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Sliding tightly in between the likes of Alt J's alt-pop and Lorde's mainstream appeal, McCool’s signature sound is her coaxing and ever-morphing voice that darts playfully over a backdrop of offset beats and jagged guitar lines that are almost reminiscent of Prince. The way the production compliments the songwriting is extremely interesting - commercial choruses uniquely teamed with a sound that sits slightly to-the-left really catches the ear here. With accolades from some of the world's biggest tastemakers including NYLON, Vogue and Wonderland, not to mention a flood of praise from blog giants The Line of Best Fit, Pigeons &...

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. rose to fame as singers in the popular group The Fifth Dimension and catapulted to further stardom when they went out on their own and recorded multiple hit albums in the mid 70s with "I Hope We Get to Love in Time," "Your Love," and "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)." Davis and McCoo have been married since 1969 and were hosts of the television program, "The Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. Show, in 1977." That same year, "You Don't Have to Be a Star" won a...

Tommy McCook (3 March 1927 – 5 May 1998) was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s. McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in 1933. He took up the tenor saxophone at the age of eleven, when he was a pupil at the Alpha School, and eventually joined Eric Dean’s Orchestra. In 1954 he left for an engagement in Nassau, Bahamas, after which he ended up in Miami,...

George Tucker - Guitar Hugh Malcolm - Drums Tommy McCook - Tenor Sax Lester Sterling - Alto Sax Lyn Taitt - Lead Guitar Winston Wright - Organ Ranny "Bop" Williams - Rhythm Guitar Danny Simpson - Trombone Tommy McCook described the Supersonics as being in existence from 1965 to the early 1970's. They played extensively for school graduations etc but frequently found it difficult to get general bookings due to the increase in violence at dances in 1966 associated with the Rude Boys. This eventually lead to curfews being imposed from 10pm in parts of Kingston and therefore a drastic...

Helen McCookeryBook (Dr Helen Reddington) was the bassist and lead singer with Brighton-based punk band The Chefs during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She later formed Helen And The Horns before continuing her career as a solo artist, writer and lecturer. She released the albums 'Suburban Pastoral' in 2006 and 'Poetry and Rhyme' in 2008, and 'Hamilton Square' (with Martin Stephenson) in 2010. In 2007 she brought out the book 'the Lost Women of Rock Music' as Helen Reddington/ She is currently recording her third solo album and playing dates around the UK. .