Songs:Illinois — A ballroom dance known as a Waltz, places an accented beat on the first of every 3 counts. ” ONE 2 3, ONE 2 3, ONE 2 3, etc…” The dancers tend to move more on these accented counts, using them as strong beats. The other two can sometimes be tho... more info

ContactMusic — The last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, trombonist Paul Tanner, passed away earlier this week following a bout with pneumonia, he... more info

Time — If a movie about stammering King George VI could score a $400-million triumph at the worldwide box office and a near-sweep of the 2011 Academy Awards, then a film about George VI’s friendship with Franklin Delano Roosevelt is a lock for a billion d... more info

Guardian Music — It's the world's most famous studio and everyone from Edward Elgar to Ella Fitzgerald – and, of course, the Beatles – has made music there. Jon Savage on the unique musical heritage of Abbey Road StudiosAbbey Road would be unthinkable today. Just... more info

Guardian Music — At turns unwittingly hilarious, fascinating and incredibly boring, this 1984 nightclub documentary is a great British pop culture documentIt's hard to understand why someone in late 1984 took it upon themselves to finance and make an amateur film abo... more info

Guardian Music — Jon Savage continues his search for forgotten pop-cultural gems in the archives of British Pathe newsreels. Here he explains how Feldman's jazz club set the bar for postwar British youth cultureI missed this on my last trawl through the archives, so ... more info

Guardian Music — British singer who formed a gospel group with Jane Russell and was a popular presence on radio shows in the UK and the USThe vocalist Beryl Davis, who has died aged 87 from complications caused by Alzheimer's disease, was one of a number of British p... more info

Guardian Music — Jon Savage trawls the archive of British Pathe newsreels to pick out forgotten cultural gems. Here he explains why Rainbow Corner, a club for US servicemen, held 40s London in full swingSituated at the Piccadilly end of Shaftesbury Avenue in London, ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Some Fantastic PlaceOn Friday 6th August 2010 JC wrote a piece on the Dundee band The View’s single Superstar Tradesman and included in the article was a track which was in my opinion the worst ever cover version I’ve ever heard….Up the Junctio... more info

Guardian Music — Showman drummer and bandleader who played with manic ferocityThe drummer Eric Delaney, who has died aged 87 after a brain haemorrhage, earned undying fame as a percussion showman and band- leader, constantly adding to his arsenal of drums and timpa... more info