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
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 3rd February
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Sittin’ On Top Of The World - Harry Manx - Road Ragas
Live Wire – AC/DC - TNT
The odd sock –
House Of The Rising Sun - Andy Griffith
Sweet Little Mystery - John Martyn - No Little Boy
Valentines Day - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Different Girls - Mental As Anything - Beetroot Stains
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Candy Man Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
Look To The Rainbow – Dinah Washington
I Bes Troubled – Muddy Waters
Samaba – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Sunny Side Of The Street – Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra
Mean To Me - Dick Fregulia
MEO 245 - Screen Memory
Young Lust - Aerosmith - Pump
Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys
Overture / I Stand Alone - Al Kooper - I Stand Alone
Slipping Away - Max Merritt & The Meteors - A Little Easier
That’s Why I Love You - Andrew Gold - Andrew Gold
Sing – Innerstate – Metal 11
The Hour Before Dawn - Andy Mackay - In Search Of Eddie Riff
Stars Of Warburton - Midnight Oil - Scream In Blue
3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (episode 3) – Douglas Adams
Quote – “Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn”
Charlie Parker
Intros & Outros (3rd February) –
1911 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer
1928 - Frankie Vaughan, singer
1935 - Johnny “Guitar” Watson, originally a pianist in Los Angeles, but noted for a piercing blues guitar dynamic that influenced the likes of Steve Miller
1940 – Angelo D’Aleo, singer for Dion & The Belmonts
1941 - Chuck Tharpe, vocalist for The Fireballs
1943 - Dennis Edwards, singer for The Temptations
1943 - Eric Haydock, bassist for The Hollies
1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer
1945 - Johnny Cymbal, singer
1946 - Stan Webb of Chicken Shack
1947 - Dave Davies, guitarist withThe Kinks
1947 - Melanie Safka (Melanie Schekeryk), singer / songwriter
1948 - John “Ozzy” Osbourne, front-man for Black Sabbath
1949 - Arthur “Killer” Kane, bassist for The New York Dolls
1949 - Jim Lockhart, member of Horslips
1950 - Peter Gabriel, singer for Genesis and solo artist
1957 - Tony Butler of Big Country
1958 - Lee Crystal of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
1959 - Loi Tollhurst, keyboard player for The Cure
1959 - Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holly), 22, The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson), 28, and Ritchie Valens, 17, died on this day. The plane they had hired to take them from Mason City, Iowa, to the next stage of their US tour in Fargo, North Dakota, crashed in Iowa countryside, 10 minutes after take-off.
1967 - British record producer Joe Meek shot his landlady Violet Shenton then himself at his flat in London. (Meek produced The Tornados’ Telstar, the first no. 1 in the US by a British band.) He claimed to have contacted Buddy Holly during séances, and his penchant for making “Holly-influenced” records suggests that the shooting, occurring on the 8th anniversary of Holly’s death, was more than a coincidence
1995 - Turner Fodrell, blues singer / guitarist, died on this day. He was 66
1996 - Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, died on this day. He was 61
On this day (3rd February) –
1956 - Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash held a recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis. The sessions were later named the Million Dollar Quartet and released
1958 - The Royal Teens’s Short Shorts entered the Top 40
1961 - Bob Dylan’s first recording session at the home of friends Sid and Bob Gleason in East Orange, New Jersey. Dylan sang San Francisco Bay Blues, Jesus met the Woman at the Well and others
1964 - The Beatles’s album, Meet the Beatles, went gold
1967 - Otis Redding, The Marvellettes, Aaron Neville, James & Bobby Purify and The Drifters performed at Knoxville, Tennessee’s Civic Coliseum for ticket prices of $2.50 - $3.50. Also, Jimi Hendrix recorded Purple Haze
1968 - The Lemon Pipers’ Green Tambourine went to no. 1 on the US singles charts. The Beatles recorded Lady Madonna at EMI’s Abbey Road studios in just 3 takes
1969 - John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr appoint Rolling Stones manager, Allen Klein as their new “Mr. Fix-It” for Apple Records. Paul McCartney refused to sign with Klein, preferring his father-in-law, Lee Eastman
1973 - Elton John began a 3-week run at no. 1 on the US singles charts with Crocodile Rock. Dr. Hook’s On the Cover of the Rolling Stone entered the Top 40
1976 - David Bowie began his first US tour in over a year in Washington. Mick Ronson was replaced by Earl Slick and Bowie shelved the white soul persona for a character he called The Thin White Duke
1978 - Dead Man’s Curve, a made-for-TV movie about singers Jan & Dean aired on US TV with Jan in a token role. Elsewhere, in Lubbock, Texas, it was the 19th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, and the day that the place of his birth had been scheduled to be torn down by the Lubbock Building Department. The department had no idea they were about to tear down the house associated with the town’s most famous son. However, few days earlier, someone had bought the place, moved it intact outside the city limits as a home for his family, also unaware of its significance. He became the man who accidentally saved Buddy Holly’s birthplace
1979 - Blondie had the first of 5 US no. 1s with Heart of Glass, while The Blues Brothers’ album Briefcase Full of Blues hit no. 1 in the US. Also, in remembrance of Buddy Holly’s death 20 years earlier, fans crowd the Surf Ballroom in Clearlake, Iowa to honour him. Wolfman Jack hosted performances by Del Shannon, Jimmy Clanton and The Drifters
1982 - England’s John Sharples stopped disco dancing after 371 hours
1990 - Bob Dylan started a 6-night stint at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. On the UK singles charts, the top 3 spots were all non-British and non-American – Irish Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares To U(her first no. 1 single), Australian Kylie Minogue’s Tears On My Pillow and Belgian Technotronic’s Get Up
1993 - Radiohead performed at The Wheatsheaf, Stoke-On-Trent, England
2003 - An exclusive documentary, Living with Michael Jackson was shown on British TV. Reporter Martin Bashir spent 8 months in the company of the star, and the show’s editor promised, ”viewers will not believe what they’re seeing”
2004 - Sean “P. Diddy” Combes settled a $3 million court case filed by his former driver after an incident in 1999. Wardell Fenderson had driven Combs and his then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez away from a New York nightclub where 3 people had been wounded in a shooting. Mr Fenderson said he was traumatized by having guns in the car, and being ordered to ignore police orders to stop, for which he was arrested
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Sittin’ On Top Of The World - Harry Manx - Road Ragas
Live Wire – AC/DC - TNT
The odd sock –
House Of The Rising Sun - Andy Griffith
Sweet Little Mystery - John Martyn - No Little Boy
Valentines Day - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Different Girls - Mental As Anything - Beetroot Stains
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Candy Man Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
Look To The Rainbow – Dinah Washington
I Bes Troubled – Muddy Waters
Samaba – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Sunny Side Of The Street – Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra
Mean To Me - Dick Fregulia
MEO 245 - Screen Memory
Young Lust - Aerosmith - Pump
Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys
Overture / I Stand Alone - Al Kooper - I Stand Alone
Slipping Away - Max Merritt & The Meteors - A Little Easier
That’s Why I Love You - Andrew Gold - Andrew Gold
Sing – Innerstate – Metal 11
The Hour Before Dawn - Andy Mackay - In Search Of Eddie Riff
Stars Of Warburton - Midnight Oil - Scream In Blue
3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (episode 3) – Douglas Adams
Quote – “Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn”
Charlie Parker
Intros & Outros (3rd February) –
1911 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer
1928 - Frankie Vaughan, singer
1935 - Johnny “Guitar” Watson, originally a pianist in Los Angeles, but noted for a piercing blues guitar dynamic that influenced the likes of Steve Miller
1940 – Angelo D’Aleo, singer for Dion & The Belmonts
1941 - Chuck Tharpe, vocalist for The Fireballs
1943 - Dennis Edwards, singer for The Temptations
1943 - Eric Haydock, bassist for The Hollies
1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer
1945 - Johnny Cymbal, singer
1946 - Stan Webb of Chicken Shack
1947 - Dave Davies, guitarist withThe Kinks
1947 - Melanie Safka (Melanie Schekeryk), singer / songwriter
1948 - John “Ozzy” Osbourne, front-man for Black Sabbath
1949 - Arthur “Killer” Kane, bassist for The New York Dolls
1949 - Jim Lockhart, member of Horslips
1950 - Peter Gabriel, singer for Genesis and solo artist
1957 - Tony Butler of Big Country
1958 - Lee Crystal of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
1959 - Loi Tollhurst, keyboard player for The Cure
1959 - Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holly), 22, The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson), 28, and Ritchie Valens, 17, died on this day. The plane they had hired to take them from Mason City, Iowa, to the next stage of their US tour in Fargo, North Dakota, crashed in Iowa countryside, 10 minutes after take-off.
1967 - British record producer Joe Meek shot his landlady Violet Shenton then himself at his flat in London. (Meek produced The Tornados’ Telstar, the first no. 1 in the US by a British band.) He claimed to have contacted Buddy Holly during séances, and his penchant for making “Holly-influenced” records suggests that the shooting, occurring on the 8th anniversary of Holly’s death, was more than a coincidence
1995 - Turner Fodrell, blues singer / guitarist, died on this day. He was 66
1996 - Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, died on this day. He was 61
On this day (3rd February) –
1956 - Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash held a recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis. The sessions were later named the Million Dollar Quartet and released
1958 - The Royal Teens’s Short Shorts entered the Top 40
1961 - Bob Dylan’s first recording session at the home of friends Sid and Bob Gleason in East Orange, New Jersey. Dylan sang San Francisco Bay Blues, Jesus met the Woman at the Well and others
1964 - The Beatles’s album, Meet the Beatles, went gold
1967 - Otis Redding, The Marvellettes, Aaron Neville, James & Bobby Purify and The Drifters performed at Knoxville, Tennessee’s Civic Coliseum for ticket prices of $2.50 - $3.50. Also, Jimi Hendrix recorded Purple Haze
1968 - The Lemon Pipers’ Green Tambourine went to no. 1 on the US singles charts. The Beatles recorded Lady Madonna at EMI’s Abbey Road studios in just 3 takes
1969 - John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr appoint Rolling Stones manager, Allen Klein as their new “Mr. Fix-It” for Apple Records. Paul McCartney refused to sign with Klein, preferring his father-in-law, Lee Eastman
1973 - Elton John began a 3-week run at no. 1 on the US singles charts with Crocodile Rock. Dr. Hook’s On the Cover of the Rolling Stone entered the Top 40
1976 - David Bowie began his first US tour in over a year in Washington. Mick Ronson was replaced by Earl Slick and Bowie shelved the white soul persona for a character he called The Thin White Duke
1978 - Dead Man’s Curve, a made-for-TV movie about singers Jan & Dean aired on US TV with Jan in a token role. Elsewhere, in Lubbock, Texas, it was the 19th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, and the day that the place of his birth had been scheduled to be torn down by the Lubbock Building Department. The department had no idea they were about to tear down the house associated with the town’s most famous son. However, few days earlier, someone had bought the place, moved it intact outside the city limits as a home for his family, also unaware of its significance. He became the man who accidentally saved Buddy Holly’s birthplace
1979 - Blondie had the first of 5 US no. 1s with Heart of Glass, while The Blues Brothers’ album Briefcase Full of Blues hit no. 1 in the US. Also, in remembrance of Buddy Holly’s death 20 years earlier, fans crowd the Surf Ballroom in Clearlake, Iowa to honour him. Wolfman Jack hosted performances by Del Shannon, Jimmy Clanton and The Drifters
1982 - England’s John Sharples stopped disco dancing after 371 hours
1990 - Bob Dylan started a 6-night stint at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. On the UK singles charts, the top 3 spots were all non-British and non-American – Irish Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares To U(her first no. 1 single), Australian Kylie Minogue’s Tears On My Pillow and Belgian Technotronic’s Get Up
1993 - Radiohead performed at The Wheatsheaf, Stoke-On-Trent, England
2003 - An exclusive documentary, Living with Michael Jackson was shown on British TV. Reporter Martin Bashir spent 8 months in the company of the star, and the show’s editor promised, ”viewers will not believe what they’re seeing”
2004 - Sean “P. Diddy” Combes settled a $3 million court case filed by his former driver after an incident in 1999. Wardell Fenderson had driven Combs and his then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez away from a New York nightclub where 3 people had been wounded in a shooting. Mr Fenderson said he was traumatized by having guns in the car, and being ordered to ignore police orders to stop, for which he was arrested
Monday, January 25, 2010
PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 27th January
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Isle of Skye – Magna Carta - Songs From Wastie’s Orchard
I Am The Audience - XTC - Go 2
The odd sock –
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Richard Cheese
Better Gnomes & Gardens - Man Bites God - Man Bites God
Yachting Type - The Yachts - The Yachts
Box Office Draw - Manfred Mann - The Ascent Of Mann – The Fontana Years
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Down Baby – Lightnin’ Hopkins
Steppin’ Out – Eric Clapton & John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
When You Got A Good Friend – Robert Johnson
Birdhouse – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Liebestraum – Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra
Lonely Tenor - Coleman Hawkins
Sunday Morning Ascension - Harry Manx - Road Ragas
The Jack – AC/DC - TNT
One Day Without You - John Martyn - No Little Boy
Tears Are Not Enough - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
The Ballad of Narelle parts 1 & 2 - Mental As Anything - Beetroot Stains
If It Don’t Work Out - The Zombies - The Time Of The Zombies
3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (episode 2) – Douglas Adams
Motorhead – Motorhead – Metal 11
Young Lust - Aerosmith - Pump
MEO 245 - Screen Memory
Quote – “Chaos is a friend of mine”
Bob Dylan
Intros & Outros (27th January) –
1918 – Elmore James, blues guitarist & singer
1919 - David Seville (Ross Bagadasarian), inventor of The Chipmunks
1920 - Helmut Zacharias
1930 - Bobby Bland (Robert Calvin Bland)
1931 - Rudi Maugeri, baritone withThe Crew Cuts
1937 - Buddy Emmons
1938 - Kim Gardner, from Ashton, Gardner & Dyke and The Byrds (references also list as 1946 and 1948 Ed.)
1944 - Kevin Coyne
1945 - Nick Mason (Nicholas Berkeley Mason), drummer with Pink Floyd
1946 – Nedra Talley, singer with The Ronettes
1951 – Seth Justman, keyboard player & vocals with J.Geils Band
1951 - Brian Downey of Thin Lizzy
1961 - Gillian Gilbert of New Order
1961 - Martin Degville of Sigue Sigue Sputnik
1964 - Miguel “Migi” Drummond, member of Curiosity Killed the Cat
1968 - Mike Patton, vocals for Faith No More
1972 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel-blues singer, who once remarked that she sang “because I was lonely”, died of heart failure on this day. She was 60
1974 - Mark Owen, singer with Take That, and solo artist. He was the 2002 winner of UK Celebrity Big Brother
On this day (27th January) –
1948 - The first tape recorder was sold
1956 - Productions by George Martin dominated the top 3 positions on the UK Top 20 singles charts. Eve Boswell’s Pickin’ a Chicken was followed by a monologue by Irish sports commentator Eamonn Andrews’s The Shifting Whispering Sands, and dance band vocalist Dick James followed with his theme to a popular TV series, Robin Hood. Also, Elvis Presley released Heartbreak Hotel
1958 - Little Richard entered the Oakland Seventh Day Adventist Theological College in Huntsville. He explained that, while flying over the Phillipines on tour, the wing on his plane caught fire, and his prayers that the flames go out were answered. As a result, he said he’d give up rock & roll so he could serve God.
1960 - Legendary British record producer Joe Meek launched his own label, Triumph Records. Gary Glitter, under the name of Paul Raven, released his first single Alone in the Night / Too Proud
1962 –Joey & The Starlighters had no 1 on the US singles charts with Peppermint Twist part 1, while Chubby Checker had 4 albums on the US Top 10 - For Twisters Only, Your Twist Party, Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker and Let’s Twist Again. Elvis Presley received his 29th gold for Can’t Help Falling In Love
1964 - The Rolling Stones appear as judges on TV’s Juke Box Jury. Their somewhat impolite behaviour on set causes furore amongst British press. The Beatles release their Introducing the Beatles LP in US
1966 - The Overlanders were no. 1 in the UK with their cover of The Beatles’s Michelle
1968 - The Bee Gees made their live debut in the US when they played the Anaheim Centre, California. They pocketed $50,000 and returned to England without any more appearances in the US.Otis Redding’s Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay was released 6 weeks after the plane crash that killed him
1969 - Peter, Paul & Mary were awarded gold for Album 1700
1971 - David Bowie arrived in the US for the first time, but could not perform due to work permit restrictions. He did, however, attract publicity by wearing a dress to a promotion event
1972 - The New Seekers receive gold for I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing. It’s mainly remembered as a Coca Cola jingle
1973 –Roxy Music won “most promising new name in the NME readers’ poll. Also, Stevie Wonder’s Superstition was his 2nd no. 1 in US, 10 years after his first no. 1
1976 - David Bowie brought a $2 million law-suit against attorney Micahel Lippan. Bowie charged that Lippan took a 15% agent’s fee instead of the usual 10%, and that he withheld $475,000 after being dismissed by Bowie
1977 - The Clash signed to CBS Records in the UK
1979 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads hit no. 1 in the UK with Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
1980 - Def Leppard played the first of 2 nights at The Marquee, London, while Dexy’s Midnight Runners kicked off a 26-date UK tour at London’s Music machine
1981 - Georgia-based Capricorn Records filed for bankruptcy
1984 - Madonna made her first appearance in the UK on TV programme The Tube, performing Holiday. It was broadcast live from the Hacienda Club in Manchester. Also, Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi Cola commercial. John & Yoko Lennon release Milk & Honey
1986 - Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis & The News, Pat Benatar, Wham! and Chicago were award winners at the Grammys
1990 - Kylie Minogue) had her 3rd UK no. 1 with Tears On My Pillow, originally recorded by Little Anthony & The Imperials) in 1958. Also, Billy Idol won a libel action against British newspaper News of the World. Today is declared Tom Petty Day in Gainsville, Florida
1992 - Michael Bolton won the 19th American Music Awards
1993 - Warner Bothers announced they were releasing Ice-T from his contract due to “creative differences”. The previous summer, the company found themselves in the middle of controversy over Ice-T’s song Cop Killer
1996 - Babylon Zoo started 5 weeks at no. 1 on the UK charts with Spaceman, the fastest selling non-charity single ever (it sold 420,000 copies in 6 days)
1998 - James Brown was charged with possession of marijuana & unlawful use of a firearm, when police were called to his South Carolina home
2004 - R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband were charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana in Atlanta, Georgia
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Isle of Skye – Magna Carta - Songs From Wastie’s Orchard
I Am The Audience - XTC - Go 2
The odd sock –
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Richard Cheese
Better Gnomes & Gardens - Man Bites God - Man Bites God
Yachting Type - The Yachts - The Yachts
Box Office Draw - Manfred Mann - The Ascent Of Mann – The Fontana Years
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Down Baby – Lightnin’ Hopkins
Steppin’ Out – Eric Clapton & John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
When You Got A Good Friend – Robert Johnson
Birdhouse – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Liebestraum – Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra
Lonely Tenor - Coleman Hawkins
Sunday Morning Ascension - Harry Manx - Road Ragas
The Jack – AC/DC - TNT
One Day Without You - John Martyn - No Little Boy
Tears Are Not Enough - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
The Ballad of Narelle parts 1 & 2 - Mental As Anything - Beetroot Stains
If It Don’t Work Out - The Zombies - The Time Of The Zombies
3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (episode 2) – Douglas Adams
Motorhead – Motorhead – Metal 11
Young Lust - Aerosmith - Pump
MEO 245 - Screen Memory
Quote – “Chaos is a friend of mine”
Bob Dylan
Intros & Outros (27th January) –
1918 – Elmore James, blues guitarist & singer
1919 - David Seville (Ross Bagadasarian), inventor of The Chipmunks
1920 - Helmut Zacharias
1930 - Bobby Bland (Robert Calvin Bland)
1931 - Rudi Maugeri, baritone withThe Crew Cuts
1937 - Buddy Emmons
1938 - Kim Gardner, from Ashton, Gardner & Dyke and The Byrds (references also list as 1946 and 1948 Ed.)
1944 - Kevin Coyne
1945 - Nick Mason (Nicholas Berkeley Mason), drummer with Pink Floyd
1946 – Nedra Talley, singer with The Ronettes
1951 – Seth Justman, keyboard player & vocals with J.Geils Band
1951 - Brian Downey of Thin Lizzy
1961 - Gillian Gilbert of New Order
1961 - Martin Degville of Sigue Sigue Sputnik
1964 - Miguel “Migi” Drummond, member of Curiosity Killed the Cat
1968 - Mike Patton, vocals for Faith No More
1972 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel-blues singer, who once remarked that she sang “because I was lonely”, died of heart failure on this day. She was 60
1974 - Mark Owen, singer with Take That, and solo artist. He was the 2002 winner of UK Celebrity Big Brother
On this day (27th January) –
1948 - The first tape recorder was sold
1956 - Productions by George Martin dominated the top 3 positions on the UK Top 20 singles charts. Eve Boswell’s Pickin’ a Chicken was followed by a monologue by Irish sports commentator Eamonn Andrews’s The Shifting Whispering Sands, and dance band vocalist Dick James followed with his theme to a popular TV series, Robin Hood. Also, Elvis Presley released Heartbreak Hotel
1958 - Little Richard entered the Oakland Seventh Day Adventist Theological College in Huntsville. He explained that, while flying over the Phillipines on tour, the wing on his plane caught fire, and his prayers that the flames go out were answered. As a result, he said he’d give up rock & roll so he could serve God.
1960 - Legendary British record producer Joe Meek launched his own label, Triumph Records. Gary Glitter, under the name of Paul Raven, released his first single Alone in the Night / Too Proud
1962 –Joey & The Starlighters had no 1 on the US singles charts with Peppermint Twist part 1, while Chubby Checker had 4 albums on the US Top 10 - For Twisters Only, Your Twist Party, Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker and Let’s Twist Again. Elvis Presley received his 29th gold for Can’t Help Falling In Love
1964 - The Rolling Stones appear as judges on TV’s Juke Box Jury. Their somewhat impolite behaviour on set causes furore amongst British press. The Beatles release their Introducing the Beatles LP in US
1966 - The Overlanders were no. 1 in the UK with their cover of The Beatles’s Michelle
1968 - The Bee Gees made their live debut in the US when they played the Anaheim Centre, California. They pocketed $50,000 and returned to England without any more appearances in the US.Otis Redding’s Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay was released 6 weeks after the plane crash that killed him
1969 - Peter, Paul & Mary were awarded gold for Album 1700
1971 - David Bowie arrived in the US for the first time, but could not perform due to work permit restrictions. He did, however, attract publicity by wearing a dress to a promotion event
1972 - The New Seekers receive gold for I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing. It’s mainly remembered as a Coca Cola jingle
1973 –Roxy Music won “most promising new name in the NME readers’ poll. Also, Stevie Wonder’s Superstition was his 2nd no. 1 in US, 10 years after his first no. 1
1976 - David Bowie brought a $2 million law-suit against attorney Micahel Lippan. Bowie charged that Lippan took a 15% agent’s fee instead of the usual 10%, and that he withheld $475,000 after being dismissed by Bowie
1977 - The Clash signed to CBS Records in the UK
1979 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads hit no. 1 in the UK with Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
1980 - Def Leppard played the first of 2 nights at The Marquee, London, while Dexy’s Midnight Runners kicked off a 26-date UK tour at London’s Music machine
1981 - Georgia-based Capricorn Records filed for bankruptcy
1984 - Madonna made her first appearance in the UK on TV programme The Tube, performing Holiday. It was broadcast live from the Hacienda Club in Manchester. Also, Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi Cola commercial. John & Yoko Lennon release Milk & Honey
1986 - Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis & The News, Pat Benatar, Wham! and Chicago were award winners at the Grammys
1990 - Kylie Minogue) had her 3rd UK no. 1 with Tears On My Pillow, originally recorded by Little Anthony & The Imperials) in 1958. Also, Billy Idol won a libel action against British newspaper News of the World. Today is declared Tom Petty Day in Gainsville, Florida
1992 - Michael Bolton won the 19th American Music Awards
1993 - Warner Bothers announced they were releasing Ice-T from his contract due to “creative differences”. The previous summer, the company found themselves in the middle of controversy over Ice-T’s song Cop Killer
1996 - Babylon Zoo started 5 weeks at no. 1 on the UK charts with Spaceman, the fastest selling non-charity single ever (it sold 420,000 copies in 6 days)
1998 - James Brown was charged with possession of marijuana & unlawful use of a firearm, when police were called to his South Carolina home
2004 - R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband were charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana in Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, January 15, 2010
PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 20th January
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Magic Box - The Loved Ones - Magic Box
Super Tuff - XTC - Go 2
The odd sock –
Dracula’s Lament - Jason Segel
Dante’s Prayer - Loreena McKennett - The Book Of Secrets
I’ll Be Leaving You - The Yachts - The Yachts
A Child Of Her Own - Eden Mackenzie - Living In A Clock
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Good Morning Blues – Leadbelly
Calcutta Blues – Eric Clapton & John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Lady Luck Blues – Bessie Smith
Sometimes I’m Happy – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Peg o’ My Heart – Bunny Berigan & his orchestra
Misty Morning - Coleman Hawkins
Time For The Leaving – Magna Carta - Songs From Wastie’s Orchard
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom - Yes - Tormato
Trailer Park - Man Bites God - Man Bites God
Tears Are Not Enough - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Box Office Draw - Manfred Mann - The Ascent Of Mann – The Fontana Years
Smokey Day - The Zombies - The Time Of The Zombies
3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (episode 1) – Douglas Adams
Motorhead – Motorhead – Metal 11
The Jack – AC/DC - TNT
Young Lust - Aerosmith - Pump
Quote – “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”
Berthold Auerbach
Intros & Outros (20th January) –
1889 – Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter), blues artist
1922 - Ray Anthony
1924 – Slim Whitman (Otis Dewey Whitman), country singer
1933 – Ronny Townson, singer for The 5th Dimension
1942 – Billy Powell, member of The O’Jays
1943 - Rick Evans, half of Zager & Evans
1945 - Eric Stewart, singer, guitarist and keyboard player with The Mindbenders, Hotlegs and 10CC
1946 - Jimmy Chambers, singer for Londonbeat
1946 - Duane Allman, guitarist & member of The Allman Brothers Band
1947 - George Grantham, drummer for Poco
1947 - Malcolm McLaren, singer, and sometime manager of The Sex Pistols
1948 - Melvyn Pritchard, drummer for Barclay James Harvest
1950 - Paul Stanley, guitarist & vocals with Kiss (also listed as 1952 – Ed.)
1952 - Ian Hill, bassist for Judas Priest
1953 - Robin McAuley of Michael Schenker Group
1955 - Michael Anthony, bassist & singer for Van Halen
1960 - Paul King of King
1965 - Alan Freed, member of The Sultans of Swing, radio disc jockey, concert promoter, songwriter, movie star, convicted of accepting payment for record promotion, died on this day. He was 43
1966 - Tracii Guns, founding guitarist for Guns ‘n’ Roses
1967 - Joe Pasquale
1969 – Nicholas Jones (a.k.a. Nicky Wire), bassist for Manic Street Preachers
1971 - Gary Barlow, vocalist, pianist & songwriter for Take That, and solo artist
1979 - Rob Bourdon, drummer for Linkin Park
1979 - Will Young, singer & winner of UK’s Pop Idol
1984 - Jackie Wilson died from a heart attack on this day. He was 49
1996 - Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, died on this day. He was 63
1999 - Bill Albaugh of The Lemon Pipers died on this day
On this day (20th January) –
1956 - Buddy Holly recorded Blue Days Black Nights in Nashville
1958 – The Silhouettes released Get A Job. Also, a St Louis radio station KWK finished its “Record Breaking Week”. Management had all rock & roll music banned from the airwaves, so the disc jockeys gave each record from the library a “farewell spin” before it was smashed to pieces. The station manager called the action “a simple weeding out of undesirable music”
1964 - The Beatles released Meet The Beatles, their debut album for the US market
1965 - The Rolling Stones and The Kinks made their first appearance on TV’s Shindig, along with The Dave Clark Five, Petula Clark, Bobby Vee, Bobby Sherman and Gerry & The Pacemakers. Also, The Byrds recorded Mr. Tambourine Man
1966 - Spencer Davis Group’s Keep On Runnin’ went to no.1. Also, Bill Graham, concert promoter, put on his 3-day Trips Festival at Longshoremen’s Hall in San Francisco. Large quantities of LSD were ingested
1967 –The Monkees TV show went to air in the UK
1968 - John Fred & The Playboy Band’s Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) started 2 weeks at no. 1 in the US. The Bee Gees released Words. Also, Bob Dylan, The Band, Joan Baez, Odetta, Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Peter, Paul & Mary were amongst friends performing for the Tribute to Woody Guthrie Concert. It was Dylan’s first performance since his motorcycle accident 2 years earlier
1971 - Yoko Ono introduced John Lennon to her parents in Japan
1972 - The Rolling Stones were awarded gold for their greatest hits LP Hot Rocks
1973 - Jerry Lee Lewis was warned before his debut at the legendary Grand Ol’ Opry that there be “no rock & roll & no cussin’”. By the end of his set he had played Great Balls of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and Good Golly Miss Molly. Jerry announced to the audience, “I’m a rock ‘n’ rollin’, country & western, rhythm & blues singin’ mother ****er!”. No one disagreed
1974 - Stevie Wonder made a successful comeback at the Rainbow Theatre in London, 5 months after a near-fatal car accident
1975 - The US Top 5 singles were 5: Boogie On, Reggae Woman (Stevie Wonder), 4: Fire (Ohio Players), 3: Mandy (Barry Manilow), 2: Laughter In The Rain (Neil Sedaka) and at 1: Please Mr. Postman (The Carpenters)
1979 - Chic performed at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. The Doobie Brothers released What a Fool Believes
1982 - Thinking it was a rubber prop, Ozzy Osbourne bit off the head of an unconscious bat after fans had thrown it on stage. He was taken to hospital for a rabies injection. Meanwhile, headlining a UNICEF benefit concert at The Savoy in New York were Charlie Daniels, Rick Derringer, Phil Lynott and Carmine Appice
1986 - Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan performed at a concert for the first Martin Luther King day
1988 - The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan, Berry Gordy Jr., Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Les Paul and The Supremes<>Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. in his acceptance speech, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love managed to insult just about everyone in the industry, including Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger
1990 - Michael Bolton started a 3-week run at no. 1 with How Am I Supposed To Live Without You. It was his first no. 1 as well as the 90’s first no. 1 in the US. Meanwhile, the original members of The Byrds reunited for a Roy Orbison tribute concert
1996 - Bobby Brown was fined $1000, sentenced to 2 years probation and ordered to attend anger management classes after assaulting a security guard
1998 - Chumbawumba’s Alice Nutter appeared on ABC’s ,i>Politically Incorrect advocating fans stealing copies of their album. Virgin Megastore responded by pulling their album off the shelves. Meanwhile, The Mamas & Papas and The Eagles were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2002 - George Harrison had a posthumous no. 1 hit with the re-release of My Sweet Lord, replacingAllayah’s More Than A Woman at the top spot. It was the first time in chart history that a deceased artist had taken over from another at no. 1
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Magic Box - The Loved Ones - Magic Box
Super Tuff - XTC - Go 2
The odd sock –
Dracula’s Lament - Jason Segel
Dante’s Prayer - Loreena McKennett - The Book Of Secrets
I’ll Be Leaving You - The Yachts - The Yachts
A Child Of Her Own - Eden Mackenzie - Living In A Clock
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Good Morning Blues – Leadbelly
Calcutta Blues – Eric Clapton & John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Lady Luck Blues – Bessie Smith
Sometimes I’m Happy – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Peg o’ My Heart – Bunny Berigan & his orchestra
Misty Morning - Coleman Hawkins
Time For The Leaving – Magna Carta - Songs From Wastie’s Orchard
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom - Yes - Tormato
Trailer Park - Man Bites God - Man Bites God
Tears Are Not Enough - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Box Office Draw - Manfred Mann - The Ascent Of Mann – The Fontana Years
Smokey Day - The Zombies - The Time Of The Zombies
3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (episode 1) – Douglas Adams
Motorhead – Motorhead – Metal 11
The Jack – AC/DC - TNT
Young Lust - Aerosmith - Pump
Quote – “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”
Berthold Auerbach
Intros & Outros (20th January) –
1889 – Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter), blues artist
1922 - Ray Anthony
1924 – Slim Whitman (Otis Dewey Whitman), country singer
1933 – Ronny Townson, singer for The 5th Dimension
1942 – Billy Powell, member of The O’Jays
1943 - Rick Evans, half of Zager & Evans
1945 - Eric Stewart, singer, guitarist and keyboard player with The Mindbenders, Hotlegs and 10CC
1946 - Jimmy Chambers, singer for Londonbeat
1946 - Duane Allman, guitarist & member of The Allman Brothers Band
1947 - George Grantham, drummer for Poco
1947 - Malcolm McLaren, singer, and sometime manager of The Sex Pistols
1948 - Melvyn Pritchard, drummer for Barclay James Harvest
1950 - Paul Stanley, guitarist & vocals with Kiss (also listed as 1952 – Ed.)
1952 - Ian Hill, bassist for Judas Priest
1953 - Robin McAuley of Michael Schenker Group
1955 - Michael Anthony, bassist & singer for Van Halen
1960 - Paul King of King
1965 - Alan Freed, member of The Sultans of Swing, radio disc jockey, concert promoter, songwriter, movie star, convicted of accepting payment for record promotion, died on this day. He was 43
1966 - Tracii Guns, founding guitarist for Guns ‘n’ Roses
1967 - Joe Pasquale
1969 – Nicholas Jones (a.k.a. Nicky Wire), bassist for Manic Street Preachers
1971 - Gary Barlow, vocalist, pianist & songwriter for Take That, and solo artist
1979 - Rob Bourdon, drummer for Linkin Park
1979 - Will Young, singer & winner of UK’s Pop Idol
1984 - Jackie Wilson died from a heart attack on this day. He was 49
1996 - Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, died on this day. He was 63
1999 - Bill Albaugh of The Lemon Pipers died on this day
On this day (20th January) –
1956 - Buddy Holly recorded Blue Days Black Nights in Nashville
1958 – The Silhouettes released Get A Job. Also, a St Louis radio station KWK finished its “Record Breaking Week”. Management had all rock & roll music banned from the airwaves, so the disc jockeys gave each record from the library a “farewell spin” before it was smashed to pieces. The station manager called the action “a simple weeding out of undesirable music”
1964 - The Beatles released Meet The Beatles, their debut album for the US market
1965 - The Rolling Stones and The Kinks made their first appearance on TV’s Shindig, along with The Dave Clark Five, Petula Clark, Bobby Vee, Bobby Sherman and Gerry & The Pacemakers. Also, The Byrds recorded Mr. Tambourine Man
1966 - Spencer Davis Group’s Keep On Runnin’ went to no.1. Also, Bill Graham, concert promoter, put on his 3-day Trips Festival at Longshoremen’s Hall in San Francisco. Large quantities of LSD were ingested
1967 –The Monkees TV show went to air in the UK
1968 - John Fred & The Playboy Band’s Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) started 2 weeks at no. 1 in the US. The Bee Gees released Words. Also, Bob Dylan, The Band, Joan Baez, Odetta, Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Peter, Paul & Mary were amongst friends performing for the Tribute to Woody Guthrie Concert. It was Dylan’s first performance since his motorcycle accident 2 years earlier
1971 - Yoko Ono introduced John Lennon to her parents in Japan
1972 - The Rolling Stones were awarded gold for their greatest hits LP Hot Rocks
1973 - Jerry Lee Lewis was warned before his debut at the legendary Grand Ol’ Opry that there be “no rock & roll & no cussin’”. By the end of his set he had played Great Balls of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and Good Golly Miss Molly. Jerry announced to the audience, “I’m a rock ‘n’ rollin’, country & western, rhythm & blues singin’ mother ****er!”. No one disagreed
1974 - Stevie Wonder made a successful comeback at the Rainbow Theatre in London, 5 months after a near-fatal car accident
1975 - The US Top 5 singles were 5: Boogie On, Reggae Woman (Stevie Wonder), 4: Fire (Ohio Players), 3: Mandy (Barry Manilow), 2: Laughter In The Rain (Neil Sedaka) and at 1: Please Mr. Postman (The Carpenters)
1979 - Chic performed at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. The Doobie Brothers released What a Fool Believes
1982 - Thinking it was a rubber prop, Ozzy Osbourne bit off the head of an unconscious bat after fans had thrown it on stage. He was taken to hospital for a rabies injection. Meanwhile, headlining a UNICEF benefit concert at The Savoy in New York were Charlie Daniels, Rick Derringer, Phil Lynott and Carmine Appice
1986 - Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan performed at a concert for the first Martin Luther King day
1988 - The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan, Berry Gordy Jr., Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Les Paul and The Supremes<>Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. in his acceptance speech, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love managed to insult just about everyone in the industry, including Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger
1990 - Michael Bolton started a 3-week run at no. 1 with How Am I Supposed To Live Without You. It was his first no. 1 as well as the 90’s first no. 1 in the US. Meanwhile, the original members of The Byrds reunited for a Roy Orbison tribute concert
1996 - Bobby Brown was fined $1000, sentenced to 2 years probation and ordered to attend anger management classes after assaulting a security guard
1998 - Chumbawumba’s Alice Nutter appeared on ABC’s ,i>Politically Incorrect advocating fans stealing copies of their album. Virgin Megastore responded by pulling their album off the shelves. Meanwhile, The Mamas & Papas and The Eagles were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2002 - George Harrison had a posthumous no. 1 hit with the re-release of My Sweet Lord, replacingAllayah’s More Than A Woman at the top spot. It was the first time in chart history that a deceased artist had taken over from another at no. 1
Thursday, January 7, 2010
PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 13th January
Intros & Outros (13th January) –
1864 - Stephen Foster, generally regarded as ‘the first pop composer’, died on this day when he tripped over a wash basin whilst drunk. He was 37
1884 - Sophie Tucker
1909 - Danny Barker, jazz guitarist
1930 – Bobby Lester, of The Moonglows
1938 - Richard Anthony (Ricardo Btesch)
1948 - John Lees, guitarist for Barclay James Harvest
1948 - T-Bone Burnett, rock guitarist
1952 - Cornelius Bumpuss, keyboard player for The Doobie brothers
1955 – Fred White, drummer with Earth, Wind & Fire
1955 - Trevor Rabin of Yes
1956 – Malcolm Foster, bassist for The Pretenders
1957 - Don Snow of The Squeeze
1961 – Graham McPherson (a.k.a. Suggs), vocalist with Madness
1963 - Tim Patrick Kelly, guitarist for Slaughter
1964 - David McClusky, drummer with The Bluebells
1970 - Zach de la Rocha, vocals for Rage Against The Machine
1979 - Donny Hathaway, soul singer, committed suicide when he fell from a 15th floor window in New York. He was 33
1983 - ”Doodles” Weaver, member of Spike Jones & His City Slickers died on this day. He was 71
On this day (13th January) –
1854 - Anthony Foss patented the accordion (it’s not rock & roll, but….. Ed.)
1958 - Little Richard released Good Golly Miss Molly
1962 - Chubby Checker’s The Twist went to no. 1 on the US charts for the 2nd time, the previous time being September 1960. Meanwhile, The Beach Boys’ Surfin’ entered the Billboard charts at 118
1964 - The Beatles released I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Bob Dylan released The Times, They are a’Changin’
1967 - The Rolling Stones perform on The Ed Sullivan Show
1968 - Cream releasedSunshine of your Love. Elsewhere, Dr. H.C. Pollack of the University of Florida reported that ”test have found that the noise generated from rock & roll concerts is harmful to the ears of teenagers”
1969 - Elvis Presley returned to a recording studio in Memphis for the first time since he signed to RCA Records from Sun in 1955. Also, The Beatles released their Yellow Subnarine album
1973 –Eric Clapton - The made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre with Pete Townshend, Rick Grech, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Jimmy Karstein and ’Rebop’ Kwaku Baah. The set opened and closed with Layla. Afterwards, Clapton told a reporter, ”I was very nervous, I felt sick, the whole bit.” Referring to the audience he added ”They don’t know how much it helped me.” Meanwhile, Slade’s LP, Slayed went to no. 1 on the UK charts
1974 - A small riot by fans broke out when Steve Miller was inadvertently not invited to his own ‘after-concert’ party at Tower Records in Los Angeles. Police closed down the store – there were 37 injuries including 17 police and 8 arrests
1976 –Greg Allmans was subpoena’d by a grand jury investigating a drug ring. Also, the trial of 7 Brunswick Records and Dukar Records employees, got underway. They were charged with bilking artists out of $184,000 in royalties. Charges had been brought during a federal investigation for possible instances of payola
1978 - The Police started recording their first album. Also, Elvis Presley’s cover of Paul Anka’s My Way went gold
1979 - The Young Mens’ Christian Association filed a libel suit against The Village People over their song Y.M.C.A.. The suit was later dropped
1980 - Grateful Dead, Starship and The Beach Boysheadlined a benefit gig in Los Angeles for victims of the Khmer Rouge in Kampuchea
1981 - Bow Wow Wow performed at The Venue in London
1984 - BBC Radio 1 announced a ban on Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Relax, calling “obscene”. BBC TV followed suit, but it still went on to be a UK no 1.
1986 - Sex Pistols members John Lydon, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, as well as Sid Vicious’s mum sued former manager Malcolm McClaren for £1 million in unpaid royalties. They settled out of court
1990 - New Kids On The Block’s single Hangin’ Tough went to no. 1 on the UK charts
1993 - Bobby Brown was arrested for simulating sex acts on stage. This was the 2nd time Augusta Police had him for the same offense.
1999 - Steps’ single, Heartbreak / Tragedy went to no. 1 on the UK charts
2003 - Diana Ross appeared in a US court charged with driving while twice over the drink driving alcohol limit. Peter Townshend was arrested on suspicion of child porn offences. Police impounded 7 computers from his home in Surrey
Intros & Outros (13th January) –
1864 - Stephen Foster, generally regarded as ‘the first pop composer’, died on this day when he tripped over a wash basin whilst drunk. He was 37
1884 - Sophie Tucker
1909 - Danny Barker, jazz guitarist
1930 – Bobby Lester, of The Moonglows
1938 - Richard Anthony (Ricardo Btesch)
1948 - John Lees, guitarist for Barclay James Harvest
1948 - T-Bone Burnett, rock guitarist
1952 - Cornelius Bumpuss, keyboard player for The Doobie brothers
1955 – Fred White, drummer with Earth, Wind & Fire
1955 - Trevor Rabin of Yes
1956 – Malcolm Foster, bassist for The Pretenders
1957 - Don Snow of The Squeeze
1961 – Graham McPherson (a.k.a. Suggs), vocalist with Madness
1963 - Tim Patrick Kelly, guitarist for Slaughter
1964 - David McClusky, drummer with The Bluebells
1970 - Zach de la Rocha, vocals for Rage Against The Machine
1979 - Donny Hathaway, soul singer, committed suicide when he fell from a 15th floor window in New York. He was 33
1983 - ”Doodles” Weaver, member of Spike Jones & His City Slickers died on this day. He was 71
On this day (13th January) –
1854 - Anthony Foss patented the accordion (it’s not rock & roll, but….. Ed.)
1958 - Little Richard released Good Golly Miss Molly
1962 - Chubby Checker’s The Twist went to no. 1 on the US charts for the 2nd time, the previous time being September 1960. Meanwhile, The Beach Boys’ Surfin’ entered the Billboard charts at 118
1964 - The Beatles released I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Bob Dylan released The Times, They are a’Changin’
1967 - The Rolling Stones perform on The Ed Sullivan Show
1968 - Cream releasedSunshine of your Love. Elsewhere, Dr. H.C. Pollack of the University of Florida reported that ”test have found that the noise generated from rock & roll concerts is harmful to the ears of teenagers”
1969 - Elvis Presley returned to a recording studio in Memphis for the first time since he signed to RCA Records from Sun in 1955. Also, The Beatles released their Yellow Subnarine album
1973 –Eric Clapton - The made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre with Pete Townshend, Rick Grech, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Jimmy Karstein and ’Rebop’ Kwaku Baah. The set opened and closed with Layla. Afterwards, Clapton told a reporter, ”I was very nervous, I felt sick, the whole bit.” Referring to the audience he added ”They don’t know how much it helped me.” Meanwhile, Slade’s LP, Slayed went to no. 1 on the UK charts
1974 - A small riot by fans broke out when Steve Miller was inadvertently not invited to his own ‘after-concert’ party at Tower Records in Los Angeles. Police closed down the store – there were 37 injuries including 17 police and 8 arrests
1976 –Greg Allmans was subpoena’d by a grand jury investigating a drug ring. Also, the trial of 7 Brunswick Records and Dukar Records employees, got underway. They were charged with bilking artists out of $184,000 in royalties. Charges had been brought during a federal investigation for possible instances of payola
1978 - The Police started recording their first album. Also, Elvis Presley’s cover of Paul Anka’s My Way went gold
1979 - The Young Mens’ Christian Association filed a libel suit against The Village People over their song Y.M.C.A.. The suit was later dropped
1980 - Grateful Dead, Starship and The Beach Boysheadlined a benefit gig in Los Angeles for victims of the Khmer Rouge in Kampuchea
1981 - Bow Wow Wow performed at The Venue in London
1984 - BBC Radio 1 announced a ban on Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Relax, calling “obscene”. BBC TV followed suit, but it still went on to be a UK no 1.
1986 - Sex Pistols members John Lydon, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, as well as Sid Vicious’s mum sued former manager Malcolm McClaren for £1 million in unpaid royalties. They settled out of court
1990 - New Kids On The Block’s single Hangin’ Tough went to no. 1 on the UK charts
1993 - Bobby Brown was arrested for simulating sex acts on stage. This was the 2nd time Augusta Police had him for the same offense.
1999 - Steps’ single, Heartbreak / Tragedy went to no. 1 on the UK charts
2003 - Diana Ross appeared in a US court charged with driving while twice over the drink driving alcohol limit. Peter Townshend was arrested on suspicion of child porn offences. Police impounded 7 computers from his home in Surrey
Thursday, December 31, 2009
PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 6th January
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
This Is Love - The Loved Ones - Magic Box
My Weapon - XTC - Go 2
Night Ride Across The
The odd sock –
Chaccaron Maccaron
Finale (Toys) -
Heads Will Turn - The Yachts - The Yachts
Who’s Dreamin’ This Dream? - Christine McVie - Christine McVie
Onward - Yes - Tormato
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Stomp Boogie – John Lee Hooker
Pretty Girls Everywhere – Eric Clapton & John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Country Blues – Muddy Waters
Gene’s Boogie – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Board Meeting – Benny Goodman & his orchestra
Hawk Talk - Coleman Hawkins
Country Jam – Magna Carta - Songs From Wastie’s Orchard
Many Happy Returns - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Justice Wears A Skirt - Man Bites God - Man Bites God
Imagine The Swan - The Zombies - The Time Of The Zombies
3-piece suit –
Time To Live
Jump Back – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs - Live At Sunbury
Clean Like Tomorrow – X – Metal 11
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Singer – AC/DC - TNT
Morning After The Party - Manfred Mann - The Ascent Of Mann – The
Young Lust - Aerosmith - Pump
Quote – “You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?” Bryan Ferry
Intros & Outros (6th January) –
1924 – Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musician
1929 – Wilbert
1935 – Nino Tempo, rock vocalist
1935 - Paul Wilson, R&B singer
1937 -
1944 - Van McCoy, singer & producer for Gladys Knight and Aretha
1946 - Syd Barrett (Roger Keith Barrett),original singer & guitarist with Pink Floyd
1947 - Sandy Denny (Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny), singer for Fairport Convention, solo artist & featured on Led Zeppelin’s
1951 - Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds
1953 – Malcolm Young, guitarist with AC/DC
1959 - Kathy Sledge, member of Sister Sledge
1963 - Paul Brindley, bassist for The Sundays
1964 - Mark O’Toole, bassist/drummer with Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1967 - Peter Loran, vocalist for Trixter
1980 - Georgeanna Tillman Gordon of The Velvelettes died on this day
1993 – John B “Dizzy” Gillespie, blues / jazz trumpeter died of cancer on this day. He was 75
1995 - James Clay, saxophonist, died on this day. He was 59
1996 - James Brown’s wife Adrienne died on this day when she suffered a heart attack during a major plastic surgery operation. She was 47
On this day (6th January) –
1956 - Elvis Presley’s first performance in a small auditorium, in the gym at
1957 - Elvis Presley made his 7th and last appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, Heartbreak Hotel, Don’t Be Cruel, Peace in the Valley, a first performance of his new single Too Much, and When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
1958 –Gibson guitars launched their famous Flying V electric guitars
1964 - The first night of a 14-date tour, Group Scene 1964, headlining The Rolling Stones, as well as The Ronettes, Marty Wilde, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Dave Berry & The Cruisers at the Granada Theatre,Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex
1966 - The Beatles’ We Can Work It Out was awarded gold
1968 - Val Doonican had no. 1 position on the UK album charts with Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently, while The Beatles had no. 1 on the US charts with Magical Mystery Tour for the next 8 weeks. Also, Paul Mauriat released Love is Blue and Lalo Schifrin released the theme to
1969 - The Supremes released I’m Livin’ In Shame
1970 -
1971 - Neil Young returned to
1973 - Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain (with Mick Jagger on backing vocals) started 3 weeks at no. 1 on the
1975 - The Wiz opened on Broadway to enthusiastic reviews. In
1977 - Faced with growing discontent from staff who had come face to face with The Sex Pistols, and a strike threat from employees at the company’s pressing plant who were unhappy about manufacturing Anarchy in the UK, EMI Records dropped the band and payed them £40,000 to release them from their contract. Also, Kiss’s LP, Rock & Roll Over, went platinum
1979 - The Village People scored no. 1 on the
1982 - Fun Boy Three’s Lynval Golding required 20 stitches to his head & neck after a stabbing by white youths in a
1987 - Eric Clapton started what became an annual event by playing 6 shows at The Royal Albert Hall,
1990 - Phil Collins’ … But Seriously started 3 weeks at no. 1 on the US charts, while figures released by US accountants showed that the recent US tour by The Rolling Stonesgrossed over $1 million – a then new record for any rock act
1993 - It was reported that David Bowie had lost over £2.5 million in unpaid royalties to an Italian Mafia-linked bootleg fraud
1997 – Two bronze busts worth £50,000 were stolen from George Harrison’s garden when thieves scaled a 3 metre wall, and cut the statues from their plinths
2001 - Pink Floyd guitaist David Gilmour won the right to his dot.com name. David took legal action in his battle to reclaim davidgilmour.com from Andrew Herman who had registered the URL and was selling Pink Floyd merchandise through the site
2004 - US CD sales rose for the first time in 4 years, despite the growing popularity of legal digital musical downloads
Monday, December 28, 2009
PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 30th December
Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Heavy Hats – Nils Lofgren – Damaged Goods
Romany Soup – Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn
She Comes In Colours - Love - Best Of …
The odd sock –
Eleanor Rigby - Tony Bennett
Shake, Rattle & Roll - The Loved Ones - Magic Box
Jumping In Gomorrah - XTC - Go 2
The Highwayman - Loreena McKennett - The Book Of Secrets
I Can’t Stay Long - The Yachts - The Yachts
Stuff you left in your pockets –
Shoo Shoo Baby – Dinah Washington
Lonely Years – Eric Clapton & John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Slop Around – Buddy Guy
I Should Have Kept On Dreaming – Gene Krupa & his orchestra
Scarecrow – Benny Goodman & his orchestra
I Knew Dana - Coleman Hawkins
The Woman’s Dream - Eden Mackenzie - Living In A Clock
Circus Of Heaven - Yes - Tormato
Got A Hold On Me - Christine McVie - Christine McVie
3-piece suit –
In The Real World
Where’s The Walrus?
Light Of The World
Chinese Whispers
Stereotomy 2 – Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy
Embers Fire – Paradise Lost – Metal 11
Show Me - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Country Jam – Magna Carta - Songs From Wastie’s Orchard
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Singer – AC/DC - TNT
Quote – “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain“ Bob Marley
Intros & Outros (30th December) –
1928 – Bo Diddley (Elias Bates McDaniel), blues guitarist & singer
1930 - Andy Williams, singer
1931 - Skeeter Davis (Mary Francis Penick), singer
1933 - Andy Stewart, singer
1934 – Del Shannon (Charles Westover), singer
1937 - John Hartford, songwriter. Also played banjo & fiddle on The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo
1937 - (Noel) Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary
1940 - Kenny Pentifallo of Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes
1942 – Mike Nesmith, actor, vocalist & guitarist with The Monkees, solo artist, record & video producer
1942 – Robert Quine, guitarist with Richard Hell & The Voidoids, also worked with Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Lloyd Cole and They Might Be Giants
1945 - Davey Jones, actor, vocalist & guitarist with The Monkees
1945 - Roger Glover, bassist with Rainbow
1946 – Patti Smith, singer and poet
1947 - Jeff Lynne, guitarist, synthesizer-player and vocalist with Idle Race, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and The Travelling Wilburys
1949 - Geoff Peacey of Boston Show Band, Lake and Elephant
1950 - Dave Stewart of Hatfield and The North
1959 - Tracey Ullman, comedian, singer & actress
1969 - Jason Kay, vocalist with Jamiroquai
1975 - Tiger Woods (Just thought you’d like to know. Ed.)
1991 - A second child is born to Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scaialf
1995 – Clarence Satchell of The Ohio Players died on this day
On this day (30th December) –
1962 - 18 year-old Brenda Lee (Brenda Mae Tarpley), was injured slightly when she tried to rescue her poodle, CeeCee, from their burning house. The dog later died from smoke inhalation
1962 – Ike & Tina Turner, The Ike-ettes, Jimmy Thomas and Mary Brown performed at Coconut Grove in Sacrament, California
1963 - New Musical Express’s 12th International popularity Poll lists British acts at the top of most categories for the first time – the no. 1 male singer is Cliff Richard, the no. 1 group is The Beatles, and the record of the year is She Loves You
1965 - Tonight’s episode of the TV pop show, Shindig!, featured The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Mann, The Hollies and Gerry & The Pacemakers
1967 - The top 3 positions on the US singles charts were The Beatles at no. 1 with Hello Goodbye (their 15th no. 1 in the US), Gladys Knight & The Pips with I Heard It Through The Grapevine and The Monkees with Day Dream Believer
1969 - Peter Tork quit The Monkees by buying himself out at a cost of $160,000
1970 - Paul McCartney sued John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to dissolve The Beatles partnership, and regain control of his interest in it
1973 - John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra played their last concert at The Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan
1974 - The Beatles partnership officially dissolves, 4 years after Paul McCartney initiated his lawsuit
1976 - Abba’s Greatest Hits goes gold
1978 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer announced their official break up, while XTC made their live debut in the US at a show in Philadelphia
1981 – The J. Geils Band’s Freeze-Frame goes gold
1989 - Chris Novoselic, bassist with Nirvana married Shelli Dilly in Washington
1993 - Deni Hines married INXS’ guitarist Kirk Pengilly
1995 –Michael Jackson’s Earth Song was no. 1 in the UK
1999 - George Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked when an intruder broke into their home. The Intruder, Michael Abram, was arrested; George had been stabbed in the chest and was admitted to hospital. On a lighter note, former Slade singer, Noddy Holder, was awarded an MBE, and Mark Knopfler awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Millennium Honours list
2001 - Nickelback’s How To Remind Me went to no. 1 in the US charts
2002 - Diana Ross was arrested for drink driving by the Arizona police. She was cited with 3 misdemeanors – driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08 and “extreme DUI” driving with a blood alcohol level over .15
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