It was, when it happened, the deadliest disaster in the history of commercial aviation. Two airliners — one, from the aging propeller-driven era; the other, at the forefront of the coming jet age — in ...

This abridged extract from the book Sound Waves: Music in Newham remembers The Lotus, a club in Forest Gate, run by nightclub pioneer Kenny Johnson. New Romantics at The Lotus Ballroom in the 1980s.

Also in the 1958 year-end issue, Billboard continued its tradition of surveying the music industry via “The Billboard Eleventh Annual Disc Jockey Poll,” which “Volare” also crowned. “[The song] was ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Richard Burton won. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Julie Andrews was nominated but did not win.