Sound effects experts create a stormThe British Phonograph Company’s Sound Effects of Britain series was one of the outstanding success stories of the 1950s, with best-selling discs such as Song of the Hedgerows, Morning in the City, Sounds of the Sea, and Factories, Shipyards and Mines.
Beatles ‘more popular than Jesus’On this day in 1966, John Lennon met his friend Maureen Cleave, a journalist for the London Evening Standard. In the course of an informal interview at his house in Weybridge, Lennon remarked that the Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus right now’.
Moon shines onPink Floyd’s album The Dark Side Of The Moon was released on this day in 1973, and its themes of greed, death and madness proved no barrier to success.
Byron reportsDr Tanya Byron submitted her report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families on this day in 2008.
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Bands make their stand
A world record was set on this day in 1992, when 983 ‘trad jazz’ bands assembled in Hyde Park for a ‘Day of Dignity’ rally organised by the Trade Union Congress. Read on...
Tony Benn gave a passionate speech in defence of dignity