‘You can’t tell the story of Manchester music without this.’ Like The Night by C.P. Lee
It’s the most famous heckle in history. Around 9.30 on the evening of May 17, 1966, a...
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A tribute to CP Lee
Christopher Paul ‘CP’ Lee, who has died aged 70, was a man whose whole life was driven by enthusiasm. Born on January 19, 1950, he grew up in Didsbury and made his public debut as a teenager at a Fallowfield folk...
Read MoreJust One Alberto: CP Lee talks to Northern Soul
“I mean, look, face it: if you turned up somewhere and there was this 65-year-old bloke singing The Toppers’ 1954 classic Baby, Let Me Bang Your Box on a ukulele, you’d wonder where he’d come from.” In the bar...
Read MoreThe Blues and Gospel Tram
These days the Blues is pretty much universally acknowledged as integral to the world’s music DNA. Even ad men get it. But 50 years ago, when a bunch of English white kids with names like Clapton, Jagger, Jones and Page first...
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