John Carter, one of the pivitol singers and songwriters of the 1960s British pop scene, talks about his new career anthology My World Fell Down. We cover the hits he penned for others, singing backing vocals on I Can’t Explain and lead for Winchester Cathedral. John talks about finding success with his own groups, Carter-Lewis and the Southerners, The Ivy League, The Flower Pot Men, Kincade and The First Class. To close we cover his latest music with Hamzter.
Further information
- John Carter: My World Fell Down – The John Carter Story, 4CD
- ihamzter.com
- The John Carter Story – written version of this podcast
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Thanks for another interesting view into the early british music scene. I wasn’t aware, what John Carter has produced over the years. I only knew his name from the “Kincade fake”. I was a young teenager when I heard “Dreams are ten a penny” on the radio. I fell in love with that powerful drum intro and was curious, who “Kincade” was. On TV we saw three guys with guitars (no drummer…) miming to that song. On the 45-single sleeve there was some other blonde singer pretending to be Kincade. In the end it turned out, that neither the band nor that singer was on the record…. That was my “Milli Vanilli” experience, which spoiled the song to this very day…..
Carter-Lewis and the Southerners in their heyday (1962) were absolutely outstanding. Their records didn’t reflect what they were playing live (largely limited to the BBC), partly I think because ‘the Southerners’ weren’t the same. I’ve a very limited amount of radio recordings from that time, and they prove that my memory has not been clouded by nostalgia. They were truly fabulous.
Thanks so much again, for such a warm and wonderful interview with Mrs and Mr Carter Shakespeare.