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Author Archives: Tony Barrell

Full Name: Tony Barrell Website: https://www.tonybarrell.com Info: Tony Barrell is a pop historian, journalist, editor and Londoner who has spent much of his life interviewing musicians. He has written many major articles for The Sunday Times and other publications. His 2017 work The Beatles on the Roof is the first book to be published about the Fab Four’s famous 1969 rooftop concert.

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MUSICAL MAJESTIES

Why is the music business full of royal titles?

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SATELLITE OF JOY

So many people are 'over the moon' these days. How did that start?

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I SAW IT STANDING THERE

John Lennon's mysterious UFO encounter

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WHEEL OF FORTUNE

‘The True Wheel’ is one of Brian Eno’s most mysterious songs

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TOWERS OF POWER

What are those tall London buildings behind the Beatles on the roof?

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RAISING THE ROOF

Tony Barrell explains why he wrote 'The Beatles on the Roof'

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TOYS AND GIRLS

The expression 'toy boy' is older than many people think

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FROM RAMSGATE WITH LOVE

James Bond’s top-secret connections with the county of Kent

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SAUCE CODE

'Hanky-panky' used to mean something quite different

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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

Many young lives were changed when Roxy Music played Top of the Pops