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Monthly Archives: February 2010
On This day – B A Baracus Grooving to Boy George!
On this day in 1986 Boy George guested on The A Team and B A Baracus is shown groovin’, if not movin’, to Karma Chameleon. For those of tender years The A Team was a TV programme built around a group of ex marines (or something), who had been banged up in the stockade (or […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: boy george, lennon sisters, rock and blues, the a team
On This Day – Stagger Lee (Yet Again)
On this day in 1959 Lloyd Price reached number one in the States with “Stagger Lee”. “Stagger Lee” has been recorded many times under many names by many people. The song has been Bowderized, revised, chewed up and spat out by too many people to mention. Some of whom should have known better and some […]
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Tagged as: Beck, Bill Haley & His Comets, billie holiday, blues music, bob dylan, Cephas & Wiggins, classic rock music, Dave Van Ronk, Doc Watson, Dr. John, Duke Ellington, Fats Domino, George Thorogood, Ike and Tina Turner, james brown, Johnny Dodds, Leadbelly, Ma Rainey, Memphis Slim, Mississippi John Hurt, Modern Life is War, muddy waters, Neil Diamond, nick cave, On This Day, Pat Boone, Professor Longhair, rock and blues, Sam the Sham, Sidney Bechet, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Taj Mahal, The Isley Brothers, Tom Rush, Wilson Pickett, Woody Guthrie
On This Day – Teen Angel Tops
On this day in 1960 Mark Dinning hit number 1 in the States with his ode to careful parking “Teen Angel”. This is a song about parking a car on a railway crossing and the inherent perils that poses. Not the first teenage death song there have been many tragic pop songs. Notable songs on […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: billie holiday, classic rock music, death pop, death song, mark dinning, rock and blues, shangri-las
2 Resolutions Broken!
When I started this blog I promissed myself 2 things; 1. I would never, never, talk about politics (well, this is supposed be about music) 2. I would never talk about ear hole music (folk) or C&W (the devil’s music). So, 2 resolutions broken. Folk and politcs. David Jones is a well respected folk singer […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: david jones, folk, rock and blues