It is every pop and rock star's nightmare: missing out by the narrowest of margins on the coveted Christmas Number One spot because of the public's unnerving appetite for "novelty" tracks such as Mr Blobby or, for the past four years, the inescapable X Factor. Read More
As a teenager growing up in the prog rock era of 70s in a darkened room with headphones you were never short of mystery keyboard sounds. Read More
THOUGH the rest of us are sitting shivering, and moaning about the rapidly dropping temperatures, Anita Wardell wallows in the winter wonderland that is the UK. Read More
Rolf Harris, the Australian/British musician, singer, composer, painter, has released a single, Christmas in the Sun, recorded in association with Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt. Read More
The recent Who Do You Think You Are? event staged by the Burra History Group was hailed as a great success with a good number of visitors attending to exchange genealogical information. Read More
August 1994, at what was fast approaching the height of Walthamstow-boy-band East 17's commercial peak, chief songwriter Tony Mortimer, then 24, sat down to write a paean to his brother, Ollie, who had recently committed suicide. Read More
Whether it's with his wobbleboard, didgeridoo or the famous catchphrase, "can you tell what it is yet?", Rolf Harris has been a regular on our TV screens for 40 years. Read More
The venue may look completely different and Francis Rossi may have lost his trademark ponytail, but Status Quo were as steadfast and rock solid as ever at the LG Arena. Read More
This is the Black Eyed Peas third number one of the year, following the success of "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" earlier on in the year. Read More
With the Australian performer Rolf Harris, fun is as contagious as cold germs in a day-care center. Take the time his accordion ... Read the full Rolf Harris bio.