Podcasts of a musical nature
I am meeting new people and new situations all the time. I am also discovering old radio memories. These podcasts will reflect this.
Great Songs from Merseyside and Beyond.
Here's the link to the Celebrity podcasts I made over the years
Mitch Clarke and the Wonderful Pet Shop Boys June 30th 2023
@vincetracy and @mitchclarke discussed #neiltennant #chrislowe #petshopboys #ukDuo #guinnessbookofrecords #tinaturner #prince #paisleypark #emi #christmasrecords #germany #sinaidoconnor #dustyspringfield
Mitch Clarke remembering days as EMI Promotions Manager 14th June 2023
@vincetracy and Mitch Clarke discussed #tourmanagement #tinaturner #parlophone #kathylirby #iketurner #emi #London #Chrysalisrecords #petshopboys @theclubduvet #AI #artificialintelligence #Melbourne #Bali #Ibiza #pyjamas
Peter had two singing brothers, Eden Kane, a teenage pop idol and Clive Sarstedt, with both of whom he also recorded and performed as The Sarstedt Brothers. Although his music was classified as pop, it generally encompassed ballads derived from traditional folk music rather than traditional rock and roll. He died in 2017 and is best remembered for writing and performing "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" This song topped the UK Singles Chart in 1969 . It was a great pleasure to speak with Peter over the airwaves on 12th September 2007
Meeting Tony Christie -Is this the way to Amarillo?
Tony had three great hits in 1971, beginning with "Las Vegas" which reached number 21 in the UK, and went on to have two Top Twenty hits in the UK Singles Chart with "I Did What I Did for Maria", which reached number two, and "Is This the Way to Amarillo", which reached number 18, all in 1971. Subsequently, he had a minor hit with "Avenues and Alleyways" which reached number 37, and was the theme to the television series The Protectors. Tony tells us a great story about Amarillo.
Kingsize Taylor RIP January 2023
Kingsize Taylor was an absolute legend on Merseyside and early in 2023 we sadly lost this great man. I was fortunate enough to arrange a few podcast interviews with Teddy and loved talking with him. I have linked Teddy to our podcasts. Teddy was the man who taught the Beatles how to rock n roll and was talking to me in the most recent podcast about a reunion at the Star Club in Hamburg
Singer/Songwriter Paul Reaney from Neston, Wirral Merseyside tells me about four of his great songs. Paul appears as Harbour Moon and also as Dansette Alligators and his songs are lively and varied. I particularly like Town Like this and Lost in the Flood .....so click for today's podcast featuring Paul Reaney and his music
Leapy Lee Mr Little Arrows
I recently caught up with hitmaker, broadcaster and Euroweeklynews columnist, Leapy Lee and we took a look at the way things are shaping up in the world. You can find what we were discussing at the following link....https://www.vincetracy.com/podcastfile/leapylee12november2022.mp3
July 2006: Singer-Songwriter Charlie Landsborough is making an impact worldwide. Vince and Charlie discovered they had quite a lot in common as they both come from Birkenhead. They both played football in Birkenhead, both played guitar around the town's pubs and both trained late at teacher training colleges.
The Ruby Murray Story with Bernie Burgess
Ruby Florence Murray was a Northern Irish singer. She was the Madonna of the 1950s and one of the most popular singers in the UK. She had ten hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1959. She also made pop chart history in March 1955 by having five hits in the Top Twenty in a single week. Bernie was married to Ruby Murray for many years and I met Bernie in Altea many years ago and Bernie was keen to make these podcasts with me.
Meeting the Wonderful Vince Hill
Vince Hill is an English traditional pop music singer and songwriter who is best known for his recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967) which reached No.2 on the UK Singles Chart It remained on the chart for 17 weeks. Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s, Vince Hill hosted several hit TV shows during the seventies and eighties, including ‘They Sold A Million’ (BBC), ‘Musical Time Machine’ (BBC) and his own chat show ‘Gas Street’ (ITV).
Helen Kate Shapiro is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years",Helen Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", when she was just fourteen years old. I can't remember how this interview came about but it was a real pleasure to talk with Helen about her Gospel Outreach. Helen gave us a great insight to her early days and a priviliged insight to her beliefs. It is always so interesting to see how famous people find their faith and Helen was open and honest in what she developing after such a great career in music.
Here's a very interesting podcast with my friend Mel Castle explaining his links to Helen Shapiro and life around Carnaby Street with some awesome memories and even Boy George and Paul Weller thrown in for good measure.........
Emile Ford told me he was first and foremost a sound scientist and secondly he was a Number One hit-maker. He told me he had a special condition which encouraged him to live his life trying to create the best sound in the world. He had been involved with some of the biggest names in show business. I first met Emile in Cornwall around 1990 and he became a personal friend.
Vince met up with Emile Ford on Wednesday 8th July 2009 when Emile explained that he had been creating his wonderful sound for such great stars as Michael Jackson, Abba, Bruce Sprinsteen, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin and the artistes who competed in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. His destiny has been to create his wonderful sound. The podcast is an insight into his wonderful life.
Vince chatted with Andy Thunderclap Newman about his number 1 hit -Something in the Air. The podcast continues with impressionist Paul Melba offering a tribute to Paul Newman-recently deceased. 29th September 2008
John Leyton spoke to VInce on Onda Cero Radio about his career on Monday 27th August 2007. John Dudley Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song "Johnny Remember Me", which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, "Wild Wind", reached number two in the charts. John told me about his career and explained how he went to drama school before joining a repertory company in York. In the podcast John told me a lot about his early influences.
David Garrick with the hit Mrs Applebee
This is the fantastic story of a lesser known Liverpool artiste who was an opera singer well before the pop world embraced opera singers in a big way. David toured Europe but had done theatre dates with Gene Pitney, the Troggs and the Kinks. David found a lot of his success in Germany before coming back to the UK where he performed around the cabaret clubs. He also found success in South Africa and Egypt despite feeling that many artistes of the 60s had been outsmarted by managers and agents. He found great success in the 90s in Holland and resurgent in Germany. It is a compelling story and David told me how the groups reacted to him singing opera in the famous Liverpool Cavern.
The Story of the Birth of the Beatles
The Birth of The Beatles Story: Our Time with The Beatles and How We Became the Founders of the Most Successful Beatles Exhibition in the World
Great podcast with Mike and Bernadette Byrne from the early days when Bernadette knew George and Paul and Mike sang with Them Grimbles and The Roadrunners to their dream about a Beatles Tourist attraction in Liverpool
I always liked Fred's sense of humour and met up with the oldest swinger in town over the airwaves from Onda Cero 0CI on 9th July 2008
Fred's Career
He has played the folk circuit for many years, both prior to, and in the wake
of, his single chart success. He hasalso presented many programmes on
West Country TV.
Wedlocks's albums include The Folker (1971) (notable for the title track
parody of "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel), Frolicks (1973), Out of
Wedlock (1978), The Oldest Swinger in Town (1981) and Fred Wedlock Live
(1982).
Wedlock's daughter, Hannah Wedlock, is now a member of the Pigsty Hill
Light Orchestra, another Bristol-based outfit, whom Fred made his support
band at an early stage of their career.
Wedlock's grandfather Billy Wedlock captained Bristol City F.C. and was a
regular for England in the early 20th century. The Wedlock stand at Ashton
Gate is named in his honour.
He lived in Timsbury, Somerset.
