The last we had was a bit of a flop. I own up about it, it was quite bad.” Speaking to the BBC’s Brian Matthew on 4 April ...

Led Zeppelin remain one of the most popular bands of all time. Spawned from the ashes of the Yardbirds, Zeppelin are credited ...

The Beatles Last week Weeks at no. 1 Weeks on chart J.W.Lennon, P.McCartney G.Martin Apple Week of November 2, 1968 click to see more ...

But in 1968, Dodge went wild in the power department for their shrinking Dart build, outfitting the vehicle with one of its most powerful ever engines, the 426 Hemi. Yes, Dodge actually packed its ...

A limited-edition 30-CD box set capturing over two decades of John Mayall’s pioneering blues performances. The Second Generation features iconic live shows from 1968 to 1993 and showcases John ...

Blatant repeat offender Stephen Sweeting was "heavily convicted" and he had a long history of sexual offending dating back to 1968 but that did not stop him from trying to outwit the police by ...

Crisis and Confrontation on the Korean Peninsula, 1968-1969 features the transcript of the first in a series of critical oral history conferences jointly convened by the Woodrow Wilson International ...

For just the second half of the 1968 model year, Mercury's pony car was ... and a standard V8 instead of a six-cylinder. To live up to its apex predator-inspired name, the Cougar was available ...

Tomorrow Never Comes: The NYC Sessions 1967-1968 captures a different aspect of the end game to that represented by Lomax’s solo endeavours. What’s heard are the final recordings by the rump of The ...

When the 1968 model year production began, the Ford Mustang was losing ground in sales to other pony car options from Chevrolet, Pontiac, AMC, and Plymouth. Worse still, the Blue Oval wasn’t on ...

Including music from The Tremeloes, The Yardbirds and Marmalade. To listen on most smart speakers, just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn".

The Yardbirds were unfazed, mostly using songs as launch pads for extraordinary guitar workouts in the way modern jazz artists took pop standards into new dimensions. On record they were often ...