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THE EAGLE HAS LANDED Eagle Rock Entertainment celebrates its 15th birthday this month – and kicked off proceedings in style, atop the roof of Shoreditch House in London. Blessed by beautiful weather, guests included Roger and Sarina Taylor, Mike Rutherford, Timo Steinberg (Edel), Philip Gondouin (Naieve France) and Alex Edelmann (Montreux Jazz Festival). The Eagle camp was represented by the likes of exec chairman Terry Shand, COO Geoff Kempin, FD Simon Hosken and financial controller Sophie Juillot. The company also sent its friends some sticks of Eagle Rock, erm, rock in the post to mark the occasion. If the Music Week team has missing teeth next time you see us, you know who to blame…
KEY SONGS IN THE LIFE OF...
PETER LEATHEM Chief Executive Officer, PPL
First record you remember buying? Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall from WH Smith in Hemel Hempstead.
Last track you downloaded? Jessie J’s Domino as one of my daughters is dancing to it with her dance group and wanted to practise at home (and we all like the track).
Which track would you like played at your funeral? Have not given it any thought! Perhaps something like Queen’s These Are The Days of Our Lives.
What’s your karaoke speciality? I’m rubbish!
ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK April 18, 1963
Record Retailer looks to the International Audio Festival and Fair this week with the largest ever number of international manufacturers exhibiting. The event takes place on three floors of London’s Hotel Russell (pictured), with demos being hosted in “domestic-sized hotel bedrooms cleared of their normal furniture”. The recreated home environment will apparently benefit punters when it comes to
assessing the gear… Philharmonic Records has slashed the retail price of their records by more than 10s. MD Major J. C. Burgoyne-Johnson says that the reduction is “a contribution to bringing down the cost of the enjoyment of good music”… Michael Barclay has joined Decca as pop LP superviser while Len Black will be leaving Mellin Music to join the Top Line Agency as GM … A specially-built mobile recording unit, which gives exceptionally high-quality results is due to start in June. It was built in Scotland with Danish equipment and is housed in a VW Kombi. Of course it is. This is the Sixties after all.
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 18.04.63
BRENDA LEE All Alone I Am FRANK SINATRA Call Me Irresponsible Brenda Lee is “showing that she can handle a standard with the best of ‘em” on her latest LP All Alone I Am, according to Record Retailer. “First-class Lee and a first-class record,” says the mag. Meanwhile, “Sinatra is back on the slowish ballad kick” with single Call Me Irresponsible. Excellently sung and arranged, says Record Retailer, although the slow tempo could keep it from the British charts.
SINGLES TOP 5 18.04.63 POS ARTIST
SINGLE 1 FRANK IFIELD 2 ELVIS PRESLEY Frank Ifield’s Hits Kid Galahad
3 THE SHADOWS Dance On With The Shadows
4 THE SPOTNICKS On The Air
5 THE SHADOWS Out Of The Shadows Vol.1
Which song was the first dance at your wedding? Had a jazz band and don’t remember what they played.
Recommend a track Music Week readers may not have heard… There is some great music knowledge at PPL and always lots of recommendations as to what to listen to. Kyla La Grange’s (below) Vampire Smile (with a really good second track on the single as well) was recommended to me recently and I would certainly recommend it.
© Official Charts Company
ALBUMS TOP 5 18.04.63 POS ARTIST
ALBUM 1 CLIFF RICHARD & 2 BUDDY HOLLY 3 THE BEATLES
THE SHADOWS Summer Holiday Reminiscing
Please Please Me
4 SOUND TRACK West Side Story 5 ELVIS PRESLEY
What’s your favourite single/ track of all time? Choosing just one track is pretty difficult but something like Massive Attack’s Safe from Harm as I am a big fan of theirs, with Radiohead’s The Bends my most- played album over the years.
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Kyla La Grange
© Official Charts Company
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