Weekend Music Thread, May 5th-6th, 2018 All Music Is WelcomedIt's also "Cinco De Mayo", okay, no cultural appropriation, remember, the unwritten rule is it is fine if one wants to look ahead to Sunday's birthdays....
https://www.onthisday.com/music/birthdays.phphttp://www.thisdayinmusic.com/born_todayStarting off, from the rock and roll webpage, 2nd above,
Johnny Taylor was born on this day in history, he did "Disco Lady", so even if one isn't a fan of disco per se, that song has a nice hook to it...
! No longer availableTammy Wynette, it must be "Stand By Your Man":
! No longer availableToo short of a life, she was a licensed beautician as well, she renewed her license every year because she said she never knew if she'd have to go back to that life.... from wikipedia.
Peter Erskine, percussion on some Weather Report albums such as Heavy Weather with the hit, "Birdland":
! No longer availableBilly Ward, Black Sabbath, I've posted there stuff previously....
Rex Goh, Air Supply, "All Out Of Love":
! No longer availableThough, I'm not a huge fan of their's, when they did the "First Noel" on a Christmas album, it really spoke to me and I've posted it here before. Probably in the Christmas music threads.
Steve Stevens, guitarist for Billy Idol, "Mony, Mony", the Tommy Janes and the Shondells hit.
! No longer availableAdele, "Skyfall":
! No longer availableOkay, now, a few birthdays in the general category,
Blind Willie McTell, born on this day in 1901...."Statesboro Blues":
! No longer availableSong "Blind WIllie McTell", performed by Bob Dylan, the Band and others.
! No longer availablehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Willie_McTellSinger, Monica Lewis, "It Had To Be You":
! No longer availablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_LewisAce Cannon, Sax, "On A Hill Far Away":
! No longer availableRaphael, sings in Spanish...."Estuve Enamorado", maybe fitting for Cinco De Mayo, he is from Linares, so Chile maybe.
! No longer availableOthers to come.