PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 25TH NOV

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Death of a Clown - The Kinks - The Ultimate Collection
You Make Me Crazy - Utopia - Adventures In Utopia
Marching Along Singing A Song – Ed Kuepper – The Blue House

The odd sock –
I can’t find a name for the track or the artist, but you are warned – DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! Ed.

Lifted By Love - k d Lang - Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Little Change - The Venetians - Amazing World
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin - Early Days
Tequila - The Ventures - The Ventures Play Telstar

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Information Blues – Roy Milton
Somebody’s Callin’ My Name – Ry Cooder
Wise Woman Blues – Dinah Washington
Allen’s Alley – Charlie Bird
Flying Home – Lionel Hampton & his orchestra

Lonely Atmosphere - The Lemon Pipers - The Best Of …
Ball Of Fire – Tommy James & The Shondells - Tommy James & The Shondells
Mother - John Lennon - Lennon
The Sea Beasts – Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn

3-piece suit –
Khe Sanh
My Turn To Cry
Four Walls
One Long Day – Cold Chisel - Swingshift

Punishment – Biohazard – Metal 10
Big City - Wall Of Voodoo - Welcome To Sammystown
I Can’t Get Next To You - Annie Lennox - Medusa
Mr Gone - Weather Report - Mr Gone

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Quote – “If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.“
Abbie Hoffman

Intros & Outros (25th November) –

1924 - Paul Desmond (Paul Breitenfield) of the Dave Brubeck Quartet
1940 – Percy Sledge, soul singer
1943 – Roy Lynes, organist for The Spectres and Status Quo.
1944 – Bob Lind, singer
1944 – Bev Bevan, drummer for Move and ELO
1947 – Val Fuentes, drummer with It’s a Beautiful Day
1950 – Jocelyn Brown, singer
1951 – Del Bromham of Stray
1959 - Steve Rothery of Marillion
1960 – Amy Grant, singer
1960 – Kasey Smith of Danger Danger
1966 - Stacey Lattislaw, disco singer
1967 – Rodney Sheppard, guitarist with Sugar Ray
1968 - Tundle, singer with Lighthouse Family
1970 - Albert Ayler, avant garde saxophonist, died on this day in the Hudson River. Rumours of him being tied to a jukebox were unconfirmed. He was 34
1974 – Nick Drake, singer / songwriter died in his sleep of an overdose of the anti-depressant, Tryptasol
1991 – Bill Graham, rock promoter, died on this day

On this day (25th November) –
1945 - Miles Davis made his first recording as a member of Charlie Parker’s band
1955 - Bill Haley & The Comets’s Rock Around the Clock hit no. 1 on the UK charts, while The Singing Dogs, a single by the band of the same name, entered the UK charts
1957 - Billboard reports that ”rock & roll acts are turning away from the increasingly disappointing grosses of big package shows in favour of smaller scale teen record hops where performers appear for a smaller guarantees but a bigger percentage of the gate”
1957 - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps perform on the Ed Sullivan Show for their first national TV appearance
1958 - Lord Rockinhgam’s XI hit no. 1 on the UK singles charts with Hoots Mon
1961 - The Everly Brothers commenced active service for the 8th Battalion, Marine Corps Reserves
1965 - London’s Harrods department store closed their doors to the public so The Beatles could do their Christmas shopping
1965 – The Seekers’s single, The Carnival is Over hit no. 1 in the UK
1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its London performing debut at The Bag o’ Nails Club
1967 - Strawberry Alarm Clock’s Incense & Peppermints topped the charts
1968 - The Beatles’s White Album, individually numbered with colour photos of each of the Beatles as well as a fold-out poster, was released in US
1969 - John Lennon returned his MBE to the Queen with a note that read, ”Your Majesty, I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against “Cold Turkey” slipping down the charts. With love, John Lennon of Bag”
1971 – The 3 remaining members of The Doors tell Rolling Stone that they are determined to carry despite the death of their singer
1972 - Chuck Berry’s My Ding-a-Ling was no. 1 on the UK charts
1972 - A disappointing 32,000 turned out for the Woodstock of the West concert, sponsored by a Los Angeles radio station. Performers included Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Mott the Hoople, The Eagles, The Bee Gees and others
1972 - Pink Floyd Live In Pompeii, a film set for its premier at London’s Rainbow Theatre was cancelled at the last minute by the theatre’s owner. No explanation was given
1972 – According to Rolling Stone, The Hollies’ lead singer, Allan Clarke had announced plans to leave the band
1976 - The Band played their last performance, called The Last Waltz. The show also featured Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Ringo Star, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Hawkins, Bobbie Charles and others
1976 – Rick Wakeman rejoined Yes after leaving 3 years earlier to pursue a solo career
1978 - The Police performed at London’s Electric Ballroom. Tickets were £1.50
1982 – The Jam started their final UK tour at Glasgow’s Apollo Theatre
1984 - The cream of the British pop world gathered to record the historic Do They Know It’s Christmas? single, written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. It featured Paul Young, Bono, Boy George, Sting and George Michael. It went on to sell in excess of 3 million copies becoming the best-selling record ever, and raised over £8 million worldwide
1985 –Bobby brown announced he was leaving New Edition
1988 – James appeared at the Irish Centre, Birmingham, supported by The Happy Mondays, while The Las performed at Manchester University
1988 - Chuck Berry paid a $250 fine to settle a New York City assault charge
1989 - New Kids On The Block scored their first UK no. 1 single with You Got It (The Right Stuff)
1989 - Milli Vanilli’s Blame It On The Rain topped the charts
1995 - Radiohead’s Thom Yorke blacked out halfway through a show in Munich, Germany, suffering from exhaustion
1995 - Whitney Houston’s Exhale (Shoop Shoop) went to no. 1 on the US charts
2000 - A burglar broke into Alice Cooper’s house and made off with over $6000 worth of clothes, shoes and cameras belonging to Cooper’s daughter, as well as 4 of Alice’s gold discs
2001 - Garth Brooks hit no. 1 on the US album charts with Scarecrow, while Robbie Williams started an 8-week run at no. 1 on the UK album charts with Swing When You’re Winning
2003 - Michael Jackson launched a website to defend himself following allegations of sexual abuse of a 12 year-old boy. The singer posted a message saying the charges were based on “a big lie and that he wanted to end “this horrible time” by proving they were false in court
2003 - Meatloaf underwent heart surgery in a London hospital after being diagnosed with a condition that causes an irregular heartbeat. He had collapsed on November 17 as he performed at London’s Wembley Arena