Pismotality

Pages

  • Home
  • ABOUT
  • ALAN KLEIN
  • CHEAPO CHEAPO RECORDS
  • CONTACT
  • THE FLAMINGOS
  • FREDDIE DAVIES
  • GNOME THOUGHTS (DAVID BOWIE)
  • MEANING OF PISMOTALITY
  • STEVE'S KEWL DOO WOP SHOP (ARCHIVED POSTS)

17 August 2016

Neil Brand's original radio version of Stan


CONTINUED
Posted by Pismotality at 07:57 No comments:
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

14 August 2016

Gnome Thoughts ... 38 (Toll the Bell for Minnie Dyer by Myles Rudge and Ted Dicks)


CONTINUED
Posted by Pismotality at 07:51 No comments:
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Newer Posts Older Posts Home
View mobile version
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Statcounter

StatCounter

The autobiography of Freddie Davies

The autobiography of Freddie Davies
"Honest and illuminating about the practice of comedy" - John Fisher

Search This Blog

Gnome Thoughts from a Foreign Country (The Vintage David Bowie)

 Now here's a real oddity (no pun intended). This 1983 songbook, recently obtained for work purposes, has several previously unp...

Most viewed posts:

  • Terry Johnson
      For those not already aware of the sad news, Terry Johnson, the last surviving member of the Flamingos, died yesterday in Las Vegas at the...
  • Flamingos # 3: Golden Teardrops & Carried Away
    [Marv Goldberg]
  • Billy Shelton: Spaniel Forever
    Billy Shelton has described himself in interviews as "a prehistoric Spaniel". He wasn't with the celebrated doo wop group duri...
  • Gnome Thoughts ... 39 (Liltin' Hilton or Wherefore to Bradfooord?)
    I thought this blog's series of posts about the early David Bowie, entitled Gnome Thoughts , had come to a natural end but today I ...
  • Notes on the Finborough production of The Truth About Blayds by A.A. Milne
      When I wrote about this play's imminent revival at the Finborough Theatre a few weeks ago I hoped for the best but wasn't sure wha...
  • Of Lame and Pregnant Ducks: Donovan's UCS Benefit Concert at Green's Playhouse, 1972
    Forty six years ago, almost to the day, I went to my first concert: a 1972 benefit gig for Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, headlined b...
  • Top Five Doo Wop Songs
    I recently joined a music forum which asked its readers to name their five favourite doo wop records - an impossible task, but fun t...
  • Cheapo Cheapo Records - the complete story
    It's now almost eight years since the death of Phil Cording, owner of Soho's Cheapo Cheapo Records , on the 29th of January, ...
  • Paperback Writer (Mark Shipper)
    Donovan exploded. "Don't call me Don!" With his recording career a failure, Ringo made one last bold move: he cut of...
  • Interview with Henri Harrison (former member of the New Vaudeville Band)
    [videocap from jazzandjazz] A few months ago I made my way to the village of Lemsford, in Hertfordshire, to meet Henri Harrison, former...

Search This Blog

Blog Archive

  • ►  2025 (16)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2024 (6)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2023 (13)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  February (3)
  • ►  2022 (11)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (2)
  • ►  2021 (7)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (2)
  • ►  2020 (23)
    • ►  December (5)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2019 (36)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (8)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (4)
  • ►  2018 (30)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (4)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2017 (33)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (9)
    • ►  July (10)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ▼  2016 (12)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ▼  August (2)
      • Neil Brand's original radio version of Stan
      • Gnome Thoughts ... 38 (Toll the Bell for Minnie Dy...
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2015 (26)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (7)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2014 (35)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (5)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (7)
    • ►  February (2)
  • ►  2013 (66)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (5)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (5)
    • ►  April (9)
    • ►  March (5)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (10)
  • ►  2012 (63)
    • ►  December (5)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (6)
    • ►  September (14)
    • ►  August (15)
    • ►  July (6)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (6)
  • ►  2011 (55)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (11)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  May (8)
    • ►  April (6)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2010 (148)
    • ►  December (14)
    • ►  November (8)
    • ►  October (15)
    • ►  September (10)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (6)
    • ►  June (5)
    • ►  May (16)
    • ►  April (8)
    • ►  March (5)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (47)
  • ►  2009 (50)
    • ►  December (50)

Labels

  • 14 karat soul (13)
  • a city called glory (play) (5)
  • aa milne (6)
  • alan freed (4)
  • alan klein (18)
  • alastair dougall (3)
  • american graffiti (4)
  • anthony newley (3)
  • art rupe (2)
  • baby it's you (film) (1)
  • barbara ann (circe) (2)
  • barney hoskyns (1)
  • bd bopper (brian donegan) (4)
  • be my baby (play) (2)
  • beatles (53)
  • ben e king (20)
  • bennettian (7)
  • benny green (3)
  • benny hill (2)
  • bernard braden (1)
  • bessie smith (1)
  • beyond the fringe (1)
  • big joe turner (2)
  • bill haley (4)
  • bill millar (1)
  • bing crosby (2)
  • bob dylan (2)
  • bob holness (1)
  • bob hope (1)
  • bob telson (1)
  • bonzo dog band (1)
  • brian jones (1)
  • brill building (7)
  • bruce woolf (2)
  • burt bacharach (3)
  • carl perkins (2)
  • caryl gardens (1)
  • chapel of love (3)
  • cheapo cheapo records (17)
  • chicago (4)
  • cholly atkins (1)
  • chuck berry (5)
  • chuck jackson (3)
  • clarke davis (16)
  • clyde mcphatter (7)
  • cole porter (2)
  • crimlinks (1)
  • curtis mayfield (3)
  • damon albarn (1)
  • daniel wolff (1)
  • dave marsh (10)
  • davey graham (1)
  • david bowie (20)
  • dee clark (1)
  • del-vikings (1)
  • dells (8)
  • dennis potter (4)
  • diamonds (4)
  • dion and the belmonts (4)
  • django reinhardt (1)
  • doc pomus (2)
  • dominoes (2)
  • donovan (21)
  • drifters (10)
  • duke ellington (1)
  • eddie holman (3)
  • elvis costello (2)
  • elvis presley (2)
  • eno (1)
  • ernie k doe (1)
  • esther rantzen (1)
  • everly brothers (3)
  • fairfield four (1)
  • fats domino (1)
  • fats waller (1)
  • five satins (18)
  • flamingos (32)
  • four tops (1)
  • francis baudevin (2)
  • frank sinatra (2)
  • frankie lymon (5)
  • freddie slack (1)
  • george formby (1)
  • george martin (4)
  • georges brassens (1)
  • gerri hirshey (3)
  • gerry rafferty (1)
  • gloria (14)
  • golden teardrops (17)
  • golden teardrops (play) (8)
  • gone gone gone (play) (1)
  • goons (3)
  • gospel at colonus (2)
  • graham greene (1)
  • greil marcus (1)
  • hal david (1)
  • high school dances (4)
  • hoagy carmichael (1)
  • hubert gregg (11)
  • humphrey lyttleton (4)
  • hutch (5)
  • ian breakwell (1)
  • ian whitcomb (7)
  • impressions (3)
  • in the still of the night (20)
  • inkspots (3)
  • jack buchanan (1)
  • jake thackray (8)
  • jerry lee lewis (3)
  • jimmy james (1)
  • jimmy saville (1)
  • jive five (1)
  • jo stafford (1)
  • joe brown (9)
  • joe venuti (2)
  • john r.t. davies (3)
  • jonathan richman (1)
  • jp long (3)
  • judy collins (1)
  • julia cameron (1)
  • june cheeks (3)
  • kat and the kings (1)
  • ken pitt (2)
  • ken sykora (4)
  • king lear (1)
  • lee breuer (1)
  • leiber and stoller (7)
  • lemon pipers (1)
  • lionel bart (1)
  • little anthony (2)
  • little richard (4)
  • liverpool (2)
  • lloyd price (2)
  • london rock'n'roll shows (3)
  • lonnie donegan (5)
  • lorenz hart (2)
  • lou johnson (1)
  • lou reed (3)
  • louis armstrong (7)
  • luis russell (6)
  • marcels (1)
  • mark lamarr (2)
  • marv goldberg (14)
  • matt the cat interviews (7)
  • medallions (2)
  • moonglows (4)
  • morecambe and wise (2)
  • mort shuman (2)
  • myles rudge (4)
  • neil sedaka (4)
  • nick lowe (1)
  • o c smith (1)
  • orchids (7)
  • parrot records (4)
  • paul robeson (1)
  • pelicans (imperial) (1)
  • persuasions (2)
  • pete wingfield (1)
  • peter guralnick (1)
  • peter moffat (1)
  • peter skellern (4)
  • phil spector (2)
  • philip larkin (5)
  • pismotality (meaning) (4)
  • ralph mctell (4)
  • randall lee rose (1)
  • randy newman (1)
  • ravens (8)
  • ray davies (10)
  • ray mckinley (1)
  • reasons to be cheerful (musical) (4)
  • richard barrett (5)
  • richard stilgoe (1)
  • robert cushman (3)
  • robert pruter (5)
  • rockabilly (2)
  • ron geesin (2)
  • ronettes (1)
  • ronnie hilton (3)
  • roy orbison (1)
  • russell davies (5)
  • sam cooke (13)
  • sandie shaw (1)
  • scepter/wand (3)
  • sensational nghtingales (2)
  • sid james (2)
  • sister suzie cinema (2)
  • sitcom (10)
  • sooty (5)
  • spaniels (6)
  • specialty records (2)
  • spencer leigh (14)
  • springboard international (3)
  • stan (1)
  • stan krause (1)
  • stanley spencer (1)
  • steve's kewl doo wop shop (78)
  • stop dreamin' (musical) (1)
  • strangers (1)
  • street corner soul (radio documentary series) (6)
  • students (1)
  • swan silvertones (2)
  • sweet dreams of contentment (6)
  • t-bone walker (1)
  • teenagers (2)
  • that'll be the day (film) (4)
  • the horse's mouth (1)
  • the letter (3)
  • thomas hardy (4)
  • tony visconti (2)
  • top of the pops (4)
  • trivia (1)
  • turner layton (2)
  • tutti frutti (series) (1)
  • ulysses (poem) (1)
  • van morrison (3)
  • veejay (9)
  • vernon green (4)
  • violent playground (film) (4)
  • viv broughton (1)
  • vivian ellis (1)
  • w.b. yeats (1)
  • whispering jack smith (1)
  • will bradley (1)
  • william wordsworth (1)

Blog Archive

  • October (1)
  • September (2)
  • August (6)
  • July (2)
  • June (3)
  • May (1)
  • April (1)
  • November (1)
  • September (1)
  • March (2)
  • February (1)
  • January (1)
  • November (1)
  • October (4)
  • September (1)
  • August (1)
  • July (2)
  • June (1)
  • February (3)
  • December (1)
  • October (3)
  • August (1)
  • June (2)
  • May (1)
  • April (1)
  • March (2)
  • July (2)
  • June (2)
  • March (1)
  • February (2)
  • December (5)
  • October (1)
  • September (1)
  • August (2)
  • June (2)
  • May (4)
  • April (2)
  • March (2)
  • February (1)
  • January (3)
  • December (4)
  • November (1)
  • August (2)
  • July (3)
  • June (3)
  • May (3)
  • April (3)
  • March (8)
  • February (5)
  • January (4)
  • December (1)
  • November (2)
  • September (1)
  • August (3)
  • July (4)
  • June (6)
  • May (2)
  • April (4)
  • March (4)
  • February (1)
  • January (2)
  • December (3)
  • November (1)
  • October (2)
  • September (2)
  • August (9)
  • July (10)
  • June (1)
  • May (1)
  • February (1)
  • January (3)
  • December (1)
  • October (1)
  • September (1)
  • August (2)
  • June (1)
  • May (2)
  • March (2)
  • February (1)
  • January (1)
  • December (1)
  • October (2)
  • September (4)
  • August (2)
  • July (7)
  • June (2)
  • May (2)
  • February (5)
  • January (1)
  • December (2)
  • November (1)
  • October (3)
  • September (4)
  • August (5)
  • July (3)
  • June (6)
  • May (1)
  • April (1)
  • March (7)
  • February (2)
  • December (2)
  • November (1)
  • October (5)
  • September (4)
  • August (10)
  • July (4)
  • June (3)
  • May (5)
  • April (9)
  • March (5)
  • February (8)
  • January (10)
  • December (5)
  • November (5)
  • October (6)
  • September (14)
  • August (15)
  • July (6)
  • April (2)
  • March (3)
  • February (1)
  • January (6)
  • December (4)
  • November (1)
  • October (2)
  • September (11)
  • August (4)
  • July (4)
  • June (4)
  • May (8)
  • April (6)
  • March (1)
  • February (3)
  • January (7)
  • December (14)
  • November (8)
  • October (15)
  • September (10)
  • August (6)
  • July (6)
  • June (5)
  • May (16)
  • April (8)
  • March (5)
  • February (8)
  • January (47)
  • December (50)

Subscribe To

Posts
Atom
Posts

About Me

My photo
Pismotality
London, United Kingdom
I like doo wop, early jazz (20s-40s), and other things.
View my complete profile

Followers
Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.