Here’s the projected playlist for The Laundromat this week (7th October)

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Mother Goose – Jethro Tull – Best of …
Johnny Was – Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material
True Love – Jefferson Airplane – Jefferson Airplane

The odd sock –
Enter Sandman -

By Artificial Means – K’crasher – Towards the Light
(Wasting My Time) Thinking Of You – Strawbs – Deep Cuts
To Be Good Takes A Long Time – Paul Kelly – Ways & Means
Lord Is It Mine – Supertramp – Breakfast in America

Stuff you left in your pockets –
24 Hours – Champion Jack Dupree
Baby What’s Wrong – Borich ‘n’ Tilders
Roll Me Over – Curtis Jones
Cheese & Crackers – Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti
Don’t Be That Way – Teddy Wilson & his orchestra

Waiting Around – Keef Hartley Band – Battle of the Northwest Six
Don’t Worry About The Government – Talking Heads – ‘77
Children’s Eyes – Steve Henderson – Darkest Corner
Love Like A Man – Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green

3-piece suit –
Superficial Roadblocks
Conception
Spirit of Joy
Come Alive – Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come - Journey

Swamp Devil – Circus of Power – Metal 10
Party of One – Tim Weisberg – Party of One
Eve of 1000 Daughters – Matthew Knights – One to One
Real Man – Todd Rundgren – Initiation

Intros & Outros (7th October) –
?? – Garry Puckett, front-man for Garry Puckett & The Union Gap
1911 – Vaughan Monroe, singer & orchestra leader
1927 – Al Martino, singer
1939 – Colin Cooper, of Climax Blues Band
1941 – Martin Murray, guitarist with The Honeycombs
1941 – Tony Sylvester (Enrique Antonio Sylvester) of The Main Ingredient, and later a producer
1943 – Dino Valenti, guitarist and singer with Quicksilver Messenger Service
1945 – Robert Webber of Sugarloaf
1945 – Kevin Godley, drummer & singer/songwriter with 10CC, half of Godley & Crème
1949 – David Hope of Kansas
1950 – David Taylor of Edison Lighthouse
1951 – John Cougar Mellencamp, singer/songwriter
1953 – Tico Torres (Hector Torres), drummer with Bon Jovi
1953 – Kathy Carsons of Hot
1959 – Mario Lanza (Alfred Cocozza), light-opera singer, died of a heart attack on this day. He was 38
1959 – Simon Cowell, record executive, producer and judge on Pop Idol & American Idol
1964 – Sam Brown
1966 – Johnny Kidd (Frederick Heath), of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, was killed in a vehicle accident while on tour in Radcliffe, Manchester. He was 27
1966 – Smiley Lewis, R&B singer, died of stomach cancer
1967 – Toni Braxton, singer
1968 – Thom Yorke, vocalist, guitarist & keyboard player with Radiohead
1969 – Leeroy Thornhill, dancer with The Prodigy
1970 – Janis Joplin was cremated
1988 – Billy Daniels, singer, died of cancer on this day. He was 73

On this day (7th October) –
1957 – Dick Clark’s American Bandstand was first shown on US TV
1957 – RCA Victor received advanced orders of 500,000 for Elvis Presley’s Christmas album, but only 200,000 had been pressed
1961 – Performers at Withita Forum in Kansas were The Platters, Del Shannon, The Drifters, Brook Benton and US Bonds. Tickets were $2 & $3
1964 – The Beatles appeared on an episode of Shindig taped on location in London. They performed I’m a Loser, Kansas City & Boys
1967 – Cass Elliot, of The Mamas & The Papas, spent the night in a London gaol after being accused of stealing a TV from her hotel. That night’s concert was cancelled as a result
1967 – The Beatles rejected an offer of $1 million to play Shea Stadium
1969 – The Youngbloods were awarded a gold record for Get Together
1974 – French pop-singer Veronique Sanson played her first show in Paris. Stephen Stills, her husband, played bass in the backup band. When asked whether they would become the next Sonny & Cher, Stills replied “Good God, no!”
1975 – The New York Supreme Court voted by a 2 to 1 majority to reverse John Lennon’s deportation order. They ruled that the British law under which he was convicted of ‘possession of cannabis resin’ in 1968 was unjust by US legal standards, and therefore he had been denied ‘due process’
1977 – Guitarist Steve Hackett left Genesis for a solo career
1977 – David Bowie released his Heroes album, the 2nd recorded in Berlin and produced by Brian Eno
1978 – Toto released their single Hold the Line
1978 – Billboard magazine reported that Marvin Gaye had twice filed bankruptcy papers earlier in the year having debts of $7 million
1978 – The Rolling Stones performed Beast of Burden and Respectable on Saturday Night Live
1978 – The Grease soundtrack album started a 13-week run at no. 1 on the UK charts
1978 – US country singer Merle Haggard married Leona Williams
1978 – Boston’s Don’t Look Back peaked at #4 on the US singles charts while Bob Seger’s Hollywood Nights peaked at #12
1980 – Dusty Springfield made her first New York stage appearance in 8 years at The Grand Finale club
1982 – Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page was handed a 12-month conditional discharge after being found guilty of possessing cocaine
1986 – Run DMC performed and spoke to 4000 schoolchildren at an anti-crack rally in New York City
1989 – Jefferson Airplane played a concert where admission was a can of food for the San Francisco Food Bank
1989 – Janet Jackson scored her 2nd US no. 1 single with Miss You Much
1994 – Treach, from Naughty By Nature, made his gig-screen debut in Jason’s Lyric
1995 – Alanis Morissette’s album Jagged Little Pill went to no. 1 on the US album charts. The album went on to become the biggest selling album to date for a female artist, with sales over 27 million
1995 – Rapper Tone Loc was arrested for allegedly taking $80 from a pizza parlor. He argued with the owner over a pizza and demanded his money back. He pleaded no contest
1995 – David Bowie released his Outside LP, an album that marked a reunion with Brian Eno
1996 – Bruce Springsteen’s solo acoustic show Ghost of Tom Joad was sold out in 8 minutes
1999 – Lauryn Hill was sued by 4 musicians who worked on the Miseducation album for claims of unpaid royalties as co-writers and producers
1999 – Irish Hot Press Awards included The Corrs (Best Irish Band), Andrea Corr (Best Female Singer), Divine Comedy (Best Irish Band), Divine Comedy’s singer Neil Hannon (Best Male Singer) and Westlife (Best Pop Act)