Ray Columbus: The Modfather

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• Ray Columbus - star of the beat group era

  music

  29 Nov 2016

  

  Ray Columbus, who died Tuesday age 74, was the first and biggest New Zealand star of the beat group era. Video, Audio

• Ben Campbell, The modfather, my godfather

  music

  3 Dec 2016

  

  Ben Campbell formerly of pop band Zed pays tribute to 'The Modfather' Ray Columbus, who was the band's manager and also Ben's godfather. Audio

• Columbus Discovers America

  music

  30 Jun 2012

  

  Columbus Discovers America follows Ray as he arrives in San Francisco dressed in full mod regalia just as the Summer Of Love was about to celebrate the hippie dream. Audio

• She's A Mod: Ray Columbus and The Mint Chicks

  music

  10 Oct 2009

  

  Great music is timeless and here is a song that remains the same, regardless of which generation of local musicians revisit it: 'She's A Mod'.

  Radio New Zealand music reporter Sam Wicks talks to Ray… Audio

• Ray Columbus on NZ Music Legacy Award

  5 Sep 2009

  

  The song Till We Kissed saw Ray Columbus and the Invaders win The first Loxene Golden Disk award in 1965. The Golden Disc was the forerunner to the NZ Music Awards - or Tuis - and in September 2009… Audio

  This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

• Wild Things: a one-night '60s garage R&B revival in 2007 (part one)

  13 Mar 2008

  

  In November 2007, eight bands from the 1960s garage R&B underground of New Zealand reconvened for a one-off show at Auckland's Monte Cristo Room. Almost all the acts featured only the original mid-60s… Audio

  This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

• When New Zealand bands met the Beatles

  music

  9 Oct 2016

  

  New Audioculture director Chris Bourke looks back on the Beatlemania years from a Kiwi perspective. Many local musicians were deeply suspicious of the Fab Four - it had to be a flash in the pan, they… Video, Audio

• Ray Columbus - Modfather

  history music

  26 Jun 2011

  

  Chris talks to Kiwi prince of pop, Ray Columbus. Ray is about to release his tell-all biography, 'The Modfather - The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer'. Audio

• Ray Columbus has died

  music

  29 Nov 2016

  

  Billy Kristian of The Invaders shares his memories of Ray Columbus who has died at the age of 74. Audio

• Grant Gillander on the year Columbus' hit made it big

  music

  29 Nov 2016

  

  A long time friend of the late musician Ray Columbus, archivist Grant Gillander, says his friend tore up the charts at a time when every hit was by the Beatles. Grant Gillander joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio

• Ray Columbus dies, aged 74

  29 Nov 2016

  

  New Zealand musician Ray Columbus has died aged 74. Checkpoint spoke to Suzanne Lynch from The Chicks about his life, and his work. Video, Audio

• New Zealand music industry farewells Ray Columbus

  music

  30 Nov 2016

  

  The music industry is mourning the death of the man known as the Modfather of New Zealand pop music, Ray Columbus. We talk to Mike Chunn about Columbus's legacy. Audio

• Silver Scroll Awards 2009 Ray Columbus

  16 Sep 2009

  

  Sophia Sinclair talks to 2009 Hall Of Fame inductee and former Silver Scroll winner Ray Columbus about the importance of the APRA Silver Scrolls and Christchurch music. Audio

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• Ray Columbus

  11 Oct 2009

  

  Ray and the Invaders have just been inducted into the Music Hall of Fame. Audio

• Reeling in the Years - 1964

  21 Jul 2009

  Ray Columbus helps re-call the top music in New Zealand of 1964. Audio

• Ray Columbus

  31 Dec 2009

  The Modfather, minus The Invaders. Audio

• Ray Columbus: That's Country

  30 Nov 2010

  Faced with the prospect of not being able to sing after a debilitating stroke in 2008, Ray needed a project - so set about compiling the best bits from the TV series That's Country (on air 1976 -… Audio

• Book Review - Ray Columbus: The Mod Father

  5 Jul 2011

  Ian Chapman reviews 'Ray Columbus - The Mod Father: Life and Times of a Rock 'n Roll Pioneer' by Ray Columbus with Margie Thompson, published by Penguin. Audio