Director Ken LoachCast David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Freddie Fletcher As the tide of the 1960s began to recede, taking with it all that class-obsessed ee-by-’eck pub-jazz new wave chest-beating that had threatened to drag British cinema into some kind of socialist-modernist-industrial nightma...
In the ’70s, the British director Ken Russell was a self-styled madman whose movies pushed everything over the edge — the lives of classical composers (“The Music Lovers,”“Mahler”), the rock opera (“Tommy”), the eroticism of D.H. Lawrence (“Women in Love”). But his most ...
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However, despite the personal turmoil, the duo produced a string of hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, including "River Deep - Mountain High" and "Proud Mary", which won them a Grammy Award. In 1976, Turner left Ike, and embarked on a solo career that would surpass her ...
WIGAN manager Steve Bruce has pointed an accusing finger at Sepp Blatter regarding the possible use of video technology.Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Ken Dantley (Mark Hamill) and his classmates from auto shop poured their hearts into restoring the Corvette, and suddenly, one day, it is gone. Alamy Stock Photo You can expect spectacular car chase scenes on par with those the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise created decades later. This...
A great example of what constitutes as a One-hit Wonder is The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. They’ve had enough hits to exclude them as a One-Hit Wonder, however, as Steve Martin’s backing band on “King Tut”, they called themselves The Toot Uncommons. So, as it were, The Toot Uncommo...
22: Bruce Springsteen: Land of Hope & Dreams This anthem made its debut on the 2000 reunion tour with the E Street Band, and gained resonance in the years ahead. It’s partly a rewrite of Woody Guthrie’s “This Train,” but with a difference:Bruce Springsteen’s train has room for ...
He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly. Albums: Best of Adam Faith, Adam, Adam's Hit Parade, Top Rank, A's B's and EP's Adam Gardner Alternative rock Adam Seth ...
Music has always been crucial to Quentin Tarantino, but in his first feature it’s practically a character unto itself: the radio always seems to be on, emanating the disembodied voice of DJ Steven Wright as he spins a mix of easy-going ’70s rock, pop and soul that juxtaposes the intens...