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Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

Sweet Survivor: Remembering Cynthia Weil

June 4, 2023June 6, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Barry Mann, Cyndi Lauper, Cynthia Weil, Jay and the Americans, Lionel Richie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mama Cass Elliott, The Animals, The Drifters, the Righteous Brothers

The legendary songwriter passed away at 82

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Britpop Remembrance Rock 

Hilton Valentine, An Essential Member Of The Animals, Gone at Age 77

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alan Price, British Invasion, Eric Burdon, Hilton Valentine, House of the Rising Sun, It’s Folk ’n’ Skiffle, Mate!, Merry Skifflemas!, RIP, Skiffledog, Skiffledog on Couburg Street, The Animals

Farewell to the heart of one of The British Invasion’s greatest bands

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Britpop Music Journalism 

A Ready, Steady, Revolution!

October 15, 2020October 16, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments and power-brokers Andrew Loog Oldham, Andy Neill, Chris Stamp, Donovan, Marvin Gaye, Mick Jagger, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Ready Steady Go!, Rod Stewart, The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Who

A new book on the groundbreaking British television program, Ready, Steady, Go! documents pop’s primetime emergence

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Psychedelics Rock 

LISTEN: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 David Bash 0 Comments A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966, David Bowie, Grapefruit/Cherry Red, The Action. The Hollies, The Animals, The Creation, The Creation. 2020, The Moody Blues, The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds, Various Artists. A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966

Check out A Slight Disturbance In My Mind inside; box set out now on Grapefruit Records

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Blues Rock 

The Animals, The Kinks, and the British Invasion’s Second Wave

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Dave Davies, Eric Burdon, Manfred Mann, Ray Davies, The Animals, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens

As 1964 began coming to a close, the flood of U.K. acts reached critical mass

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