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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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Abba
.. New
Seekers .. Wings
.. Neil
Young .. Peter
Frampton .. Kiss
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
Donna SUMMER Survivor
Jefferson Starship Chubby Checker 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 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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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 Cyndi
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
to top]
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 Megadeth
1988[back
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1989 to NOW[back
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1988
was the end of the first 25 years. Shooting music photography in
these earlier years was a lot of fun as well as a lot of hard work
and long hours. In later years, until the present, it became much
more corporate with more artist control and far fewer creative
pictures because of those restrictions.
The material from 1989 to the
present time can all be found on the Photofeatures
site.
But a great bookend is here for
this career. In January 2008 I get to shoot Ringo in LA , a month
short of 45 years from the start of this journey.
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 .. 10cc
.. Todd
Rundgren
Queen 
BLONDIE
..Boomtown
Rats ..Dusty
Springfield .. Van
Halen .. 
The Tourists who became The Eurythmics
Nick
Lowe .. Stevie
Ray Vaughan
The
new Ringo photos are here.
.. 
Tom Petty
