Listening to a radio station in Spain that was relaying something called Replay Radio (internet?) and the DJ played "Where The Sun Has Never Shone" by JK saying it was from an album called "Jonathan King Or Then Again". Is this album still available - good song.

It's on the box set of 8 CDs Philly.

Thanks! I've found out it's a guy called Rodney Collins and the programme's on quite a few radio stations. Now listening to your track on an FM station in Scotland from the same programme. Seems a nice guy, says he knew you at Decca when he worked for a music paper.

Yes good old Rodney knew me when I was running Decca and even worked for me for a while. One of the great things in my life is virtually everyone who worked for me remains supportive and positive.

Another bit of nostalgia:

Title: Whatever Happened to Tin Pan Alley
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 28 Mar 1972, 22:30 (60 mins)
Channel: ITV
Description: Once upon a time, the pop music business made its money from the sale of sheet music and a walk down London's Denmark Street put one in danger - figuratively speaking - of being trampled by the herd of song publishers resident there. Now, Denmark Street has become a musical ghost town. The songs of Anne Shelton and Issy Bonn have given way to the short-lived hits of Adam Faith, Cliff Richard and Paul Jones. And the change has gone deeper yet, with people like Jonathan King: he writes his own songs, performs them under different names and releases them on his own recording labels. People like ex-singer cum pop tycoon Mickie Most, Beatles man George Martin and impresario Larry Parnes. Whatever happened to Tin Pan Alley? This programme looks to Issy Bonn and Anne Shelton, Ross Parker, Tommie Connor, Dick James and Eddie Rogers for the answers and to Mick Jagger, Jones, Faith, Richard and King plus Marc Bolan of T. Rex, Pete Townshend and guitarist/singer Heinz for the stars view of the pop scene, and Most, Martin, Parnes and songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chin about what is happening on stage.
Producer: Brian Lewis

Cameraman: Tony Mander
Dave Findlay

Research: Ingrid Matthews

Film Editor: Mike Nunn

Performer: Anne Shelton
Dick James
Ross Parker
Paul Jones
George Martin
Cliff Richard
Adam Faith
Mickie Most
Mick Jagger
Heinz
Jonathan King
Issy Bonn
Tommie Connor
Eddie Rogers
Marc Bolan
Pete Townshend
Larry Parnes
Mike Chapman
Nicky Chin

Year: 1972
Production Company: ATV Network


Quite a list!

Someone should buy the rights and intercut it with interviews about iTunes and You Tube and stars like Robbie and Jay-Z and GaGa and Pete Doherty and Justin Bieber - it would be a smash hit.

They would have to remove the footage of me, of course.

So whatever happened to Tin Pan Alley / Denmark Street?

My two pence: Jonathan King, Chin/Chapman, Mickie Most et al. were the new “Tin Pan Alley”. Just like the Brill-Building- and Motown-Writers/Producers 10/15 years before, these new wave of writers/producers/publishers/label owners adapted the old hit formula(s) of the ASCAP to the new market realities.

And just like the American rock’n’roll/r&B-indies of the 50s Bell, MAM, RAK, UK etc. profited from the failure of the major labels who either were already on their death bed (Decca, Pye), earned enough money from the Beatles (EMI) or were just clueless (Philips).


Any chances of finding the program on YouTube?

I suspect a copy must have survived, because I know some excerpts were included on a Marc Bolan/T-Rex DVD set.

Had dinner last night with Marc Feld's very first manager!

JK2006 wrote:
Had dinner last night with Marc Feld's very first manager!

was that Mr SNB ?

Not quite; one before; AW

JK2006 wrote:
Not quite; one before; AW

oh yes the photographer !

always love a thread I have a personal interest in.

I was working for an (odious) legal person who once did publicity for The Beatles who owned a building in Denmark St. He got me to serve a 'notice to quit' on a tenant- Malocolm McLaren.

I liked Malcolm so I tore it up and Malcolm stayed there for another year.