PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 5th MAY
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Couldn’t I Just Tell You? - Todd Rundgren - Anthology 1968 – 1985
I’m Goin’ Down - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
The odd sock –
Surfin’ Down The Swanee River - The Honeys - Brian Wilson rarities
Saint Of Me - The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds - Untitled
This Perfect Day - The Saints - Eternally Yours
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Georgia On My Mind – Billie Holiday
Blues Medley –
Don’t Answer The Door
You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
I Need Love So Bad
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother – BB King
I Can’t Be Satisfied – Muddy Waters
A Study In Brown – Casa Loma Orchestra
What A Difference A Day Makes – Dinah Washington
When The Sun Goes Down - Count Basie
Abhainn an t sluiagh - Runrig - The Gaelic Collection 1973 – 1998
CC Shooter - Canned Heat - The Heat Brothers
Everybody’s Everything – Santana – Dance Of The Rainbow Serpent
Wait For Me Juanita - Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - Making Whoopee
When I Get Home - The Searchers - The Searchers
Since You’re Gone - The Cars - Shake It Up
3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 15) – Douglas Adams
Quote – There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another” Frank Zappa
Intros & Outtros (5th MAY) – (Trying a new format – I’d appreciate comments. Ed)
1901
· Blind Willie McTell (Willie Samuel McTell), blues artist
1934
· Ace Cannon
1938
· Johnnie Taylor, singer
1942
· Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh), country singer
· Jim King of Family
1948
· Bill Ward, drummer and founding member of Earth, which evolved into Black Sabbath
1950
· Eddy Amoo, of Real Thing
· Maggie McNeal (Sjoukje van Spijker), of Mouth & McNeal
1951
· Rex Goh, guitarist with Air Supply
1952
· Louis Cortelezzi, saxophonist with Mink De Ville
1953
· Billy Burnette, guitarist with Fleetwood Mac. Had songwriting cuts with Faith Hill, Josh Turner, Bette Midler, Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Greg Allman, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Cher, Tammy Wynette, and most recently had the George Strait single River Of Love
1954
· Angelo Kimball, guitarist with Face To Face
· Peter Erskine, drummer for Weather Report
1956
· Dick Kemper, vocalist & bassist for Vandenberg
1957
· Thereza Bazaar, of Dollar
1959
· Ian McCulloch, singer with Echo & The Bunnymen
1962
· Gary Daly of China Crisis
· Kevin Paul Mooney of Adam & The Ants
1964
· Kevin Saunderson of Inner City
· Lorraine McIntosh of Deacon Blue
1972
· ’Reverend’ Gary Davis, blues artist, died of a heart attack on this day, aged 76
1981
· Craig David, singer
1983
· Clarence Quick of the Del Vikings died of a heart attack on this day, aged 46
On this day (5th MAY) –
1900
· Rock publication Billboard began weekly publication
1958
· Elvis Presley had his 1st no. 1 single & album with Heartbreak Hotel on his debut album
1962
· The soundtrack to West Side Story went to no. 1 in the US
· The Shirelles had a no. 1 hit with their single Soldier Boy
· Cliff Richard received gold for the title song from his first movie The Young Ones
1963
· On George Harrison’s recommendation, Dick Rowe, head of A&R at Decca Records & the man who turned down The Beatles, went to see The Rolling Stones at The Crawdaddy Club. They were signed up within the week
1966
· Manfred Mann had no. 1 in the UK with Pretty Flamingo
1967
· Scott McKenzie’s San Fransisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) entered the US singles charts
1968
· Buffalo Springfield split up. Richie Furay formed Poco with Jim Messina, and Stephen Stills teamed up with David Crosby and Graham Nash
1969
· Creedence Clearwater Revival released Bad Moon Rising, Elvis Presley released In The Ghetto and Three Dog Night released One
1972
· The 1st day of the 3-day Bickershaw Festival in Wigan, England with The Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Donovan, The Kinks, Captain Beefheart, Hawkwind, America, Family, Country Joe McDonald, Wishbone Ash, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Brinsley Schwartz and The Flamin’ Groovies
· Warren Beatty gathered 30 rock stars together for a benefit for presidential hopeful George McGovern. $4000 was raised by performances from Michelle Phillips, Mama Cass, Judy Collins, Goldie Hawn, Paul Simon, Carole King, James Taylor, Chicago and Quincy Jones
1973
· David Bowie started a 5-week run at no. 1 in the UK with his Aladdin Sane album
· Paul McCartney’s Red Rose Speedway was released to coincide with Wing’s first major UK tour
1979
· The Boomtown Rats played The Palladium in New York; the last night of their US tour
· Peaches & Herb went to no. 1 with Reunited
1983
· The Stranglers’ Golden Brown was named most performed work of 1982 at the 28th Ivor Novello Awards
1984
· Jim Kerr of Simple Minds married Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders in Central Park
1986
· Rock & Roll Hall of Fame chairman, Ahmet Ertegen announced that Cleveland, Ohio was to be the city where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was to be built
1987
· 135 girls fainted at a gig in Liverpool by Curiosity Killed The Cat
1990
· A John Lennon tribute concert was held in Liverpool, with Daryl Hall & John Oates, Kylie Minogue, Terence Trent D’Arby and Dave Edmunds amongst the performers
1992
· Radiohead released their EP, The Drill
· Tammy Wynette was hospitalised with a bile duct infection
1995
· Former Guns ‘n’ Roses drummer, Steve Adler, was arrested on a felony count of possession of heroin, as well as two misdemeanour drug charges
1996
· Cranberries’ singer Dolores O’Riordan received both a public apology and a donation of £7,500 to the Warchild charity, from The Sport newspaper after they ran a story claiming she had performed a gig in Hamburg without wearing any underwear
1997
· The Notorious B.I.G. had a no. 1 with Hypnotize
2000
· Rod Stewart underwent surgery to remove a benign growth on his thyroid
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