Thursday, April 29, 2010

PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 5th MAY

Take Your Pick – Greg OlsenTake 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 – SantanaDance 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 StranglersGolden 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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