I think that Nektar's biggedt claim to fame was this album cover featuring a 13-year-old Brooke Shields.
This is from the Down To Earth album which wwas pretty different from anything else they did: Nelly The Elephant
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.
The Lindner Co., once the largest women’s specialty store in Cleveland, was begun by Max Lindner, Max Hellman, and MORRIS BLACK† in Apr. 1908 on E. 9th St., and by 1915 Lindner had built and occupied a larger store at 1331 Euclid Ave......
Hmmmmmmm .... Linda Eastman seems Jewish on her mother’s side. This means Paul’s children are Jewish and could move to Isreal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0kI1MyVu2U
"The Essence" was overlooked with a very tiny record label called "Midnight Music" which went bankrupt and took a lot of good music groups with it...
Yeah... now we are talking... Here is one I post a couple of weeks ago... they are virtually unknown...
The Essence - The Cat (extended version) Nope... it is not "The Cure"...
Yeah... now we are talking... Here is one I post a couple of weeks ago... they are virtually unknown...
The Essence - The Cat (extended version)
Nope... it is not "The Cure"...
Simply Brilliant.. Ty for sharing that..
Gene Clark was a founding member of The Byrds and was a member 1964-1966.
Forever Autumn
(Justin Hayward)
Maiden.
You win.
Saw’m in concert, the “Ratt Poison” tour in....I wanna say 1987 maybe.
An early hit for this weekends thread. Lindsay Lohan does Edge Of Seventeen better than Stevie Nicks!
Lindsay Lohan - Edge Of Seventeen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQqU_y-V88&feature=related
This young gal Lindsay has talent running out of her ears, and she will be a huge mega-star if she can contain it all & does not self destruct.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.