Dicky's Lists
Let's all raise a glass to the rock stars of the past
Those that made it, those that faded
Those that never even made the grade
Those that we thought would never last (Ray Davies)
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Steve Marriott 25-9-1984
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My Favourite Bands
- 1.Small Faces
- 2.Humble Pie
- 3.Free
- 4.Badfinger
- 5.The Beatles
- 6.The Rolling Stones
- 7.The Kinks
- 8.Spooky Tooth
- 9.Traffic
- 10.Bread
- 11.Steely Dan
- 12.The Pretty Things
- 13.Booker T. & The M.G.'s
- 14.Stealers Wheel
- 15.XTC
- 16.Led Zeppelin
- 17.The Band
- 18.(Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac
- 19.Cream
- 20.The Who
- 21.Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 22.Chicken Shack
- 23.Brainbox
- 24.Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance
- 25.Spencer Davis Group
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Hall of Fame: Singers
- 1.Steve Marriott (Tin Soldier, Hot 'n' Nasty)
- 2.Paul Rodgers (Oh I wept, My brother Jake)
- 3.Mike Harrison (Self-seeking man, Waiting for the wind)
- 4.James Griffin (She knows, Look what you've done)
- 5.Eric Bibb (I heard the angels singing, Lovin' in my baby's eyes)
- 6.Aretha Franklin (Never loved a man, Ain't no way)
- 7.Otis Redding (Try a little tenderness, I've been loving you too long)
- 8.Steve Winwood (Keep on running, No face, no name, no number)
- 9.Ray Charles (I believe to my soul, Drown in my own tears)
- 10.Richard Manuel (Whispering pines, Lonesome Suzie)
- 11.Frankie Miller (Searchin', Take good care of yourself)
- 12.John Lennon (Mother, Happiness is a warm gun)
- 13.Andy Fairweather-Low (Spider Jiving, Ain't no fun anymore)
- 14.Dusty Springfield (Son of a preacher man, I close my eyes and count to ten)
- 15.Mike Patto (Turn turtle, The man)
- 16.Ann Peebles (99 pounds, Walk away)
- 17.John Waite (Wright or wrong, Isn't it time)
- 18.Lowell George (Long distance love, Willing (live))
- 19.Timothy B. Schmit (Keep on trying, Flying solo)
- 20.David Hidalgo (This time, When the circus comes to town)
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My Favourite Keyboard Players
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My Favourite Drummers
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My Favourite Guitarists
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My Favourite Bass Players
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Hall of Fame: Pop Composers
- 1. John Lennon/Paul McCartney (Maybe I'm amazed, Cry baby cry, In my life, For no one, Love, Too many people ...)
- 2. Donald Fagen/Walter Becker (Josie, Aja, Hey nineteen, Any major dude will tell you, Babylon sisters ...)
- 3. Elton John/Bernie Taupin (Amoreena, The great discovery, Tiny dancer, Where to now St.Peter? ...)
- 4. Ray Davies (Shangri-la, Till the end of the day, Twentieth century man, Autumn almanac ...)
- 5. Pete Ham (Lonely you, Just a chance, Take it all, Day after day, No matter what, Perfection ...)
- 6. Chris Difford/Glen Tilbrook (Cupid's toy, Tempted, Another nail in my heart, Is that love, Up the junction)
- 7. Mick Jagger/Keith Richard(s) (Gimme shelter, Salt of the earth, Jigsaw puzzle, Under my thumb ...)
- 8. Wally Waller (a.k.a. Wally Allen; a.k.a. Alan Waller)/Phil May (October 26, The good mr. Square, Grass ...)
- 9. Andy Partridge (This is pop, Senses working overtime, Season cycle, My dictionary, Statue of Liberty ...)
- 10. Cat Stevens (If I laugh, Sad Lisa, Oh very young, Foreigner Suite, Hard headed woman, Moonshadow ...)
- 11. Tim Hardin (Part of the wind, Misty roses, How can we hang on to a dream, Reason to believe ...)
- 12. Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane (Tin soldier, Annie, How come, Say no more, The Universal ...)
- 13. Steve Winwood (No face, no name, no number, Paper sun, Empty Pages, Can't find my way home ...)
- 14. Van Morrison (Into the mystic, Summertime in England, And it stoned me, Crazy love, Tupelo honey ...)
- 15. Bob Dylan (Tangled up in blue, I threw it all away, Girl from the north country, I shall be released ...)
- 16. Bruce Springsteen (Candy's room, Adam raised a Cain, Thunder road, The fever, Human touch ...)
- 17. Jack Bruce (White room, Pieces of mind, Keep it down, How's tricks, Theme from an imaginary western ...)
- 18. Andy Fraser/Paul Rodgers (Soon I will be gone, Be my friend, Fire and water, My brother Jake ...)
- 19. Peter Green (Man of the world, The green Manalishi, Oh Well, Trying so hard to forget, Love that burns ...)
- 20. Pete Townsend (A legal matter, I'm a boy, Misunderstood, Rough kids, Let my love open the door ...)
- 21. Joe Egan/Gerry Rafferty (Late again, To each and everyone, Benedictus, Right down the line ...)
- 22. Dan Penn (Do right woman do right man, Dark end of the street, Don't give up on me, Out of left field ...)
- 23. Andy Pratt (So fine, Avenging Annie, Landscape, Karen's song, Summer summer, Burn up in the fire ...)
- 24. Robbie Robertson (The weight, King harvest has surely come, Somewhere down the crazy river ...)
- 25. David Gates/James Griffin (Aubrey, Look what you've done, Lorilee, She knows, Don't shut me out ...)
- 26. Kate Bush (Them heavy people, Feel it, Army dreamers, Sat on your lap, This woman's work, Sunset ...)
- 27. Brian Wilson (Heroes and Villains, Surf's up, Caroline no, God only knows, Girl don't tell me, Wild honey ...)
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Top 20 Dutch Nuggets
- 1.That's your problem - Outsiders
- 2.Everything that's mine - Motions
- 3.Cry in the night - Q65
- 4.Down Man - Brainbox
- 5.When people talk - Rob Hoeke
- 6.That Day - Golden Earrings
- 7.Keep on trying - Outsiders
- 8.Margio - Rob Hoeke
- 9.Twilight mood - Blues Dimension
- 10.Touch - Outsiders
- 11.I'll write your name through the fire - Shocking Blue
- 12.I'm going man I'm going - Blue Planet
- 13.Old black magic - Machine
- 14.You can't leave the past behind - Blues Dimension
- 15.No more cricket - Sweet d'Buster
- 16.Miss Franklin Blues - Kaz Lux
- 17.Distant Smile - Cuby + Blizzards
- 18.Sometimes - Cuby + Blizzards
- 19.Roadrunner - Phantoms
- 20.Venus - Shocking Blue
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The Ultimate Top 40
- 1.Tin Soldier - Small Faces
- 2.The Stealer - Free
- 3.Man of the World - Fleetwood Mac
- 4.How's tricks - Jack Bruce
- 5.No Face, No Name, No Number - Traffic
- 6.I Heard the Angels Singing - Eric Bibb
- 7.Adam Raised a Cain - Bruce Springsteen
- 8.Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
- 9.Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
- 10.Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
- 11.Cry Baby Cry - Beatles
- 12.Lonely You - Badfinger
- 13.Self Seeking Man - Spooky Tooth
- 14.Midnight to Six Men - Pretty Things
- 15.Till the End of the Day - Kinks
- 16.Lithium - Nirvana
- 17.Senses working overtime - XTC
- 18.Josie - Steely Dan
- 19.Theme from Skint - Humble Pie
- 20.Daughter - Bread
- 21.Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
- 22.You Within Me - Jackie Lomax
- 23.Misty roses - Tim Hardin
- 24.Annie - Ronnie Lane
- 25.When I'm Dead and Gone - McGuiness Flint
- 26.Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes - Kevin Ayers
- 27.Take good care of yourself - Frankie Miller
- 28.To Each and Everyone - Gerry Rafferty
- 29.Heavy Disguise - Strawbs
- 30.King Harvest Has Surely Come - Band
- 31.Where to Now St. Peter? - Elton John
- 32.Dreamer - Supertramp
- 33.Out of Left Field - Percy Sledge/Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
- 34.Keep on trying - Poco
- 35.Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone
- 36.World in Changes - Dave Mason
- 37.White Room - Cream
- 38.Crimson & Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells
- 39.When the Circus Comes to Town - Los Lobos
- 40.Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
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The Ultimate Album Top 100
- 1.Highway - Free (1970) (favourite track: The Stealer)
- 2.Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces (1968) (favourite track: Afterglow of your love)
- 3.Straight Up - Badfinger (1972) (favourite track: Take it all)
- 4.Rubber Soul - Beatles (1965) (favourite track: In my life)
- 5.Stealers Wheel - Stealers Wheel (1972) (favourite track: Late again)
- 6.Humble Pie - Humble Pie (1970) (favourite track: Theme from Skint)
- 7.Bread - Bread (1969) (favourite track: Don't shut me out)
- 8.Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones (1969) (favourite track: Gimme Shelter)
- 9.Madman Across the Water - Elton John (1971) (favourite track: Goodbye)
- 10.English Settlement - XTC (1982) (favourite track: Yacht Dance)
- 11.Andy Pratt - Andy Pratt (1973) (favourite track: So fine)
- 12.Traffic - Traffic (1968) (favourite track: 40.000 headmen)
- 13.Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens (1971) (favourite track: If I laugh)
- 14.Aja - Steely Dan (1977) (favourite track: Josie)
- 15.Can I Have My Money Back? - Gerry Rafferty (1971) (favourite track: To each and everyone)
- 16.Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon (1970) (favourite track: Mother)
- 17.Arthur - Kinks (1969) (favourite track: Shangrila)
- 18.Band - Band (1969) (favourite track: King Harvest)
- 19.Revolver - Beatles (1966) (favourite track: For no one)
- 20.Badco - Bad Company (1974) (favourite track: Bad Company)
- 21.Accept - Chicken Shack (1970) (favourite track: Sad clown)
- 22.Nevermind - Nirvana (1991) (favourite track: Lithium)
- 23.Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966) (favourite track: Just like a woman)
- 24.Spider Jiving - Andy Fairweather Low (1974) (favourite track: Spider Jiving)
- 25.1 - Tim Hardin (1966) (favourite track: Part of the wind)
- 26.Ram - Paul McCartney (1970) (favourite track: Back seat of my car)
- 27.Grave New World - Strawbs (1972) (favourite track: Heavy disguise)
- 28.The Kids are Allright - Who (1965) (favourite track: A legal matter)
- 29.Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band (1978) (favourite track: Adam raised a Cain)
- 30.You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw - Spooky Tooth (1973) (favourite track: Self seeking man)
- 31.Elton John - Elton John (1970) (favourite track: The great discovery)
- 32.Fire and Water - Free (1970) (favourite track: Oh I wept)
- 33.Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatrading (1977) (favourite track: Willow)
- 34.Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac (1969) (favourite track: Oh Well)
- 35.Breakin' Up is Easy - James Griffin (1973) (favourite track: She knows)
- 36.Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967) (favourite track: Red house)
- 37.One for the Road - Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance (1976) (favourite track: Harvest home)
- 38.Home is in My Head - Jackie Lomax (1971) (favourite track: You within me)
- 39.Parachute - Pretty Things (1969) (favourite track: The good Mr Square)
- 40.Crime of the Century - Supertramp (1974) (favourite track: Dreamer)
- 41.Moondance - Van Morrison (1970) (favourite track: Into the mystic)
- 42.Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981) (favourite track: Living it up)
- 43.Baby I'm a Want You (1972) (favourite track: Games of magic)
- 44.Strange Days - Doors (1967) (favourite track: People are strange)
- 45.Rock on - Humble Pie (1971) (favourite track: A song for Jenny)
- 46.Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones (1968) (favourite track: Salt of the earth)
- 47.Berlin - Lou Reed (1973) (favourite track: Men of good fortune)
- 48.Live - Randy Newman (1971) (favourite track: Living without you)
- 49.The Notorious Byrd Brothers - Byrds (1968) (favourite track: Dolphin's smile)
- 50.Layla and other assorted love songs - Derek and the Dominos (1971) (favourite track: Bell bottom blues)
- ...to be continued
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