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On This Day – Hell Hath No Fury.
On this day in 1966, The Philippine police pulled their security of the the Fab Four (those impish mop tops so beloved of my mother….) Their crime? They forgot to go and see Imelda Marcos’ collection of shoes. It would seem that when they arrives in the Philippines they were sent an invitation to a […]
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On This Day – The Who Take US By Storm (not really)
1967 and The Who start their first US tour, supporting Herman’s Hermits! It is hard to believe that Herman’s Hermits once rivaled the Beatles as the UK’s biggest band. Child actor Peter Noone (ex Coronation Street) was the lead singer and they had several large (and remarkably dreadful) hit singles. In 1967 The Who had […]
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Little Feat’s Lowell George Died on this Day 1979
Lowell George died of a heart attack on this day in 1979. George founded Little Feat at the suggestion of Frank Zappa in 1969 after Zappa heard some of George’s songs. George was in the Mothers at the time and he took Roy Estrada Zappa’s bass player into Little Feat. The line up for Little […]
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That Brought a Smile to their Faces
What’s in a name? The band Smile was just not cutting it, perhaps a new name? After much deliberation they decided on the new name and in 1970 gigged with it for the first time. Queen was the name, and it seemed to work for them – or it might have had more to do […]
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Rocked Around the Clock
In 1955 on this day Decca Records (remember them?) announced that Billey Hailey had sold More than 3 million records, in just 13 months. These days, when new sensation follows new sensation, it would be unusual for the sale of a single to continue for so long, or to sell so many copies. Formats have […]
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High Heels, Legwarmers, Bikini Pants – Yes Its Prince.
On this day in 1984 the person that used to like to be known as an artist who once had a name before going a bit strange released a successful album. Purple Rain was the first album that acknowledged the band and called them the Revolution and supported the film. Why the band was acknowledged […]
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EC beats Kiss hands down
EC sold 100 of his guitars to raise money for his drug rehab clinic on this day in 1999. He raised almost $5,000,000 Kiss sold off some of their memorabilia on this day a year later in 2000. They raised $876,000. (first day of a 2 day sale). I am no fan of EC but […]
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On This Day – Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You The Nerk Twins!
On this day in 1960 The Nerk Twins played a couple of gigs at the Fox and Hounds in Caversham. As these were the only bookings fulfilled by the Nerk Twins that in itself would merit an ‘On This Day’ mention, the more so that the location was the world famous Fox and Hounds. However, […]
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On This Day – The Stones, Decadent and Awful!
On this day in 1976 the Rolling Stones played 2 concerts in the Palace of Culture and Science building in Warsaw, Poland as part of their European tour. It was the first time the Stones had played behind the Iron Curtain. It was also the last tour that included Brian Jones. The tickets were handed out […]
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My 100 Essential Albums – 15 – It’s A Beautiful Day , by It’s A Beautiful Day
It’s A Beautiful Day , a supreme summer of love album, with attitude Released in 1969 this is a tremendous album that rewards repeated listening and I can not imagine being parted from it for any length of time. Perhaps that is a quick definition of an essential album. When I picked up the album […]
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