Friday 8 May 2015

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 183: Little Frankie; Rey Anton (Oriole); Stuart Beckett; Barbara Ruskin (Piccadilly)

 

Rey Anton (born Leonard Hirons). Like a lot of schoolboys, dreamt of becoming a pop star. To gain invaluable experience, he joined the Mecca Organisation on a three-year contract, where he got to sing with the Johnny Dankworth Band and the Cyril Stapleton Orchestra. In 1962, Rey signed to the Oriole label and recorded four singles....

Little Frankie (real name Denise Jones). British pop singer who was backed by The Chimes and The Country Gentlemen (see BL 119), and worked with songwriter Graham Gouldman, later of 10cc. In 1963 and 1964 she released two singles, on Decca, credited to
The Chimes Featuring Denise (see BL 20)....

Barbara Ruskin. Born in East Ham, in 1948, moved to Stoke Newington (north-east London) before starting secondary school. In 1964, she was offered a contract with Piccadilly Records and released her first single.....

Stuart Beckett. Obscure British singer....

 Link, track-list and wish-list below

2 comments:

Big Dave said...

Hi Professor, the link seems to be missing for Lost Artists Pt. 183 :(

Professor RnR said...

Link added. I have just checked whether the blog is still alive - Your comment was the first one since mid April