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Episode 29 - Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas

Episode 29 - Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas

Released Wednesday, 6th March 2019
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Episode 29 - Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas

Episode 29 - Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas

Episode 29 - Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas

Episode 29 - Top of the Charts with a ROCKET, ft. The Lambrettas

Wednesday, 6th March 2019
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This episode counts down the 15 biggest non-Elton singles on Rocket, and in the process, tells the story of the label, attempts to define the Rocket sound (spoiler - there isn’t one), and draws out the connections with Elton’s music, where these exist. The chart itself can be viewed here.

Thanks to Doug Sanders from The Lambrettas, who was interviewed for this episode, and gave some wonderful insight into what it was like to be the most successful Rocket artist (apart from Elton perhaps) at the turn of the eighties. The full interview can be found here. Doug has supplied some wonderful pictures from 1980, including the band posing outside the then Rocket HQ, and receiving their Silver Discs for Poison Ivy. Spot the familiar faces!

The signed Kiki Dee Box Set that I mention in the episode can be purchased (in the UK) here. 

The Elton-penned song featured at the end of the episode can be found on my YouTube channel here.

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