop idol and Chuck
Berry was still duck walking.
Mud
.. Slade
.. Osmonds
..Gary
Glitter ..
Slade
.. Mud
.. Abba
.. Carl
Douglas .. David
Essex .. Barry
White
Cockney
Rebel .. Hall
& Oates
Queen 
BLONDIE
..Boomtown
Rats ..Dusty
Springfield .. Van
Halen .. 
The Tourists who became The Eurythmics
.. Stevie
Ray Vaughan
1990 -1999
.. 
Tom Petty