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Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom

Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom

Music
History
Documentary
January 1, 2011 (15 years ago)
30m

In the early 1960s British pop groups conquered the world. But as the Beatles, the Stones, the Shadows, the Dave Clark Five, the Yardbirds and many others took to the stage they had one thing in common - they shared the platform with Vox amplifiers. Some of the nation's top professional musicians including Brian May, Justin Hayward, and Bruce Welch, along with the factory workers of the time, recount the story of how an unlikely small company in unglamorous Dartford hit the big time and defined the sound of the 60s in Britain.

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Brian May
Brian May

Brian May

Self

Age 63 (now 78)

Bruce Welch
Bruce Welch

Bruce Welch

Self

Age 69 (now 84)