Gordon Thompson appears in the following:
Sixties British Pop: A Look Back
Friday, January 16, 2009
In “Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside and Out," Gordon Thompson journeys to the center of the British pop-making establishment in the 1960's through conversations with the major players themselves. He joins us to share his insider's view of the distinctly British songwriting and production techniques that developed during ...
The British Invasion, Examined
Friday, January 16, 2009
A country at war. Economic dire straits. An oil crisis. Sound familiar? Find out how today’s headlines parallel the conditions that helped create British pop music in the 1950s and ‘60s. Ethnomusicologist Gordon Thompson of Skidmore College joins us to talk about his book “Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, ...
