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read recently that singer/chanteuse Marianne Faithfull has been diagnosed with breast cancer , God willing ,hopefully she will respond to treatment and be okay. whatever the ups and downs in her personal life she has in my opinion allways been the consumate artist , from her "dolly bird" days in the 60s thru "Broken English" one of the best comeback albums ever in the late 70s thru the latest "Berlin Diaries" she has recored some great work.
Anyway without wanting to sound too maudlin and without putting her in her grave, I wonder which other 60s figures/icons members of this forum have a deep affection for ? and for what reason .

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mine has to be billy fury .....i loved his songs (mabe had a yen for him too) being a great fan of his in the 50's 60's best era to have been a teenager .....pity he died so young ...but i have many many more ....& just aquired a record deck ...guess what ? im back there again .....heaven .

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OOOOh - PJ Proby!:music8: :wub8: :music8:

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Mine has to be ooooo how ironic to thread starter is 'The Rolling Stones' without them im sure Mariannes career wouldn't of kicked off & they should of released tears go by as theirs a better version but hey ho its opinion lol. How long is Keith Richards gonna rock ? They've done a tour this year a friend of mine went to Berlin to see them & they are apparently still going strong despite certainly Keiths rock n roll 60's living lifestyle.

Hope they rock on for some time yet, they're music is timeless & ive have their back catalogue & im near half their age :D

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Keith Richards is going to feature in the next Pirates of the Caribbean as Johnny Depp's Dad. :)

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Sure that he aint going to be his grandad:rolleyes::D

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Ah but the sea air weathers yer skin like, so can get away with it :D

I'm with Mez on Billy Fury .. only one I fancied :e29: 'Be Mine Tonight' :e29: Yeh, bring it on Billy :kiss:

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Oh mez me too,He could have knocked upon my door anytime.and typed a letter,and I would willingly have done the hippy hippy shake ,but then thats love..........SORRY for confusing people who dont know who he was..
Then there was The King Elvis,,,and going back even further i loved Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray........

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For me it's got to be the Peter Pan of pop - Cliff Richard and The King both would make me go weak at the knees.
I used to think Peter Noon was quite dishy too.

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Aw he was sweet wasn't he? All teeth and smiles. :D

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was he into something good? Ena sharples tele grandson,

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Grannyclaret, ....I allway thought it was Davy Jones out of the Monkees who played the grandson. but I know better than to argue

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I'm not too sure there, John, Herman was in Corrie at one point. My memory isn't as good as it was, lol. I remember the pics I had on my bedroom wall up Holland Street though. Cliff, loads of them, Herman, The Four Pennies, Sonny and Cher and the Small Faces............now I look at scenes from Weymouth.............flippin' heck!!

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oh yea of little faith ....
http://www.marstalent.com/bio_davy_jones.htm

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Peter Noone played Len Faircloughs son , Stanley (wonder how many lads have been christened Stanley in recent years)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Noone

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I always liked the Kinks and Herman's Hermits, not sure where any of em are now though.

Peter

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robert wycherley or the late billy fury, saw him in 62 on a package tour in blackpool(grand theatre) i think, others on the tour - mark wynter, peter jay @jaywalkers couldn't stand either of them, but fury was that good live i saw that tour in another 4/5 places, to be truthful he was the best live solo artist i ever saw.

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those package/road tours were a bit of a lucky dip , apart from the "Top of the Bill" the other acts were on they way up , others on the way out , remember seeing the Beatles twice, must have been around 62 , first time they were one the first half , top act was Frank Ifield , second time they opened the second half for Helen Shapiro

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they opened for Roy Orbison at king georges in 63 i think it was.

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got tickets for the Manfreds on april 21st, Paul jones, Tom Mcguiness,etc they still do manfred manns stuff plus some mean R@B.

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Saw Frank Ifield sing at the Cabaret Club on Blackburn Rd, Antley - now a snooker club.
Saw the great Eartha Kit at Peppermint Place and the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra at Nelson Imperial.
Artists used to tour small venues then (but Nelson Imperial was no way small -aircraft hanger converted)

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Bobby Vee, Rubber ball, Take good care of my baby, Johnny Tillotson, Send me the pillow that you dream on, Dell Shannon, Runnaway.

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[QUOTE=margaret@rothwell5.
Saw the great Eartha Kit at Peppermint Place and the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra at Nelson Imperial.
Artists used to tour small venues then (but Nelson Imperial was no way small -aircraft hanger converted)[/QUOTE---------]never knew that margaret, then the state i used to be in,never gave it much thought.:) just loved the Imp, for the topliners they had.

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[quote=cashman;403087]So did Nelson have an Airport/Airfield at one time or was the building re-cycled war-surplus or such ?
:confused: :confused:

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Oh yes i am sure you are right steeljack....:bingobang ,,,,Did you know that Eli in Emerdale was the little lad that played Jamie in Corrie years ago...I think he lived with his mother at Jack and Vera,s house for a while ,,he was so cute with a spikey hairdo.... just look at him now!

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just back from burnley mechanics, top class show,great musicians, dont know what paul jones is on- but i want some, he still looks very young.(SWINE):D

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A bit like that other late 60's icon the late Sir Ted Heath:D :D

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had dinner with an elderly couple from nelson last week, whilst over in spain, he met his wife in the imp 55 years ago,n he reckoned though it was corrugated tin sheeting it wasnt from an old aircraft hanger:confused: so thats me baffeled. and nelson never had an airport steeljack, but he reckoned there was an helicopter pad a few miles away,cant remember now where he said.

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item about the Nelson Imperial from tonights evening telegraph
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...r_over_500.php

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thanks for that mate.:)

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Nelson Imp . . . I remember seeing a very young Stevie Wonder fall over his drums. We thought he was trying to con us into thinking he was blind. I've [hopefully] matured now. Still love all my memories of Accy and listen[ on t'internet ] to Radio Lancashire Saturday mornings . . the 2 Steve's . . . If you don't - you should!

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how did you manage that tunny?:D