26 June 2010

Morrissey's summer 2004 Glastonbury Festival set is one of BBC 6 Music's Top 20 Glastonbury performances since the festival was launched in 1970. Listeners voted for the Top 20 from a shortlist compiled by BBC 6 Music. The full Top 20 list is available at www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/.

29 May 2010

According to a BBC press release, the sixth episode of I'm In A Rock 'N' Roll Band will be broadcast on Saturday, 5 June, at 10 p.m. on BBC Two, and will announce the top three favorites in each of the online polls for the series.

As previously posted, the polls include a best singers poll, in which Morrissey is one of the 10 singers shortlisted, and a best bands poll, in which the Smiths are one of the 10 bands shortlisted.

Voting is still open at the BBC website.

Please visit www.bbc.co.uk/rocknrollband/singers/ for details of how to vote for Morrissey, and www.bbc.co.uk/rocknrollband/best-band/ for details of how to vote for the Smiths.

Update: Please note that online voting will close on Thursday, 3 June, at 1:30 a.m. (BST).

The sixth episode of the series will also invite viewers to vote by telephone for favorites in each of the poll categories.

2 May 2010

Morrissey is one of the 10 singers shortlisted in the best singers poll for the new BBC Two series I'm In A Rock 'N' Roll Band. The Smiths are one of the 10 bands shortlisted in the best bands poll for the same series. The BBC compiled the shortlists with the help of a panel of 19 BBC Radio DJs.

Voting is now open at the BBC website.

Please visit www.bbc.co.uk/rocknrollband/singers/ for details of how to vote for Morrissey, and www.bbc.co.uk/rocknrollband/best-band/ for details of how to vote for the Smiths.

1 January 2010

Morrissey's recent single "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" is at #4 in the BBC 6 Music list of the 40 best tracks of 2009. Listeners voted for the Top 40 from a shortlist of 100. The full Top 40 list is available at www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/top40/.

28 November 2009

Morrissey's recent single "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" is on the BBC 6 Music shortlist of the 100 best tracks of 2009.

Voting is now open for the Top 40, which Steve Lamacq will play on New Year's Eve.

Please visit www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/top40/ for details of how to vote for "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris."

Please note that voting will close at midday (GMT) on Friday 11th December.

10 November 2009

Morrissey is one of the 126 singers shortlisted in the poll for the National Public Radio series 50 Great Voices.

According to the description on the NPR website, the series will be an "exploration of 50 great voices in recorded history." NPR received thousands of nominations from the public and compiled the shortlist with the help of a panel of experts.

Voting is now open for the 50 great voices to be highlighted in the series.

Please visit www.npr.org/greatvoices for details of how to vote for Morrissey.

14 November 2008

Morrissey is one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time honored by Rolling Stone in a list published this week.

The list was compiled from ballots cast by a panel of 179 music experts who were asked to name their 20 favorite vocalists.

2 November 2007

Morrissey is one of the Top 100 Living Geniuses listed in the Synectics Survey of Contemporary Genius 2007, a report published this week by a global consulting firm.

According to the report, the firm conducted a survey of 4,000 people in the United Kingdom, asking them to nominate up to 10 living people whom they considered to qualify as geniuses. Drawing upon the survey results, a panel of six consultants compiled the report's list of the top 100 geniuses alive in the world today.

The report describes five factors as defining characteristics of genius: paradigm shifting, popular acclaim, intellectual power, achievement, and cultural importance.

26 December 2006

The sleeve of Ringleader Of The Tormentors is at #7 in the Best Art Vinyl of 2006 list announced today by the Art Vinyl Gallery.

The full list is available at www.artvinyl.com.

All 50 of the sleeves in the Best Art Vinyl of 2006 list are now on show at the Art Vinyl Gallery in Broadway Market in London. The Top 10 will also be on show at Voxpop Music in Manchester, and at the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street in London.