31m ·
Published
22 Feb 06:53
Tim is inspired by a 1944 theatre poster of a play which is totally forgotten today; however it has a great emotional impact for him, reminding him of the great times and success he and Andrew Lloyd Webber enjoyed with their manager the late David Land. It’s possible to succeed without taking yourself too seriously. In fact David Land proved it’s almost essential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28m ·
Published
15 Feb 07:06
Tim tells the story of the creation of the unofficial Bible of the British charts in their glory years - the series of books he founded with brother Jo, Paul Gambaccini and Mike Read. Tommy Steele, Kate Bush and Billy Fury illustrate his tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27m ·
Published
08 Feb 07:04
Tim goes back to the 1979 début of Evita on Broadway, starring the gifted and eccentric Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin and Bob Gunton. He also reports on embarrassing meetings with Bonnie and Clyde. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29m ·
Published
01 Feb 06:45
Tim goes through the process that eventually led to the creation of Pity The Child, beginning with a Benny instrumental and a Bjorn vocal. The song is perhaps the most challenging in the Chess score, which Murray Head conquered impressively.He recalls car theft, non-appearance of moose and One Night in Trosa, a beautiful town on the Swedish Archipelago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28m ·
Published
25 Jan 07:27
Tim recalls two meetings with the legendary Ronnie Spector, thirty years apart, on the TV show Ready Steady Go and in the recording studio. He describes his first ever television appearance, lip-syncing to a top ten hit by a Liverpudlian star of the swinging sixties. And he reveals how he once kept the Beatles from number one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26m ·
Published
18 Jan 07:05
Tim reveals his infallible 10-point guide to writing a successful musical, researched and acquired after over a half a century of on and off stage bewilderment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31m ·
Published
11 Jan 08:31
Tim digs up some cover versions of four of his best-known songs performed by boxing legends Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond and Brian Wilson - and music legend Mike Tyson; or possibly the other way round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28m ·
Published
04 Jan 08:28
Tim describes the recent NBC TV concert presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar that starred John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper and Brandon Victor Dixon. He looks back at Dorothy L. Sayers' 12-play cycle about Jesus’ life and death broadcast by the BBC at the height of World War II and surprisingly finds a few aspects common to both works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25m ·
Published
21 Dec 08:27
For the 5th time, in response to staggering public demand, Tim dips into his vast library of Chess out-takes, in-takes and mis-takes that were laid down in the 83/84 recordings of the original album. Bjorn as Arbiter and is also a one-man chorus to Murray on Bangkok. Elaine sings I Know Him So Well on her own. Plus a treat from her Xmas album. Yule be delighted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32m ·
Published
14 Dec 07:41
Tim reveals some of his childhood lyric-writing influences which include Salad Days and My Fair Lady, Flanders and Swann and several great rock n roll lyricists including Jerry Lieber, Felice & Boudleaux Bryant, Jerry Lieber & Eddie Cochran. He plays a couple of his own later efforts sung by David Essex & Chaka Khan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices