Rare
13 March 1971, Brewer and Shipley entered the US singles chart with ‘One Toke Over The Line’. The song, which featured Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia on steel guitar, peaked at No.10 despite being banned by radio stations for its drug references. Brewer and Shipley maintained that the word ‘toke’ meant ‘token’ as in ticket, hence […]
Here is one of the many rare items from Bob Wooler’s archive featured in the new book Liverpool Roots. This is a hand written note from Bob showing the line-up of groups playing the Cavern on 12 April 1963. Although The Beatles were top of the bill for the Cavern’s Easter gig, on this occasion […]
20 Sept 1970, The Rolling Stones live album ‘Get Your Ya-Yas Out’ started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart. Recorded at New York’s Madison Sq Gardens on 27th & 28th Nov 1969, featuring ‘Jumpin Jack Flash’, ‘Honky Tonk Woman’ and ‘Midnight Rambler’. https://youtu.be/ANZTpiXqY6k The Rolling Stones – “Carol” MSG November 27th & […]
6 March 1965, The Temptations went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Smokey Robinson penned song ‘My Girl’, making the group the first male act to have a No.1 for Motown, The single only reached No.43 in the UK but made No.2 when re-issued in 1992. https://youtu.be/vZVuXBZaZGs Temptations – My Girl & […]