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Monthly Archives: January 2010
On This Day (Nearly) – Billy Fury Dies
This is one that got away from me….On this day (yesterday) in 1983 Billy Fury died from heart and kidney problems. He was 42. Billy Fury was almost unknown in the States but in the UK he was huge in the early 60s. In fact he had 24 hits in the UK charts in the […]
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Tagged as: billy fury, love rock music, mersey beat, On This Day, rock and blues
On This Day – Peggy, er, Pegs Out
On this day in 2002 the wonderful Peggy Lee died at home after having a heart attack. Born Norma Deloris Egstrom in North Dakota Peggy Lee came from scandinavian stock and was a revered vocalist given her first big break by Benny Goodman, the band leader and jazz clarinetist. Most of us will know her […]
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Tagged as: benny goodman, jazz, On This Day, peggy lee, rock and blues
On This Day – Rock ‘n’ Roll Has To Go!
On this day in 1958 radio station KWK in St Loius announced that Rock ‘n’ roll was to be banned from their air waves. According to the station manager, Robert T Convey (along with most Brits I find the American habit of using their middle initial faintly comical. I would never refer to myself as […]
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Tagged as: bobby hattrik, commercial radio, kwk, On This Day, rock and blues, rock radio, silhouettes
La Toya was Right Michael Jackson Murdered
Back in June, just after his death Lat Toya Michael Jackson’s sister claimed that he had been murdered. It wuld seem that she was right. The death certificate was amended on August 31st by the medical examiner, Christopher Rogers, the cause of death now reads ‘homicide’. It talks of “acute Propofol intoxication” and “intravenous injection […]
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Tagged as: conrad murray, derek acorah, michael Jackson, michael jackson murdered, michael jacksons death, rock and blues
Ronnie and Mick to Meet
It would seem that the proposed Stones tour is still in danger of not going ahead because of fears for Ronnie Wood’s health. As has been widely reported Ronnie has an alcohol problem and it is this that has cast a shadow over the proposed tour. Mick is, as we all know, heavily involved in […]
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Tagged as: Ekaterina Ivanova, mick jagger, rock and blues, rolling stones, ronnie wood