This was the slogan that opened every episode, right before the 1963 surf rock instrumental WIPE OUT started blaring. British teens would tune in weekly to see their favorite bands and singers perform ...

Like the Beatles' first LP and sexual intercourse, you might guess the pioneering pop show Ready Steady Go! was a product of 1963, the year the 1960s started swinging at last. With its youthful ...

For British DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold, 2022 was an eventful year. After nearly a year and a half forced off the road amidst pandemic, Oakenfold made his return to clubs while performing in larger ...

From August 1963 until just before Christmas 1966, “Ready Steady Go!” was appointment television for pop and rock music lovers in the U.K. The Friday night ITV program — whose motto was “The weekend ...

Paul Oakenfold has announced that he’s releasing an autobiography this summer, Ready Steady Go: My Unstoppable Journey In Dance. The superstar DJ’s memoir follows his journey from his “musical baptism ...

Ready, Steady, Go! was dreamed up by Elkan Allan, head of light entertainment at Rediffusion TV, in 1963. He got a bunch of young people together who knew nothing about TV and gave us our heads. I ...

It all started with the cheering words "The weekend starts here!" For music fans across the UK back in the sixties that phrase which launched TV show Ready Steady Go! marked the end of the working ...

Stumbling on stage as a tipsy teenager, Rod Stewart had no idea that he’d just fallen into the limelight – where he’d stay for the rest of his life. In 1964, the young Mod made his TV debut on music ...