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Tag Archives: On This Day
On This Day – Thanks for the Eggs Dad!
On this day in 1956 Jerry Lee lewis turned up at Sun records wanting to an audition, financed by his father selling 30 dozen eggs to raise the money for the trip! This was not the first time his parents had helped Jerry Lee with his musical ambitions. When he was 8 he showed such […]
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Tagged as: carl perkins, classic rock music, jerry lee lewis, On This Day, rock and blues, sam phillips, sun records
Oasis Split ! (again)
Noel G has walked out of Oasis, this time for good, perhaps. In their time both Noel and Liam have left and returned to the Manchurian Beatle tribute band. Oasis was formed in 1991. Originally the band was called The Rain but changed its name when Liam joined. Liam was inspired to rename the band […]
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Tagged as: love rock music, oasis, On This Day, rock and blues
On This day – Goodbye Jimmy Reed
29th August 1976, Jimmy Reed died after an epileptic seizure at the age of 50. Jimmy Reed influenced many later guitarists with his distinctive sound. He also wrote many songs, perhaps the most noticeable was “Bright Lights, Big City” (a personal favourite of mine). He did not manage to get signed by Chess records but […]
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Tagged as: Blues, blues music, classic rock music, elvis, jimmy reed, On This Day, real blues, real rock, real rock and blues, rolling stones, van morrison, veejay records
On This Day – Stones Engage Klein After 3 Days
On this day in 1965, after just 3 days The Rolling Stones decide to engage Allen Klein as their co-manager along with long term manager Andrew Loog Oldham. In 1966 Klein bought out Loog Oldham. This was the start of what Richards later called an expensive education. For now everything was tickerty boo (i.e. good). […]
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Tagged as: allen klein, glimmer twins, On This Day, rock and blues, rolling stones
Les Paul
Les Paul has died, aged 94. He suffered from complications associated with pneumonia. It is too easy when talking about music to use lots of superlatives which only leads to them being devalued. So, when I say that Les Paul was one of the true greats of popular music that is exactly what I mean. […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, les paul, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues
ON This Day – Lennon Apologises
On This day in 1966 Lennon apologized for saying that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, not that he did. The original quote was “Christianity will go, it will shrink and vanish – we’re more popular than Jesus now. I don’t know which will go first, rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity.” What he meant […]
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Tagged as: beatles, classic rock music, john lennon, love rock music, On This Day, rock and blues
On This day – Be Bob a Lula
On this day in 1956 Sweet Gene Vincent made his first TV appearance on the Perry Como Show. He performed Be-Bop-a-Lula which was still climbing the charts. Be-Bop-A-Lula was written by Vincent, or his manager Sheriff Tex Davies, or Donald Graves (You pays yer money and takes yer choice) in 1955. He sang it on […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, gene vincent, On This Day, rock and blues, rock and roll
On This Day – Lennon Gets a Green Card
On this day in 1976 John Lennon got his green card that would allow him to settle in the USA after a long drawn out court battle. The background to this story lies in Lennon’s left wing activism and the US government’s paranoia. Lennon supported various left wing causes; He was anti Vietnam War, pro […]
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Tagged as: beatles, classic rock music, john lennon, john sinclair, love rock music, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, richard nixon, rock and blues, rock music, the beatles, vietnam war, yoko ono
On This Day – Reverend Richard Perriman Speaks Out!
On this day in 1979 the Reverend Richard Perriman spoke out about the evils of rock ‘n’ roll. He told his congregation that redemption is possible. He said “If God can save an old homosexual like me he can save anyone.” The Reverend Richard Perriman is better known as Little Richard.
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Tagged as: classic rock music, little richard, On This Day, real rock and blues
On This Day – Bad Bad Leroy Brown Hits Number 1!
On this day in 1973 Jim Croce reached number 1 in the Billboard charts with Bad Bad Leroy Brown, 2 months later he died in a plane crash blamed on pilot error. Born into an Italian family in South Philadelphia in 1943 he showed an interest in music from when he was 5 learning to […]