PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 30th December

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Heavy Hats – Nils Lofgren – Damaged Goods
Romany Soup – Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn
She Comes In Colours - Love - Best Of …

The odd sock –
Eleanor Rigby - Tony Bennett

Shake, Rattle & Roll - The Loved Ones - Magic Box
Jumping In Gomorrah - XTC - Go 2
The Highwayman - Loreena McKennett - The Book Of Secrets
I Can’t Stay Long - The Yachts - The Yachts

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Shoo Shoo Baby – Dinah Washington
Lonely Years – Eric Clapton & John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Slop Around – Buddy Guy
I Should Have Kept On Dreaming – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Scarecrow – Benny Goodman & his orchestra
I Knew Dana - Coleman Hawkins

The Woman’s Dream - Eden Mackenzie - Living In A Clock
Circus Of Heaven - Yes - Tormato
Got A Hold On Me - Christine McVie - Christine McVie

3-piece suit –
In The Real World
Where’s The Walrus?
Light Of The World
Chinese Whispers
Stereotomy 2 – Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy

Embers Fire – Paradise Lost – Metal 11
Show Me - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Country Jam – Magna Carta - Songs From Wastie’s Orchard
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Singer – AC/DC - TNT

Quote – “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain“ Bob Marley

Intros & Outros (30th December) –

1928 – Bo Diddley (Elias Bates McDaniel), blues guitarist & singer
1930 - Andy Williams, singer
1931 - Skeeter Davis (Mary Francis Penick), singer
1933 - Andy Stewart, singer
1934 – Del Shannon (Charles Westover), singer
1937 - John Hartford, songwriter. Also played banjo & fiddle on The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo
1937 - (Noel) Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary
1940 - Kenny Pentifallo of Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes
1942 – Mike Nesmith, actor, vocalist & guitarist with The Monkees, solo artist, record & video producer
1942 – Robert Quine, guitarist with Richard Hell & The Voidoids, also worked with Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Lloyd Cole and They Might Be Giants
1945 - Davey Jones, actor, vocalist & guitarist with The Monkees
1945 - Roger Glover, bassist with Rainbow
1946 – Patti Smith, singer and poet
1947 - Jeff Lynne, guitarist, synthesizer-player and vocalist with Idle Race, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and The Travelling Wilburys
1949 - Geoff Peacey of Boston Show Band, Lake and Elephant
1950 - Dave Stewart of Hatfield and The North
1959 - Tracey Ullman, comedian, singer & actress
1969 - Jason Kay, vocalist with Jamiroquai
1975 - Tiger Woods (Just thought you’d like to know. Ed.)
1991 - A second child is born to Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scaialf
1995 – Clarence Satchell of The Ohio Players died on this day

On this day (30th December) –
1962 - 18 year-old Brenda Lee (Brenda Mae Tarpley), was injured slightly when she tried to rescue her poodle, CeeCee, from their burning house. The dog later died from smoke inhalation
1962 – Ike & Tina Turner, The Ike-ettes, Jimmy Thomas and Mary Brown performed at Coconut Grove in Sacrament, California
1963 - New Musical Express’s 12th International popularity Poll lists British acts at the top of most categories for the first time – the no. 1 male singer is Cliff Richard, the no. 1 group is The Beatles, and the record of the year is She Loves You
1965 - Tonight’s episode of the TV pop show, Shindig!, featured The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Mann, The Hollies and Gerry & The Pacemakers
1967 - The top 3 positions on the US singles charts were The Beatles at no. 1 with Hello Goodbye (their 15th no. 1 in the US), Gladys Knight & The Pips with I Heard It Through The Grapevine and The Monkees with Day Dream Believer
1969 - Peter Tork quit The Monkees by buying himself out at a cost of $160,000
1970 - Paul McCartney sued John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to dissolve The Beatles partnership, and regain control of his interest in it
1973 - John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra played their last concert at The Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan
1974 - The Beatles partnership officially dissolves, 4 years after Paul McCartney initiated his lawsuit
1976 - Abba’s Greatest Hits goes gold
1978 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer announced their official break up, while XTC made their live debut in the US at a show in Philadelphia
1981 – The J. Geils Band’s Freeze-Frame goes gold
1989 - Chris Novoselic, bassist with Nirvana married Shelli Dilly in Washington
1993 - Deni Hines married INXS’ guitarist Kirk Pengilly
1995 –Michael Jackson’s Earth Song was no. 1 in the UK
1999 - George Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked when an intruder broke into their home. The Intruder, Michael Abram, was arrested; George had been stabbed in the chest and was admitted to hospital. On a lighter note, former Slade singer, Noddy Holder, was awarded an MBE, and Mark Knopfler awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Millennium Honours list
2001 - Nickelback’s How To Remind Me went to no. 1 in the US charts
2002 - Diana Ross was arrested for drink driving by the Arizona police. She was cited with 3 misdemeanors – driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08 and “extreme DUI” driving with a blood alcohol level over .15