Category: Music

Posts relating to music, musicians and composers

Little Richard Found God In Newcastle

Little Richard in Australia Throwing His Rings and Jewellery Off The Stockton Punt Into Newcastle Harbour 11 October 1957 – A Timeline of Events

September 30, 2023

On the eve of the Newcastle Premiere of Little Richard: I Am Everything at the Regal Cinema in Birmingham Gardens, here is a timeline of events and eye witness accounts relating to Richard’s famous epiphany in the middle of Newcastle Harbour when he threw his jewellery off the Stockton Punt. Sincere thanks to Rock ’n’ … More Little Richard in Australia Throwing His Rings and Jewellery Off The Stockton Punt Into Newcastle Harbour 11 October 1957 – A Timeline of Events

Alexander Galloway (1876 – 1945) – Newcastle Composer

July 22, 2021

ABC Newcastle (Newcastle) Day Shift – 14/08/2007 – 02:10 PM Presenter: Carol Duncan (Originally posted Wednesday, 1 August, 2007 on UONCC WordPress) Newcastle University Archivist Gionni Di Gravio discusses the life and musical compositions of Alexander Galloway, a Novocastrian composer who penned hundreds of songs over a seven year period including A Song for Newcastle … More Alexander Galloway (1876 – 1945) – Newcastle Composer

“Florence Austral – Our forgotten Diva”

July 6, 2020

“Florence Austral – Our forgotten Diva” Project – Florence Austral (1892-1968) was a world renowned singer and performed in Opera Houses around the world during the early 20th century. She taught singing at the Newcastle Conservatorium (now part of UON) from 1954 until 1959. The Florence Austral Society is collaborating with City of Newcastle and … More “Florence Austral – Our forgotten Diva”

The Kinks in Newcastle

October 17, 2019

In 1965, the Century Theatre in Newcastle hosted ‘The Big Show’. The lineup included major british artists of the time, such as the Honeycombs, Tony Sheveton, Manfred Mann and The Kinks. The footgage below, found in the NBN archives and digitalised by the GLAMx Lab, shows some of these artists firstly, catching the Koondooloo, one … More The Kinks in Newcastle

Little Richard Advertisement in Newcastle Morning Herald 1/10/1957

BOP BOPA-A-LU A WHOP BAM BOO! HOW LITTLE RICHARD MADE ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY IN NEWCASTLE

May 6, 2019

♦♦♦ LITTLE RICHARD RETELLING STORY OF RING THROWING IN AUSTRALIA – RECORDED INTERVIEWS 1984 AND 1986 Videos contain two segments of interviews with Little Richard recorded in 1984 and 1986 where he relates the story of his conversion from Rock to Religion whilst on board a ferry to an Australian town, during his 1957 tour … More BOP BOPA-A-LU A WHOP BAM BOO! HOW LITTLE RICHARD MADE ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY IN NEWCASTLE