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Samantha Juste
Samantha Juste (born Sandra Slater; 31 May 1944 – 5 February 2014) was a British model and television presenter who appeared in the mid-1960s as the "disc girl" on the BBC television programme ''Top of the Pops''. In 1968, she married Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. Their daughter is actress Ami Dolenz. Life and career Sandra Slater was born in Manchester, England, to a dressmaker named Phyllis, and studied textile and dress design at Rochdale College of Art. The tall, long-legged blonde soon became a teenage model and took the name Samantha Juste. ''Top of the Pops'' was a weekly half-hour programme of current popular music, initially conceived and produced by Johnnie Stewart. It was first broadcast from Dickenson Road Studios, a converted church in Rusholme, Manchester, on 1 January 1964. Samantha Juste was assistant to Cecil Korer, the programme's assistant producer. After the first few episodes, Juste replaced Denise Sampey. For three-and-a-half years, she sat alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jacobs (broadcaster)
David Lewis Jacobs, CBE (19 May 1926 – 2 September 2013) was a British broadcaster perhaps best known as presenter of the BBC Television 1960s peak-time show ''Juke Box Jury'', and as chairman of the long-running BBC Radio 4 topical forum ''Any Questions?'' Earlier radio work included small acting parts: over the years he played himself or presenter characters in film, television and radio productions. Jacobs finally stepped down as a BBC Radio 2 presenter shortly before his death in August 2013, his career having spanned more than 65 years. Early life and career Jacobs was born to a Jewish family, the youngest of three sonsObituary: David Jacobs telegraph.co.uk, 3 September 2013 of Jeanette and David Jacobs senior,Dennis Barke [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Dee
Cyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd (28 July 1935 – 29 August 2009), better known by his stage name Simon Dee, was a British television interviewer and radio disc jockey who hosted a twice-weekly BBC TV chat show, ''Dee Time'', in the late 1960s. After moving to London Weekend Television (LWT) in 1970, he was dropped and his career never recovered. Early life and career Dee was born on 28 July 1935, in Manchester, the only child of Cyril Edward Dodd (1906–1980)"Deaths", ''The Times'', 20 September 1980, p. 24. and Doris Gwendoline Pilling (née Simon) (1907–1952) who married in 1934 in Salford (a Radio Caroline biography gave his birthplace as Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).Anthony HaywarObituary: Simon Dee ''The Guardian'' (London), 30 August 2009 He was educated at Shrewsbury School, from which he was expelled, and thereafter at Brighton College. He served his compulsory national service in a Royal Air Force photo-reconnaissance unit, taking aerial photographs of the combat zone dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Young (disc Jockey)
Sir Leslie Ronald Young , known professionally as Jimmy Young (21 September 1921 – 7 November 2016), was an English singer, disc jockey and radio personality. Early in his career in the 1950s he had two number ones, "Unchained Melody" and " The Man from Laramie", both in 1955, and several other top ten hits in the UK chart, but he became better known for his long-running show on BBC Radio 2, The JY Prog, which ran from 1973 until 2002. Early life Young was born in Cinderford, Gloucestershire. The son of a baker and a dressmaker, he attended East Dean Grammar School. Young nearly died from bronchitis, double pneumonia and pleurisy as a child. He excelled at boxing and rugby, playing for Cinderford RFC and later turning down a place with Wigan's rugby league team. After his parents divorced in 1939, he left for South Wales to work as an electrician. Young later joined the RAF staying until 1949, becoming a PT instructor. Singing career Young signed to the new Polygon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandie Shaw
Sandie may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Sandie Clair (born 1988), French professional racing cyclist * Sandie Fitzgibbon, Irish former camogie player * Sandie Jones (1950/1951–2019), Irish singer * Sandie Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker (1879-1952), British academic * Sandie Pendleton (1840-1864), Confederate officer in the American Civil War * Sandie Richards (born 1968), Jamaican track and field athlete * Sandie Rinaldo (born 1950), Canadian television journalist and news anchor * Sandie Shaw (born 1947), English pop singer * Shelley Sandie (born 1969), Australian Olympic basketballer Arts and entertainment * ''Sandie'' (album), by Sandie Shaw * ''Sandie'' (comics), a British girls' comic * Sandie Merrick, a character on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale Farm'' Other uses * Sandie (cookie), a type of sugar or shortbread cookie, e.g. a pecan sandie * Sandie River, Taiwan See also *Sandy (other) Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters * Sandy (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Andrews (singer)
Christopher Frederick Andrews (born 15 October 1942) is an English-German singer-songwriter whose musical career started in the late 1950s. Career Andrews was born in Romford, Essex, England, and by his mid teens had formed his own group, Chris Ravel and the Ravers.Larkin C ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music'', (Muze UK Ltd, 1997) ) p13 On 14 March 1959, he made his British television debut, performing on the '' Oh, Boy!'' show. He would later return in April to perform a cover of Cliff Richard's, "Move It". For Adam Faith, Andrews wrote "The First Time" (No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, 1963) and "We Are in Love" (No. 11, 1964), and then a string of hits for Sandie Shaw. They included " Girl Don't Come" (No. 3, 1964/65), " I'll Stop at Nothing" (No. 4, 1965), "Message Understood" (No. 6, 1965) and " Long Live Love" ( No. 1, 1965). The latter remained a chart topper in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. "Girl Don't Come" was covered by Cher on her debut album, ''All I Reall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Woodman
Ken (Kenny) Woodman was a British composer and trumpeter. He was famous for the song "Town Talk", which was used as the theme song for Paul Kaye's shows on the pirate radio station Radio London, and later as the theme song for Jimmy Young on BBC Radio 2. He posthumously became famous for the song "Mexican Flyer", which was originally released on the ''Ken Woodman and his Picadilly Brass'' album ''That's Nice'' in 1966. "Mexican Flyer" was used as the theme song for ''Space Channel 5'', and was included in the soundtrack of ''Samba de Amigo'' and ''Swing Girls''. He was also music arranger for Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones and famously for Sandie Shaw Sandie may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Sandie Clair (born 1988), French professional racing cyclist * Sandie Fitzgibbon, Irish former camogie player * Sandie Jones (1950/1951–2019), Irish singer * Sandie Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker (187 ..., where he arranged and conducted " Puppet on a String" at the Eurovision Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Dallon
Miki may refer to: Places *Miki, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan *Miki, Kagawa, a town in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan *Miki, Azerbaijan, a village in Astara Rayon, Azerbaijan People *Miki (given name) *Miki (surname) *Miki Núñez (born 1996), Spanish singer known by the mononym Miki Other uses *SF-A2 Miki, a Vocaloid *Miki (noodles), or ''pancit miki'', a type of egg noodles from the Philippines *''Miki'' or ''omiki'' is a ritual offering of sake in the Japanese Shinto religion See also *Miki's Law, Kansas statutes *Mikki, a given name *Miku (other) __NOTOC__ Miku may refer to: People *Miku (みく), the vocalist for the Japanese rock band An Cafe *, member of the Japanese rock band Band-Maid *Miku Ishida (未来), Japanese teen idol * Miku Itō (美来), Japanese voice actress *Miku Kanem ... * Myki (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Phillips
John Philip Baptiste (March 14, 1926 – March 14, 2020), known as Phil Phillips, was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1959 song, " Sea of Love". Biography Baptiste was encouraged to pursue a career as a singer after a school performance of a song called "Sweet Slumber".Myspace.com Phil Phillips MySpace page autobiography He performed with his brothers in a group called the Gateway Quartet and worked as a bellhop before he recorded "Sea of Love" in 1959. The song was |
Jacki Bond
Jacki Bond was a secretary working for Strike Records in the mid-1960s who, though without previous musical experience, had a short recording career in 1965-7. She came from South London and, with Samantha Juste, who co-hosted BBC television's ''Top of the Pops'', was one of two British female vocalists signed to Strike or (in Juste's case) its subsidiary, Go. Recording career Bond's first single record, ''My Sister's Boy'', was released in 1965 by Columbia records, an EMI subsidiary, under license from Millwick Music, the publishing company from which Strike emerged. Her second, ''Tell Him to Go Away'', which was coupled with ''Don't You Worry ('bout Me)'' (a song written by the head of Strike, Lionel Segal, and arranged by Alan Caddy, former lead guitarist of The Tornados.), appeared in March 1966. It was only the second record to be released by Strike. The first, Neil Christian's ''That's Nice'', had been widely promoted by Radio London and other "pirate" stations and reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Records
Go Records (usually badged as Go!! Records) was a small independent Melbourne-based recording label which ran from 1964 to 1968. Its releases were manufactured and distributed by the Melbourne-based recording and electronics company Astor. The Go!! label was established by the producers of the similarly named ''The Go!! Show'', Horrie Dargie, Arthur Young and Johnny Tillbrook (known as 'DYT Productions'). The label was noted for its cross-promotion of singers with the television show. The label produced 54 singles but with only limited commercial success. Bands awarded contracts included ''The Cherokees'', '' The Deakins'', MPD Ltd, ''Tony & The Shantels'' (from Shepparton, Victoria), ''The Chosen Few'' ( South Australia), and ''The Clique'' (Perth). One band, ''The Rondells'', included several members who went on to form the rhythm section of '' Daddy Cool''. Another group, '' The Strangers'' provided backing for the solo singers who appeared on The Go!! Show as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Christian
Neil Christian (born Christopher Tidmarsh, 14 February 1943 – 4 January 2010) Related session musicians *Paul Brett * Jimmy Page *Ritchie Blackmore *Nicky Hopkins *Albert Lee *Mick Abrahams *Carlo Little See also * One-hit wonders in the UK *List of performances on Top of the Pops * Jacki Bond *Samantha Juste Samantha Juste (born Sandra Slater; 31 May 1944 – 5 February 2014) was a British model and television presenter who appeared in the mid-1960s as the "disc girl" on the BBC television programme ''Top of the Pops''. In 1968, she married Micky ... * Crushed Butler * Darryl Read References External links * Allmusic.com - biographybr>Chartwatch.com - discography {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Neil [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lester
Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and '' Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films '' Superman II'' (1980) and '' Superman III'' (1983). His other notable films as director include '' The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film'' (1959), '' The Knack ...and How to Get It'' (1965), ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (1966), '' How I Won the War'' (1967), ''Petulia'' (1968), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1973) and its two sequels, '' Robin and Marian'' (1976), and '' Butch and Sundance: The Early Days'' (1979). He is an Honorary Associate of London Film School. According to the British Film Institute, "if any single director can encapsulate the popular image of Britain in the Swinging Sixties, then it is probably Richard Lester. With his use of flamboyant cinematic devices and liking for zany humour, he captured t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
