Talk:Tommy Steele Stage Show

A fact from Tommy Steele Stage Show appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Liverpool Echo described British rock and roll star Tommy Steele as "quite unable to sing and play the guitar at the same time" when reviewing his first album?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 17:40, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Tommy Steele performing in Stockholm (1957)

... that the Liverpool Echo described Tommy Steele, considered Britain's first rock and roll star, as "quite unable to sing and play the guitar at the same time" when reviewing his first album? Source: Writing under his pseudonym Disker in the Liverpool Echo, Tony Barrow described Steele as "full of life" and noted that the entertainer "never seems embarrassed by the most hard-boiled audiences", but opined "apart from his exuberance he has nothing. It is apparent that he is quite unable to sing and play the guitar at the same time. In the case of many of his numbers I would even go further and say he cannot sing without or without a guitar." He concluded that "the fact remains that he is still a scream-agers' delight and Decca will probably get away with this album."^[1]
- Reviewed:
- Comment: This is my first nomination, so please let me know if there is anything I can improve.

Created by Humbledaisy (talk). Self-nominated at 22:54, 19 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral: - Are there any positive quotes/reviews that can be added to the "Reception" section?
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - Picture needs a cropped in version since the subjects aren't very discernable from the 100px thumbnail.

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Overall looks very good, just commenting about minor issues otherwise! (This is my first DYK nomination so please inform me if I miss anything crucial!) Theknine2 (talk) 16:01, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

- @Theknine2 Thank you for reviewing this. Regarding the lack of positive or neutral reviews, I've looked in Google Books, Newspapers.com, WorldRadioHistory archive but the two quoted in the article are the only two reviews I can find at all. The album doesn't have an AllMusic review unfortunately. If you have any suggestions, let me know - I'm more than happy to make some alternative hooks. I've made a crop of the image, but if it's not suitable I can amend it. Thank you! Humbledaisy (talk) 16:47, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Crop looks perfect, I'll go ahead and approve it then. Good work! Theknine2 (talk) 17:31, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Off the record". Liverpool Echo: 61. 30 March 1957. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

[offtherecord-1] "Off the record". Liverpool Echo: 61. 30 March 1957. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

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