The Lads from Liverpool

Radio show of Thursday, February 16th, 2023.

Topic: The Lads from Liverpool

We played all music by different British artists and bands from the British Invasion like Rock and Pop Music from the mid-60s to early 70s.

We focused on:

The Hollies, one of the British leading rock bands of the 1960s to the mid-1970s, was known for their three-part vocal harmony style. Known for:

• Just One Look
• I’m Alive
• Bus Stop
• Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
• He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
• The Air That I Breathe” and more.

Badfinger, a rock band formed in Swansea,  is recognized for its influence on the 1970s power pop genre. Best known for their 4 hit tunes:

• Come and Get It
  No Matter What,
• Day After Day
• Baby Blue.

Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, a pop rock band part of the British Invasion in the 60s, were managed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein and scored hits with several Lennon-McCartney compositions. Best known for:

• Bad to Me
• From A Window
• Little Children
• Do You Want to Know A Secret? and a few others.

Guests for our show:

Date: Thursday, February 16th, 2023

1) Terry Sylvester

Terry Sylvester, English musician from The Swinging Blue Jeans, a 1960s Merseybeat band Best known of their hit singles including Hippy Hippy Shake, Good Golly Miss Molly and You’re No Good, and later with the Hollies where he joined in 1969.

2) Joey Molland

Joey Molland is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist, who’s best known as a member of Badfinger.

3) Billy J. Kramer

Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer. With the Dakotas, he was managed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein back in the 1960s and has scored hits with several Lennon-McCartney compositions that weren’t recorded by the Beatles.