John Lennon: “To me, New York is no tenser than Liverpool or London was. In the street in Liverpool, you had to walk close to ...

Over its incredible 16year run from 19711987 The Old Grey Whistle Test was THE destination in the UK to see cutting ed live performances by the hottest emerging acts in music Until now On Sept 16 BBC ...

The whispering tones of Bob Harris meant the Old Grey Whistle Test was the iconic sound of a generation. And the man who interviewed Elton John, John Lennon, David Bowie and countless others isn't ...

Annie Nightingale, the first female presenter of a BBC Radio 1 show and co-host of The Old Grey Whistle Test, has died after a short illness. She was 83. A statement to the press attributed from her ...

Bob Harris looks back at the fourth series of Old Grey Whistle Test, which ran from September 1974 to July 1975 and will have live sessions from Roger Hodgson and Kiki Dee. Each programme in this ...

That would be my mum and dad’s record collection in the early fifties, pre-rock’n’roll, so Mantovani – a great favourite of mine – Johnny Mathis and Perry Como. We had a radiogram in the corner of the ...

As Chick Corea witnessed for himself again and again, including on the British music series The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1976, the strangest thing happened in pop during the Seventies. Music fans ...

Great Britain; Give Me A Reason Why; No One's More Important Than The Earthworm; Ain't Tellin' You Nothing; Anni; Bullfrog Blues; Sister Seagull; Snowgoose; Ripples; United States Of America; Rock N ...