The late Vince Lovegrove is a man who really knew rock'n'roll. In the 1960's he was one of the lead singers for the Australian band The Valentines. Later he became a music journalist and managed "The Divinyls". He goes down in history as the man who told AC/DC to employ Bon Scott and you can also hear how he created a scandal for ELO.
Over the years many New Zealand born performers have moved to Australia in order to further their careers, but in the 60's one of the very first to do so was Max Merritt. In the 70's he then left for the UK before settling in the USA. Max recalls some of his earlier hits as well as the massive chart success of "Slipping Away".
Hailing from Atlanta Georgia, it's fascinating to hear Tommy Roe recall the musical heroes he literally grew up with. In Part 1 of this interview you can listen as Tommy details the amazing start to his career and reveals his memories of writing many of his hits. The story of Tommy Roe's career continues in Part 2.
The story of Tommy Roe's career continues in Part 2 with even more stories concerning his hits. Tommy also chats about how some of his songs have been covered by other artists and do you know which hit song of his is actually named after one of his father's favourite expressions? If you missed Part 1 of the interview, it can be found here.
Explaining the late Richard Street's story may be challenging. He wasn't one of the original members of The Temptations, but he was there when the group began. For a time he sang for them "secretly", then joined fulltime to record such classics as "Papa Was A Rolling Stone". Richard Street also worked for Motown Records - a job which gave him some great hit stories!
Fans of The Doors will know that their first hit was "Light My Fire" and that Robby Krieger wrote it. Not only did he compose some of The Doors greatest hits but he's also acclaimed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Here Robby Krieger also tells about the one song the band never played after Jim Morrison's death.
In 2012 Australian music fans mourned the loss of Darryl Cotton. He first came to attention as singer of the Zoot which also featured Rick Springfield and Beeb Birtles of the Little River Band. Darryl has a great yarn about how an Australian Rock Icon gave Zoot their name, talks about the hit he wrote for Mississippi and reveals the story behind "Same Old Girl".
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Rascals made a major contribution to music in the 60's. Their singing/songwriting team of Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati came up with gems such as "Groovin'", "How Can I Be Sure", "People Got To Be Free" and who could ever forget their version of the rock'n'roll classic "Good Lovin'"!
The Rolling Stones are often referred to as "the world's greatest rock'n'roll band" and Bill Wyman was there from the start until the early 90's so he knows plenty of secrets. He talks about the credit he WASN'T GIVEN, the story behind his big solo hit "Je Suis Un Rock Star" as well as the band that's been Bill Wyman's passion of late.
Remember the Kingston Trio? That group gave this singer his first taste of fame. The late John Stewart also wrote one of the best loved hits of The Monkees. In the 70's he charted with his song "Gold", but possibly his most moving story is how his records were burnt in protest when a line he wrote in 1969 was taken the wrong way.
