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On This Day – Bobby Darin Sings Rock Island Line
On this day in 1956 Bobby Darin made his first appearance on TV when he sings “Rock Island Line” on ‘The Stage Show’. ‘The Stage Show’ was a variety programme on CBS US TV. One of the interesting things about the show (this blog was going to be about Bobby Darin, then it was going […]
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Tagged as: bobby darin, elvis, jimmy dorsey, On This Day, rock and blues, tommy dorsey
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Tagged as: david jones, folk, rock and blues
On This Day (Nearly) – Billy Fury Dies
This is one that got away from me….On this day (yesterday) in 1983 Billy Fury died from heart and kidney problems. He was 42. Billy Fury was almost unknown in the States but in the UK he was huge in the early 60s. In fact he had 24 hits in the UK charts in the […]
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Tagged as: billy fury, love rock music, mersey beat, On This Day, rock and blues
On This Day – Peggy, er, Pegs Out
On this day in 2002 the wonderful Peggy Lee died at home after having a heart attack. Born Norma Deloris Egstrom in North Dakota Peggy Lee came from scandinavian stock and was a revered vocalist given her first big break by Benny Goodman, the band leader and jazz clarinetist. Most of us will know her […]
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Tagged as: benny goodman, jazz, On This Day, peggy lee, rock and blues
On This Day – Rock ‘n’ Roll Has To Go!
On this day in 1958 radio station KWK in St Loius announced that Rock ‘n’ roll was to be banned from their air waves. According to the station manager, Robert T Convey (along with most Brits I find the American habit of using their middle initial faintly comical. I would never refer to myself as […]
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Tagged as: bobby hattrik, commercial radio, kwk, On This Day, rock and blues, rock radio, silhouettes
La Toya was Right Michael Jackson Murdered
Back in June, just after his death Lat Toya Michael Jackson’s sister claimed that he had been murdered. It wuld seem that she was right. The death certificate was amended on August 31st by the medical examiner, Christopher Rogers, the cause of death now reads ‘homicide’. It talks of “acute Propofol intoxication” and “intravenous injection […]
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Tagged as: conrad murray, derek acorah, michael Jackson, michael jackson murdered, michael jacksons death, rock and blues
Ronnie and Mick to Meet
It would seem that the proposed Stones tour is still in danger of not going ahead because of fears for Ronnie Wood’s health. As has been widely reported Ronnie has an alcohol problem and it is this that has cast a shadow over the proposed tour. Mick is, as we all know, heavily involved in […]
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Tagged as: Ekaterina Ivanova, mick jagger, rock and blues, rolling stones, ronnie wood