User:Derek R Bullamore

I am a 69 year old married man, who was born and lives in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and has a life long interest and passion for popular music in all its many guises. In recent years, my input to Wikipedia has concentrated on creating, enhancing, expanding and referencing many music related, and other miscellaneous articles.

I sometimes describe myself as a pop historian. If no one will believe that somewhat dodgy, promotional and dubious claim, I am definitely now a 'Senior Vanguard Editor'. So there - suck on that one if you will. Just drop me a line, either via Wikipedia, or through e-mail at - derekrbullamore@yahoo.co.uk. You never know your luck, I might even reply.

June 2024

Reference books

 * British Hit Singles - 8th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-941-2
 * British Hit Singles - 14th Edition - ISBN 0-85156-156-X
 * British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 085112-190-X
 * British Hit Singles & Albums - 19th Edition - ISBN 1-904994-10-5
 * The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 3rd Edition - ISBN 0-85112-888-2
 * The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7
 * Guinness Rockopedia - ISBN 0-85112-072-5
 * The Book of Golden Discs - 2nd Edition - ISBN 0-214-20512-6
 * The Great Rock Discography - 5th Edition - ISBN 1-84195-017-3
 * The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray - ISBN 1-85868-255-X
 * The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits - ISBN 0-85112-250-7
 * The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music - ISBN 1-904041-96-5
 * NME Rock 'N' Roll Years - CN 5585
 * Perfecting Sound Forever : The Story of Recorded Music - Greg Milner - ISBN 978-1-84708-140-7
 * Escaping the Delta : Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues - Elijah Wald - ISBN 0-06-052423-5
 * Deep Blues - Robert Palmer - ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6
 * The Devil's Music : A History of the Blues - 2nd Edition - Giles Oakley - ISBN 978-0-306-80743-5
 * Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink - Elvis Costello - ISBN 978-0-241-96812-3


 * The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-85112-581-6
 * The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal - 2nd Edition - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-85112-656-1
 * The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz - 2nd Edition - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-85112-674-X
 * The Guinness Who's Who of Film Musicals & Musical Films - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-85112-787-8
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Concise Edition - Colin Larkin - ISBN 1-85227-745-9
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-7535-0427-8
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-7535-0252-6
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music - Colin Larkin - ISBN 1-85227-937-0
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music - 3rd Edition - Colin Larkin - ISBN 1-85227-969-9
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-7535-0268-2
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-7535-0159-7
 * The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage & Film Musicals - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-7535-0375-1
 * The Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-7535-0258-5
 * All-Time Top 1000 Albums - Colin Larkin - ISBN 0-7535-0354-9

Reds or blues
This is an ongoing, 'work in progress' list, relating primarily to 'obscure' blues musicians. However, several of those listed may well fall into the R&B, country and/or jazz genres. It is likely that some of those currently listed will fail the current Wikipedia notability criteria. If that is clearly the case, then I will remove those names. Otherwise, and allowing for the usual verifiable sources being available, then the quest is to change a fair number of the 'red links' into 'blues' (pun intended).

As this list is now public property, I have absolutely no objection to anyone with an interest seeking to assist. It would be helpful, to avoid potential duplication of effort, if anyone contributing makes their interest known. Thank you.


 * Mollie Marriott (UK)


 * Thorbjørn Risager (DAN)


 * Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps (US)


 * Honey Island Swamp Band (US)


 * The Rusty Wright Band (US)

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:41, 18 October 2011 (UTC) – updated 15 July 2024 (British Loafing Time)