The Clarks are an American rock band from the Pittsburgh region, originating at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of twenty years, they have produced ten studio albums, two live albums, a compilation album, an EP and four solo releases, selling near a quarter of a million copies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clarks
Three bodies found at John Lennon's former Liverpool home
A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after three dead bodies were found in a Liverpool home where John Lennon once lived.
Authorities believe the deaths were part of a domestic violence incident.
“The investigation is in its early stages and officers are keeping an open mind, however it is believed that the incident is domestic related,” Merseyside police said in a statement.
Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/three-bodies-found-at-john-lennons-former-liverpool-home/ar-BBBK9Nc
I'm missing all of those fine blues numbers;I aim to please . . .
I fully respect whomever has birthdays today but there is plenty of other good music as well.
1929, Born on this day, R&B singer Johnny Ace, Billboards 'most played artist of 1955'. He died playing Russian roulette backstage at a gig on December 25th 1954.
It was widely reported that Ace killed himself playing Russian roulette.[4][5][6] However, Big Mama Thornton's bass player, Curtis Tillman, who witnessed the event, said, "I will tell you exactly what happened! Johnny Ace had been drinking and he had this little pistol he was waving around the table and someone said ‘Be careful with that thing…’ and he said ‘It’s okay! Gun’s not loaded… see?’ and pointed it at himself with a smile on his face and ‘Bang!’ — sad, sad thing. Big Mama ran out of the dressing room yelling ‘Johnny Ace just killed himself!'"[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ace
Full article: http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/cole-porter-in-peru-city-celebrates-hometown-celebrity-during-downtown/article_2265ab94-4ae6-11e7-8273-6f35346ef2c3.html
Cole Porter in Peru: City celebrates hometown celebrity during downtown festival
Carson Gerber Jun 6, 2017
PERU – Cole Porter was one of America’s most famous composers known for his hit Broadway songs and big-city suavity.
But the man who became famous for his cosmopolitan lifestyle and catchy tunes such as “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” was born and raised in the small town of Peru.
In fact, he did some of his first composing there as a child in the early 1900s at his house at 19 S. Huntington St., which has since been turned into the Cole Porter Inn.
Now, Peru is set to celebrate its hometown superstar during the annual Cole Porter Festival, which kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday.
Festival Chairman Ellen Mock said the four-day affair is packed with a smorgasbord of events that highlight Porter’s history, music and high-class lifestyle, including wine tastings, a cocktail buffet, bus tours to historic sites in Peru and loads of live music.
The festival will be bigger than ever this year thanks to the city’s Second Saturday event, which will also take on a Cole-Porter theme for its downtown activities from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The monthly event launched in May as part of an effort to revitalize the city’s core.
“We think Second Saturday will provide another family-friendly activity to get people downtown during the festival,” Mock said.
The festival kicks off Thursday with a wine tasting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cole Porter Inn. Smitty McMusselman’s is producing the event in cooperation with Two E’s Winery, which will include 12 wines to taste. Reservations are required and the cost is $25 per person.
One birthday boy playing another . . . (Les Paul playing Cole Porter)
Happy birthday, Les Paul!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59H0XzwcEpo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfUzRvSN38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS-RsZin3RQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66i1O5VErto
. . . and, yours truly, playing a Les Paul guitar, however feebly . . .
https://soundcloud.com/easyace/take-five
Thanks for providing us with some of your tunes, very nice.Thank you, my friend, but it was just one of mine. We just started doing that one recently.
The original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC_-v3fG-0o
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/721/MI0003721678.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQFvw1i2Z_Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGrIw8e6nd8
Their leader/songwriter/guitarist Lowman Pauling was Steve Cropper's idol; Cropper eventually did
a great tribute album to Pauling and the 5 Royales . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg6cc8ReAv8
Birthdays:Great stuff.
James "Pookie" Hudson (no relation)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egX9N8yOgaU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDjPMwVgRFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7NcPs--olQ
Joey Dee...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSPftqZBZCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PQwGCZe_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViMsRV2_OUg
The original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpPbmIlBRJU
Great stuff.
These guys came out of Joey Dee's group, too . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZzqve8zYQI
Spaniels, that is very fine music.
I came across similar themed doo wop before, of course, the Andrews Sisters did this one probably some time before these other recordings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXmpDkVu4yI
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1941, Born on this day, Reg Presley, singer, The Troggs, (1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Wild Thing'). Wrote ‘Love Is All Around’, covered by Wet Wet Wet in 1994, which stayed at No.1 in the UK Singles Chart for fifteen weeks. In 1990 Presley began to develop an interest in the paranormal, in particular crop circles. He used the royalties ‘Love Is All Around’ to fund his research into the area and outlined his findings in a book, Wild Things They Don't Tell Us, which was published in 2002. Presley died on 4th Feb 2013.
Happy birthday, Len Barry (Dovells)Len Barry was involved in this out-of-left-field 1969 instrumental R&B hit; a lot of the players on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCOB5-E4P6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CerAe2LLacs
This one was my fraternity song. Coincidentally, at a dance there, I met a girl who'd dated Len Barry...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OukloC-ecAY
Which was taken from this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eO2cxwz70o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxcbzAYD9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxwcEIBXfs
Len Barry was involved in this out-of-left-field 1969 instrumental R&B hit; a lot of the players on
this ended up forming the MFSB house band of Philadelphia International Records in the 1970s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lN7NMcqzU
Strange news today. Shocking. My gosh. I can't even think of what to post. Thankfully, no one was killed in Washington DC from what I hear.@TomSea
1910 David Rose, orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper), born in London, England
1923 Erroll Garner, American jazz pianist (Misty), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1963, Kyu Sakamoto started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sukiyaki', the first-ever Japanese song to do so. It made No.6 on the UK chart in 1963 and was also a No.10 UK single for Kenny Ball in the same year.http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/
1943, Born on this day, Muff Winwood, The Spencer Davis Group, (1966 UK No.1 single 'Keep On Running). Became a producer and A&R man for Sony Records.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leM4f3_l71E
April 19th was Alexis Korner's birthday which we barely missed. Rory Gallagher has a song for him so Alexis must have been good.He's considered the founding father of British blues; some of the best musicians of the breed served apprenticeships in his
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkNA4s4mq8
Further arrivals in my continuing project of replenishing my music library (much lost/stolen
the last couple of decades, alas) . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyESzCY3xMc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QzACfFGlw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIFwMZAgRM0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekruu8q7oAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmO2pM20MrU
Yoko Ono to receive songwriting credit on John Lennon's 'Imagine'
Published June 15, 2017
Fox News
Yoko Ono is lined up to receive a songwriting credit on her late husband John Lennon’s 1971 hit “Imagine” 46 years after it was originally written.
Variety reported that at the annual meeting of the National Music Publishers Association in New York on Wednesday, the 84-year-old and her son received the organization’s new Centennial Song Award for the beloved single.
NMPA CEO David Israelite also showed a video from 1980 where the Beatle said Ono deserved a songwriting credit for “Imagine” because of her influence and inspiration on it.
Israelite announced that in accordance with Lennon’s wish, Ono will be added to the song as a co-writer. However, he told the magazine that while the process is already under way, there may be some opposition to the move.
Continued: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/06/15/yoko-ono-to-receive-songwriting-credit-on-john-lennons-imagine.html
1942, Born on this day, American singer–songwriter and actor Edward Levert, The O'Jays, who scored the 1973 US No.1 & UK No.9 single 'Love Train'. The O'Jays were originally known as The Triumphs and The Mascots.
1971, Born on this day, Tupac Amaru Shakur, (born Lesane Parish Crooks). Died from bullet wounds on September 13th 1996. 1996 US No.1 single 'How Do U Want It / California Love.' 1996 UK No. 6 single, 'California Love'.
1930, Born on this day, Cliff Gallup, guitarist, Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, (1956 US No. 7 & UK No. 16 single 'Be-Bop-A-Lula'). Gallup died of a heart attack on October 9th 1988.Cliff Gallup only played on around 2 of Gene Vincent's releases but became highly esteemed among guitar players. He basically went from the music back to a "normal life".
1954, Guitarist Danny Cedrone died following a freak accident; 10 days after he had recorded the lead guitar break on 'Rock Around the Clock' with Bill Haley and His Comets. Session player Cedrone was paid $21 for his work on the session, as at that time Haley chose not to hire a full-time guitarist for his group. He died of a broken neck after falling down a staircase.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrZtXiQskNk
Barry Manilow's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Barry Manilow’s Top 20 Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Rank, Title, Peak Position, Peak Date
1. “I Write the Songs,” No. 1 (1 week), Jan. 17, 1976
2. “Can't Smile Without You,” No. 3, April 22, 1978
3. “Mandy,” No. 1 (1 week), Jan. 18, 1975
4. “Looks Like We Made It,” No. 1 (1 week), July 23, 1977
5. “Could It Be Magic,” No. 6, Sept. 20, 1975
6. “Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again,” No. 10, May 22, 1976
7. “Weekend in New England,” No. 10, Feb. 26, 1977
8. “Copacabana (At The Copa),” No. 8, Aug. 12, 1978
9. “Ships,” No. 9, Dec. 1, 1979
10. “Somewhere in the Night,” No. 9, Feb. 17, 1979
11. “I Made it Through the Rain,” No. 10, Jan. 31, 1981
12. “Ready to Take a Chance Again,” No. 11, Nov. 18, 1978
13. “It's a Miracle,” No. 12, May 10, 1975
14. “The Old Songs,” No. 15, Nov. 28, 1981
15. “Read 'Em and Weep,” No. 18, Jan. 7, 1984
16. “When I Wanted You,” No. 20, March 1, 1980
17. “Somewhere Down the Road,” No. 21, Feb. 20, 1982
18. “Some Kind of Friend,” No. 26, April 30, 1983
19. “Even Now,” No. 19, June 24, 1978
20. “This One's For You,” No. 29, Oct. 30, 1976
Continued: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7833849/barry-manilow-hot-100-hits
Birthdays today:
George Clinton (mastermind, The Parliaments/Parliament-Funkadelic) . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWo2WxwRno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMkDB3KVERI
Norman Kuhlice (The Swinging Blue Jeans) . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRFvSdTfa-w
Paul Young (vocals, Mike + the Mechanics) . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exImzOmXmvA
George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. His band Parliament-Funkadelic (which recorded under the names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed a form of funk music during the 1970s and early 1980s that he termed P-Funk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician)
What is interesting is I looked up "George S. Clinton", it appears to be a different person.Damn!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Clinton
The one who was in Parliament:
That caught me too, I have some Parliament. No harm in posting Parliament, as for George S. Clinton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm4xs7fPRMw
Red Foley was born today as well; per a few days ago, the Shrine of St. Cecilia, Red Foley released this one as well which has I believe Doo Wop and other versions too. I believe this was released after his commercial successes and he got a bit religious. Red Foley was Pat Boone's father-in-law.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Pz8J_1kJ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Wv-Z8Kljc
"Red Foley was Pat Boone's father-in-law,"
http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-remember-red-a-tribute-to-red-foley-mw0000647366
1953, Born on this day, Jerome Smith, guitarist, KC and the Sunshine Band, (1975 US No.1 single 'Get Down Tonight', 1983 UK No.1 single 'Give It Up'). He died on August 2nd 2000 after being crushed by a bulldozer he was operating.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnbChGxN5eI
2004, Organisers at a Paul McCartney gig hired three jets to spray dry ice into the clouds so it wouldn't rain during the concert. The gig in Petersburg, Russia, was McCartney's 3,000 concert appearance. He had performed 2,535 gigs with the Quarrymen and The Beatles, 140 gigs with Wings and 325 solo shows.
2016, Trumpeter Wayne Jackson, who formed the Memphis Horns duo with saxophonist Andrew Love, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 74. Jackson and Love played together on 52 No.1 songs, supporting the likes of Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Peter Gabriel and the Doobie Brothers.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sLWys_SIHc
Hunter was born Robert Burns in Oceano, California. In a 1973 Rolling Stone profile of the Grateful Dead, Charles Perry reported that he is a great-great grandson of noted Romantic poet Robert Burns.[3] A
Robert Hunter indeed has co-written some fine songs,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hunter_(lyricist)
I guess the Orlons did not do "loop de loop", that is an interesting one-off uncommon song too, I've kind of liked it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPpFa-pszVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztzW1jq9DS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYWulInmp_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDiYXuYveE
Beach boys covered it too.
@pookie18 :
Have you ever seen actual doo wop done on the street-corners type of thing. I think that's been written about. It must have been around awhile before it actually had commercial success.
1963, Born on this day, Georgios Panayiotou (George Michael) UK singer, songwriter, Wham! (1984 UK & US No.1 single 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go', 1st solo No.1 single 1984 UK & US 'Careless Whisper', plus 7 other UK & US No.1 singles and over 10 other UK Top 40 hits'). Michael died at his home in England on 25th Dec 2016 aged 53.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQCDPkN0we8
1969, The Hollies recorded 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'. The ballad was written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell (who was dying of cancer of the lymph nodes). The pair met in person only three times, but managed to collaborate on the song. The track which features Elton John on piano was re-released in late 1988 in the UK following its use in a television advertisement for Miller Lite beer, where it reached No.1.
In 1948, Parker received the rank of colonel in the Louisiana State Militia from Jimmie Davis, the governor of Louisiana and a former country singer, in return for work Parker did on Davis' election campaign.[12] The rank was honorary since Louisiana had no organized militia, but Parker used the title throughout his life, becoming known simply as "the Colonel" to many acquaintances.[12]
1948, Born on this day, Richard McCarken, bass, Taste, (1970 UK No.18 album 'On The Boards').Taste was Rory Gallagher's previous band to going solo.
Books to read on Elvis, I've read a few.
Tossing a few more names in the hat,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vVgXbFDt7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTYf8iJC84
Caught an extended playlist of Patsy the other day. "Faded Love" has been recorded by a number of folks. Good song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCCKFmdNvRg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fgI50v1Kk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imafHIq2210
Patsy was born on September 8, 1932. Bless her.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/annapolis/bs-md-ar-infinity-closer-walk-20170622-story.html
Musical Tribute in Annapolis, "Just a closer walk with Patsy Cline"
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/22/spokane-valley-summer-theatre-pays-tribute-to-infl/
"Always Patsy Cline" in Spokane.
Amazing, 2 different shows.
Tribute shows are something, there is one for Connie Francis and that was combined with a Buddy Holly tribute show. Those kinds of shows are nice.
Croatians sing Johnny Cash and in my view, very well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KghlDSancu0
1943, Born on this day, Bobby Harrison, drums, Procol Harum, who had the 1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' and scored the hits 'Homburg', 'Conquistador'.
1945, Born on this day, David Knights, bassist, Procol Harum, 1967 UK No.1 & US No .5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' and scored the hits 'Homburg', 'Conquistador'. He played on Procol Harum's first three albums.
1954, Born on this day, Steven J. Morse, guitarist, Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple since 1994.
1969, Henry Mancini started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Theme from Romeo And Juliet'. The film's love theme was used as the backing for "Our Tune" by DJ Simon Bates on his BBC Radio 1 show.
That photo of Jane Birkin is stunning.
I think she was married to John Barry for a brief stint.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gary-decarlo-of-na-na-hey-hey-kiss-him-goodbye-fame-dead-w490246
Folks should read the article, I did not know the band Steam was basically a "fake" band (if that is what the article says, I don't want to misstate the situation); also, I thought maybe the chant was used at games before but apparently, the co-writers came up with it.There were plenty of those types of bands back in the 60s and 70s: made-up studio bands with anonymous identities. There were quite a few singers (Joey Levine, Tony Burrows, Ron Dante) who sold quite a few records as lead singers of fake groups like that.
Stumbled on this facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GaryDecarloSteam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(band)
Rest In Peace