At the request of Dudley Moore, John Lennon made several appearances on “Not Only… But Also,” a mid-60’s BBC-TV show by Moore and his “Beyond the Fringe” partner Peter Cook. On November 20, 1964, Lennon and his pal Norm Rossington, from “A Hard Day’s Night,” joined Moore in filming a visualization of John’s poem “Deaf Ted, Danoota, (and me).”
From 2010, a very interesting hour-long BBC biography of Elton John. Most of it is spent, as it should be, on Reg Dwight’s start, the transformation into Elton, and his first five years as the Superstar of the 70’s.
https://youtu.be/oNZHA5eMEw8
In the year 2525, will the only present day recordings to survive be on the discs that are aboard the Voyager spacecraft? The Smithsonian is busy retrieving and preserving records and tapes, and so is the British Library. But even if these recordings from over the past 100 years remain available 500 years into the future, will there be equipment to play them?
Medical student Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile in 1954. Dr. Bannister, who became Sir Bannister in 1975, has died of Parkinson’s Disease.
A BBC radio feature I catch every so often is called “Desert Island Discs.” In 1992 Bannister talked about his favorite music.
Made to order, your very own officially licensed Beatles Sgt. Pepper Jukebox!
Rock music history continues to look very favorably upon the Electric Light Orchestra, and deservedly so. This hour-long feature analyzes, in great detail, the evolution of Roy Wood’s band The Move into ELO. The lion’s share of credit is given to Wood, but the band’s greatest success came from Jeff Lynne after Wood left ELO to start Wizzard.
