PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 30th June

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Love’s My Bag - Spectrum - Ghosts: Terminal Reflections
Evermore - Chuck Girard - Chuck Girard

The odd sock –
The War - Bill Hicks

Let’s Be Friends (Skin On Skin) - Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Last Laugh - Cobra - Soldier of Loneliness
All By Myself - Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Please Don’t Go – John Lee Hooker
You Hear Me Talkin’ – Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
I’m A Low-Down Groove – Billie Holiday
Tippin’ In – Erskine Hawkins & his orchestra
Farewell Blues – Woody Herman
The Lady Is A Tramp - Bird Yard Big Band - On The Edge

Yellow Peril - Steely Dan - The Early Years
World Of Pain - Cream - Disraeli Gears
Nobody’s Hero - Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody’s Heroes

Southbound Train - David Crosby & Graham Nash - Graham Nash & David Crosby
Changes IV - Cat Stevens - Teaser & The Firecat
Got To Keep Open - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Live It Up

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 24) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “I think everyone should have a Beatles phase in their life. I think it's part of growing up in the Western world.” - Jadel and Cristina Cordova



ON THIS DAY – 30th June

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1917
· Buddy Rich, drummer & orchestra leader
· Lena Horne, singer

1939
· Tony Hatch, songwriter

1941
· Larry Henley, of The Newbeats
· Larry Hall, singer

1943
· Florence Ballard, singer with The Supremes

1944
· Glenn Shorrock, front man for Little River Band

1946
· Billy Brown, of The Moments

1951
· Andy Scott, guitarist & vocalist for Sweet
· Stanley Clarke, jazz bassist for the likes of Chick Corea, Santana, Keith Richards, Quincy Jones and Paul McCartney

1956
· Adrian Wright, from Human League

1962
· Julianne Reagan, from All About Eve

1983
· Cheryl Tweedy, singer for Girls Aloud

2001
· American guitarist and producer Chet Atkins died in Nashville on this day, aged 77. He was an influence on George Harrison and Mark Knopfler

EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1948
· Bell Laboratories announced transistors as a substitute for radio tubes

1962
· Neil Sedaka’s Breaking Up Is Hard To Do was no. 1 in the US
· Ray Stevens released Ahab the Arab

1963
· Brian Epstein signed The Fourmost

1966
· The Beatles played the first of 3 concerts at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Japan. Amateur recordings became the bootleg album referred to as Three Nights In Tokyo

1967
· Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were granted £7,000 bail in the High Court after spending a night in the cells

1971
· Paul Revere & The Raiders received gold for Indian Reservation

1973
· George Harrison’s Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth took the place of PaulMcCartney’s My Love at no. 1 on the US singles charts
· Slade had the no. 1 spot in the UK with Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me (their 5th UK no. 1)
· David Bowie played the Earl’s Court Stadium in London

1975
· Cher married Gregg Allman, 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono. They split after10 days
· The Eagles received gold for One Of These Nights

1976
· Police raided the home of Neil Diamond looking for drugs. They found less than 1 ounce of marijuana
· Stuart Goddard (aka Adam Ant) placed the following ad in the classifieds of Melody Maker magazine: ”Beat on a bass with the B-Sides.’ Andy Warren answered the ad and they went on to form Adam & The Ants

1977
· Marvel Comics launched a comic book based on the group Kiss. Each of th band members contributed a drop of blood into the red ink for printing. The book sold over 500,000 copies

1978
· United Artists released The Buzzcocks single Love You More, clocking in at 1 minute 29 seconds, the 2nd shortest single ever released. 1 minute 28 seconds was the time for Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs’ single, Stay, in 1960
· The Sex Pistols released their version of My Way

1979
· Tubeway Army started a 5-week run at no. 1 on the UK singles charts with Are Friends Electric?
· Anita Ward started 2 weeks at no. 1 in US with Ring My Bell
· Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins made their judgements as guests on BBC’s Juke Box Jury

1981
· Jerry Lee Lewis was rushed to hospital with holes in his stomach multiple abscesses in his chest. He and was not expected to survive. He did

1983
· 10 years after splitting up during a show in Hollywood, The Everly Brothers announced that they had settled their differences, and would reunite for a concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, later in the yaer

1984
· Huey Lewis & The News had the No. 1 US album with Sports

1987
· Beastie Boy Ad-Rock became engaged to Mollie Ringwald, star of the Pretty in Pink movie

1989
· Police were called in to the HMV Record Store in London’s Oxford Street to control over 4,000 fans trying to see the in-store appearance of Bobby Brown . 6 fans were hospitalised and 1 had to be given the kiss of life
· The Stone Roses almost didn’t play their gig at Leeds Polytechnic when a security guard refused entry to the lead singer, Ian Brown

1990
· Police raided the home of Chuck Berry and found homemade porn videos, drugs and guns
· Miles Davis played the first of 2 gigs at London’s Hammersmith Odeon
· Eric Clapton and others played a concert at Knebworth for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity
· Rappers 2 Live Crew were arrested and charged with profanity during their US tour
· New Kids On The Block topped the charts with Step

1994
· Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam testified before a congressional hearing concerning rising concert ticket prices

1995
· Garth Brooks was given a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Garth buried master tapes of his Hits album under the star

1999
· The Eric Clapton & Friends concert was held in Madison Square Gardens. Clapton performed with Sheryl Crow, Mary J Blige and Bob Dylan. The concert raised $1 million for Clapton’s drug rehab clinic in Antiqua

2000
· 9 people died & 24 were injured at a Pearl Jam portioomn of the Roskilde festival Denmark after people at the back, who couldn’t hear due to faulty speakers, stampeded forward

2001
· Al Jardine went to court to sue his former band-mates, claiming he had been ‘frozen out’ of The Beach Boys. The $4 million suit was filed against Mike Love, Brian Wilson, the Carl Wilson Trust and Brother Records Incorporated in a New York Supreme Court. In 1998, a judge temporarily barred Jardine from performing under the name Beach Boys Family & Friends after representations from Mike Love & Brother Records. Jardine lost the case in 2003

PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 23rd June

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
When I Come Home - Spencer Davis Group - Best Of …
What Else Can I Say? - Chicago - Chicago

The odd sock –
Right Said Fred - Bernard Cribbins

What The World Needs Now Is A New Pair Of Sox - Spectrum - Ghosts: Terminal Reflections
Windy Town - Chris Rea - New Light Through Old Windows
Worlds Apart - Bruce Springsteen - The Rising

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Death Letter Blues – Leadbelly
Come On In This House / Have Mercy Baby – Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Cryin’ Blues – Kokomo Arnold
Cocktails For Two – Benny Carter & his orchestra
Bewitched – Benny Goodman
Think - Bird Yard Big Band - On The Edge

Snookeroo - Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna
You Ask Me Why - Chuck Girard - Chuck Girard
Take It Out On Me - Steely Dan - The Early Years

Soldier of Loneliness - Cobra - Soldier of Loneliness
At The Edge - Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody’s Heroes
World Of Pain - Cream - Disraeli Gears

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 23) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!” - J. K. Rowling


ON THIS DAY – 23rd June

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1915
· Zeb Turner (William Edward Grisham)

1923
· Dotty Todd

1929
· June Carter Cash, country singer & wife of Johnny Cash

1940
· Adam Faith (Terence Nelhams), singer & actor
· Stu Sutcliffe, bassist for The Beatles during 1960 – 61
· Diana Trask, Australian singer

1944
· Rosetta Hightower from The Orlons

1945
· Paul Goddard from The Atlanta Rhythm Section

1950
· Cyndi Lauper, singer

1952
· Betty Dragstra, from Pussycat

1957
· Lee John, from Imagination

1962
· Richard Coles, from Communards

1964
· Joey Allen, guitarist for Warrant

1965
· Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, guitarist for Oasis

1972
· Elton Britt, country singer, died on this day. He was 54

1981
· Anthony Costa, singer for Blue

EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1848
· Antoine Joseph Sax was awarded a patent for his invention, the saxophone (This one’s a strange listing, folks. Other databases refer to this as “the birthdate of Antoine Sax, the inventor of the saxophone”, while others again refer to “1846, the birthdate of George Sax, inventor of the saxophone”. Ed)

1957
· Lonnie Donegan had no. 1 on the UK charts with Gamblin’ Man / Putting On The Style

1960
· Eddie Cochran topped the UK charts with Three Steps To Heaven

1962
· Ray Charles started a 14-week run at no.1 on the US album charts with Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music. His I Can’t Stop Loving You entered the UK charts on this day.
· The film sound track to West Side Story hit no. 1 on the UK charts for the first time. It spent a total of 13 weeks at no. 1 on seven different occasions

1965
· Motown Records released Tracks Of My Tears by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

1966
· The Beatles had their 10th consecutive UK no. 1 single with Paperback Writer
· The Rolling Stones departed London for their 3rd US tour. 2 weeks previously, Mick Jagger was hospitalised after collapsing from exhaustion at the end of tours of Australia and Europe

1967
· John Entwhistle, bassist for The Who, married Alison Wise. He told the London Daily Express, ”I always suspected we would marry one day. I was already playing in an amateur group and on our first date she carried my amplifier.”
· Arthur Conley received gold for Sweet Soul Music

1970
· Chubby Checker and 3 others were arrested at Niagara Falls after police found marijuana and other drugs in his car
· Ringo Starr arrived in Nashville to start recording sessions with Pete Drake, Jerry Reed, Charlie Daniels and Charley McCoyamongst others, top Nashville session men, and some who had worked on Bob Dylan’s John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline. The work was later released as Beaucoups of Blues

1973
· 10CC were at no.1 on the UK charts with Rubber Bullets
· George Harrison started 5 weeks at no. 1 on the US album charts with Living In The Material World

1975
· During his Welcome To My Nightmare tour in Vancouver, Alice Cooper fell from the stage & broke 6 ribs
· Jefferson Starship released the Red Octopus album

1976
· Paul McCartney & Wings completed the Wings Over America Tour in Los Angeles

1979
· The Knack released My Sharona and The Charlie Daniel’s Band released The Devil Went Down To Georgia
· Supertramp’s Breakfast In America was top of the US album charts

1981
· 7 years after founder and leader Robert Fripp found himself the only member of King Crimson, the group he launched in 1969, he announced he was renaming his current band, Disciple, as King Crimson

1984
· Duran Duran started 2 weeks at no. 1 on the US singles charts with The Reflex, their first no. 1
· An auction of items associated with John Lennon was held at Sotheby’s in London
· Van Halen released their Panama single

1989
· George Michael received the Silver Clef award for Outstanding achievements to British music
· New Kids On The Block were almost thrown out of their hotel in Anaheim, California, after being caught throwing balloons full of Kool-Aid at guests

1990
· 13-year-old Keith Sorrentine filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Madonna claiming he suffered nightmares and bed-wetting problems after an incident outside Madonna’s house when she allegedly flung him to the ground
· Actor Gary Busey, who played the role of Buddy Holly in the film The Buddy Holly Story, paid £139,658 for Holly’s Gibson acoustic guitar in a Sotheby’s auction. The guitar was in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself
· Elton John had his first UK no. 1 single with Sacrifice / Healing Hands after achieving over 40 previous Top 75 singles

1995
· Drummer Alan White made his live debut with Oasis at Glastonbury Festival. Ex-Take That member Robbie Williams played onstage with the band
· CBS News anchor, Dan Rather joined R.E.M. onstage at Madison Square Gardens during a sound check to perform What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?. It refers to a bizarre incident years before when Rather was beaten up by thugs demanding an answer to the question. The performance was shown on David Letterman’s Late Show

2000
· The Experience Music Project was unveiled in Seattle by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. The Museum contained over 80,000 items of Jimi Hendrix memorabilia, including the smashed guitar from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival

2002
· Rolling Stone magazine listed the top earners from US sales during 2001. Madonna came in at no. 5 with $49.5 million, Dave Matthews Band at 4 with $52.7 million, The Beatles at 3 with $58 million, Dr. Dre at 2 with $63 million and U2 with $75 million

2002
· Nelly started 7 weeks at no. 1 on the US singles charts with Hot In Here

PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 16th June

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
H2o (for cello & 4 dripping taps) - Sodacake - Everything’s Always
Pictures For Pleasure - Charlie Sexton - Pictures For Pleasure

The odd sock –
5 in a Row - D-Generation

The Greatest Show on Earth - Sparks - Terminal Jive
Loneliness Is Just A Word - Chicago - Chicago
Trampoline - Spencer Davis Group - Best Of …

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Rollin’ & Tumblin’ – Muddy Waters
My Baby She Left Me (a mule to ride) – Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Beer Drinkin’ Women – Peter Chatman
Supersession – Don Byas Quartet
Blue Train – John Coltrane
Zoot Suit Riot - Bird Yard Big Band - On The Edge

Trust Me - Spectrum - Ghosts: Terminal Reflections
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat - Chris Rea - New Light Through Old Windows
Empty Sky - Bruce Springsteen - The Rising

Rock & Roll Preacher - Chuck Girard - Chuck Girard
Husbands & Wives - Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna
Darts - Cobra - Soldiers of Loneliness

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 22) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side - Hunter S. Thompson


ON THIS DAY – 16th June

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1939
· Billy ‘Crash’ Craddock, singer
· Chick Webb died on this day

1941
· Lamont Dozier, producer & songwriter

1942
· Edward Levert, from The O’Jays
· John Rostill, bassist with The Shadows

1944
· Reg Presley, singer and founding member of The Troggs

1945
· Peter Hoorelbeke, from Rare Earth

1946
· Ian Matthews (Ian Matthew McDonald), singer with Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort and solo artist

1948
· Brian Eno, singer, electronic-music experimentalist, and member of Roxy Music

1952
· Gino Vanelli, singer

1953
· Ian Mosley, from Curved Air and Marillion
· Malcolm Mortimer from Gentle Giant

1954
· Gerry Roberts, guitarist with The Boomtown Rats

1958
· Patrick Waite, from Musical Youth

1970
· Lonnie Johnson, blues singer, died on this day. He was 81

1971
· Tupac Amaru Shakur, rapper

1982
· Pretenders’ guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died on this day after a sustained cocaine and heroin addiction. His colleague, bassist Pete Farndon, left the band the day before. He was 25

1999
· Rock singer turned politician Screaming Lord Sutch was found dead after he had hanged himself. He was 58

1994
· Kristen Pfaff, bassist for Hole, died of a heroin overdose on this day

EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1955
· Four different versions of Unchained Melody were on the UK Top-20. Latterday DJ Jimmy Young was first, then Al Hibbler, Les Baxter & his orchestra was next, followed by US pianist, Liberace

1956
· Gogi Grant topped the charts with The Wayward Wind

1959
· Gene Vincent released Be Bop a Lula

1962
· The Konrads, featuring David Jones (who later changed his name to David Bowie, made their live debut at Bromley Technical School in Kent, England

1964
· The Rolling Stones paid £1,500 in plane fares to fly from US to honour a booking made a year earlier for a performance paying £100 at Magdalen College in Oxford, England

1965
· The Rolling Stones performed at The Usher Hall in Edinburgh
· Herman’s Hermits earned their first gold for Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter

1968
· Bill Graham presented the Matrix Club benefit concert at The Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, starring Janis Joplin & Big Brother and The Holding Company, The Steve Miller Blues Band, Dan Hicks and Santana

1967
· The 3-day Monterey Pop Festival in California began. All proceeds went to charity and artists agreed to play for free; The ‘Summer of Love” was born. The festival saw the 1st major US performances by The Who, Jimi Hendrix (who set alight his guitar) and Janis Joplin. Also on the bill were The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, Simon & Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, Canned Heat, The Mamas & The Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield and The Electric Flag. Tickets cost between $3.50 and $6.50

1969
· Feast of Friends, a film documentary of The Doors, premiered in Los Angeles

1970
· Mungo Jerry hit no. 1 in the UK with In the Summertime
· Woodstock Ventures, sponsors of the original Woodstock Festival, announced that it lost more than $1.2 million on the event. They hoped to recoup on sales of the album and other memorabilia

1973
· Suzi Quatro had her first UK no. 1 single with Can the Can 10CC had no. 2 position with Rubber Bullets and no. 3 was Fleetwood Mac with Albatross

1975
· John Lennon sued the US Government, charging that officials attempted to deny his immigration through selective prosecution

1977
· Beatlemania, a revue based on Lennon / McCartney songs and starring 4 Beatle look-alikes, opened on Broadway at the Wintergarden Theatre

1978
· The film version of Broadway musical Grease opened in New York
· Ringo Starr released Bad Boy album
· Wings released I’ve Had Enough

1980
· The film The Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Akroyd as well as a swag of well known actors and musicians, premiered in Chicago

1982
· Guitarist and singer Donny Van Zant of 38 Special was arrested on stage after a concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for public drinking in a dry town

1983
· Ringo Starr released Old Wave album in West Germany

1984
· Frankie Goes To Hollywood had their 2nd UK no. 1 single Two Tribes. It stayed there for 9 weeks, making Frankie the first band to have their first 2 singles go to no. 1

1988
· Motley Crue’s Vince Neil married mud wrestler Sharisse Rudell

1989
· The first day of the Glastonbury Festival, featuring Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Throwing Muses, Pixies, All About Eve, Hothouse Flowers, The Waterboys, Suzanne Vega and Fairground Attraction. Tickets cost £28
· Smokey Robinson released a women’s fragrance onto the perfume market

1992
· Rapper Sister Souljah called democratic presidential candidate bill Clinton a ”draft-dodging, pot-smoking womanizer.” he had criticised her for suggesting that blacks kill whites because ”there’s too much black-on-black violence”

1990
· Roxette hit no. 1 for 2 weeks with It Must Have Been Love
· The Rolling Stones’ single, Paint It Black, topped the Netherlands’ charts for the 2nd time in 24 years
· Bros (the Goss brothers), paid just over £40,000 in settlement over a legal dispute involving management

1995
· Pearl Jam began a tour without using Ticketmaster, accusing the ticket giant of monopolising the concert ticket industry. They used a mail-order service instead

2000
· On the first night of his Up In Smoke tour, Snoop Dogg’s tour bus was stopped at the Temecula border checkpoint, San Diego, after a border patrol smelled marijuana smoke wafting from the bus. One arrest was made

2002
· 46 years after his first hit, Elvis Presley started a 4-week run at no. 1 on the UK singles chart with A Little Less Conversation (Elvis vs. JXL), giving Elvis a total of 18 UK no. 1 singles – the most by any artist in chart history. It also set a new record for the longest span of no. 1 hits – 44 years, 11 months and 9 days

PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 9th June

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Turn The Tide - Sirocco - Earth Dance
Born A Man - Cascade - Taken By Surprise

The odd sock –
Making A Commercial - Benny Hill

Oralie - Sodacake - Everything’s Always
Wild World - Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
Stereo - Sparks - Terminal Jive

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Am I Blue – Billy Holiday
A Man Of Many Words – Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Sail On Boogie – T-Bone Walker
Blue Skies – Benny Goodman & his orchestra
By the Fireside – Ray Noble & his orchestra
Shake a Tailfeather - Bird Yard Big Band - On The Edge

Together ‘Til The End Of Time - Spencer Davis Group - Best Of …
Hold Me - Charlie Sexton - Pictures For Pleasure
Slow - Something For Kate - The Answer to Both Your Questions

Sing A Mean Tune Kid - Chicago - Chicago
Trust Me - Spectrum - Ghosts: Terminal Reflections
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat - Chris Rea - New Light Through Old Windows

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 21) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “Jazz: music invented for the torture of imbeciles” -
Henry Van Dyke
ON THIS DAY – 9th June

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1891
· Cole Porter, singer & composer

1902
· Skip James

1915
· Les Paul (Lester William Polfus), guitarist, inventor of the Gibson guitar, pioneer of the ‘close-miking’ technique and echo-delay. He also pioneered work on overdubbing techniques and the prototype Amplex recorder. He broke his right arm in a car accident & had the plaster set at an angle where he could still play guitar

1929
· Johnny Ace (John Marshall Alexander Jr.), singer, Billboard’s most-played artist of 1955

1934
· Jackie Wilson, replaced a career in boxing to replace Clyde McPhatter, singing for The Dominoes. He went solo later on
· Donald Duck, cartoon character (It’s not rock & roll, but I thought you’d like to know. Ed.)

1941
· Jon Lord, organist / keyboard player for Deep Purple, then Whitesnake
· Billy Hatton, bassist with The Four Jays, later called The Four Mosts and finally The Fourmost

1946
· Stuart Edwards, from Edison Lighthouse

1947
· John ‘Mitch’ Mitchell, drummer with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, member of the Ready, Steady, Go! house band. Also worked with The Jack bruce Band and Ramatan

1949
· George Bunnell, bassist for The Strawberry Alarm Clock
· Francis Monkman from Curved Air

1950
· Trevor Bolder, from Spiders From Mars and Uriah Heep

1951
· Terry Uttley, from Smokie
· Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins), singer

1953
· Errol Kennedy, from Imagination

1954
· Peter Byrne from Climie Fisher

1962
· Eddy Lundon, from China Crisis


EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1958
· Johnny Mathis’ album, Johnny’s Greatest Hits, hit the top of the US charts
· Sheb Woolley’s The Purple People Eater topped the charts
· Jerry Lee Lewis, with the help of his producer Sam Phillips, took out a full-page ad in Billboard magazine, to explain about his 2nd divorce and 3rd marriage to his 14-year-old cousin , Myra

1962
· The Beatles have a “Welcome Home” night at the Cavern Club after returning from the Star Club in Hamburg

1963
· The Beatles play the last gig of their second British tour at King George Hall in Blackburn, Lancashire

1967
· The Monkees played the Hollywood Bowl

1969
· Guitarist Mick Taylor joined The Rolling Stones as a replacement for Brian Jones

1970
· Bob Dylan was given an honorary Doctorate of Music degree from Princeton University for “brilliantly distinguishing himself in good works”. For the ceremony, Dylan consented to wear the traditional graduation gown, but refused to wear the mortarboard cap. He was reported to be “very nervous and hesitant, and seemed appropriately out of place.”

1971
· Paul McCartney was awarded gold for his Ram LP

1972
· Columbia Records’ boss John Hammond signed up Bruce Springsteen
· Elvis Presley performed his first New York City show. Interviews were offered at $120,000, but there were no takers
· David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars

1974
· Blind Faith’s first concert

1977
· George and Patti Harrison divorce

1978
· Polydor Records signed Siouxsie & The Banshees

1979
· The Bee Gees’ made the top of the charts with Love You Inside Out

1982
· James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Brownr played a Peace Week gig at Nassau Coliseum, On Long Island, New York

1984
· Cyndi Lauper held the no. 1 position in the US for 2 weeks with Time After Time

1989
· The reformed Doobie Brothers played their first US concert

1990
· MC Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em started a record-breaking 21 weeks at the top of the US album charts, making it the longest uninterrupted stay at the top since the album charts started
· Wilson Phillips went to no. 1 on the US charts with Hold On
· The Sunningdale mansion owned by the group Five Star was repossessed after non-payment of the mortgage.
· Englandneworder started 2 weeks at no. 1 on the UK singles charts with World In Motion
· Michael Jackson was admitted to hospital with a mystery illness. It was later diagnosed as costochondritis, an inflamed cartilage in his ribcage

1994
· After an argument TLC singer Left Eye set fire to her boyfriend Andre Rison’s mansion, worth $2 million, burning it to the ground. She was charged with arson and fined $10,000 with 5 years probation

2000
· Sinead O’Connor announced that she was a lesbian. The mother of 2 told the US magazine Curve, ”I am a lesbian. I haven’t been very open about that, I’ve been out with blokes, because I haven’t necessarily been terribly comfortable about being a lesbian.”

2003
· Former Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating raised more than £100,000 for cancer during a 23 day walk from the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim to Kinsale in County Cork. He visited 610 towns along the way, walking an average of 32kms each day

PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 2nd June

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
All Around The World or The Myth Of Fingerprints - Paul Simon - The Graceland
Sunday In The City - Carson - Blown

The odd sock –
The Elder’s Lament - Andrew Horabin - Georgie Boy

Moroccan Sunset - Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Emmanuel - Cascade - Taken By Surprise
Criminal World - Simple Minds - Good News From The Next World

Stuff you left in your pockets –
You’re Gonna Miss Me – Muddy Waters
Chump Change – Albert King
Stack o’ Dollars – Big Joe Williams
Your Red Wagon – Count Basie & his orchestra
Autumn Leaves – Miles Davis
Got To Get You Into My Life - Bird Yard Big Band - On The Edge

These Are The Guys - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
Hard-Headed Woman - Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
Devil Train - Sirocco - Earth Dance

Restless - Charlie Sexton - Pictures For Pleasure
Breton’s Quartet - Sodacake - Everything’s Always
Sing A Mean Tune Kid - Chicago - Chicago

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 20) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “Military justice is to justice what military music is to music” -
Groucho Marx
ON THIS DAY – 2nd June

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1924
· Maurice Kinn, who launched the New Musical Express in 1953. The music weekly listed the first charts based on record sales

1927
· Carl Butler

1932
· Sammy Turner (Samuel Black), from Lavender Blue Moods

1936
· Otis Williams

1937
· Jimmy Jones, singer

1939
· Charles Miller of War

1941
· Charlie Watts, drummer for The Rolling Stones. He also gigs with Charlie Watts & His Big Band. He started out as a jazz / R&B drummer for Alexis Korner’s Blues Unlimited
· William Guest, ‘Pip’ of Gladys Knight & The Pips

1944
· Marvin Hamlisch, pianist and composer

1948
· Jerry Mathers, from Beaver

1950
· Antone “Chubby” Tavaares, singer with Tavares (also listed as 1947. Ed)

1959
· Michael Steele, bassist & vocalist with The Bangles

1960
· Tony Hadley, vocalist with Spandau Ballet

1965
· David White from Brother Beyond

1976
· Tim Rice-Oxley, pianist with Keane

1980
· Fabrizio Moreti, drummer for The Strokes

1993
· A daughter, Renee, was born to Rod stewart and his wife Rachel Hunter

2008
· Bo Diddley, blues singer and guitarist, died of heart failure on this day

EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1896
· Guglieimo Marconi filed a patent for radio with the British Patent Office

1953
· Elvis Presley left L.C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee

1957
· Johnny Ray held the no. 1 position in the US with Yes Tonight Josephine

1962
· Owen Gray’s Twist Baby was Island Records’ first single
· Ray Charles started a 5-week run at no. 1 with I Can’t Stop Loving You

1964
· The Rolling Stones made their US TV debut on The Les Crane Show. They also played their first show as part of a tour that included The Chiffons, Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vee in Lyn, Massachusetts
· The Associated Press wrote of The Rolling Stones, ”they are dirtier and streakier and more dishevelled that The Beatles and in some places, they are more popular than The Beatles’

1966
· Frank Sinatra took no. 1 position in the UK with Strangers In The Night

1967
· David Bowie released his self-titled debut album. It didn’t make the charts

1972
· Dion & The Belmonts reunited for a special concert at Madison Square gardens in New York. The band originally split up when Dion DiMucci opted for a solo career

1973
· The Electric Light Orchestra began their first US tour
· Diana Ross released Touch Me In The Morning
· Paul McCartney & Wings topped the charts for 3 weeks with My Love
· John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dumped a bucket of water over legendary concert-promoter Bill Graham following an argument at a show in San Francisco

1975
· Paul McCartney & Wings were awarded gold for Venus & Mars

1976
· Wings set a new world-record of 67,100 fans attending an indoor event when they played in Seattle

1978
· Bruce Springsteen released Darkness On The Edge Of Town, two and a half years after Born To Run, and delayed a year due to litigation involving his former manager

1979
· Donna Summer topped the charts with Hot Stuff

1981
· Prince made his British debut at The Lyceum in London

1984
· Wham! had their first UK no. 1 with Wake me Up Before You Go Go

1988
· James Brown’s wife Adrienne claimed diplomatic immunity while fighting numerous traffic violations under the grounds that she was “the wife of the Official Ambassador of Soul”

1989
· The Rolling Stones’s Bill Wyman secretly married 19-year-old Mandy Smith. His 28-year-old son was Best Man, and all Stones’ members attended. As an extra twist, Wyman’s son dated Mandy’s mum!

1993
· Ronald Ray Howard’s murder trial began in Austin, Texas. Howard killed a state trooper after listening to Tupac Shakur’s 2Pacalypse Now album. He was convicted and sentenced to death

1995
· Stone Roses’ John Squire smashed his collarbone in a cycling accident; major gigs for the band had to be cancelled

2002
· It was reported that Paul McCartney threw his fiancée Heather Mills’ engagement ring out of a hotel window during a row. Guards searched the grounds with metal detectors and found the £15,000 ring

2003
· A painting of Kylie Minogue in gold hotpants caused traffic problems in Brighton, when the artist put an almost life-sized picture on display in his Art Asylum Gallery. Motorists were causing traffic hold-up problems as they slowed down for a second look

PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 26th MAY

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Who’s Gonna Hold Them Now? - Peter Shurley - Rescue Me
You Lied - Canned Heat - The Heat Brothers

The odd sock –
Money Saving Ideas - Norman Gunston - Popular Ballad Animal

That Was Your Mother - Paul Simon - The Graceland
Victim Of Love - The Cars - Shake It Up
Home - Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Katie May – Lightnin’ Hopkins
Cadillac Assemble Line – Albert King
Henry’s Swing Club – John Lee Hooker
Black & Tan Fantasy – Duke Ellington & his orchestra
The Sheik of Araby – Coleman Hawkins & his orchestra
Summertime - Billie Holiday

My Life - Simple Minds - Good News From The Next World
Better Times Will Come About - Carson - Blown
Home Of The Heroes - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu

Danielle - Cascade - Taken By Surprise
Gathering - Sirocco - Earth Dance
Where Do The Children Play? - Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 19) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “Some people exist who like to see their names in print. John Lennon and Yoko Ono are print junkies” - Germaine Greer
ON THIS DAY - 26th MAY

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1886
· Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson), jazz singer & silent-film actor

1904
· George Formby, singer, comedian & ukulele player. During his life he was awarded the Order of Lenin by Russia

1920
· Peggy Lee (Norma Egstrom), singer

1926
· Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, pioneered ‘cool jazz’

1933
· Jimmy Rodgers died on this day

1938
· Jackie Liebesit, drummer for German experimental group, Can

1942
· Ray Ennis, guitarist and singer with The Swinging Blue Jeans

1943
· Levon Helm, drummer for Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, then The Band, and a solo career. He portrayed Loretta Lynn’s father in the movie, The Coalminer’s Daughter

1944
· Verden “Phally” Allen, keyboard player for Silence, which became Mott the Hoople

1945
· Garry Peterson, from Guess Who

1948
· Stevie Nicks (Stephanie Lynn Nicks), singer and songwriter with Fleetwood Mac and solo artist

1949
· Mick Ronson, guitarist for Mott The Hoople. Also worked with David Bowie
· Hank Williams Jr.

1958
· Marian Gold, from Alphaville

1959
· Wayne Hussey from Sisters of Mercy and Mission

1960
· Chris Duffy from Waterfront

1964
· Lenny Kravitz, singer and guitarist

1968
· William E “Little Willie” John, R&B singer died of pneumonia on this day while serving time for manslaughter. He was 30

1972
· Alan White, drummer with Oasis

1977
· Billy Powell of The O’Jays died on this day

1998
· Waldo Semon, the inventor of the vinyl used to make 33 1/3rpm & 45 rpm records, died on this day

EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1932
· Frankie Laine (Frank LoVecchio) and his partner Ruth Smith set the all-time marathon dance record lasting 3,501 hours (145 consecutive days). They made $500 each, but Frankie went on to make 13 million-selling records

1958
· Elvis Presley was placed 2nd in a talent contest at a Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Show
· Jerry Lee Lewis played the 3rd and last of what should have been a 37-date tour of Britain. The London Morning Star ran an editorial calling Lewis “an undesirable alien” and called for his deportation. Lewis was booed from the stage and the next day went back to US

1962
· The Isley Brothers’s Twist & Shout was released

1963
· The Beatles played at The Empire, Liverpool

1964
· Acker Bilk’s Stranger On The Shore hit no. 1 in the US

1965
· Bob Dylan was admitted to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, England with a viral infection
· The Rolling Stones performed on TV popular music program Shindig! along with Jackie De Shannon, Sonny & Cher and Jimmie Rodgers

1966
· Bob Dylan and The Hawks rock & roll at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In Attendance were The Rolling Stones members of The Beatles as well as other rock personalities. The concert was recorded & bootlegged, which substantiated the claims that it was one of live rock & roll’s high-water-marks

1969
· John & Yoko began their 2nd 8-day ‘bed-in’, in the Hotel La Reine Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada. They recorded Give Peace a Chance in the bedroom. On the same day, John’s Life With Lions LP was released

1972
· At the point of splitting up, Mott The Hoople were offered Suffragette City and All The Young Dudes by David Bowie. They rejected the former but recorded the latter
· The first day of the 4-day Great Western Express festival, near Lincoln, featured The Faces, Joe Cocker, Humble Pie, Slade, The Groundhogs, Ry Cooder, Don McLean, Brewer’s Droop plus a special appearance by Monty Python

1973
· The Edgar Winter Group went to no. 1 in the US with Frankenstein
· Deep Purple released Smoke On The Water
· The Beatles’ Beatles 1967 – 70 album went to no. 1 in the US

1974
· Over 1000 fans had to be treated at a David Cassidy concert due to the frenzied excitement. One fan, Bernadette Whelan died from heart failure 4 days later. The head of the British Safety Council called it a “suicide concert” and Cassidy said “I do feel responsible”

1976
· A drunken Jimmy Page and Robert Plant verbally assaulted 1st-class passengers on a transatlantic British Airways flight. Amongst the abused were actors Telly Savalas and Dudley Moore

1978
· An Irish TV programme, Youngline, a series which regularly highlighted young people’s interests, featured a new Irish band called U2, alias Hype

1979
· Day 1 of the 2-day Loch Lomond Festival featured The Stranglers, Dr. Feelgood, Skids, Third World and The Dickies

1981
· Motown Records announced plans for a year-long silver anniversary salute to mark the 25th year of association between Motown chief Berry Gordy and William ‘Smokey’ Robinson, currently Vice-President of the label

1984
· Denice Williams topped the charts with Let’s Hear It For The Boy

1989
· The estate of the late Roy Orbison, who died in December 1988, was sued by the music publishing company to which he had been signed due to failure to fulfil commitments under a contract signed in 1985
· To illustrate the power of radio, over 8000 radio stations across US went silent for 30 seconds at 7:42 am

1990
· For the first time in rock history, the US singles top 5 chart positions were held by female artists. Madonna at no. 1 with Vogue, Heart’s All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You at 2, Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U at 3, Wilson Phillips at 4 with Hold On, and Janet Jackson’s Alright at 5
· David Bowie was sued by his ex-wife Angela for $56 million

1992
· ’Weird Al’ Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour

1994
· Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley

1995
· Flavor Flav(William Drayton) of the Rap group Public Enemy was sentenced to 3 months in gaol for firing a gun at a neighbour in his New York apartment

1996
· A fire at Eric Clapton’s house caused over £1.5 million worth of damage. Firemen arrived to find Eric braving the blaze to save his collection of guitars

2002
· The first episode of At Home with the Osbournes was shown on MTV in the UK

PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 19th MAY

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
Toussant L’Overture – Santana – Dance Of The Rainbow Serpent
All Things - The Byrds - Untitled

The odd sock –
Rock With A Policeman - The Goodies - Yum! Yum!

Rescue Me - Peter Shurley - Rescue Me
Harley Davidson Blues - Canned Heat - The Heat Brothers
Crazy Love Vol II - Paul Simon - The Graceland

Stuff you left in your pockets –
Joe Louis Strut – Memphis Minnie
Personal Manager – Albert King
Raised To My Hand – Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup
Rifftide – Coleman Hawkins & his orchestra
Dexter’s Minor Mad – Dexter Gordon’s Allstars
I’m In The Mood For Love - Louis Armstrong

Look My Way - Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Nagasaki - Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - Making Whoopee
And The Band Played On - Simple Minds - Good News From The Next World

I’m Not The One - The Cars - Shake It Up
How Long? - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
Better Times Will Come About - Carson - Blown

3-piece suit –
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (episode 18) – Douglas Adams

Quote – “Hell is full of musical amateurs” - George Bernard Shaw
Intros & Outtros (19th MAY) – (Trying a new layout – I’d appreciate comments. Ed)

1932
· Alma Cogan, singer (the youngest female to top the UK charts in the 50s)

1935
· Thomas E Lawrence, (Lawrence of Arabia) died in a motorcycle crash on this day (Just thought you’d like to know. Ed.)

1941
· Eddie Raynor, of Split Enz
· Eric Burdon, joined The Alan Price Combo and then renamed The Animals. He fronted War and was a solo artist

1945
· Pete Townshend (Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend), vocals & guitarist for The Detours who morphed into The High Numbers and finally The Who

1946
· Philip Rudd, from AC/DC

1947
· Greg Herbert, sax-player for Blood, Sweat and Tears
· Jerry Hyman, trombone player and recorder player for Blood, Sweat and Tears

1948
· Tom Scott, sax player for The L.A. Express, also worked with Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Steely Dan

1949
· Dusty Hill, bassist for ZZ Top

1950
· Mike Wedgewood, from Curved Air and Caravan

1952
· Grace Jones, singer and model
· Jeffrey Hyman (a.k.a. Joey Ramone), vocalist with The Ramones
· Barbra Loomis of BT Express

1956
· Martyn Ware from Human League and Heaven 17

1960
· Yazz (Yasmin Evans)

1963
· ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, of Curiosity Killed The Cat

1969
· Coleman Hawkins, tenor-sax player, died of pneumonia on this day, aged 69

1970
· Attrell “Prince Be” Cordes, keyboard player and vocalist for PM Dawn

1972
· Jenny Berggren, vocals for Ace of Base

2001
· Mike Sammes, founder of The Mike Sammes Singers, died on this day aged 73

On this day (19th MAY) –

1958
· The soundtrack to South Pacific went to no. 1 on the US album charts and stayed there for 31 weeks
· Bobby Darin released Splish, Splash (It was the first B-track to be pressed to vinyl)

1960
· DJ Alan Freed and eight others were charged by Federal Grand Jury for commercial bribery (also known as ‘payola’). He refused to testify and became, some say, a scapegoat for others

1961
· The Everly Brothers launched their own record label, Calliope

1962
· B Bumble & The Stingers’s Nut Rocker hit no. 1 in the UK. It was his real name

1968
· Johnny Cash performed onstage at The Odeon, Newcastle, England

1969
· The Beatles were awarded gold for 1 million sales of Get Back
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1973
· Stevie Wonder’ You Are The Sunshine Of My Life went to No. 1 on the US singles charts
· George Harrison released Give Me Love, Three Dog Night released Shambala and Paul Simon released Kodachrome

1976
· The Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards smashed his car after falling asleep at the wheel. Marijuana and cocaine were found in the vehicle, resulting in another fine

1978
· Dire Straits released their first major label single Sultans of Swing, recorded on a budget of £120
· Eric Clapton held a party to celebrate his marriage to Patti Boyd. He set up a small stage in his garden, and as the evening progressed, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr jammed with Clapton, Ginger Baker, Denny Laine and Mick Jagger, playing old Little Richard and Eddie Cochran numbers

1979
· Supertramp went to no. 1 in the US with their album, Breakfast in America

1980
· Ringo Starr and his future wife were involved in a car crash. The car was written off but Starr and Bach were okay

1981
· Sting was named songwriter of the year at the 26th Ivor Novello awards

1983
· ’Weird Al’ Yankovic performed live in Washington DC Wax Works

1984
· Bob Marley & The Wailers started a 12-week run at no. 1 in the UK with their compliation, Legend, released to commemorate the third anniversary of Marley’s death
· The Bachelors called it quits
· The Cars released Magic

1986
· Peter Gabriel released So

1988
· James Brown was arrested for the fifth time in 12 months, following a car chase near his home. He was charged with assault, resisting arrest and being in charge of illegal weapons. He was given a 6-year gaol sentence

1990
· Madonna’s Vogue started 3 weeks at no. 1 in the US