In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop in ’70s Britain

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It led to school concerts and at 14, answering an advertisement for a pop group formed by a bunch of printers who played in the local youth club: “And I got to sing. But I discovered I had a squeaky little voice, like Peter Noone from Herman’s Hermits. That’s why the Wombles sound like they do.” The changing face of Doctor Who and his companions: Your ultimate guide to every Time Lord for the 60th anniversary The latter half of the 70s saw the rise of suburban disco – dance music for stressed adults needing respite from a climate of national strikes and economic hardship. An early example was this massive hit for east Londoner Charles, who two years later went on a promotional tour of sex romp The Stud, the ultimate suburban disco movie, with its star Joan Collins. “It was two worlds,” she said. “An IRA bomb went off outside Harrods in the very place I had parked my car, just as Joan Collins was telling me: ‘Always wear a hat in the sun, darling. It stops the skin from ageing.’” 10. Dollar – Shooting Star (1978) The Bachelor's Faith Williams announces birth of her first child with partner James Cornish - as they share the newborn's gorgeous name Jennifer Lawrence exudes wintertime chic in beige scarf and leather gloves as she enjoys NYC stroll with son Cy, one, after Thanksgiving

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The much-loved labrador that sniffed out her owner's breast cancer, saving her life and inspiring a new charity that's gone on to save countless more This is a book about 1970s pop music which avoids the usual suspects, the cool and the credible, in favour of the critically maligned and terminally unfashionable; not so much a walk on the wild side as a stroll down the middle of the road. Under the banner headline of ‘singalong pop’ Hodgkinson explores a wide variety of artists who sold millions of singles without ever being even vaguely trendy: teen pop, kiddie pop and mum’s and dad’s favourites. Other pop music historians before him have seen the value in Slade, Sweet or Suzi Quatro, but he might be the first to regard You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me by the New Seekers as a reason for turning the radio up rather than off, and the only one who has ever examined the success of Sylvia Vrethammar’s infuriatingly catchy 1974 rendition of Y Viva Espana in the context of Britain’s evolving cultural and political relationship with Europe.In Perfect Harmony takes the reader on a journey through the most colour-saturated era in music, examining the core themes and camp spectacle of '70s singalong pop, as well as its reverberations through British culture since. This is the pioneering social history of a musical revolution. Nine Eight Books, the music imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop in ’70s Britain by music writer Will Hodgkinson, “a truly exceptional and labyrinthine text on a most misunderstood period in British musical history.” Doctor Who 60th Anniversary: Viewers laud Yasmin Finney's debut after she steals the show as Donna Noble's transgender daughter Rose Lewis Hamilton showcases his quirky sense of style yet again in orange and brown tie-dye all-in-one ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix