1964
..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!
..Beatles .. Dave Clark 5 .. Kinks.. billy fury ..Roy Orbison.. Ronettes
1965
..Beatles while at a Top Of The Pops taping... Tom Jones ... Hollies ... Walker
Brothers.. Sonny&Cher....Donovan ... Yardbirds ... Who ... Doris Troy
..The Byrds.. in Londons Hyde Park at time of Mr Tambourine Man
1966
James Brown. "Live at the Apollo" still considered one of the most exciting live albums ever...........
Jimi Hendrix .. ..
LEN BARRY
Then Soul Music really arrived.
Suddenly we had an an invasion of one of the greatest music styles,
which has remained hugely popular in the UK ever since.
1967
Hendrix ..
..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 really arrived.
Suddenly we had an an invasion of one of the greatest music styles,
which has remained hugely popular in the UK ever since.
.. Ike & Tina Turner .. ..Stevie Wonder .. .. Wilson Pickett .. .. Otis Redding .. .. Percy Sledge.. .. Lee Dorsey .. .. Four Tops ..
The BEATLES were on Top Of The Pops again
1968
Rolling Stones .. Fleetwood Mac
Janis Joplin..
..Cliff Richard .. Equals .. Dave Dee
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.The 30 Century Man docu-film is out in 2009 and is very worth seeing, in theatre or on the DVD
Johnny Nash .. Jose Feliciano .. Fleetwood Mac .. Eric Clapton
1969
Amen Corner had a string of hits in the late 1960's. They all lived in a large house in Harrow, just outside London. Singer Andy Fairweather Low amazingly had a Cobra in the front yard , but many a time for a London gig he and Neil would jump into my MGB and have me take them, a lot of fun. Andy 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 Byryn 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.
1970
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
.. Free .. Status Quo .. Fairweather .. Three Dog Night .. Carpenters.. T Rex .. Jimi Hendrix .. Dave
Edmunds .. Mungo Jerry .. Jethro Tull .. Chicago
1971
In 1971 in England was the start of the Glam movement withSladeThe Sweet and Elton John and Marc Bolan all dressing in a whole different way!... Even Rod Stewart
Paul and Linda McCartney started Wings
.. Lobo
1972
Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 came to London and appeared at The London Palladium for Royalty .. 1972 was also the hit year for Don Mclean while Slade got more successful. David Cassidy came over to England as a huge teenybop idol and Chuck Berry was still duck walking.