The Secret History of Entertainment

The Secret History of Entertainment
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David Hepworth. The Secret History of Entertainment

The Secret History of Entertainment. David Hepworth

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

ELTON GOES SHOPPING

ROCK AND ROLL WAS INVENTED BY A LOOSE LUGGAGE STRAP

THE MAN WHO DIED ON A TV CHAT SHOW

THE MAN WHO WAS MEANT TO BE BOND

THE MYSTERY OF ‘WHAT’S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH?’

ALEC GUINNESS’S STAR WARS PENSION

KENNETH WILLIAMS’S LAVATORY

DAVID BOWIE’S EYES ARE DIFFERENT COLOURS

THE VOICE OF GOD

THE POCKET SUPERSTAR

THE BABYSITTER WHO INVENTED COUNTRY ROCK

MONKEE MOMMA MAKES MILLIONS

ENGLISHMEN WERE THE GODFATHERS OF AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC

WHICH ONE’S PINK?

BROWN M&MS AND OTHER ROCK STARS’ RIDERS

DELIA SMITH MADE THE LET IT BLEED CAKE

CHANGING SEX IN SHOW BUSINESS

‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ IS STILL IN COPYRIGHT

SOME OF THE BEST LINES ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT

JACK NICHOLSON GREW UP THINKING HIS MOTHER WAS HIS SISTER

THE TRAGIC LIFE AND LONG DEATH OF JACKIE WILSON

THERE’S ONLY ONE MANCUNIAN IN FRASIER (AND IT’S NOT DAPHNE MOON)

KEVIN COSTNER MADE NICK LOWE A MILLIONAIRE

MADONNA CO-WROTE A HIT WITH A DEAD MAN

HARRISON FORD HAS THE RUNS

BRUNO BROOKES, BOB HARRIS AND 35,000 RECORDS

FARGO IS NOT A TRUE STORY – BUT THIS IS

THE ROLLING STONES ACTUALLY HAD SIX MEMBERS

THE WORLD’S ONLY CELEBRITY DOG

THE HISTORY OF FUCK AND THE MOVIES

ICI ON PARLE HIP HOP

RICHARD GERE OWES HIS CAREER TO JOHN TRAVOLTA

WORKING TITLES

THE LONESOME DEATHS OF FRANKIE HOWERD AND BENNY HILL

THE TERRIBLE EARLY LIFE OF RAY CHARLES

THE AMAZING STORY OF ‘BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY’

LITERARY ANCESTORS

I’D KNOW THAT SCREAM ANYWHERE

THOSE AREN’T JULIA ROBERTS’S LEGS ON THE PRETTY WOMAN POSTER

THEY KNEW IT WAS DIRTY BUT THEY DIDN’T KNOW HOW

NOBODY LAUGHS IN THE SIMPSONS

THE NUDES IN THE DISNEY CARTOONS

CHOLLY ATKINS IS THE TRUE FATHER OF MODERN POP

ICI ON PARLE HOLLYWOOD

THE KENNY G PAT METHENY SPAT

A BAD DAY TO DIE

WHY ELVIS NEVER TOURED OUTSIDE THE USA

THE LOST WORDS OF STAR TREK

SORRY, BUT THEY NEVER SAID IT

DYNASTY

SHIRLEY MACLAINE AND WARREN BEATTY ARE SISTER AND BROTHER

WHO WAS ‘YOU’RE SO VAIN’ ABOUT?

HIT MOVIES ARE DECIDED IN THE FIRST WEEKEND

BOB DYLAN’S SECRET SECOND WIFE

THE MOST CONNECTED ACTORS

THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND RIFFS

HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITHOUT HAVING A HIT

THE SIMPSONS AND THE GROENINGS

WHEN THE BBC CLOSED FOR BATHTIME

DOWN ON HIS LUCK, SINATRA PLAYS BLACKPOOL

THE OSCARS REHEARSAL

AMERICA DOESN’T GET BRITISH COMEDY

PEOPLE WHO COULDN’T LEARN LINES

ROCK STARS WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY

THE ALBUMS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS…

NOBODY THOUGHT THE WALKMAN WOULD WORK

THE FOUR TOPS’ FIFTY-YEAR CAREER

MOM IN A BOX

HOW TO RENT A SUPERSTAR

JUMPING THE SHARK

RHYMING SLANG. Aga Saga

Cock Rock

Chick Flick

Creature Feature

Creepy Weepie

Feevee

Slomo

Rom Com

Pink Ink

Shock Jock

Teenzine

THEY DIED WITH THEIR SLAP ON

GOT THEM ALT.NEO BREAKBEAT HANDBAG LOUNGECORE BLUES

A. A capella

Acid House

Acid Jazz

Acid Rock

Alternative

Alt.country

Alt.rock

Ambient

Ambient house

Americana

AOR

Arena Rock

B. Baggy

Beat Music

Big Beat

Blue-Eyed Soul

Blues

Breakbeat

Brill Building

Britpop

Bubblegum

C. Cajun

Chill

Complaint rock

Country

Country-rock

D. Dancehall

Death Metal

Delta Blues

Disco

Doowop

Drill’n’Bass

Drum’n’Bass

E. Electro

Electroclash

Electronica

Emo

Europop

F. Filtered Disco

Folk Rock

Fratrock

Funk

Fusion

G. Gabba

Gangsta Rap

Garage

G-Funk

Glam-Rock

Gospel

Goth Rock

Grunge

H. Hair bands

Handbag

Hardcore

Hard Rock

Heavy Metal

Hi-Nrg

Hip Hop

House

I. Indie

J. Jazz

Jazz Funk

Jazz-Rock

Jungle

K. Kraut Rock

L. Latte

Lounge

Lovers’ Rock

M. Math Rock

Mersey Beat

N. New age

New Jack Swing

New Romantic

New Wave

No Wave

Northern Soul

NWOBHM

O. Oi

P. P-Funk

Pop

Post-Rock

Progressive

Progressive House

Psychedelia

Psychobilly

Pub Rock

Punk

Post-Punk

Powerpop

Q. Quiet Storm

R. Ragga

Rare Groove

Rave

Reggae

R&B

Rhythm and Blues

Rock

Rock and Roll

Rockabilly

S. Salsa

Soft Rock

Shoegazing

Ska

Skatepunk

Skiffle

Soul

Southern Rock

Space Rock

Speed Garage

Surf Music

Swamp-Rock

T. Techno

Tex-Mex

Thrash Metal

Trance

Trip Hop

Turbo-folk

Turntablism

U. Underground

Urban

W. West Coast

Western Swing

World Music

Acknowledgements

Copyright

About the Publisher

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To my wife Alyson and our children Clare, Henry and Imogen

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LITERARY ANCESTORS

I’D KNOW THAT SCREAM ANYWHERE

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