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Article: WALLY RIDLEY ; EMI record producer
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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For the most part, the popular music output at EMI during the
1950s and 1960s depended on four men: Norrie Paramor and Norman
Newell (Columbia), George Martin (Parlophone) and Wally Ridley
(HMV). The individual output of each of these four producers was
prodigious and, taken together, they defined popular music in the
UK.
Ridley's many successes included "Dreamboat" (Alma Cogan), "No
Other Love" (Ronnie Hilton), "My Special Angel" (Malcolm Vaughan),
"Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates) and "Hippy Hippy
Shake" (Swinging Blue Jeans). Unlike Martin and Paramor, Ridley had
difficulty in appreciating rock'n'roll and, hence, the British beat
explosion, but he always denied that he ...