PODCAST: Vicki Wickham on Ready Steady Go + Dusty Springfield + Labelle + Morrissey

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This is from the Rock's Backpages podcast.

Ep 82: Vicki Wickham on Ready Steady Go + Dusty Springfield + Labelle + Morrissey
https://podbay.fm/p/rocks-backpages/e/1598896800
Aug 31, 2020 [[54 min)

SHOW NOTES
In this week's episode, Mark and Jasper are joined by the fabulous Vicki Wickham to chat all things pop and beyond, starting with her experiences as producer of TV show Ready, Steady, Go! in swinging sixties London, when Vicki became good friends with Dusty Springfield, through writing for Fabulous and Melody Maker to managing Labelle in the 70s and much else besides. Vicki talks about how she got her foot in the door of television and reminisces about writing lyrics for Dusty, then tells the story of moving to New York to open a US office for Track Records. We then find out how she masterminded the metamorphosis of Patti Labelle and the Blue Belles into groundbreaking pop trio Labelle, who Mark reckons paved the way for TLC and even the Spice Girls.