John Leyton
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John Leyton, Eden Kane, Joe Brown, Karl Denver: Gaumont State, Kilburn, London
Live Review by June Harris, Disc, 24 February 1962
Denver is hit of Parnes package ...
Live Review by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 20 April 1962
At the NME's sensational Poll Winners' concert — CLIFF, SHADOWS, HELEN, BILLY, ADAM GIVE THRILL OF LIFETIME ...
John Leyton: I Can't Keep On With This Sob Stuff
Interview by June Harris, Disc, 7 July 1962
WATCH OUT for John Leyton's next release. The change in style is going to hit you smack between the ears! Gone are the emotional lyrics ...
John Leyton Phones Alan Smith From Munich To Say: Filming In Germany Is Dangerous
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 13 July 1962
(But It Could Make Me A Star In America) ...
John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Jet Harris & Tony Meehan et al: Essoldo, Brighton
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 3 May 1963
LEYTON PACKAGE FEATURES NEW MIKE SARNE ...
John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Jet Harris & Tony Meehan et al: Essoldo, Brighton
Live Review by June Harris, Disc, 4 May 1963
SARNE STEALS SHOW ...
Robert Stigwood: The Young Tycoon Behind Mike Sarne & Co.
Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 22 June 1963
FEW GROWN up people, I find, have a genuine respect for the pop singer. They see him as a creature who makes inexplicably large sums ...
Leyton Wants a House — in the South of France!
Interview by Jean Carol, Disc, 6 July 1963
JOHN LEYTON, was happily posing for photographers near EMI's office in London. As usual he was handsomely groomed and well dressed. And, despite the fact ...
Teledate: Sylvia Stephen Talking To Mike Sarne & John Leyton
Interview by Sylvia Stephen, Fabulous, 28 March 1964
I call them The Terrors of Tin Pan Alley. They're the boys who are my closest friends in show business. When we get together, anything ...
A Tribute to Joe Meek— Far Out Before His Time
Retrospective by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 October 1978
THROUGHOUT his career, British record producer Joe Meek showed a strong and consistent fascination with outer space and supernatural themes. A kind of backroom electronic ...
Obituary by Alan Clayson, The Guardian, 25 May 2000
Innovative songwriter in an era before the Beatles ...
Sleeve notes by Kieron Tyler, Sanctuary Records, February 2002
ONCE HEARD, 'Johnny Remember Me' is never forgotten. It was atmosphere itself, the first time British pop had distilled the essence of drama onto vinyl. ...
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