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Outtakes and various other sundries... With Venus squaring Pluto some are finding themselves in relationship triangles. This does not mean it’s nasty, for example the soldier, his son and I are triangulated at the moment with good result. However some of you are not faring as well so take this lesson from my gal, Betty if you need too. And keep in mind the other entity is not necessarily another woman....
Sydney - An Australian hanged in Melbourne for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl has received a pardon, 87 years after the crime. This is a tragic case where a miscarriage of justice resulted in a man being hanged, Victorian Attorney-Genera...
(Third in a series. Part one here, part two here.) What would the top of the Billboard chart have looked like during the week of April 4, 1964, without the Beatles holding down the top five positions? You’d probably have to take out all of the other British Invasion records, too, and if you did, you’d [...]
Here's your chance to bid on a great Northern Soul concert poster from Atlanta '64. The poster features Solomon Burke, Jerry Butler, Chuck Jackson, The Tams, Jackie Ross, The Drifters, Betty Everett and Patti LaBelle. It's a limited print and...
Last night on American Idol, the issue of which female put on the best performance was far from grey. In fact, it was black and white. Brooke White! The quiet crooner sat on a stool, strummed her guitar and performaned a perfect version of Carly Simon's “You're So Vain.” Consider what Simon Cowell - the judge [...]
"If you wanna know if he loves you so, "It's in his kiss (that's where it is)." So sang Betty Everett, and later Cher, on the R&B hit "The Shoop Shoop Song."
A deep soul classic from Betty Lavette: Here's a re-recording done in 1990, with much better sound so the power of that amazing voice comes across, but - annoyingly - just out of synch. The notes by Ian Levine ("about...
Continuing the theme of the last blog, here are my top 20 scoring 45s of 1964 and 1965, as recorded at the time: 1964 1. I get around - The Beach Boys 2. Baby I need your loving - Four Tops 3. My guy - Mary Wells 4= Shoop shoop song - Betty Everett (pictured left) 4= When I grow up - The Beach Boys 6. Nadine - Chuck Berry 7. Where did our love go - Supremes 8= Hi heel sneakers - Tommy Tucker 8= No...
mp3: Banbarra - Shack Up Pt.1 mp3: Betty Everett - You're No Good mp3: Dandy Livingstone - Rudy A Message To You mp3: Gloria Jones - Tainted Love mp3: Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind mp3: Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love mp3: Tommy James & the Shondels - I Think Were Alone Now Though these are not all the original versions, the songs featured today are all the definitive early versions of tunes...
Who is Susan? As the new musical based on the MGM movie Desperately Seeking Susan receives its West End premiere, with the songs of pop-rock icon Debbie Harry and Blondie, Roger Foss goes in search of some Susan essentials.
