Eden
Eden – real name Nikki Wine – wrote extensively for KRLA Beat. In the '70s, she produced Casey Kasem's American Top 40 radio show. Nikki died in 1995.
35 articles
List of articles in the library
Barry McGuire: Love, Not Destruction, is Barry McGuire's Message
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 4 September 1965
(Editor's Note: A burly ex-construction worker has caused an overnight sensation, with his recording of 'Eve of Destruction'. Barry McGuire has also caused a raging ...
The Righteous Brothers: Brothers in Spirit
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 25 September 1965
'Whole Lotta Spirit' Heard In Righteous 'Soul Sound' ...
Jan & Dean: Jan Says He'll Quit Song To Become A Doc
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 2 October 1965
A FEW SHORT weeks ago, a young man named Jan Berry spent a few days in the hospital with a broken leg, the result of ...
The Beatles: What Causes Beatlemania?
Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 9 October 1965
YOU'VE SEEN it hundreds of times before — in mob scenes at airports, in screaming crowds of fans at concerts, even in one's and two's ...
P. F. Sloan: A Portrait: P.F. Sloan — A Many-Colored Personality Revealed Here
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 6 November 1965
AT SOME time during your childhood, you may have had the experience of peering through a kaleidoscope with its multitude of shapes and designs. Part ...
The Beatles: Rubber Soul (Parlophone UK)
Review by Eden, KRLA Beat, 1 January 1966
The Lowdown On The British Rubber Soul ...
Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 22 January 1966
AT FIRST there were just the four of us — just four people alone in a room. Quiet — then we spoke some words to ...
Overview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 22 January 1966
YOU'RE SEARCHING — you're looking everywhere — you're trying desperately to find the man they call Dylan. You ask everyone — maybe even him — ...
The Yardbirds: Havin' A Wild Rave-Up
Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 29 January 1966
The term is "Rave-up" — the sound is great — the group is THE YARDBIRDS!! ...
The Lovin' Spoonful: Spoonful of Lovin' Words
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 15 February 1966
IT ISN'T everyday that one meets John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful and has the opportunity to sit and talk with him. The BEAT had that opportunity ...
Larry Marks: A Record Producer Speaks
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 5 March 1966
ONE OF THE most important men in the record industry today is the record producer. He is the "man behind the scenes" on all of ...
Sonny & Cher: Charlie Greene and Brian Stone: What It Takes To Have A Hit Record
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 12 March 1966
IN THIS second article in our series on record producers, we are going to speak with three of the top young producers in the field ...
The Beach Boys Visit The Animals
Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 2 April 1966
ACTUALLY, I don't usually go flying around in airplanes with five Beach Boys — I mean, not usually, but this was sort of an exception. ...
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 2 April 1966
SOME CALL it "pop art," some call it "English R 'n' B," some call it pop music gone electronic. At The BEAT — we just ...
Sonny Bono, Sonny & Cher: Behind the Scenes with Sonny Bono
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 16 April 1966
AS WE PROMISED a few issues back in The BEAT, in this next-to-last article in our series on record producers, we are going to speak ...
The Rolling Stones: Exclusive: BEAT Attends Closed Stones' Session
Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 16 April 1966
ED. NOTE: Once again The BEAT has captured an exclusive story, as we spent three days with the Stones on their recent visit to Hollywood. ...
P.J. Proby: Proby — The Man and The Boy
Profile and Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 30 April 1966
THEY CALL him a man, but in so many ways he is still a little boy. His outfits — always velvet, his high-buckle shoes, and ...
Little Richard: A Living Legend In His Time
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 28 May 1966
"THEY'RE THE greatest guys I ever worked with in my life... they're down to earth! People haven't really heard the Beatles yet. They are one ...
Johnny Rivers: The Expressions Of A Mighty River
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 11 June 1966
Capacity Crowds Welcome Johnny Rivers Back Home ...
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones: Beatle Fans Defecting To Stone-Side Of Fence?
Report by Eden, KRLA Beat, 30 July 1966
WE BUILD THEM UP — we idolize them — we lay the physical manifestations of adulation, worship, and success at their feet. ...
Bob Dylan: Dylan: Is He Weird?
Comment by Eden, KRLA Beat, 27 August 1966
MILLIONS UPON millions of words have been written about this man, and usually — they are words of great eloquence, sentences highly stylized in their ...
The Temptations: From The 'Perfect Society' Emerge The Temptations
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 27 August 1966
THE TEMPTATIONS are another of the fine Motown groups... but they are not just another group! Five talented and witty individuals involved in the creation ...
Johnny Rivers: Great Rivers' Deception
Profile and Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 3 December 1966
YES, IT'S true. As the vast listening public, you have been deceived; lied to. And now we must make amends and present you with the ...
Jeff Beck, The Yardbirds: Jeff Beck: Alone In The Yardbirds
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 17 December 1966
A YOUNG man named Jeff Beck — a very important and integral part of a group called The Yardbirds — nearly always stands alone. ...
Review by Eden, KRLA Beat, 31 December 1966
ONE OF the prettiest records to date from Cher is her newest, 'Mama'. This one is another Sonny Bono composition, and it really is a ...
The Beach Boys: Carl Wilson: 'Weird Sounds Don't Blow My Mind'
Profile and Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 14 January 1967
THERE ARE three Wilson brothers, a cousin, and a friend. Brian, Carl, Dennis, Mike and Al. Collectively, they are The Beach Boys. There are five ...
Paul Revere & The Raiders: The Raiders On The Run
Profile by Eden, KRLA Beat, 14 January 1967
THEY'RE RUNNING... running... RUNNING faster every day; longer every night; farther with each week and month; and still they go on running. ...
Marvin Gaye: "The Music Really Saves Me"
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 28 January 1967
THERE ARE some performers who succeed in escaping the boundaries and restrictions normally imposed upon their profession. They somehow manage to go "above and beyond ...
The Monkees: Boyce and Hart: What It's Like Cutting The Monkees
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 25 February 1967
"WE'VE HAD many, many funny experiences with the Monkees in the studio, beginning with the first session we ever had with them. We met them ...
The Righteous Brothers: Righteous Bros. Deny Split With Teens
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 20 May 1967
THE RIGHTEOUS Brothers are two talented, friendly young men who have paid frequent visits to the pages of BEAT in the last couple of years, both in ...
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Martha Turns Reporter and Interviews Fellow Vandellas
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 17 June 1967
ONE OF THE top female recording groups in the country today is Martha and the Vandellas, currently riding high on the national record charts with ...
The Grass Roots: Grass Roots Speaking Out — We Want to Say Something to People
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 7 October 1967
"...WE WERE a group before we got the name, and we were working with Sloan and Barri before that. The old Grass Roots were a ...
Dionne Warwick: Learning To Take Her Time
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 2 December 1967
DIONNE WARWICK has been acclaimed by fans and critics the world over as one of the greatest and most distinctive song stylists in the music ...
Stevie Wonder: 'Understanding Is Very Important' — Stevie Wonder
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 2 December 1967
"I STARTED OUT when I was about nine-and-a-half or ten years old, and my first 'engagement' was on my front porch! My first professional performance ...
The Hollies: Hollies: The Stones Are Losing Popularity Now
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 30 December 1967
THE HOLLIES have been, for several years, one of the top groups in Great Britain. They have also been one of the most influential groups ...
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