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Mike Grant

Mike Grant is a somewhat thinly disguised Keith Altham

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The Beatles, Cilla Black, The Dakotas, Billy J. Kramer, The Rolling Stones, The Searchers: Star Beat: Mike Grant Reporting On The Mersey Scene

Report by Mike Grant, Rave, April 1964

A BLONDE hairdresser is said to be very much the apple of Ringo Starr's eye at the moment. She lives and works in Liverpool and ...

Sonny & Cher: They've Got Each Other!

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, October 1965

DISAPPEARING IN A flurry of furry jackets, shredded suits and bell-bottom trousers, Sonny and Cher left behind them no less than four hits in the ...

The Rolling Stones: This must be, at least, our 19th Breakdown on the Stones

Profile and Interview by Mike Grant, Dawn James, Rave, April 1966

Seems no matter how hard we try, we just can't give you enough information on the Stones. So, for what must be the umpteenth time, ...

The Yardbirds: Shapes of Things to Come

Profile and Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, May 1966

Rave's Mike Grant meets up with the Yardbirds to find out what's happening for Yardbird people in the next few months ...

The Walker Brothers, Scott Walker: Scott Walker: The Scott Story

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, June 1966

SCOTT — BY THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM ...

The Troggs: Trogg-Alog-Ology

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, October 1966

Which, roughly translated, means what the Troggs, think of the pop scene today. ...

The Rolling Stones: The Stones As They Are

Report and Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, December 1966

THERE IS AN OLD saying that if you are going to kick someone in the teeth, use both feet! It's a dangerous principle, but one ...

The Walker Brothers, Scott Walker: Scott Walker

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, February 1967

The real Scott Walker is still a mystery to everyone but himself. Thousands of words have been written about him, but they just add up ...

The Beach Boys News Special

Report and Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, February 1967

FOR THE Beach Boys, '67 should be the year of new sounds. ...

The Beach Boys, Cream, Donovan, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan King, The Rolling Stones, Spencer Davis Group, Dennis Wilson: This Is Where It's At

Column by Mike Grant, Rave, March 1967

RAVE man Mike Grant is here again with more gossip on your favourite stars! ...

The Monkees: Mike Grant meets Davy Jones, the Mini Monkee

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, April 1967

MY ADVICE to anyone thinking of making a "monkey" out of Davy Jones is to forget it! ...

Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, November 1967

Mick Jagger is a person with a lot to think about these days. With no manager, agent or record producer, it's up to him how ...

The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger: Me, Myself and I

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, November 1967

MICK JAGGER IS out on his own and he knows it. He now has no acknowledged manager, no agent and no record producer. The one ...

Love Affair: Join Rave in an Affair with the Love Affair

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, March 1968

An amazing new group — and one of the youngest ever to top the Charts with their first record! ...

The Monkees

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, August 1968

HAVE YOU ever wondered what its like to hardly ever finish a meal in peace without someone thrusting an autograph book under your nose – ...

The Beach Boys: Beach Boys Report

Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, November 1968

Progress: Full of magical mysteries Potential: Could still yet confound their critics Talent: Try hard but don't always succeed Image: Attempting desperately ...

The Doors: The Explosive Jim Morrison

Report and Interview by Mike Grant, Rave, December 1968

Read RAVE'S Mike Grants report on the man behind the exploding sound of the Doors, and find out why Jim Morrison has been called the ...

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