As Chick Corea witnessed for himself again and again, including on the British music series The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1976, the strangest thing happened in pop during the Seventies. Music fans ...

The Old Grey Whistle Test is an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, ...

Annie Nightingale, the first female presenter of a BBC Radio 1 show and co-host of The Old Grey Whistle Test, has died after a short illness. She was 83. A statement to the press attributed from her ...

Over its incredible 16year run from 19711987 The Old Grey Whistle Test was THE destination in the UK to see cutting ed live performances by the hottest emerging acts in music Until now On Sept 16 BBC ...

MOJO runs down every album from Robert Smith’s kohl-eyed dream weavers. 15. The Cure 14. Wild Mood Swings 13. Three Imaginary ...

Queen wrapped up their 1975 A Night at the Opera tour of England with an unforgettable show at London’s Hammersmith Odeon that was broadcast live on the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test. The recording ...

From psychedelic folk to avant-jazz, Tim Buckley gifted us one of the most wide-ranging catalogs of the 1960s. During his brief, but influential 28 years, the artist was a font of poetry and emotion, ...

70s prog rockers Greenslade are to have their BBC recordings from 1973 and 1974 released in a new two-disc set, Greenslade formed in September 1972 in the wake of the demise of Colosseum, by ...