PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 10th February

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Can’t Be Satisfied - Harry Manx - Road Ragas
F-I-N-E - Aerosmith - Pump

The odd sock –
House Of The Rising Sun - Andy Griffith
Hey Jude - Bing Crosby

Pascanel - John Martyn - No Little Boy
Camille - Al Kooper - I Stand Alone
Cry Babies - Mental As Anything - Beetroot Stains

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Highway 49 – Big Joe Williams
Willow Weep For Me – Dinah Washington
Mean Old ‘Frisco Blues – Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup
The Wild Dog – Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti
Little Brown Jug – Glenn Miller & his orchestra
Feelings - Dick Fregulia

MEO 245 - Screen Memory
Heartaches In Heartaches - Andrew Gold - Andrew Gold
Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys

The Hour Before Dawn - Andy Mackay - In Search Of Eddie Riff
A Little Easier (live) - Max Merritt & The Meteors - Back Home Live
Straightjacket - The Angels - Face To Face

Sing – Innerstate – Metal 11
Scissors Cut - Art Grafunkel - Scissors Cut
Stars Of Warburton - Midnight Oil - Scream In Blue

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 4) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “There's no bad day that can't be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet; this is just truth, plain and simple.”
Chuck Sigars

Intros & Outros (10th February) –

1902 - Chick Webb (William Henry Webb) from the Ella Fitzgerald Band
1914 - Larry Adler, mouth-organist
1929 - Jerry Goldsmith, composer of such TV themes as Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. AND Dr. Kildare
1932 - Rockin’ Dopsie (Alton Jay Rubin), jazz-fusion singer
1937 - Roberta Flack, singer
1937 - Don Wilson of The Ventures
1940 – Jimmy Merchant, member of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
1943 - Ral Donner, vocalist for The Starfires
1944 - Peter Allen, Australian singer / pianist
1946 - Clifford T. Ward
1946 - Donovan (Donovan Phillip Leitch), singer / guitarist
1950 - Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike & The Mechanics
1951 - Cory Lerios of Pablo Cruise
1961 - Robbie Neville
1962 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica
1975 - Dave Alexander, bassist for Iggy Pop & The Stooges, died from pneumonia on this day, aged 28
1977 - Rosanna Tavares, member of Eden’s Crush (first female group to debut at no. 1 with their first single)
1997 - Brian Connolly, vocalist for Sweet, died of kidney failure on this day. He was 52

On this day (10th February) –

1942 - Glenn Miller’s In The Mood no. 1 on the US charts
1942 - Glenn Miller was the first person to be awarded a gold disc, for his Chattanooga Choo Choo
1945 - The Andrews Sisters’s Rum & Coca Cola hits no. 1 on the US charts
1956 - Elvis Presley recorded Heartbreak Hotel
1958 - Frank Sinatra’s Come Fly With Me started 5 weeks at no. 1 on the US album charts. Elvis Presley’s Don’t topped the singles chart
1962 - Henry Mancini’s soundtrack album Breakfast at Tiffany’s went to no. 1 on the US album charts
1963 - The Beatles took control of their own business affairs following the death of their manager Brian Epstein. They announced the closure of Beatles USA their fan club and business office, and fired their press agents in USA. They severed ties with NEMS, the management company previously headed by Epstein that had recently been joined by Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood. Instead, they announced the formation of Apple Corps, a company that would incorporate a record label, management and patronage of young artists whose ideas needed initial investment, as well as the needs of The Beatles themselves
1968 - The Four Tops’s album, Greatest Hits, went to no. 1 on the UK charts, the first no. 1 for Tamla Motown. Sly & The Family Stone released Dance to the Music and Kenny Rogers & The First Edition released Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In
1971 - Authorities at London’s Royal Albert Hall banned a scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, playing excerpts from 200 Motels. The lyrics were branded ‘obscene’. Carole King released Tapestry
1972 - David Bowie performed at the Tolworth Toby Jug in London. This was the first date of his Ziggy Stardust tour. Wings’ Give Ireland Back To The Irish was banned by the BBC
1973 - Elton John had his first UK no. 1 album when Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Piano Player started a 6-week run at the top of the charts. The historic Liverpool club The Cavern was given 3 months notice that British Rail were to demolish it for construction of an underground railroad
1974 - Phil Spector was injured in a car crash. He needed extensive plastic surgery which significantly altered his looks
1976 - Elvis Presley was made a police reserve for the Memphis police
1977 - The Clash started recording their debut album at CBS in London
1978 - Van Halen released their debut album
1979 - Rod Stewart started a 4-week run at no. 1 on the US singles charts with Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?, as well as a 3-week run at no. 1 on the US album charts with Blondes Have More Fun. Dire Straits released Sultans of Swing
1981 - Elvis Costello made a rare TV appearance on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show
1982 - Mick Moody, guitarist, left Whitesnake and Kenny Hyslop, drummer, left Simple Minds
1986 - John Lennon released Live in New York City
1988 - A British High Court judge ruled that the recording contract that tied Holly Johnson (lead vocalist for Frankie Goes To Hollywood) to the record label ZTT was ‘nonsensical’ and ‘an unreasonable restraint’ on the singer. The judgement allowed Johnson to accept a new contract as a solo artist with MCA Records and required ZTT to pay $500,000 court costs
1990 - Paula Abdul’s Opposites Attract hit no. 1 for 3 weeks on the US charts. Eric Clapton played the last of an 18-night gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall
1993 - Michael Jackson granted his first interview in 15 years to Oprah Winfrey. In the interview he claimed he had a disorder that destroys skin pigmentation, and claimed he’d had very little plastic surgery
1997 - Liam Gallagher of Oasis called off his wedding to Patsy Kensit due to what he called “obsessive and intrusive” media attention. They got married 2 months later
1998 - Axl Rose was charged with disorderly conduct following a row with a baggage handler at Arizona Airport. He was released on bail
2004 - Diana Ross was sentenced to 2 days in gaol after pleading “no contest” to a 2002 drink driving charge. She was allowed to enter her plea over the telephone, and was able to serve the sentence at a prison near her home
2005 - Prince topped Rolling Stone’s annual list of the year’s biggest earners. His 2004 tour grossed over $90 million, Madonna came in 2nd with $54.9 million and Metallica earned $43 million