P.J. Proby

Sync Or Swim

Noise Pollution (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Politicians and pop...

Celebrity VIP Lounge, Birthday Bitches, Ethan Hawke Turns 39

Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Actor Ethan Hawke is 39. Director Mike Nichols is 78. Country singer Stonewall Jackson is 77. Singer Eugene Pitt of the Jive Five is 72. Singer P.J. Proby is 71. Country singer Guy Clark is 68. Actress Sally Field is 63. Singer Glenn Frey is 61. Actress Lori Singer (”Fame,” “Footloose”) is 52. Actor Lance Kerwin [...]

Bobby Graham: Session drummer who played on around 15,000 records

The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009

Although Bobby Graham was not a household name, his claim that he had played on 15,000 records was substantially correct. During the 1960s, he was one of the UK's leading session musicians, going from one London recording studio to another, adding his talents to such hit records as John Leyton's "Johnny Remember Me", P.J. Proby's "Hold Me", Billy Fury's "It's Only Make Believe",...

ECHO reviews: PREVIEW: Sixties singer PJ Proby appears at the Gladstone Theatre

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009

PJ PROBY is part of that exclusive club of musicians that loom large on the 20th century rock map.

ECHO Entertainment News: Port Sunlight’s Gladstone Theatre Trust celebrates its 25th anniversary

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009

PORT Sunlight’s Gladstone Theatre Trust celebrates its 25th anniversary with a special concert next week.

Final preparations underway for the Burntwood Wakes festival

The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009

There will be something for all of the family when The Burntwood Wakes festival kicks off. The weekend of fun (August 7-9) is set to kick-off with a night featuring top unsigned bands at the Wakes venue (Burntwood Rugby Club). The Lean Yellows, The Reason, Karsis, Dead Lights, Indecisive, Asylum Soldiers, China Red, We are Nines and White Rose are on [...]

Sounds of the sixties return at the Burntwood Wakes

The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009

Some of the biggest musical talents of the sixties are set to descend on Burntwood for a special open air concert. The likes of Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Searchers, The Move, PJ Proby, The New Amen Corner (with Chip Hawkes and Mike D’Abo) and Alvin Stardust are all lined up to appear at the Burntwood Wakes. The [...]

Haydn vs Biden: Patriarquiem

Puritan Blister (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009

"Violence and rage arise from the wound inflicted by the inaccessibility of megalomaniacal ideals." --Andre Haynal 1. Low- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) 2. Low- If I Had A Hammer (Pete Seeger & Lee Hays) 3. Fitins- Skulls (Misfits) 4. A.A. Bondy- Hang Down Your Head (Tom Waits) 5. P.J. Proby- Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) 1. Hood Internet- Roscoe Girl...

Tracks of my years, 20/365

Arnie Skelton (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009

Hold me - PJ Proby, 1964

They Should Have Known Better

Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009

Would it be completely inappropriate to build a Spotify playlist of artists who produced good music but have a somewhat tarnished reputation? Starters for 10 PJ Proby Jerry Lee Lewis Milli Vanilli Mmmm, might be venturing into dangerous territory here.

Farewell dear Boing Boing readers…

Click World News (Free subscription) | 04/06/2009

Richard Metzger was the Boing Boing guest blogger It was great fun posting here these past two weeks --really, you have no idea how much f'ing fun this is-- and thank you to everyone who commented (except the dude who said I should be denounced for my "Marx was right!" post. Who died and made you Joe McCarthy, buddy'). I learned a lot from all of you (except for that guy). [Jacobian, the...

• Farewell dear Boing Boing readers... - Boing Boing

Bad to the Bone

SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009

THE SKULL, directed by ace cinematographer (and quite not-so-ace director) Freddie Francis, will live in infamy as the film in which Peter Cushing plays Christopher Maitland and Christopher Lee plays Sir Matthew Phillips. The lovely, unusual, imaginative names (sarcasm alert) indicate precisely the kind of plywood bore Milton Subotsky’s script, from a story by Robert [...]

P.J. Proby

the brain police (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008

This is a piece from 1968/69? from British Television by the performer, P.J. Proby. Proby was legendary in the United States, he rarely played in America, though he was Elvis Presleys brother in law and actually begain his career doing the the tracking vocals for Presley with Sun Records...he would record the demo tracks that Presley would use as a guide for the final version. Proby was an over the...

PJ Proby: Three Week Hero

Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008

I've especially enjoyed sharing some of my enthusiasms for obscure musical acts here on Boing Boing as the guest blogger. This post is about PJ Proby, crazed crooner and rock and roll hellion. I am a massive, massive fan of this guy's music. I've been fascinated by him for years and would LOVE to make a documentary about him. No one plays the sad, apologetic lonely guy better than PJ Proby. His voice...

Now there's a juxtaposition

dustbury.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

The iTunes installation on the work box, set to shuffle through 3,236 tracks, managed to put these two together: P. J. Proby's "Niki Hoeky," from 1967, cowritten by Pat and Lolly Vegas. Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love," from 1974, written and sung by Pat and Lolly Vegas. As the phrase goes: "What are the chances?"