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Rainbow Valley
by Scott
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the decade that shook the world.
Episodes
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Episode 048 - The Lady Chatterley Trial (1960)
The Sixties had begun. Someone had apparently forgotten to tell the prosecution. It is 1960. The Beatles are still playing clubs, the mini-skirt is some way off, Britain has yet to start swinging and much of the country still carries itself with the reassuring conviction that there is a proper…
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Episode 047 - Seven Inches Of History - The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (1960)
Two voices, one microphone, a broken heart and a drum sound that seemed to arrive from somewhere in the future. This time on Seven Inches of History, we reach The Everly Brothers and "Cathy's Clown" – one of the most distinctive records of 1960 and a single that helped define the sound of pop...
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Episode 046 - Seven Inches Of History - Anthony Newley - Do You Mind? (1960)
One raised eyebrow, one unmistakable voice and a perfectly innocent question that somehow sounds anything but. This time on Seven Inches of History, we reach Anthony Newley and "Do You Mind?" – a record that took one of the most distinctive voices in British entertainment all the way to number…
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Episode 045 - Seven Inches Of History - Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman (1960)
A dustbin, a donkey jacket and one of the biggest singalongs of 1960. This time on Seven Inches of History, we reach one of those records that seems to have been part of British life forever — Lonnie Donegan's "My Old Man's a Dustman." By 1960, Donegan was already the undisputed king of British...
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Episode 044 - Seven Inches Of History 005- Johnny Preston - Running Bear
A song about doomed love, written by a man who never lived to see it top the charts. "Running Bear" is a cheerful record about two people who drown. That tension between the bouncy production and the tragic storyline is part of what makes it so fascinating, and part of why it shot to number one…
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Episode 043 - The Making Of The Italian Job (1969)
"Just remember this - in this country they drive on the wrong side of the road" In 1969, British cinema delivered one of its most enduringly cheerful acts of grand larceny. The Italian Job had Michael Caine, three Mini Coopers, a coach balanced rather inconveniently above a precipice and a plan...
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Episode 042 - Seven Inches Of History 004 - Adam Faith - Poor Me
Two number ones before breakfast. Adam Faith was just getting started. Adam Faith was not an accident. While some artists stumble into the charts through luck or timing, Terence Nelhams-Wright from Acton arrived at number one in the spring of 1960 as the result of a series of very deliberate...
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Episode 041 - Seven Inches Of History 003 - Anthony Newley - Why
The accidental pop star who couldn't wait to get back to the theatre. Anthony Newley never really wanted to be a pop singer. He wanted to be in the theatre. The trouble was, the British public had other ideas, and in February 1960 they kept "Why" at number one for four consecutive weeks, making…
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Episode 040 - Seven Inches Of History 002 - Michael Holliday - Starry Eyed
One week at the top, a lifetime of sadness behind the smile. The first brand new number one of the 1960s belonged to a man from Liverpool with a voice like warm honey and a stage name chosen for its lightness. Michael Holliday. It suited him perfectly. What it didn't tell you was anything about…
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Episode 039 - Seven Inches Of History 001 - Emile Ford and the Checkmates - What Do Want to Make Those Eyes At Me For?
The record that started a decade, and made history doing it. The 1960s didn't begin with a fanfare. They began with a carry-over. Emile Ford and the Checkmates had reached number one back in November 1959 with "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For" and when January 1st 1960 arrived, they...
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Episode 018 - The Making Of Cleopatra (1963)
Episode 018 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Join me as I tell the story of the movie that nearly brought 20th Century Fox crashing to the ground. The longest and most expensive movie ever made at the time. The movie that nearly killed it's…
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Episode 016 - The Hammersmith Nude Murders (1964 - 1965)
In London in the 1880s, the city was gripped by fear. A killer was prowling the cobbled, fog heavy streets of Whitechapel murdering prostitutes in a chilling reign of terror. Fast forward seventy years and a new killer was on the loose, this time, not in the impoverished Victorian East End, but...
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Episode 015 - Matt Monro
It can certainly be safe to say that the 1960s produced some of the most dramatic changes in the world of popular music. From the early days of rock and roll, through to the swinging beat scene, the British invasion, American surf music and right through to the San Francisco sound of the peace…
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Episode 019 - Dusty Springfield
Episode 019 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Join me as I tell the story of one of the finest singers Britain has ever produced. A true icon in the world of popular music, and one of the defining voices of the 1960s. Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow...
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Episode 017 - Hits and Headlines of 1963
1963 - a massive year in terms of news events. A year that would see an increase in tensions in America as the battle for racial equality raged on. It would be the year in which a scandal in the UK involving call girls, Russian spies and MPs , would eventually bring down the government. The…
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Episode 020 - David Frost, Emil Savundra, and the trial by television (1967)
Episode 020 of the Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade. Emil Savundra, for a brief period in the late sixties, was probably the most reviled man in the UK. A Sri Lankan swindler, the collapse of his Fire, Auto and Marine Insurance Company left about 400,000...
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Episode 029 - The Button Down Mind Of Bob Newhart (1960)
On August 1st 1960, an album on the Warner Brothers label reached number one in the Billboard Mono Action Albums Chart. It was the debut album for this particular artist and would remain at the top for fourteen weeks. The album would stay in the chart for two years selling over 600,000 copies…
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Episode 027 - 1966: The Year We Won...And Lost The World Cup
1966: The Year We Won...And Lost The World Cup As we head rapidly towards the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, you may be forgiven for thinking that this episode must surely recount the tale of how England won the world cup in the summer of 1966. You wouldn't be far off though as this episode of...
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Episode 025 - The Making Of Zulu (1964)
WE'RE BACK!! Our first episode in two years is finally with you – and it's a cracker. Join Scott as he tells the story of the making of the movie Zulu. RAINBOW VALLEY – THE MAKING OF ZULU Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that...
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Episode 023 - The Theft Of The Duke Of Wellington (1961)
The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade. Episode 023 The Theft Of The Duke Of Wellington Dr No, the first big screen outing for Ian Fleming's James Bond. Its 1962, and the movie would start to lay out a successful formula for most of the other...
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Episode 021 - The Zapruder Film (1963)
The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade. Episode 021 – The Zapruder Film. Season three opens with the story of a sequence of film that runs for approximately 22 seconds. A piece of 8mm film that is only 25 feet in length and yet is possibly the...
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Episode 031 - Sinatra at The Sands (1966)
Rainbow Valley - bringing you the stories from the decade that shook the world. Episode 031 - Sinatra at the Sands (1966) January/February 1966 and Frank Sinatra is headlining at the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Performing twice a day with the legendary Count Basie...
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Episode 028 - The Aberfan Disaster
The Aberfan Disaster 9:13am on October 21st 1966, Pantglas School in the small Welsh mining village of Aberfan Inside the school, more than 200 children and nine teachers were waiting for their first lesson of the day to begin when the air was filled with the sound of a distant rumble. A massive...
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Episode 022 - Tammi Terrell
The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade. Episode 022 - Tammi Terrell Join us as we tell the story of one of Motown's greatest stars. The story of a life cut tragically short, but thankfully a life that brought us one of the greatest soul singers...
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Episode 024 - Hits and Headlines of 1964
1964...and the world was still reeling from the assassination of John F Kennedy. Racial tensions continued in the southern states of the USA and tension was rising elsewhere as the conflict in Vietnam escalated. But it was also the year of the Tokyo Olympics, The Blue Streak, Donald Campbell and...
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Episode 026 - The Big Freeze
The Big Freeze Boxing Day evening 1962 The Christmas Number One at the top of the hit parade was Return to Sender by Elvis Presley All around the country, families were settling down after a busy two days of eating, drinking and making merry. Small screen entertainment on the tv that evening...
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Episode 030 - The Apollo One Disaster (1967)
Rainbow Valley - The Sixties Podcast. Telling the stories from the decade that shook the world. The Apollo One Disaster January 27th 1967, US astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee way made their way into a brand new spacecraft perched atop a large powerful Saturn Five rocket at…
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Episode 032 - Tere Jo Dupperault - Orphan of the Sea (1961)
Rainbow Valley - bringing you the stories from the decade that shook the world. Episode 032 - Tere Jo Dupperault - Orphan of the Sea (1961) The name Tere Jo Duperrault resonates with a chilling tale of survival and unfathomable tragedy. In 1961, at the tender age of 11, she became the sole…
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Episode 033 - Goldie And His Bid For Freedom (1965)
Rainbow Valley - bringing you the stories from the decade that shook the world. Join your host, Scott, as this week he recounts the tale of Goldie—the golden eagle who soared into the hearts of Londoners in 1965 with his daring escapades! Episode 033 - Goldie And His Bid For Freedom Picture this:...
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Episode 035 - Chappaquiddick Part Two (1969)
Rainbow Valley - bringing you the stories from the decade that shook the world. Join your host, Scott, as he continues the story of the death of a young woman and a man destined to become President of the USA. Episode 035 - Chappaquiddick Part Two (1969) 9:32 am – Eastern Standard Time on…
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Episode 034 - Chappaquiddick Part One (1969)
Rainbow Valley - bringing you the stories from the decade that shook the world. Join your host, Scott, for the story of the death of a young woman and a man destined to become President of the USA. Episode 034 - Chappaquiddick Part One (1969) July 16th 1969 and the world watched in awe as Apollo…
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Episode 036 - Spend Spend Spend – The Rise and Fall of Viv Nicholson (1961)
Rainbow Valley - bringing you the stories from the decade that shook the world. Join your host, Scott, as he tells the tale of Viv Nicholson—a name synonymous with extravagance, drama, and unapologetic living. When this spirited pools winner declared she'd "spend, spend, spend!" after scooping...
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Episode 037 - The Great Escape From Alcatraz (1962)
Rainbow Valley - telling the stories from the decade that shook the world. Episode 037 - The Great Escape From Alcatraz (1962) On today's episode we are travelling to a place that was designed to be the end of the line. A place synonymous with impenetrable security and the bleakest form of penal...
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Episode 038 - The Mini
Rainbow Valley - telling the stories from the decade that shook the world. Episode 038 - The Mini This time on Rainbow Valley, we climb into one of the most famous little cars ever built and tell the story of how the Mini became so much more than four wheels and a cheeky grin. Born not from...
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Episode 014 - Dr No And The Birth Of James Bond On The Big Screen
The story of James Bond on the big screen is a tale of highs and lows, ups and downs, twists and turns. The story of the making of the movies themselves is worthy of an Ian Fleming novel in its own right. It is the story has taken over sixty years to tell, and is still being told today. As...
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Episode 013 - Hits and Headlines of 1962
Rainbow Valley - Episode 013 1962 – A year of worldwide upheaval, the continuing space race and the death of Hollywood's biggest sex symbol. The year would witness one of the most devastating air disasters as an Air France Boeing 707 would crash in Paris, John Glen would become the first American...
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Episode 012 - The Rolling Stones at Altamont (1969)
As we discovered in series one, the 1960s signified, for many, a decade of revolution, a decade of hope, a decade of immense change worldwide. We must not forget however that it was also a time of conflict, the cold war and racial tension. Musically, the world moved from the rock and roll era and...
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Episode 011 - The Great Train Robbery
The night the mail train stopped — and £2.6 million disappeared into the Buckinghamshire darkness. Rainbow Valley – bringing you the stories from the decade that shook the world. In the early hours of 8 August 1963, a Royal Mail train travelling overnight from Glasgow to London approached a red...
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Episode 010 - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
THE MAKING OF SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND On June 1st 1967, The Beatles released what was and is still considered by many the greatest album of all time. It was an album of firsts. It featured the first gatefold sleeve, the first time lyrics had ever appeared on a record cover and…
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Episode 009 - The Making of Breakfast at Tiffany's
THE MAKING OF BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS The 1960s heralded in a new era in a variety of ways. Society and political events influenced the cultural and art world throughout the decade. The early sixties would begin to be seen as the start of the permissive age. Lady Chatterley and the pill would nudge...
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Episode 008 - Hits and Headlines of 1961
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 007 - Martin Luther King and the March for Freedom (1965)
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 006 - Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968)
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 005 - The Making of Psycho (1960)
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 004 - Hits and Headlines of 1960
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 003 part two - The Brian Epstein Story (2)
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 003 part one - The Brian Epstein Story (1)
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 002 - The Profumo Affair (1963)
Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the…
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Episode 001 - Janis Joplin
Episode 001 – Janis Joplin For the very first episode of Rainbow Valley, we begin with one of the most unforgettable voices of the 1960s: Janis Joplin. Raw, rebellious, wounded and extraordinary, Janis Joplin became one of the defining figures of the counter-culture era. Born in conservative Port...
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Rainbow Valley is a monthly podcast where your host, Scott takes a look at key events and personalities that shaped one the most influential, vibrant, tumultuous and swinging decades in history. Join us as we celebrate the 1960's with the stories surrounding the music and news events of the decade that shook the world.
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