Guy Stevens
Legendary producer Guy Stevens wrote for the Record Mirror in the early '60s, before joining Island Records as a producer. He was heavily involved in the formation and recording of Mott The Hoople. In 1979 he produced the Clash's landmark album London Calling. He died in 1981.
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Howlin' Wolf: The Great Unknowns No. 11: Howlin' Wolf Burnette
Profile by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 31 August 1963
WHEN PYE records launched their second R & B campaign, one of the artists involved was a gentleman by the strange name of Howlin' Wolf. ...
Profile by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 5 October 1963
CHUCK BERRY, born on October 18th, 1931, has now become an almost legendary figure to many people in this country. ...
Muddy Waters: Great Unknowns: No. 15 Muddy Waters
Profile by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 12 October 1963
MUDDY WATERS was born McKinley Morganfield, at Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on April 4th, 1915. ...
Chuck Berry: I Can't Wait To Meet My Friends In Britain
Interview by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 30 November 1963
THE RECORD MIRROR TELEPHONES CHUCK BERRY IN MISSOURI ...
Chuck Berry: New Discs From Chuck
Report by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 1 February 1964
SENSATIONAL news for all R & B fans is that Chuck Berry's new record 'Nadine' is to be released over here on February 4th, prior ...
Chuck Berry, Little Walter: Chuck Berry Tells Guy Stevens About "How I Write My Songs"
Report and Interview by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964
MY FIRST MEETING with Chuck Berry proved to be as exciting and interesting as I had expected. I met him in the offices of Chess ...
Jimmy Reed: Talks Like He Sings
Interview by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964
JIMMY REED is perhaps the most successful blues singer on the American scene today, for his music has found wide acceptance among both the white ...
Larry Williams: Heir To Little Richard
Profile by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964
IN OCTOBER 1958, Little Richard decided, in the words of the late Chuck Willis, to "Hang up his rock'n'roll shoes" and enter the Church. Many ...
Live Review by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964
ON STAGE WITH THE R&B LEGENDS ...
Chuck Berry: Chuck — King of Beat
Report by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 25 April 1964
THE STORY OF CHUCK'S CAREER AND COMEBACK, BY GUY STEVENS ...
Inez & Charlie Foxx: The Pounding Breakthrough
Profile and Interview by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 1 August 1964
ONE OF THE biggest and most interesting breakthroughs in the record industry here in recent months is the appearance of Inez Foxx with 'Hurt By ...
Downliners Sect, Jimmy Reed: The Downliners Quiz R&B King Jimmy Reed...
Report and Interview by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 28 November 1964
JIMMY REED sat back into his chair and contemplated the five long-haired boys sitting opposite him. A group called the Downliners Sect. The subject of ...
James Brown, The Rolling Stones: James Brown: The Stones Can't Stop Talking About King James
Interview by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 19 December 1964
EVERY NOW and then, a rhythm and blues artist in America breaks through the confines of his own field of music and becomes a giant ...
James Brown: Sue Hit with 'Night Train'!
Report by Guy Stevens, Record Mirror, 2 January 1965
FIRST STOP No. 1 IN THE CHARTS FOR JAMES BROWN CLASSIC! ...
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley: Sun Records: Country Meets Rock
Retrospective by Guy Stevens, International Times, 23 May 1969
An occasional series which looks into pop music and its antecedents is the latest plot to swell our readership figures, thereby making the fuzz look ...
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