Sheet music cover for 'If Paradise is Half as Nice' by Amen Corner (Andrew ('Andy') Fairweather Low; Neil Jones; Allan Jones; Derek John ('Blue') Weaver; Michael Joseph ('Mike') Smith; Clive Taylor; Dennis Bryon)
Sheet music cover for 'If Paradise is Half as Nice' by Amen Corner (Andrew ('Andy') Fairweather Low; Neil Jones; Allan Jones; Derek John ('Blue') Weaver; Michael Joseph ('Mike') Smith; Clive Taylor; Dennis Bryon)
published by Cyril Shane Music Ltd, after Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction, published 1969
11 in. x 8 1/2 in. (279 mm x 216 mm) paper size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Reference Collection
NPG D48333
Artistsback to top
- Cyril Shane Music Ltd, Music publisher. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6583 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Dennis Bryon (1949-), Drummer for Amen Corner and the Bee Gees. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Allan Jones (1947-), Saxophonist for Amen Corner. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Neil Jones (1949-2018), Guitarist for Amen Corner. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Andrew ('Andy') Fairweather Low (1948-), Musician, songwriter and producer; vocalist for Amen Corner. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Michael Joseph ('Mike') Smith (1947-), Tenor saxophonist for Amen Corner. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Clive Taylor (1948-), Bass guitarist for Amen Corner. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Derek John ('Blue') Weaver (1947-), Musician and composer; keyboard player for Amen Corner. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
This portraitback to top
Sheet music cover for 'If paradise is half as nice' by Lucio Battisti, Mogol and Jack Fishman. Sheet music attached.
Events of 1969back to top
Current affairs
The Open University is established, based on the vision of Michael Young. Its aims were to offer the chance to study for higher education qualifications on a part time and distance learning basis, giving people who were unable to attend a traditional university because of family, work commitments or disability the opportunity to achieve university degrees.Art and science
The comedy sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast. The Pythons performed surreal sketches that reinvented the comedy tradition, eschewing punch lines for a stream-of-consciousness structure and incongruous authorial interventions: 'and now for something completely different'.Kenneth Tynan's Oh! Calcutta amuses and shocks audiences with full nudity on stage, taking advantage of the recent end to censorship laws.
International
Neil Armstrong takes 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' when he becomes the first man on the moon.Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. The plane was designed, developed and manufactured by a joint treaty between the French and English governments.
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