No longer traveling, R.I.P. #JimmyCliff

Sending birthday greetings to the excellent guitarist #PeterKoppes of #thechurch youtu.be/k-RYvlTRAHU?...

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Tomorrow at #Middlesbrough Town Hall 2-3pm: Norman Cook aka #FatboySlim signs copies of his @rocket88books.com illustrated history, 'It Ain't Over til The Fatboy Sings', ahead of his evening show there. Limited spaces. Sign up at www.fatboyslimbook.com/tickets

btd in 1941, #drjohn Mac Rebbenack; "I'm the last of the best, the Gris-Gris man." 📷 noord-hollandsarchief, 1970

Remembering Alan Hull of #Lindesfarne, dtd in 1995 🎨Ian Vincentini, 1975

the Ultimate #thepolice pre-fame photographic monograph by #lawrenceimpey with exclusive art prints signed by #stewartcopeland at policelineupbook.com

Announcing the coming of the first @alanparsonsproject.bsky.social official book…

Remembering #leonrussell on the ninth anniversary of his passing 📷 Andee Nathanson, from her fab book Andee Eye (andeeeye.com) taken on the #maddogsandenglishmen tour 1970

On what would have been his 78th birthday, #GregLake in the Manticore rehearsal room with #emersonlakeandpalmer in 1973 📷Peter Keen (from elpbook.com)

It's the seventy-fourth anniversary of the wedding of #FrankSinatra and #AvaGardner. 📷 from 'Marriage On The Rocks', 1965

How it all began… 6 November, 1975 at @glenmatlock.bsky.social's college. #iwasateenagesexpistol

A week to go – tickets include a copy of the Classic edition of the book #fatboyslim

Happy birthday to the witty, urbane and talented [email protected] Cowboys are his weakness… 📷 James Bareham (2002)

wishing many happy returns to #AdamAnt, with fond memories of #thebloomsburytheatre in 2008

Now shipping, Lawrence Impey's Police Lineup – the birth of a #supergroup captured on #b/w film before they were famous policelineupbook.com #stewartcopeland #andysummers #sting

The ascent of piano rock'n'roll, from #fatsdomino to #littlerichard, #jerryleelewis, #brianauger – from a 1969 episode of #themonkees TV show

#MarkHollis a perfect silence is now (ironically) an audiobook Also, markhollisbook.com

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#fatboyslim revising for his very successful Q&A last night at @theatreroyalbtn.bsky.social fatboyslimbook.com

💔 📷Gregory Harris

HBD #VickiePerks, have you still got that #Fuzzbox?

Sending birthday wishes to one-time Charlie's darling, #thethreedegrees singer #SheilaFerguson, a true vintageblackglamourbook.com star

Btd in 1938, #EddieCochran, without whom rock'n'roll would be a different place

It's Stingo's birthday. He always made for a good pic – this one was taken at the first ever classic #police lineup photo session, in his basement flat in Bayswater, August 11th, 1977, by photographer Lawrence Impey (from policelineupbook.com)

So long #liverpoolpoet Brian Patten, you showed us that poetry wasn't all flowers and ancient heroes; Be quieter– I really do need to escape; take the route you might take if ever this hurrying is over. #booksky💔

More stories from #NormanCook AKA #FatboySlim can be heard at the Brighton Theatre Royal launch for the fatboyslimbook.com book on Oct 14th

Buon Compleanno, #Zucchero 📷 Gianluigi Di Napoli

Sadly departed, the lovely #DannyThompson 📷 Nick White

Born 23rd September 1930, the great #RayCharles – making modern sounds in Country & Western music 62 years before #CowboyCarter 📷 Hugh Bell (1962)

Happy birthday to #lolcreme, once of #10cc, then #godleyandcreme and now #theproducers, but here (1977) with #kevingodley and #petercook promoting #thegizmo www.10ccbook.com

Fifty five years since #JimiHendrix had his last cup of tea. 📷 Monika Dannemann, Sept 17, 1970 at the Samarkand Hotel, W11

£22b for AI – but this is priceless to us… #books #printing #BookSky #itaintovertilthefatboysings the #fatboyslim book on print fatboyslimbook.com

Bit late on this, but Gilles' Saturday show includes a fantastic tribute to the truly important and recently departed DJ Chris Hill (plus Level 42) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Celebrate the life and work of #pinkfloyd's Rick Wright on the anniversary of his passing youtu.be/nymoAJyBVEQ?...

Remembering the great Fred Ebb on the 21st anniversary of his passing – skip to 34:12 for his and songwriting partner John Kander's version of New York New York – & for the genesis of the song, see Peter Silverton's London Calling New York New York at rocket88books.com youtu.be/UtW9lBH3GtY?...

Sending happy 80th birthday wishes to #JoseFeliciano youtu.be/hxIIVNjIyWo?...

Celebrate the unique talent that was #rickdavies of #supertramp youtu.be/a4ys6YSfJDA?...

BTD in 1934, Sun Records and Checker Records star James Milton Campbell Jr. youtu.be/lq2caZmXII0?...

Remembering former Kilburn and the Highroads and Blockheads drummer Charlie Charles, on the 35th anniversary of his untimely passing #charliecharles #hughglennmortimercharles #ianduryandtheblockheads

Happy birthday to the other Parsons in The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gene – he made his own drumsticks… 📷 Greg Gorman, 1973

So long #terencestamp – it does make a difference…

Someone get the cake in from the rain, it's #jimmywebb's birthday. 📷 Ginny Winn #jimmywebb #macarthurpark #wichitalinesman #galveston #bythetimeigettophoenix #thehighwayman #upupandaway #themoonisahrshmistress

The first #stiffrecords release, on August 14, 1976: Nick Lowe's So It Goes (BUY1) c/w with Heart of the City #seveninchsingle #vinyl #jukebox #soitgoes #basher

Fab a/w of the #Canadian version of a #Ronco #vinyl compilation with different tracks to the British and American albums which used the same cover – #blackblood and #pennymclean in Canada only – tracks listed in the wrong order.

Many happy returns to #iananderson of @jethrotull.bsky.social 📷 Ian Anderson (Silent Singing, jethrotullbook.com)

Forty five years ago 📹 #donletts youtu.be/ttJBdr6eBuo?...

Born this day in 1931, one of the most important and influential figures in early British rock'n'roll, Jack Good. He put #genevincent in leather gear, invented the format of rock and pop music programmes for British (Oh Boy!) and US (Shindig!) TV, & much more. 📷with #beatles on Shindig! 1964