December 2009 Archives

Hi everybody !

Here's a "Christmas themed Pop Quiz" to keep you amused over the festive period.

Starting in January there will be a new look "Dear Diary" blog chronicling my exploits and adventures in the world of rock and pop music over the years - from starting out in 1963 with Denny Laine and the Diplomats right up to the present day.

Happy Xmas !

Bev.

VARIOUS ARTISTS
Teen Beat Vol 1 & 2 (Ace)

INSTRUMENTAL records were hugely popular in the late 50s and early 60s, and regularly hit the pop singles charts on both sides of the pond.

The most successful instrumental group in the UK, by a country mile, was The Shadows, who scored a dozen top ten smashes between 1960 and 1964.

These two 30-track CDs, however, feature American-made instrumentals from that rock'n'roll era.

Volume One is the stronger collection of the two, boasting Lonnie Mack's driving version of Chuck Berry's Memphis Tennessee, The Ventures' Walk Don't Run, and B Bumble and The Stingers chart-topper Nut Rocker.