PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 13th October

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Diamond Rhyme - Heritage - Masque
Bricks & Mortar - The Jam - In The City

The Odd Sock –
Windows ‘95

Jump Start - Jethro Tull - Best of
Too Many Years - Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane
Wonderboy - The Kinks - Ultimate Collection

Stuff You Left In Your Pockets –
Gypsy Woman – Muddy Waters
Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday
Chicks Is Wonderful - Jack Teagarden & His Orchestra
Little John Special – Lucky Milliner
Honeydripper - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Right Now - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry

3-Piece Suit –
I Can’t Say What I Mean - Ariel
Rock ‘n’ Roll Scars - Ariel
Roll That Reefer - Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
The Prefect - Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
Out In The Suburbs - Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
Revolution - Skyhooks
Smut - Skyhooks
Saturday Night Skyhooks - A Reefer Derci (part 2)

Duplex Planet - Ed Kuepper - The Blue House
Ride of Bonanza Jellybean - kd lang - Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Battle Of Evermore - Led Zeppelin - Boxed Set

Stragglin’ Behind - The Lemon Pipers - The Best Of
Oh My Love - John Lennon - Ascot
Nothin’s Fallin’ - Nils Lofgren - Damaged Goods

Quote – “That rap stuff is noise pollution” - Keifer Sutherland


ON THIS DAY – 13th October

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1940
· Chris Farlowe (John Henry Deighton), singer

1941
· Paul Simon, singer / songwriter, half of Simon & Garfunkel

1944
· Robert Lamm, singer & keyboard player with Chicago

1947
· Sammy Hagar, singer with Montrose and Van Halen, solo artist

1948
· Peter David Spencer with Smokie

1949
· Craig McGregor with Foghat

1950
· Simon Nicol with Fairport Convention

1959
· Marie Osmond singer, member of The Osmonds

1960
· Joey Belladonna from Anthrax

1962
· Rod Marche, guitarist with Jo Boxers

1974
· TV host Ed Sullivan died on this day

1977
· Shirley Brickley, founding member of The Orlons, died of gunshot wounds on this day at the age of 32

1980
· Ashanti Douglas, singer from Ashanti

1985
· Ricky Wilson, guitarist for The B-52s, died of complications from AIDS on this day at the age of 32

EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1958
· Frank Sinatra sat at no. 1 on the US album charts for 5 weeks with Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely\
· Gene Vincent recorded Say Mama
· A Billboard feature on The Teddy Bears noted, ”18-year-old Phil Spector, who wrote and arranged their hit “To Know Him Is To Love Him”, is studying to be a court reporter”

1962
· Don Everly collapsed onstage at the Prince of Wales Theatre during rehearsals for a 22-date UK tour. He was flown back to the US for treatment while brother Phil did the tour solo
· Frank Ifield, born in Coventry England, but who spent his childhood in Dural, New South Wales, Australia, scored a UK no. 1 hit on his return to his homeland with I Remember You

1963
· The Beatles made their debut as top of the bill on ITV’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium. The resulting chaos from this performance was the source of the term Beatlemania, as fans battled police to get to the theatre. The live television broadcast was viewed by 15 million British viewers

1965
· The Who recorded My Generation

1970
· Janis Joplin’s ashes were scattered at sea off Stinson Beach, Marin County, California

1973
· The Rolling Stones were no. 1 on the US album charts with for 4 weeks with Goat’s Head Soup, their 4th US no. 1

1975
· Neil Young underwent successful surgery to remove an object from his vocal chords

1979
· Michael Jackson went to no. 1 on the US singles charts with Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, his 2nd solo no. 1
· The Police were no. 1 in the UK for 4 weeks with their 2nd album, Regatta De Blanc
· 2 album charts were published in UK due to a change in the method of collation. The 2 no. 1s were Eat To The Beat (Blondie) and Regatta De Blanc (Police)
· Supertramp released Take The Long Way Home
· Chaka Kahn and Rufus enter the soul charts with Do You Love What You Feel?

1980
· AC/DC receive platinum for Back In Black

1984
· Stevie Wonder started 3 weeks at no. 1 on the US charts with I Just Called To Say I Love You, his 7th US no 1
· U2 scored their 2nd UK no. 1 album with The Unforgettable Fire

1986
· Australian Nick Cave was gaoled for 2 days in New York on suspicion of being a potential vagrant

1989
· Billy Joel released Storm Front

1990
· George Michael went to no. 1 on the US charts with Praying For Time, his 6th US solo no. 1

1992
· The Patti Smyth and Don Henley single, Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough was certified gold
· The US Supreme Court did not reinstate lawsuits alleging that Ozzy Osbourne’s music prompted the suicides of two teenagers

1995
· Rapper Tupac Shakur was released after 8 months in gaol for groping and fondling a woman in a New York hotel room

1998
· The Crossraods Centre in Antiqua, a $6.5 million addiction recovery centre underwritten by Eric Clapton, opened. The centre offered a 29-day intensive recovery program for $9,000, but those who couldn’t pay were expected to work off the debt after treatment. Clapton said he would offer his experience and would work directly with patients from time to time

1999
· BBC radio DJ, Johnny Walker was convicted of possession of cocaine and fined £2000. Set up by News of the World who filmed him with the drug, he was later reinstated by Radio 2 who had suspended him after the incident

2000
· UK newspaper The Mirror reported that Toni Braxton pulled out of this year’s US MOBO Awards after one of her breast implants exploded. A spokesperson from Arista said ”We don’t comment on our artist’s personal lives.”

2001
· A 29-year-old man was arrested by Dutch police on suspicion of sending indecent and threatening messages to Spice Girls’ Mel C. The mail was alleged to be sexually explicit and included a death threat

2002
· UK rock band MUSE took legal action against Celine Dion after she announced that her forthcoming Las Vegas show would be called “Muse”. Singer Matt Bellamy from the band said, ”we don’t want anyone to think we’re Celine Dion’s backing band”