Fanny members challenge women in rock scene
In Los Angeles Fanny, a four woman band with two Millington sisters and Nickey Barclay, say women in rock face skepticism yet prove themselves serious musicians writing and performing their own material. They contrast with groupies and male bands while pushing past constraints.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Nickey Barclay
Miss Barclay
Fanny
Rolling Stones
Christian Science Monitor
Rolling Stone
Roy Silver
Hollywood
Bob Dylan
Bill Cosby
Jean
June Millington
Alice de Buler
Millingtons
Manila
Sacramento
Calif
Systems Anus
Elton John live album shines while CSNY set disappoints
Elton John delivers a vivid live view on 11-17-70 recorded during a New York radio broadcast with strong performances by John Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson. The CSNY Four Way Street lags, recorded across venues last summer, with weak material and uneven performances, though the group retains evident talent for future releases.
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Elton John
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
John
New York City
CSNY
Four Way Street
Inglewood Forum
California
New York
Fillmore East
Dee Murray
Nigel Olsson
Crosby. Stills
Nash and Young
Kanawha City Club Embraces Rock Music Policy Change
Kanawha City venue The Swinging Seventies shifts to rock, under owner Bill Miller, aiming to draw high school and college fans. Luv Machine from Lexington, Kentucky, opened and will headline again tonight as jam sessions are planned Sundays. location 4111 McCorkle Ave. Also Brick River at Fraternity House under new ownership and Four Seasons set for Civic Center on June 19.
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Kanawha City
Bill Miller
Miller
Luv Machine
Lexington
McCorkle Ave
Fraternity House
Brick River
Civic Center
Charleston drug information service offers daily counseling
The Charleston Council for Drug Information CCDI announces a daily counseling service. Readers may send questions to Drug Answers P O Box 1225 Charleston WV or call 346 4444. Names will not be printed and responses may be provided by mail or on the page.
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P.O
Charleston
W. Va
Charleston Council For Drug Information
CCDI
Tom Jones Rise From Squires to International Star
The 1960s London chapter follows Tom Jones and the Squires facing debt and despair, a Decca contract flop, and a pivotal turn with manager Gordon Mills. "It's Not Unusual" explodes worldwide after its 1965 release, launching Jones to fame as Linda and family secure new homes. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons also gain fame, with a Charleston concert noted.
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Gordon Mills
Tom and the
Squires
Thomas Jones Woodward
Shepherds Bush
London
Mills
Our Hero
Tom Jones
Albert Finney
Linda
Mark
Tom
Notting Hill Gate
Tom and
the Squires
Decca Records
enFy
Gordon
Les Reed
England
States
Charleston
How's it feel Lenny Bruce to become mainstream
Ray Brack surveys Lenny Bruce from outlaw comic to commercial icon. Bruce’s career, bans, and posthumous revival in music, film, and books are traced as media, record labels, stage shows, and a biographical wave swell around his legacy. The piece weighs the tension between free speech and market appeal.
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Lenny Bruce
Carnegie Hall
Bruce
Lenny
Fantasy
Brooks Atkinson Theater
New York
Village Gate
Frank Zappa
Straight Records
Berkeley
Two found dead outside Queens hospital from methadone overdose
A 16 year old girl, Margaret Golup of Sunnyside, and 22 year old Frederick Kraft of Huntington Station were found dead on St. John’s Hospital steps in Elmhurst. Medical examiner Michael Baden said methadone was present, with no heroin detected, noting dose safety varies by tolerance and that methadone-related deaths rose with more maintenance programs.
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New York
Queens Hospital
Michael Baden
Margaret Golup
Sunnyside
Queens
Frederick Kraft
Huntington Station
N. Y
St. John’s Hospital
Elmhurst
Baden
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Douglas Smith
Tom Donahue
Adlanne Records
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CLS
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Fillmore
Donahle
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America
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Charlie
Sticky Fingers
Atlantic
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Rowing Stones
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B. B. King
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Kanawha City Club
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Ray Brack
Drew-Genius
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Busted
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Gate of Horn
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