http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... Mrs_Mills/
Now here's a test for seeing how strong your musical stomach is!! Brilliant BBC4 documentary about Mrs Mills, the rotund, jolly piano player who sold shedloads of albums in the 60s and 70s. She was the soundtrack to the working-class family parties of my childhood, which meant that (a) I was duty bound to despise her music as my own tastes formed and (b) this documentary knocked me sideways by inducing intense surges of nostalgia.
It seems some are now 'reclaiming' her in various ways, but whatever you think of that, her success and popularity shed light on the musical zone of the irredeemably unhip. Also lots of stuff about class, taste and memory, which ticks my boxes and no mistake. And the history of piano playing, and recording the piano. I found this to be a fascinating show, but I expect some won't be able to last more than five minutes!!
It does tell you about her connection to 'Penny Lane', though.........