PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 17th February

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith - Pump
One - Al Kooper - I Stand Alone

The odd sock –
Common People - William Shatner

MEO 245 - Screen Memory
Love Hurts - Andrew Gold - Andrew Gold
Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Stormy Sea Blues – Ma Rainey
Stop Messin’ Around – Fleetwood Mac
Country Blues – Muddy Waters
The Wild Dog – Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti
Chattanooga Choo Choo – Glenn Miller & his orchestra
Feelings - Dick Fregulia

Wrong Turn - Max Merritt & The Meteors - Back Home Live
Past Present & Future - Andy Mackay - In Search Of Eddie Riff
Stars Of Warburton - Midnight Oil - Scream In Blue

After The Rain - The Angels - Face To Face
Crucified – Lillian Axe – Metal 11
A Heart In New York - Art Garfunkel - Scissors Cut

Prayer - Ross Nobel - Surviving
Need To Know - Arthur Brown - Chisolm In My Bosom
U.F.O. - Larry Norman - Vol 3

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 5) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “I don’t see myself as a rock & roll person. It doesn’t fill any holes in my soul”
Daniel Johns

Intros & Outtros (17th February) –

1905 - Orville “Hoppy” Jones, bass singer & cello player for The Inkspots
1922 - Tommy Edwards, singer
1931 - Uncle Jimmy Thompson, first musician featured on WSM Barn Dance, later called Grand Ole Opry
1933 - Bobby Lewis, singer
1935 - Johnny Bush, country singer
1939 - John Leyton
1941 - Gene Pitney, singer
1947 - Dodie Stevens (Geraldine Ann Pasquale)
1949 - Fred Frith, guitarist, violinist and bassist for Skeleton Crew
1950 - Rick Medlocke, guitarist and vocalist for Blackfoot
1966 - Melissa Brooke-Belland, from Voice of the Beehive)
1968 - Patrick Uterwijk, pop guitarist
1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, guitarist & vocalist for Green Day
1982 - Thelonius Monk, jazz pianist, died of a stroke on this day. He was 64
1998 – Bob Merrill, songwriter, died on this day aged 77

On this day (17th February) –

1960 - Elvis Presley won his first gold record for Elvis. The Everly Brothers scored signed a $1 million contract with Warner Brothers Records
1962 - Gene Chandler started a 3-week run at no. 1 in the US with Duke of Earl. The Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with Surfin’
1964 - The Beatles released All My Lovin’
1965 - The Rolling Stones re-record the vocals on The Last Time at RCA Studios, as they were displeased with the original
1966 - Nancy Sinatra hit no. 1 in the UK with. These Boots Are Made For Walkin’. Sergeant Barry Sadler received gold for his single The Ballad of The Green Berets and his album Ballads of The Green Berets
1967 - Soft Machine released Love Makes Sweet Music. Jerry Lee Lewis appeared at Steve Paul’s Scene in New York.
1968 - Diana Ross & The Supremes’ Greatest Hits hit no. 1 in the UK. The Beatles released Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields
1969 - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash recorded Girl From The North Country. It appeared on Bob’s Nashville Skyline album
1970 - Joni Mitchell announced onstage at London’s Royal Albert Hall that she would be retiring from live performances (she was back onstage by the end of the year)
1971 - James Taylor made his TV debut on The Johnny Cash Show. Other guests included Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt and Tony Joe White. Elton John’s self-titled US debut went gold.
1972 - Pink Floyd started a 3-night gig at London’s Rainbow Theatre playing tracks from Dark Side of The Moon a full year before its album release. Tickets cost £1. Jonathan Edwards was awarded gold for Sunshine and instead of buying a fancy Porsche, he bought a fancy truck
1973 - Dueling Banjos went to no. 1 in the US
1975 - John Lennon released his Rock ‘n’ Roll album
1976 - An attempt to fuse Shakespeare with rock music, Rockabye Hamlet opened on Broadway, but failed days later. The Eagles released their Greatest Hits album. Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society gave its annual “Woman of the Year” award to Bette Midler who responded with ”this award characterises what the American male wants in a woman – brains, talent and gorgeous tits”
1979 - Blondie scored their first UK no. 1 with Parallel Lines. It stayed on top for 4 weeks. Also, they released their single Heart of Glass. The Clash opened the US leg of their Pearl Harbour ‘79 tour at New York’s Palladium
1980 - Kenny Rogers was no. 1 on the UK singles charts with Coward of the County
1982 - J Geils Band perform on The Joe Franklin Show in New York City
1988 - A 12-year-old fan of Motley Crue in Hollywood, Florida, set his legs on fire trying to imitate a stunt from Live Wire. The band issued a statement saying that the their stunts should not be tried at home
1989 - R.E.M., Hoodoo Gurus and The Go-Betweens performed at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. Whitesnake’s David Coverdale married Tawny Kitaen
1990 - Aerosmith appeared on Saturday Night Live performing their version of the Wayne’s World theme in a skit where they appeared as themselves
1996 - Bruce Springsteen’s expired Platinum Express Card was sold for $4,500 at a New York memorabilia sale
2000 - John Lennon’s Steinway piano, on which he composed Imagine, went on display at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool