David Charters

Obituary: Pat Kavanagh

EVERYONE in her circle loved her, but it was not the soppy love that people lavish on the beautiful.Read

Obituary: Dee Dee Warwick

SHE came from the noble tradition of black gospel choirs, praising the Lord in swaying rhythms and swelling harmonies. It made brilliant stars of her elder sister, their aunt and cousin.Read

Obituary: Pat Moss-Carlsson

HORSES, cars, speed and the desire for female recognition ran in her blood.Read

Obituary: Levi Stubbs

NAMES matter, of course, and the change from Stubbles to Stubbs was a cool one, but nothing should detract from the fact that his was one of the greatest voices of the 20th century.Read

David Charters: Oldies but goldies

WITHERED leaves blew down the treeless street and they scuttled over the bruised paving-slabs, walked by stooped people, holding down an armada of coat flaps so that their shoulders could push more firmly into the unseen force.Read

When British rock ’n’ roll came of age

Between Elvis and The Beatles, Britain thundered to new styles of music played by men and women captured in a wonderful series of photographs. David Charters reportsRead

Obituary: Bill Flagg

HE WAS the farmer’s boy from apple country who saw the work of God in many places – from the Argentinian pampas to the streets of Liverpool.Read

God versus Mammon

From advice on tax returns to guiding souls into everlasting life, David Charters meets a woman following two callingsRead

Obituary: Rita Murphy

SHE was a mother of old Scotland Road, a grand matriarch, who believed in family, church, education and better times ahead, though her kindly eyes could, when the moment called, wither an improper idea with a single glance at the man whose lips had released it.Read

1950s star dies in council flat

A LIVERPOOL singer/songwriter, who had a big hit in the USA when the Beatles were still playing church fairs, has died in a council flat, aged 76.Read

Obituary: Russ Hamilton

HIS life was like a rock and roll song – a handsome holiday camp Redcoat yearned for his lost love and wrote lonely ballads, which made him a huge star on both sides of the Atlantic.Read

Frankie Vaughan - back in the limelight

HE had it all - looks, a fine voice, legions of female admirers. But Liverpool’s Mr Moonlight had lost some of the spotlight . . . until now. David Charters reportsRead

David Charters: Where were we 16 million years ago?

‘DO YOU know where we were 16m years ago,” asked our son, sitting at the kitchen table between wobbling hills of homework, as his cornflakes sighed in their bowl under the insistent press of flowing milk.Read

Obituary: Bob Friend

HE BELONGED to the glorious line of journalists who enjoyed a good lunch before telling the world what it needed to know.Read

The music stars they tried to ban

A LIVERPOOL music historian slipped into the world of sex, God, drugs and executions to unearth the BBC committee, which banned songs. David Charters reports.Read

Obituary: Ted Briggs

IT WAS an act of old English courtesy. The boy was on board the mighty Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, as she entered her death throes.Read

Obituary: Boris Yefimov

HE WAS dangled between two tyrants, neither of whom bubbled with fun. The first he had to ridicule, the second he had to obey.Read

Obituary: NevilleWillasey

YOU didn’t need a photograph to remember his face. Maybe that wasn’t what a photographer wanted to hear, but it was true of this man, who made his living taking the pictures, which formed our history.Read

Frontier for the faiths of the world

AS one of the world’s greatest ports, Liverpool is home to people of many faiths. A new book celebrates our houses of God. David Charters reportsRead

Obituary: Nick Reynolds

THEY were so clean-cut that the American dream seemed to shine from their polished faces. Any apple-baking momma would have been proud to have one as a son-in-law.Read

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