Added: 18th May 2008 Posted By:alan Views: 141 Comments:0
The Haçienda was the product of Manchester - its people, its mood and its time. From an initial idea by Rob Gretton (manager of Joy Division), and the TV broadcaster and music entrepreneur Anthony Wilson, the nightclub was set up as a then "alternative" platform and venue for new bands, many of...
Added: 2nd June 2008 Posted By:carol34 Views: 123 Comments:0
Karl Denver (1931-1998)
Karl Denver is probably best remembered as the yodelling pop singer of the 1961 recording of the Zulu folk song "Wimoweh". Born Angus McKenzie in 1931 in Glasgow he was a familiar figure on radio and the concert stage in the 1960s.
Denver left school at 15 to...
Added: 2nd June 2008 Posted By:carol34 Views: 138 Comments:0
Happy Mondays
A group of 6 musicians whose debut album should have been in the Guiness Book of Records on account of its title alone : "Happy Mondays' Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)". The original group included Sean Ryder...
