BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Devon
The internationally-renowned Sidmouth FolkWeek Festival. An annual celebration of folk music, dance and song held in the first week of August. Founded in the town in 1955.
The Ham, Sidmouth, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Gloucestershire
John Entwistle 1944-2002 Founder member and bass player with The Who. Local musician, songwriter and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee.
Royal British Legion, Gloucester, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Humberside
The Spiders From Mars. Mick Ronson 1946-1993 Trevor Bolder 1950-2013 and Mick ‘Woody Woodmansey', were David Bowie’s backing group in the first half of the 1970s and left for many of their musical adventures from this station.
Hull Paragon Station, Hull, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Kent
David Bowie 1947-2016 He regularly played here with Maidstone group The Manish Boys during 1964-65.
Royal Star Arcade, Maidstone, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Leicester
Eric Pinkett OBE 'Mr Music' 1911-1979. Founder of the Leicestershire County School of Music and Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra. He inspired generations of young musicians.
Church Langton Primary School, Church Langton, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Sir Neville Marriner CH CBE 1924-2016 violinist and one of the world’s greatest conductors, Founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, was born here. 'Follow the Beat'
9 Grafton Street, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio London
Emile Ford 1937-2016 singer, producer & sound scientist. He made his performing debut at the Buttery in 1957 and became the first black British male artist to have a No.1 hit and a million-seller
The Buttery, 10 Kensington Church St, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Nottingham
Constance Shacklock OBE 1913-1999 contralto Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Academy of Music. Started with the Nottingham Operatic Society at the Theatre Royal
Nottingham Theatre Royal, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Oxford
Chipping Norton Recording Studios from 1971-1999. Status Quo, XTC, Gerry Rafferty, Duran Duran, Steve Winwood, Beverley Craven & Radiohead and many other acts recorded here.
Blue Horizon Studio, Chipping Norton, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Shropshire
Jeremiah Patrick 'Jerry' Lordan, songwriter 1934-1995 He wrote Apache and many other hits for The Shadows, Cliff Richard, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan - and spent many happy times at The Three Tuns Inn.
Three Tuns, Bishop's Castle, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio Solent
Jimmy Kennedy songwriter 1902-1984 The idea for the song Harbour Lights came to him here in 1937. The song has been recorded by Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, The Platters and over 100 other artists
Harbour Lights, Southampton, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Radio York
Brawby Village Hall home of The Shed. Artists from countries such as Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Japan, Finland and Alaska performed here.
Brawby Village Hall Up Yonder, Brawby, Malton, YO17 6PX, Brawby, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC South West 1
Brenda Wootton 1928-1994 Cornish poet, singer and ambassador for Cornish music and culture.
Count House at Botallack, Penzance, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC South West 3
Domenico Eusanio Santagelo (1882-1970) composed the music for the island’s anthem Sarnia Cherie (Dear Guernsey) in 1911. He was also a founder member of the Guernsey Music Society in 1920. [full inscription unknown]
St Julian's Avenue, St Peter Port , ,
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC South West 4
John Fry Lobb (1914-1980) and his brother Arthur and sister Amy (Mrs Luce) Formed and conducted many choirs and taught and inspired generations of Jersey children Their choirs, notably the Jersey Festival Choir, have performed at this venue for over 60 years.
St Helier Methodist Centre, 122 Halkett Pl, JE2 4WH, St. Helier, Jersey
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Surrey
Richard John ‘Rick’ Parfitt OBE (1948-2016) Woking born guitarist, singer, songwriter and member of Status Quo for fifty years.
Jubilee Square, Woking, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Sussex
ABBA launched their career after winning the 19th Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden at the Brighton Dome on 6 April 1974.
The Dome, Church Street, Brighton, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Three Counties Radio
The Stables Founded by Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine. The first performance was 6 February 1970.
The Stables, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC in WWII Bedford 1941-1945. One of seven radio production venues in the town from which 8,000 'Somewhere in England' broadcasts were made
Corn Exchange, Bedford, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC West 1
The Bamboo Club (1966-1977) was the home of ska, reggae and blue beat. Created by Tony and Lalel Bullimore, Bob Marley, Ben E King, Desmond Dekker, Percy Sledge and Jimmy Cliff played here. Awarded by BBC Radio Bristol
The Bamboo Club, Bristol, United Kingdom
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