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Trend Records (UK Label)
Trend Records was an English Record label which existed from the late 1960s until the early 1970s. It issued recordings by such notable artists and personalities as Consortium (band), Consortium, The Foundations, Audrey Hall, Marcus Lipton, Julie Stevens (English actress), Julie Stevens, Warm Dust and Colin Young. Background In February 1968, the label was launched. They had entered into a deal with Associated Records. Promotion was handled by Richard Eddy of Trend and Andrew Vere of Saga Records. All of the acts that had been signed to Barry Class, Barry Class' company Barry Class Management would have their recordings issued on the label. One act, The Foundations that Class managed would not have their recordings issued on Trend. Prior to the February launch, Class was speculating on issuing budget records. Trend Records was one of the Class group of companies which also included Class Destination Inc., Class Management, Class Theatrical Agency and the Disci chain of record sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Class
Barry Class is an entrepreneur, former music store chain owner, band manager, record label founder, musical director, producer and recording studio owner. His greatest success as a manager was with the soul group The Foundations. He also managed the group The World of Oz, Swegas and others. Background Barry Class has been credited with the discovery of The Foundations. However, there are sources that say it was Ron Fairway, manager of The Ways and Means who discovered them. Prior to venturing into band management, he ran the Disci chain of record stores.British Record Shop Archive Disci Records/ref> He purchased his first store in 1962.''Disc & Music Echo'', April 27, 1968 Page 19 Bob Farmer's Gossip, FOUNDATIONS/ref> There were eleven stores. The locations included, 100 Westbourne Grove W2 5RU Bayswater, London, 23 Watford Way NW4 3JH Hendon, London, 84 The Broadway UB1 1QD Southall, London, 90 Bletchley Road, Bletchley Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and 36 High Street, Rugby CV21 3B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Allan Crawford, initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly. Unlicensed by any government for most of its early life, it was a Pirate radio in the United Kingdom, pirate radio station that never became illegal as such due to operating outside any national jurisdiction, although after the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 it became illegal for a British subject to associate with it. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships with three different owners, from 1964 to 1990, and via satellite from 1998 to 2013. Since August 2000, Radio Caroline has also broadcast 24 hours a day via the internet and by the occasional restricted service licence. Currently, the station broadcasts on 648 AM across much of England and Digital radio in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bingham (bassist)
Steve Bingham (born 4 April 1949) is an English bass guitarist, best known for being in the band The Foundations in 1970, and remaining with them until their break-up. Background Steve Bingham's interest in the bass guitar was awakened at the age of twelve when his sister took him to see a local group called The Strollers. Bingham joined The Foundations in 1969, felling the position once occupied by Peter Macbeth. He played on the 1972 ''Ennismore'' album by Colin Blunstone, on the 1974 ''Anymore for Anymore'' album by Ronnie Lane, and the 1976 album ''Stars Fade (In Hotel Rooms)'' by Kevin Westlake. Steve also toured with Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance in "The Passing Show", which took a huge circus tent on the road with dancing girls, fire eaters, clowns and a general assortment of circus people. Career 1960s to 1980s Bingham was a founding member of the group Misty who came together in 1969. They released a single, "Hot Cinnamon" which wasn't a hit. They also recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Roussel
Jean Alain Roussel (born 1951) is a Mauritian-born Musician, Composer, Record Producer, Arranger, Educator and Sono-Therapist. He is best known for his keyboard work from the 1970s through today, playing regularly live and in studio with Cat Stevens (e.g. " Peace Train", " Bitterblue", " Oh Very Young", " Tuesday's Dead", " Wild World", " Where Do the Children Play?", "Sitting", " Catch Bull at Four", " Teaser and the Firecat", and " Buddha and the Chocolate Box"), and playing on " Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police in 1980. He was also the Composer of Rick Ross's Grammy-nominated (2013) " Ashamed" and Wilson Pickett's "Shameless" (1979). Roussel has worked in various capacities with many artists, including Paul Kossoff (producer/composer " Back Street Crawler"), Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott, Gary Moore, Peter Frampton, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley and the Wailers (" Natty Dread", " No Woman, No Cry", "Rastaman Vibration", " Lively Up Yourself", etc.), George Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Development (band)
Development was a progressive rock and pop band fronted by Colin Young, former lead singer of The Foundations. They were signed to Barry Class, Barry Class' Trend Records (UK label), Trend record label. The original Foundations had broken up in late 1970 and this new group would alternate between calling themselves Development and The Foundations. Background The Foundations broke up in late 1970. None of the Foundations, Eric Allandale, Pat Burke, Tony Gomez, Tim Harris (drummer), Tim Harris or Alan Warner (musician), Alan Warner came to be part of Development. The only other member from The Foundations besides Colin Young was Steve Bingham (bassist), Steve Bingham. Since late 1970, Barry Class attempted to have the Foundations name revived. The band was fronted by Colin Young. Graham Preskett who played electric violin and guitar was the musical director. Other members Jean Roussel on keys and Roger Cawkwell on sax and flute. They had an agreement with management that they would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hamilton (broadcaster)
David Hamilton (born David Pilditch; 10 September 1938) is an English radio and television presenter. Since his broadcasting career began in 1959, Hamilton has hosted over 12,000 radio shows and more than 1,000 television shows. He is often known as 'Diddy David Hamilton', a name given to him by the comedian Ken Dodd. Early life Hamilton was born in Manchester and attended Glastonbury Road Grammar School at St Helier in Surrey until the age of 17. While at school he became a columnist on the weekly national magazine ''Soccer Star''. He performed national service in the Royal Air Force from 1959. Television career On leaving school, Hamilton became a script-writer for the TV series ''Portrait of a Star''. Following his national service, he became an in-vision television announcer for ABC Weekend TV based in Didsbury, Manchester, and appeared with close friend Ken Dodd in the TV series ''Doddy's Music Box'', acquiring the nickname 'Diddy'. Throughout the 1960s, he hosted shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Cries Alone
"Melanie Cries Alone" was a single for English psychedelic pop group Consortium. It was released in the UK in 1970 but became a hit a year later in another country. Background "Melanie Cries Alone" was composed by Myers, Worsley and Robinson. It was produced by John Worsley and arranged by Steve Grey. In the week of 31 January 1970, '' Cashbox'' reported that Trend Records had put together a sampler record with excerpts by three artists, The Chads with "Dearest Belinda", Consortium A consortium () is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations, or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a ... with "Melanie Cries Alone", and Abel Mann with "The Sun in My Morning". Each section was announced by DJ David Hamilton. The Consortium song was released that month. Backed with "Copper Coloured Years" it was released on Trend TNT 52 in January, 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipparade
The Dutch Top 40 () is a weekly music chart compiled by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40''. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer initiated the Top 40 in the Netherlands. The show currently airs on Fridays from 2 to 6 PM on Qmusic. History On January 2, 1965, the first Top 40 was compiled, with its first #1 hit " I Feel Fine" by The Beatles. In September 1974, the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40 bought the Top 40 and named it ''De Nederlandse Top 40''. The Dutch Top 40 is one of the four official charts in the Netherlands, the other three being the B2B Single Top 100, which is based entirely on pure sales and streaming, the Mega Top 30 from (NPO 3FM) which, like the Dutch Top 40 also includes airplay data, and the Dutch Single Tip. From October 4, 1974 until May 20, 1976, the Top 40 was broadcast b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Sir
A penny is a coin (: pennies) or a unit of currency (: pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. At present, it is the formal name of the British penny ( p) and the '' de facto'' name of the American one-cent coin (abbr. ¢). ''Penny'' is also the informal name of the cent unit of account in Canada, although the production of one-cent coins was ended in 2012. The name ''penny'' is also used in reference to various historical currencies, also derived from the Carolingian system, such as the French denier and the German pfennig. It may also be informally used to refer to any similar smallest-denomination coin, such as the euro cent or Chinese fen. The Carolingian penny was originally a 0.940-fine silver coin, weighing pound. It was adopted by Offa of Mercia and other English kings and remained the principal currency in Europe over th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby, I Couldn't See
Baby, I Couldn't See was a 1969 single for The Foundations. It enjoyed some popularity in the Netherlands there where it was a chart hit. It has been recorded by a number of other artists in the early 1970s which include, a number of South American acts, a Mexican band, and a New Zealand band. Background In addition to the version by The Foundations, New Zealand group Quincy Conserve recorded their version of the song. Somehow, the song was credited to John Macleod (songwriter), Macleod and Tony Macaulay, Macaulay who the group had a previous partnership with. It was also covered by Brazilian bands, The Pops and Os Selvagens, and included on both of their albums, ''Reação!'' and '' Os Selvagens'' that were released in 1970. Instrumental artist, Lafayette also recorded a version which appeared on his 1970 album, ''Apresenta Os Sucessos - Vol. 9''. A Mexican group called Las Lineas Blancas (aka The White Lines) recorded a version which appeared on their 1971 album released on Harmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Worsley (songwriter)
John Worsley (21 June 1931 – 6 August 2021), more widely known under the pseudonyms Les Vandyke and Johnny Worth, was an English popular music songwriter from the 1950s to the 1980s, who started his career as a singer. As "Les Vandyke", he wrote the UK No.1 hits "What Do You Want?", " Poor Me" (both for Adam Faith), and " Well I Ask You" (for Eden Kane). He also wrote hit singles billed as "John Worth", notably " Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse" a number 8 UK hit in 1973 for Jimmy Helms and "To Have and To Hold", a number 17 UK hit for Catherine Stock in 1986; and had notable industry success under his real name of John Worsley (especially with "Jack in the Box", a number 4 UK hit for Clodagh Rodgers in 1971). His songs were recorded by various artists, including Petula Clark, Vince Hill, Engelbert Humperdinck, Anthony Newley, Bobby Vee, Shirley Bassey, Herman's Hermits, Marty Wilde, Bobby Rydell, Cleo Laine, Barbra Streisand, Jimmy Justice, John Leyton, Freddie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Myers (songwriter)
David Myers is an English songwriter who has written songs for artists such as Dalston Diamonds, The Foundations, Linda Kelly, Billy Ocean, Rainbow, Sonny Reeder, Clodagh Rodgers, and Johnny Tudor. His greatest hit success was with "Jack in the Box". Background Along with John Worsley, David Myers was employed by Southern Music as a songwriter. They would later work for the Trend record label which was owned by Barry Class.Seventies Sevens TREND/ref> Two of his compositions have been Eurovision entries.Songs for Europe A SONG FOR EUROPE 1971, Songs, SONG Jack In The Box, COMPOSER(S) David Myers & John Worsley, POINTS 22, POSITION 1/ref>Eurovision World A Song for Europe 1977: The Foundations - "Where were you when I needed your love"/ref> Career Having left Southern Music in 1969, David Myers and John Worsley were now employed as songwrtiters for Barry Class' Trend record label. Myers and Worsley wrote " Baby, I Couldn't See" which was recorded by The Foundations in 1969. Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
