Friday Night Is Music Night on BBC4 TV (Page 19 of 19)

wish I could get it, but might try looking on the Utube. You might remember that George (Amsterhammer) called her "The Goddess"

29th July... BBC4

22:00 - 23:20 - The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

"For more than five decades, Ozzy Osbourne has personified rock 'n' roll rebellion. Like a cat, he has had many lives, always landing on his feet and propelling himself towards greater success - and almost dying several times along the way.

The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne follows Ozzy’s journey from his poor childhood and time spent in prison, to fronting metal band Black Sabbath and a successful solo career, to becoming rock’s elder statesman and a lovable 21st-century TV dad. As Ozzy turns 70, he reflects on his extraordinary life, revealing intimate details of his successes, failures and unique ability for survival and reinvention."

BBC4:  Fri May 5th

21:00 - 22:30pm  - Fanny: The Right To Rock  (new programme)

"The untold story of a California garage band, co-founded in the 1960s by Filipina American and queer teenagers, which morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, the first all-female band to release an LP with a major record label (Warner/Reprise, 1970).

Despite releasing Top 40 hits and five critically acclaimed albums between 1970 to 1974, counting David Bowie as one of their most vocal fans and touring extensively with bands like Chicago, Steely Dan, Slade and other major groups, Fanny's groundbreaking impact in music has been lost in the mists of time… until bandmates reunite 50 years later with a new rock record deal and a chance to right the wrongs of history.

Fanny's brave present-day journey and fascinating backstory is illuminated by rare performance archival footage, photography and celebrity interviews with music legends including Bonnie Raitt, Todd Rundgren, The Go Go's Kathy Valentine, The Runaways’ Cherie Currie, The B52's Kate Pierson, Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastien, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, David Bowie's guitarist Earl Slick and bassist Gail Ann Dorsey, Charles Neville and Steely Dan's Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter.

Fanny blasted glass ceilings of racism and sexism back in the 1960s and 70s, with the lesbian bandmates told to either hide their LBGTQ identity or leave the band, and with their new album, these feisty women, now in their 70s, challenge the stigma of ageism as well.

Through the captivating lens of rock 'n' roll, this film raises critical questions about identity, perseverance, love, family and the elusive alchemy of pursuing the American Dream."

BBC4 - Friday Aug 4th...

21:45  -  22:45  In Concrt - Elkie Brooks
Singer Elkie Brooks in concert at the Hippodrome, Golders Green, first broadcast simultaneously with Radio 1 in 1977. With a special introduction by Annie Nightingale.

This was almost essential Friday evening viewing if you didn't have a gig to attend, when Wooders started the thread. These days though, it tends more to be a tribute night to recently passed performers - though Elkie is still very much alive and kicking and touring.

These days, the BBC don't seem to make much in the way of Live performance shows, apart from Later with Jools Holland and Glastonbury coverage + a couple of other festivals; however, it's fortunate that the 1970s and 1980s were the hayday for such shows as there's archive performances of people like Gordon Lightfoot in their prime.