6 December 2024 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories Elvis’s Stepbrother? The Murder of Singer “Orion” Date: 1980 Place: Nashville Tennessee Artist: Orion AKA Jimmy Ellis Artist: Wayne Jackson While visiting Nashville in 1980 I came cross this bizarre story about Orion and the possibility of… Read More
6 May 2024 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Movies, Pye Mobile, Singers, Stories, Writers My Book Is Now Available From Amazon After what feels like forever and in fact was a lifetime, I'm thrilled to announce that my book is finished and on sale If you are even slightly intrigued and… Read More
21 July 2023 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories New Faces Winners, Koffee n Kreme, Meet Their Fate Place - De Lane Lea Studio Wembley England Time - 1975 Artist - Koffee n Kreme Firstly UK Only? I would like to point out that the following story New… Read More
8 June 2023 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories Tommy Steele-Every Artist Was First An Amateur Place - London Time - 1957 - 2004 Artist - Tommy Steele Sir Thomas Hicks OBE Thomas Hicks, known professionally as Tommy Steele, an English entertainer regarded as Britain's first… Read More
13 April 2023 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories “Something Old Something Newley & The Start of Something Strange” Place - United Kingdom & The USA Time - 1991 - 1999 Artist - Anthony Newley This is the final blog from my memories and times with Anthony Newley When… Read More
18 November 2022 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Stories, Writers Joe Sun & What’s An English Guy Know About Country Music Place - Nashville - London - Sweden Time - 1984 Artist - Joe Sun And The Solarsystem James Paulsen September 25, 1943, – October 25, 2019, known professionally as Joe… Read More
16 August 2022 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Writers John & Yoko-Tony Wilson & The Birth Of Hot Chocolate Place - UK - USA - Trinidad Time - 70's - 80's - 90's Artist - Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Was born in Trinidad and was involved with music from… Read More
11 March 2022 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories, Writers Special Little Moments (From The Blogs) PT3 Place - The World Time - 1960 - 2005Artists - Various 30 Million in Just 2 Minutes, What a Triumph! Full Blog in Bands Mungo Jerry’s greatest success was with… Read More
3 October 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories Hi I’m Augie Meyers Am I In The Right Place Place - London - New York - San Antonio Time - 1981 - 2000 Artist - Augie Meyers Augie Meyers is a legendary Texas musician, best known as the keyboard… Read More
31 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories Little Richard Found Religion and the IRS Found Bill Haley Place - USA Time - 1950s Target - Rock 'n' Roll The Fifties introduction to rock 'n' roll music arrived in conjunction with the destined leader of the youth revolution,… Read More
29 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers Bill Haley Part 3: My Final Meeting Place - The Venue London Time - November 1979 Artist - Bill Haley The next time I met Bill Haley was on November the 17th at The Venue in Victoria, London… Read More
28 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers Bill Haley Part 2 – Elvis and Saving Chuck Berry’s Life Place - Fame Studios, Alabama Time - 25th June 1979 Artist - Bill Haley Producer - Kenny Denton Fame Studios, Alabama In June 79 I headed off to Fame Studios… Read More
26 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories Bill Haley Part 1- My First Meeting With a True Charismatic Star Place - De Lane Lea Wembley, England Time - April 1979 Artist - Bill Haley Album - Everyone Can Rock 'n' Roll Bill Haley has sold over 150 million records… Read More
13 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Singers Fred Astaire – Life Is Beautiful! Place - De Lane Lea/CTS Recording Studios, Wembley Time - July 1975 Artist - Fred Astaire On completing the duet album with Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire wanted to stay on… Read More
11 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Singers Anthony Newley Part 4: A Single Moment Cherished Forever Place - Langham London Time - 1995 Artist Anthony Newley A Night With Newley Newley was to be filmed performing his one-man show in front of a star-studded audience at… Read More
9 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Singers Anthony Newley – Tells Some Strange Stories. Place - England, Marigot Bay & Saint Lucia Time - 1966 Artist - Anthony Newley Friends - Peter Sellers, Warren Beatty, a very special dinner guest I would meet up… Read More
7 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Singers Anthony Newley Part 2: Tony adds a little more Newley Place - KD's Studio, Chiswick London Time - 1994 Artist - Anthony Newley Album - Too Much Woman The album took several weeks to complete and this gave me a… Read More
5 August 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Singers Anthony Newley Part 1: Meet the Artful Dodger Place - De Lane Lea/CTS Wembley England Time - 1974 Artist - Anthony Newley The Movie - Mister Quilp Anthony Newley was a major international celebrity. His career spanned more… Read More
25 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Stories, Writers Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 3 – The Sessions The place - Different Fur Studios - San Francisco The time - December 1983 Artist - Sir Douglas Quintet The producer - Kenny Denton Five days and counting On the… Read More
24 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Stories Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 2 – The Rehearsal The Band- Sir Douglas Quintet Place - Mill Valley San Francisco Time - 1982 Rehearsal Studio On arriving at my motel I was informed that there was no reservation made… Read More
23 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Bands, Singers, Stories Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 1 – A Bad Start The Band - Sir Douglas Quintet Place -Sweden & San Francisco Time - 1982 Album - Midnight Sun "You can always tell a Texan but you can't tell him much."… Read More
20 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories “Kinky Friedman. The Lone Star New York” Dies In Texas. Place - The Lone Star Cafe - New York Time - 1984 Artist - Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jew Boys Kinky Friedman is a Texas country singer, novelist, songwriter,… Read More
14 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories, Writers Tommy Boyce Working with A Real Life Monkee Part 2 Place - De Lane Lea Time - Mid 70s Artist - Tommy Boyce Mix Engineer - Kenny Denton Splicing Success Tommy Boyce, born in the USA, was probably most famous… Read More
14 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Writers Tommy Boyce The Monkees & His Magic Touch Part 1: Place - Del Lane Lea Studios Time - Mid 70s Artist - Tommy Boyce Engineer - Kenny Denton Tommy Boyce was a wonderful complex character So I wanted to capture… Read More
13 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers Wayne Fontana: A Noisy Fight with a Bingo Hall Place - Tangerine Studios, North London Time - The 70s Artist - Wayne Fontana Welcome to Tangerine Studios Situated in heart of North London was a small facility called Tangerine… Read More
12 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Movies, Singers, Stories Bing Crosby Gives the Best Birthday Gift Ever Place - The Music Centre, Wembley Time - July 1975 Artist - Bing Crosby In July 1975 at the Music Centre in Wembley, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire were recording… Read More
7 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Pye Mobile, Singers Jimi Hendrix – Arrogance and a Death Threat Place - Isle of Wight Festival, East Afton Farm Time - August 26th 1970 The Recording Crew - Vic Maile, Neville Crozier, Alan Perkins, Kenny Denton & Tony Carey 1970… Read More
3 July 2021 By Kenny Denton Music In Singers, Stories Dorothy Squires: James Bond’s Wife Does It Her Way Place - Studio One Pye Recording Studios Time - 1970 Artist - Dorothy Squires Engineer - Howard Barrow A very colourful life. Dorothy Squires was a Welsh vocalist who had… Read More