Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Here’s the projected playlist for The Laundromat this week (14th October)

Take Your Pick – Greg OlsenTake Your Pick
Upfront Blues – Jefferson AirplaneJefferson Airplane
Alternative Ulster – Stiff Little FingersInflammable Material
Lark in the Morning – K’crasherTowards the Light

The odd sock
Smoke on the Water – Pat Boone

Can’t Help You Now – Paul KellyWays & Means
Beside the Rio Grande – StrawbsDeep Cuts
Tadpole – Keef Hartley BandBattle of the Northwest Six
Just Another Nervous Wreck – SupertrampBreakfast in America

Stuff you left in your pockets
Bernard Jenkins – John Mayall & Eric Clapton
KB’s Blues – Borich ‘n’ Tilders
You’re Gonna Need My Help – Otis Spann
Stringing the Blues – Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti
String of Pearls – Glenn Miller & his orchestra

Calling You Home – Steve HendersonDarkest Corner
First Week / Last Week … Carefree – Talking Heads‘77
Eve of 1000 Daughters – Matthew KnightsOne to One
Circus – Ten Years AfterCricklewood Green

3-piece suit
Ressurector
The Memory
Suspended Animation
A Kind of Freedom – Bernard Szajner - Some Deaths Take Forever

Armed & Dangerous – AnthraxMetal 10
What’s Going On – Tim WeisbergParty of One
Got No Time For Trouible - The James Gang - Bang
Real Man – Todd RundgrenInitiation
Stop All That Jazz - Leon Russell - Stop All That Jazz

Intros & Outros (14th October)
??Geoff Tate of Queensreiche
??Zakk Wylde, performed with Ozzy Osbourne
1926Bill Justis, composer & performer
1927Kenny Roberts
1930Robert Parker, sax player with Professor Longhair
1938Melba Montgomery
1940 – Sir Cliff Richard (Harry Roger Webb), singer
1945Colin Hodgkinson, bassist with Backdoor & Whitesnake
1946Justin Hayward, vocals & guitarist for Moody Blues
1946Dan McCafferty of Nazareth
1948Ivory Tilmon, vocals & guitarist with The Detroit Emeralds
1948Marcia Barrett, vocals for Boney M
1952Chris Amoo singer / songwriter with The Real Thing
1958Thomas Dolby (Thomas Morgan Robertson), synth player with Camera Club & also with Lene Lovich. Also producer for Joni Mitchell & Prefab Sprout
1959AJ Pero, drummer with Twisted Sister
1961Mike Tramp, of White Lion
1965Karyn White
1974Natalie Maines singer with Dixie Chicks
1975Shaznay Lewis, singer with All Saints
1977Bing Crosby, singer and actor, died on this day
1978Usher, singer
1990Leonard Bernstein, composer, pianist & conductor, died on this day
1996Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon was born to Madonna

On this day (14th October)
1955Johnny Cash performed at The High School Field House, Odessa, Texas
1955Buddy & Bob (Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery performed as a support act for Bill Haley & The Comets at a show promoted by a local radio station
1957The Everley Brothers’s single Wake Up Little Suzie hit no. 1 on the US charts. It was banned in some parts of American for it’s “risque” lyrics
1957Elvis Presley releases Jail House Rock
1959Bobby Darin’s Mack the Knife reached no. 1 on the UK singles charts
1964Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones married Shirley Ann Shepherd in Bradford, Yorkshire
1965The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Checkmates, The Habit, The End and Charlie Dickens. Elsewhere, The Who played Camborne Ice Skating Rink
1966Grace Slick replaced Signe Toly Anderson as singer for Jefferson Airplane
1966Pink Floyd made their live debut at All Saints Hall, Notting Hill, London
1967Clive Davis is names as President of Columbia Records
1967Spanky & Our Gang release Lazy Day
1967The Who release I Can See For Miles
1968The Beatles completed 18 weeks of recording to complete their White Album
1969 – a warrant was issued by police in New Jersey for the arrest of Frank Sinatra in relation to his connections with the Mafia
1969Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Smash Hits LP is certified gold
1971John & Yoko appear on The Dick cavett Show, and in the course of the interview, manage a plug for John’s new LP, Yoko’s new single, Yoko’s new book, a film by John, 2 films by Yoko and her first art show
1971 – In Los Angeles District Court, Arco Industries, a music publishing firm owning copyrights on all material released by Specialty Records, files a $500,000 lawsuit against credence Clearwater Revival’s singer / songwriter John Fogerty. The suit claims that Fogerty’s song Travellin’ Band contains material copied from the song Good Golly, Miss Molly. The suit was dropped
1972Joe Cocker and 6 members of his band were arrested for possession of drugs after a performance in Adelaide, Australia. Joe was released on bail facing penalties ranging from a $2000 fine & 2 months in gaol to to a mere 4-hour notice to leave the country
1972Michael Jackson’s single, Ben went to no. 1 on the US charts. It was the 3rd solo hit in a year for the 13 year old
1972The Temptations release Papa Was A Rolling Stone
1975Kiss release Rock & Roll All Night
1976Aerosmith kicked off their 1st ever UK tour with a performance at Liverpool’s Empire Theatre
1977 – At the request of The Dodgers, Linda Ronstadt sang the national Anthem at Dodger Stadium on the 3rd game of the World Series
1978Ace Frehley releases New York Groove
1980Bob Marley’s last concert
1987 Bryan Adams performed live at Newcastle City Hall (UK) with support group T’Pau
1988Def Leppard become the first act in chart history to sell 7 million copies of 2 consecutive LPs, Pyromania (released in 1983) and Hysteria
1989Motley Crue’s album Dr Feelgood started a 2 week run at no. 1 on the US charts
1989Tracey Chapman scored her 2nd UK no. 1 album with Crossroads
1989Roy Orbison’s name was added to the West Texas Walk of Fame
1998Janet Jackson kicked off a 10-date US tour with *NSYNC as the opening act
2000 – UK school publication The Newspaper published a pop-star pet hates survey, revealing that Britney Spears hated her feet, Posh Spice Victoria Adams hated being called Vicky and Geri Halliwell was turned of by smelly men
2004Eric Clapton was suspended from driving in France after being clocked at 134mph in his Porsche 911 Turbo outside Merceuil. He was fined 750 euro and his UK licence confiscated. After paying the fine he posed for photos with the police and then left the scene in his Porsche – with secretary behind the wheel

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