This is the week that was in matters musical … 1949, RCA introduces the first 45rpm record … some record labels actually release extended classical works on sets of 45s with the playback interrupted every 4 or 5 minutes while listeners swap discs … 1952, Sun Records, future home...

This is the week that was in matters musical … This past Tuesday saw the passing of drummer Buddy Miles, who of course was part of Jimi Hendrix’s Band Of Gypsies as well as playing with the likes of the Ink Spots, the Delfonics, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Muddy Waters, Ike Turner, Barr...

Ike Wister Turner, born Clarksdale, Mississippi, 5th November 1931, died December 12th 2007. It is a wet Wednesday, March 3rd 1951, and Ike Turn er and his Kings of Rhythm are travelling up from Clarksdale into Memphis in the back of a Chrysler. An acquaintance of theirs, Riley King , has just got s...