5 Superb Bo Diddley Tracks.

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I have always loved Bo right from when I first heard him in the early sixties. He was brilliant live.

  1. Who Do You Love? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9Eii9ZFsQ
  2. She’s Fine She’s Mine – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRVPB2ytwu8
  3. You Can’t Judge a Book by looking at its cover – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEHj0dk8QU
  4. Roadrunner – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap8JtQZG73M
  5. Cops and Robbers – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C805c5BxURw

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5 Great early Beatles Covers

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The Beatles started as a Rock Band covering early Rock ‘n’ Roll and RnB (with the odd musical standard thing thrown in). They were a bit unusual in that they covered a number of the girl groups.

  1. Wait a Minute Mr Postman – (Marvellettes) -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58VIY1gBmns
  2. Slow Down – (Larry Williams) – https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=youtube+beatles+slow+down&spf=1497996124418
  3. Long Tall Sally – (Little Richard) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns_zZ7Nkvk0
  4. You Really Got a Hold on Me – (Miracles) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_379KhNGcZs
  5. Twist and Shout – (Isley Brothers) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFW2cYc4t-w

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SAVE FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES!

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Hello,

I just signed the petition, “Theresa May: SAVE FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES!.” I think this is important. Will you sign it too?

Here’s the link:

https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-save-free-school-lunches?utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_campaign=petition_signer_receipt&share_context=signature_receipt&recruiter=301669345

Thanks,
Opher

5 Greatest Elvis Presley Songs

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  1. You’re a Heartbreaker – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gytmjlWOUAk
  2. Good Rockin’ Tonight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FeWJHUB8aU
  3. I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone – https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=youtube+elvis+presley+i+left+you+re+right+she+gone&spf=1497897790521
  4. Baby Let’s Play House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Arm16wyUdI
  5. That’s Alright Mama – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmopYuF4BzY

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5 Great Rock ‘n’ Roll tracks from the Fifties.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll is visceral.

  1. Chuck Berry – You Can’t Catch Me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jKrHzps0XM
  2. Bo Diddley – Who do You Love – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9Eii9ZFsQ
  3. Buddy Holly – Baby Let’s Play House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDk68TyPFO4
  4. Little Richard – Rip it Up – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc_F3PaYgl0
  5. Larry Williams – Slow Down – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHuJAC_XbhQ

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5 Greatest British New Wave of the Seventies

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Punk sparked off a whole raft of creativity.

  1. Ian Dury – Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erGNSQMJ79Q
  2. Elvis Costello – Pump it Up – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opIL3Yt0Un8
  3. Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d6iRjYy7mI
  4. Undertones – Teenage Kicks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKumfRiGdQI
  5. Kirsty McColl – New England – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SkdjsY6TKA

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5 Best covers by the Stones

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I love the way the Rolling Stones do covers of Blues and R&B.

  1. Mannish Boy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyHYE4G7Rhw
  2. I Just Wanna Make Love to You – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwgCnwTDY5k
  3. Mona – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB3Z5qJCfDQ
  4. I Can’t be satisfied – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqm8Qn3iGIM
  5. Walking the Dog – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lnkm9ReVyo

Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Buddy Holly, Beatles, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Rufus Thomas all got the Stones treatment.

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5 Greatest tracks of the Rolling Stones

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This is easy isn’t it?

  1. Brown Sugar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0Y3LUqr1Q
  2. Gimme Shelter -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGFuX2KDQs
  3. Jumping Jack Flash – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCMrXC8D05Q
  4. Honky Tonk Women – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH4bKiBXF2g
  5. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGaBlygm0UY

I could have done loads of these!!

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The 5 Best Beatles Tracks

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1. Come Together  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMdD8MwUQpw

2. Strawberry Fields Forever – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aX9-dhii3o

3. Revolution – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIDXucEMKEk

4. Because – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOt11pyktgI

5. Piggies – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGizYSCa-c

6. Across the Universe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmHNinaxMc

v=en1uwIzI3SE

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5 Great Psychedelic Tracks from Sixties Britain

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I was at college in London in the sixties and running wild in the Underground Clubs where it was happening – 3 gigs a week, all-nighters and free festivals. Getting to see Hendrix, Cream and Led Zeppelin for 25p. Weekend festivals £1.50. Pink Floyd, Traffic and Arthur Brown. A young raving Roy Harper every week. Those were the days.

Read all about it in my book In Search of Captain Beefheart.

  1. Jimi Hendrix Experience -One Rainy Wish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bRigHBw1g
  2. Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHNQCdWOfdM
  3. Traffic – Dear Mr Fantasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxVlN-LzIks
  4. Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CCfxiQ5QY
  5. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE

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