Posted on 03/21/2008 6:09:07 PM PDT by andyssister
Today in music history
Alan Freed, the American D.J. who coined the term “rock and roll”, had his 1952 Rock ’n’ Roll Stage Show at a local arena cancelled when 30000 fans overcrowded the venue. Fire regulations allowed only 10000.
The Guess Who released their biggest hit, “American Woman,” this week in 1970. Randy Bachman left the band four months later because of religious conflicts with the rock and roll lifestyle. Burton Cummings carried the band until 1975.
Bob Dylan’s song, “Hurricane,” caused enough publicity to get Rubin “Hurricane” Carter released from jail in 1976. The song promoted Carter’s innocence and is from the 1975 album, Desire.
Strawberry Fields, an area in Central Park bought by Yoko Ono in memory of her late husband was opened in 1984.
Birthdays
1953- Robert Johnson, KC and the Sunshine Band
1951- Russell Thompkins Jr, vocals, The Stylistics
1943- Viv Stanshall, vocals, ukulele, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
1950 -Roger Hodgson, guitar, Supertram
1949- Eddie Money, (Edward Mahoney),
Deaths
1946- Ray Dorset, singer, guitarist, songwriter, Mungo Jerry
1987-Dean Martin Jr. (Dino, Desi, & Billy) died in in a jet crash.
1991-The inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars Leo Fender died from Parkinson's disease.
Oh, that’s brilliant!! Who doesn’t love dancing, leather-clad cops?
Gnomusy, Ballerina ... not close to Greensleeves.
Lovin that Moody Blues! I saw them in concert several years ago and they were awesome, even though they were so over at that point.
A great one from the 80s, TOTO’s Africa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT_3PEjnsE
Also a pretty cool live version of Rosanna (2007, so they’re all chubby):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2av2GJNBAM&feature=related
If nothing else, the Obama campaign is generating some fun youtube videos!
Cast Your Fate To The Wind - By Vince Guaraldi
Saving the best for last:
Vince Guaraldi Medley - Acoustic Piano
Happy Easter!
Lovely! All three! The little boy in the last vid is very good. Happy Easter to you, too.
The recording does them no justice at all.
You should have seen him prancing around the stage with a plastic doll stuck on the end of a sword in this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Mw4iZxQPQ
Alice Cooper - Dead Babies... LMAO!
Of course Alice had to pay for his crimes, and so they hung him ‘to death’ onstage!! LMAO!
Wow. That is about THE worst job of lip syncing I’ve ever seen!
LMAO!
Oh yeah, that one’s a classic.
Here’s another one — the Miami Vice theme. I didn’t realize until recently it was played on a synth rather than a guitar (course it makes sense since it was Jan Hammer after all):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkurWAXgZs
Poor guy — the commenters are razzing him for looking glum.
God stuff, and I regret that I lived right through them!
She said she can't even play "Linus and Lucy."
I think my wife is a really good pianist but I know that piece must be difficult.
I remember a 1970s Alice Coo performance at the Grammys where his bit was to do one of his songs while acting out a wild rampage. Early in the routine he tears a dress from a woman in the front row. My father and I both thought it would be funny if he got the wrong woman and not the planted actress.
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