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1, 2, 3 - Scared But Not That Scared
Adam Lambert and Steve Cooke - Paramount Sessions
Albatrosh - Yonkers
Aleksi Perala - Mental Union
Allman Brothers - One Way Out (2 CDs)
Allman Brothers - S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook (Live 9/19/71) (2 CDs)
America - History/America's Greatest Hits
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See (7") (vinyl)
Austrian Death Machine - Jingle All the Way
Becoming the Archetype - O Holy Night
Bee Gees - Main Course
Bitch Magnet - Bitch Magnet
Black Keys - El Camino
Black Truth Rythm Band - Ifetayo
Bob Dylan & the Band - Basement Tapes (2 LPs) (vinyl)
Breathe Owl Breathe - The Listeners / These Train Tracks (7") (vinyl)
Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2 LPs) (vinyl)
Carl Thomas - Conquer
Case - Aint Gonna Dance: Recordings 1980-85 (vinyl)
Charlie McCoy - Lonesome Whistle: A Tribute To Hank Williams
Chasma - Declerations of the Grand Artificer
Chevelle - Hats Off to the Bull
Childish Gambino - Camp
Coasting - You're Never Going Back (vinyl)
Cramps - File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-1981 10 Singles (vinyl)
Crosby Stills & Nash - Crosby Stills & Nash (Gold CD)
Daphne Oram & Andrea Parker - Private Dreams And Public Nightmares
Dead Milkmen - The King in Yellow
deardarkhead - Oceanside 1991-1993 (vinyl)
Doris Day - My Heart
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt (3-LP reissue) (vinyl)
Elvis Costello - The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook (CD & DVD & vinyl box set)
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72
Fennesz + Sakamoto - Flumina
Fleetwood Mac - Preaching the Blues
Fred Wesley & the JBs - The Lost Album (Feat. Watermelon Man)
Gallows - Birth Is Death (EP)
Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising
Gary Numan - Telekon (remastered) (vinyl)
Gary Wright - The Dream Weaver (Gold CD)
Giant Sand - Backyard BBQ Broadcast: 25th Anniversary Edition (reissue with bonus tracks)
Giant Sand - Cover Magazine: 25th Anniversary Edition (reissue with bonus tracks)
Giant Sand - Is All Over the Map: 25th Anniversary Edition (reissue with bonus tracks)
Girls - Lawrence (7") (vinyl)
Glee Cast - Glee: The Music 7
Gold Panda - DJ Kicks (vinyl)
Goldmund - All Will Prosper
Great Aunt Ida - Nuclearize Me
Guided By Voices - Doughnut for a Snowman (vinyl)
Helix - Long Way to Heaven
Helix - Wild in the Streets
Holy Grail - Seasons Bleedings (7") (vinyl)
Hood - Recollected (box set)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
Ian Hunter Band Featuring Mick Ronson - Live at Rockpalast
Imelda May - Mayhem (vinyl)
Iron and Wine - Morning Becomes Eclectic
Jacaszek - Glimmer
Jacob Olausson - Morning & Sunrise (vinyl)
Jennifer Warnes - Well (vinyl)
Jodey Kendrick - Plus Ten
Johnny Winter - Second Winter
King's Daughters and Sons - If Then Not When (vinyl)
King Krule - King Krule (vinyl)
Korn - The Path of Totality
Lady Gaga - Born This Way - The Remix (vinyl)
Lake - Gravel
Lionize - Superczar and the Vulture
Little River Band - A Little River Band Christmas
Lucero - Mi Secreto De Amor
McCoy Tyner - Sahara
Meat Puppets - Mirage (reissue with bonus tracks)
Meat Puppets - Monsters (reissue with bonus tracks)
Meat Puppets - Out My Way (reissue with bonus tracks)
Merzbow - Lop Lop
Metronomy - Every Goes My Way Remix (EP)
Mickey Moonlight - The Time Axis Manipulation Corporation
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Magic of Youth
Miracles of Modern Science - Dog Year
Mute Math - Odd Soul
Mwahaha - Mwahaha
Neil Diamond - Very Best Of Neil Diamond
Nils Lofgren - Old School
Nite Jewel - She’s Always Watching You (7") (vinyl)
Olafur Arnalds - Living Room Songs
Orion the Hunter - Orion the Hunter
Patten - Glaqjo Xaacsso
Pete Swanson - Man With Potential (vinyl)
Peter Hammill - Pno Gtr Vox: Live Performances By Peter Hammill (2 CDs)
Peter Kolovos - New Bodies (vinyl)
Peter Murphy - The Secret Bees of Ninth
Phantogram - Nightlife (vinyl)
Phish - Phish: Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 (box set)
Queen - Wembley Roadie Cube Box Set
Ralfe Band - Bunny and the Bull OST
Rammstein - Made in Germany 1995-2011
Rocket from the Tombs - The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs (reissue)
Rolling Stones - Some Girls Gift Case Set 2 CDs, Added Items
Roots - Undun
Shakira - En Vivo Desde Paris
Sting The Best Of 25 Years (2 LPs) (vinyl)
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe (vinyl)
T-Pain - rEVOLVEr
Tearist - Living: 2009-Present (vinyl)
Telecine - Are you Attracted to Wounded Animals - The Falcon and The Pod Trilogy third album (LP/Ltd 3xLP+7" boxset)
Tender Forever - Where Are We From EP
Terror Visions (Jay Reatard) - World of Shit (reissue)
The American Revolution - Buddha Electrostorm
The Fall - Ersatz G.B.
The Howling Hex - Wilson Semiconductors
The Maine - Pioneer
The Spinto Band - Biba Democracy
The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (reissue) (vinyl)
Thee American Revolution - Buddha Electrostorm (reissue)
Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits
Torche/Part Chimp - Split Tour (12") (vinyl)
Trailer Trash Tracys - Wish You Were Red (vinyl)
Umberto - Prophesy of the Black Spider
Upsilon Acrux - Radian Futura (vinyl)
Various Aritsts - Jewel Paula Soul Story (2 CDs)
Various Artists - Benefit Concert 4
Various Artists - Chief & Age Blues Story (2 CDs)
Various Artists - Free Music: A Carpark Record
Various Artists - The Original Sound of Cumbia
Warren Haynes - Benefit Concert 4 (2 CDs)
Willie Clayton - Tribute: One Man One Voice
Wives - Roy Tapes
Young English - I Hate My Friends (EP)
Zomby - Nothing (EP)
Here are the Top 10 Albums sold at Shop Radio Cast for the week of November 29 – December 5, 2011:
1. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dreams 2XLP 2. Brand New – Your Favorite Weapon LP 3. Blink 182 – Neighborhoods LP (Blue/White) 4. Saves The Day Daybreak LP (White) 5. Alkaline Trio – From Here To Infirmary LP 6. Alkaline Trio – Good Mourning LP 7. Deftones – Diamond Eyes LP 8. Mayday Parade – A Lesson In Romantics LP 9. Foo Fighters Vinyl Bundle 7XLP 10. Koffin Kats – Our Way & The Highway LP
available now from Shop Radio Cast:
Various Artists - The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams LP
Includes 180 Gram Black LP, CD and Poster
Stemming from unused lyrics left behind by the legendary singer after his death in 1953 and spearheaded by Bob Dylan, the album has a wide spectrum of current artists putting the music to Williams' lyrics with fantastic results.
Third Man Records, along with Egyptian Records, Bob Dylan's label imprint, in partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's CMF Records and Columbia Records, will release The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.
The second title ever to be released on Egyptian (the first was 1997's The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute Album), The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams is a long-awaited collection of previously unrecorded Hank Williams lyrics newly set to music and performed for the first time as completed songs by a roster of artists with a musical and spiritual kinship to the archetypal American country music singer-songwriter.
The release of The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams provides an audio companion to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, a 5,000-square-foot exhibition presenting an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of a great American musical dynasty. Family Tradition, which opened in March 2008, is the largest and most popular temporary exhibition in the institution's history. The exhibit, which includes Hank Williams' notebooks and other memorabilia, will close on December 31, 2011.
Created from writings left behind by country music's ''lovesick blues boy,'' The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams premieres the first-ever performances of 12 previously unheard Hank Williams lyric compositions newly set to music by 13 artists whose own sensibilities have been profoundly shaped by Williams.
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams project began with the idea of finding a well-known artist, one who felt Hank's inspiration and influence, to record an album's worth of the unheard songs. After veteran music industry manager/A&R executive Mary Martin approached Bob Dylan, a natural first choice for the endeavor, the project evolved into a multi-artist tribute providing a variety of sympathetic approaches to this rich mysterious material.
Tracklist:
You've Been Lonesome, Too - Alan Jackson
The Love That Faded - Bob Dylan
How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? - Norah Jones
You Know That I Know - Jack White
I'm So Happy I Found You - Lucinda Williams
I Hope You Shed a Million Tears - Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell
You're Through Fooling Me - Patty Loveless
You'll Never Again Be Mine - Levon Helm
Blue Is My Heart - Holly Williams
Oh, Mama, Come Home - Jakob Dylan
Angel Mine - Sheryl Crow
The Sermon on the Mount - Merle Haggard
In death, a singer's legacy can easily become the subject of a custody battle. With a talent as nuanced and contrary as Winehouse's, there are many readings of the singer ripe for perpetuation.
MADONNA TO PERFORM FEBRUARY 5 DURING THE BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW ON NBC
NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MADONNA, a multi Grammy Award-winning Universal Records recording artist, will perform in the BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW on NBC at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, February 5, the NFL and NBC announced during tonight's Sunday Night Football game between the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions. Madonna's performance will be imagined by CIRQUE DU SOLEIL and JAMIE KING.
The Bridgestone Super Bowl halftime show is the most-watched musical event of the year. More than 162 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year's show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide.
Madonna joins an esteemed list of recent halftime acts that includes The Black Eyed Peas, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and U2.
A world class entertainer, singer, songwriter, producer, director and video visionary, Madonna has sold more than 300 million records in the course of her three decade career as The Material Girl. She is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Her last tour was the most successful tour by a solo artist in history. Madonna is currently in the recording studio working on a new album scheduled to be released next year. Her new film W.E. which she directed, wrote and produced is opening in a limited one week release December 9 in Los Angeles and will open nationally on February 3, two days prior to Super Bowl XLVI.
Madonna has partnered with a creative team from Cirque du Soleil, Jamie King, and multimedia artists from Moment Factory, to create a signature performance for the BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW.
This year marks the fifth time Bridgestone Americas has sponsored the Super Bowl halftime show. The tire company's new brand campaign, fittingly titled "Time to Perform," will debut during the game.
The BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW is an NFL NETWORK PRODUCTION and will be executive produced by RICKY KIRSHNER and directed by HAMISH HAMILTON.
SOURCE NFL
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New iPhone/Android App Helps You Understand Ozzy
A new phone app has been created to help people understand the infamous Brummie accent (a colloquial term for the inhabitants, accent and dialect of Birmingham, England), which legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne is notorious for having. The iBrummie app translates sayings from the famous second city twang into the Queen's English and says them out loud.
In 1956, Alan Freed's film Rock Rock Rock was released. Appearing in the film with lead Tuesday Weld (whose singing was dubbed by Connie Francis) were Chuck Berry, the Moonglows, the Flamingos, the Johnny Burnette Trio, Lavern Baker and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
In 1964, Lorne Green becomes the second Canadian solo artist (after Paul Anka) to have a number one hit on the Billboard singles chart when his spoken word recording about a Western gun fighter named Ringo reached the top. It made it to #22 in the UK. The star of NBC-TV's hit show Bonanza would record seven albums for RCA.
In 1964, RCA announces that "Elvis' Christmas Album" has sold over 800,000 copies since being released in 1957.
In 1964, the Zombies' debut single "She's Not There" tops the Cashbox Best Sellers chart. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 in the UK.
In 1968, an actual banquet held to launch the Rolling Stones' newest album, 'Beggar's Banquet' comes to an abrupt end when a pie throwing fight breaks out.
Also in 1968, Graham Nash quit the Hollies. He announced the formation of Crosby, Stills and Nash three days later.
In 1969, Peter Grant, manager of Led Zeppelin, stops Atlantic Records from releasing Whole Lotta Love as a single in the U.K. because they want to cut out the center section of the song.
In 1975, Fleetwood Mac's tenth album goes Gold and will eventually reach Platinum status. This is the first LP by the regrouped band, including founders Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, veteran Christine McVie and newcomers Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The album contains the tunes "Rhiannon", "Say You Love Me" and "Over My Head".
In 1980, just three days before John Lennon was murdered, he called his Aunt Mimi to say he was homesick and was planning a trip back to England.
Also in 1980, John Lennon gave his final interview to Jonathan Cott of Rolling Stone.
In 1992, Whitney Houston started a 10-week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with “I Will Always Love You.” The longest-ever run at #1 for a female artist the Dolly Parton-penned song was taken from the Bodyguard soundtrack.
In 1993, co-founder of the Gin Blossoms Doug Hopkins died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds at age 32. The guitarist and songwriter was in a detox unit of Phoenix’s St. Luke’s Hospital when he snuck out and bought a .38 caliber pistol. The next day Hopkins committed suicide.
In 2001, Don Henley and David Crosby helped raise $300,000 for children of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by headlining a concert in Lowell, Mass. US Rep. Martin Meehan organized the benefit to help children of his district pay for future education expenses.
In 2004, Billy Maybray, bassist / drummer / vocalist for The Jaggerz, died of cancer at the age of 60. Billy played drums on the band's 1970, Billboard #2 hit, "The Rapper" and wrote and sang their debut single, "Baby I Love You".
In 2006, Beatles lyrics handwritten by Sir Paul McCartney to an early version of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” sold for $192,000 at an auction in New York. A guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix fetched $168,000, a notebook containing lyrics written by Bob Marley sold for $72,000 and a poem penned by Doors frontman Jim Morrison made $49,000 at the Christie's sale.
birthdays today include (among thers): J.J. Cale (73), Jim Messina (Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins & Messina) (64), Jack Russell (Great White) (51), John Reznick (Goo Goo Dolls) (46) and the legend Little Richard (born Richard Penniman) (79)
Mastodon have recently revealed that they and Feist are planning to cover each other for a vinyl 7-inch release. MTV Canada conducted an interview with Mastodon bassist and vocalist Troy Sanders, where he said that the acts will trade off songs for a special vinyl release for Record Store Day next year.
He said, 'The idea is for Mastodon to cover a Feist song, throw some hair and dirt on it, and they're going to take a Mastodon song and pretty it up a little bit'.
He said that they 'only have a short window' to put the project together next month, but 'we're going to do everything we can to work with Feist and have a split 7-inch and support independent record stores.'
Record Store Day is planned for April 21 next year.
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the ny times ran an article about a local record shop:
Funkadelic Sold Here, on Vinyl
THE death of the neighborhood record store has been mourned for decades now, but vinyl is alive and well on the southern edge of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
“We wanted to make a place that revives the idea of discovery,” Jeff Ogiba, 30, an owner, said one recent afternoon. “Searching for a record should be like a treasure hunt.
Halifax artist Cathy Busby is giving away her late brother’s record collection as an art project, a fundraiser and a way to let go.
The celebration and vinyl giveaway, Saturday from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Khyber Centre for the Arts at 1588 Barrington St. in Halifax, is a fundraiser for the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia and the not-for-profit Khyber Arts Society.
Tickets are $20 and $15 and include an album and are available (cash only) at FRED, Lost and Found, Venus Envy and Taz Records.
When Busby’s brother, Steve, five years her senior, died in 1983 of AIDS-related illness, she was left his collection of almost 200 records.
"I don’t play vinyl and I’ve been carrying it around for 18 years," says Busby.
Despite rumors brewing all over the industry that QUEEN is prepping a new album featuring unfinished Freddie Mercury tracks, drummer Roger Taylor broke the news that, sadly, they're not.
According to The Pulse Of Radio, Taylor, who along with guitarist, Brian May, keeps the QUEEN brand alive, spoke to Ultimate Classic Rock, and explained, "I've got to tell you, there won't be an album. There's just not enough and the last thing I want to do is have a sort of barrel-scraping exercise. But there's a couple of great tracks that Freddie recorded with Michael Jackson that Brian and I are working on and they are good. So at some point they will surface I think when we feel it's a good moment. I don't really want to ride any sort of wave there. So that's an interesting thing, but that will be probably later some point next year."
talked with Jamil from becausesoundmatters.com and we talked about some ideas and promotional things that we can do together. i hope that this becomes a great partnership! in the meantime, take a look at your x-mas list and i bet there is someone on it that would love this boxed set from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers!
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - The Live Anthology Vinyl Box Set
Packaging Specs: The Live Anthology Features artwork and packaging by renowned contemporary artist Shepard Fairey
•Vinyl edition: 51 tracks mastered directly from the uncompressed 24-bit 96K files and pressed on 7 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl LP
•Deluxe book with liner notes offering personal perspective on the band and their music by Tom Petty, Warren Zanes, Bill Flanagan, Robert Hilburn, Joel Selvin, Austin Scaggs, and Phil Sutcliffe.
•Special packaging is an album sized bound book with 7 pockets to hold the discs, and a removeable booklet in the back.
Description:
The Live Anthology is a multiple-disc set of recordings drawn from thirty years of live performances. The collection brings together material from 1978-2007 culled from hundreds of hours of live concert recordings covering every era of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' tours and represents the best tracks as chosen by producers Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate.
The producers made no fixes or overdubs, letting the newly mixed original recordings showcase the invention, spontaneity, craft, and the musicianship that has made Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers among the most celebrated live performers of their time. Along with powerful interpretations of their own classic hits and originals, The Live Anthology features the band tackling some of their best-loved cover material, from classics to obscure beauties to unexpected adaptations. The theme from Goldfinger, the Zombies' "I Want You Back Again," the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil," early Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well," Booker T. and the MGs' "Green Onions," James Brown's "Good, Good Lovin'" and many more. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers travel wide, paying their musical debts through song and showing just how confidently the band moves across genres and over time.
In 1949, Gene Autry's song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," hit the record charts.
In 1957, after his first two releases on Keen Records flopped, Sam Cooke finally had a hit record when "You Send Me" topped the Billboard Pop chart.
In 1957, Danny and the Juniors got their big break when they were asked to fill in for Little Anthony & the Imperials on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Their performance of At the Hop sent the song to number 1 a month later.
In 1964, in London, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr had his tonsils removed at University College Hospital. He arrived at the hospital the previous day and stayed through December 10. believe it or not, this was BIG news back then :O)
In 1967, the Monkees album, "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd" went to number one in the US and was certified Gold. It was their fourth straight LP to sell over a million copies, following "The Monkees", "More Of The Monkees" and "Headquarters". Not a bad run, considering The Beatles' classic, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" held the top spot for 15 weeks that year.
In 1967, singer Jimmie Rodgers is found in his car with a fractured skull. Although he alleges that a police officer beat him, no charges are ever filed. Rodgers had three big hits in 1958, "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "Oh Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and "Honeycomb".
In 1969, Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped at knifepoint by a maintenance man who worked in the building she lived in. She later escaped unharmed by jumping out of his car on the San Diego freeway. The kidnapper was arrested in Las Vegas four days later.
In 1970, Eric Burdon launched a bumper sticker campaign aimed at fighting venereal disease. For every donation to the Los Angeles Free Clinic, Burdon sent out a bumper sticker that said Curb the Clap.
"You're So Vain" by Carly Simon was released in 1972.
The song is a critical profile of a self-absorbed lover; Simon asserts "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you." The subject's identity has been the matter of speculation, fueled by Simon slowly revealing clues as to his identity, quite possibly a gimmick to attempt to hold popularity and awareness. The person Simon is singing about in this song remains a mystery, as she has never made it clear who she wrote it about; rumors include Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens, and Mick Jagger, all of whom she had affairs with. Carly has been elusive and changed her story a bit when asked the inevitable question about the song (strange considering the album title). In 1974, she told Modern Hi-Fi and Music: "That song is about a lot of people. I mean I can think of a lot of people. The actual examples that I've used in the song are from my imagination, but the stimulus is directly from a couple of different sources. It's not just about one particular person."personally, i give up trying to figure who the song was about, despite all of simon's "hints."
The line "I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won," refers to the Saratoga Race Course horse racing season held in late July, August, and early September in Saratoga Springs, New York. The season is frequented by the rich and famous of New York and other cities on the East Coast.
The song is ranked at #72 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time. "You're So Vain" was voted #216 in RIAA's Songs of the Century. It remains Simon's biggest hit and is considered her signature song.
Also in 1972, The Temptations version of "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" gave the Motown group their fourth US number one song. The Temps' Otis Williams would later say that he considers "Papa" to be the last real classic the group recorded. An earlier rendition by The Undisputed Truth had stalled at number 63.
In 1973, the Who and some companions were jailed overnight for $6,000 worth of destruction they imposed on a hotel room after a show.
In 1975, disco group Silver Convention earns a Gold record for "Fly, Robin, Fly", just as it hit #1 on the Billboard Pop chart.
In 1978, Rod Stewart was at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy,” the singer’s fifth U.K. chart topper. A plagiarism lawsuit by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor confirmed that the song had been derived from his composition “Taj Mahal.” Stewart agreed to donate all his royalties from the song to United Nations Children’s Fund.
In 1979, Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand’s “You Don't Bring Me Flowers” was at #1 on the U.S. singles chart. A radio station engineer had spliced together Neil’s version with Barbra’s version and got such good response, the station added it to their playlist. When Neil Diamond was told about it, he decided to re-record the song with Streisand herself, and within weeks of its release, the single went to #1 in the US and #5 in the UK.
In 1982, folk singer David Blue died of a heart attack at age 41 while jogging in New York’s Washington Square Park. He was a member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue during the late ’70s. He wrote “Outlaw Man” covered by the Eagles on their 1973 Desperado album.
In 1983, MTV aired the full 14-minute version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video for the first time.
In 1991, the US Supreme Court ruled that The Shirelles, Gene Pitney and B.J. Thomas were owed $1.2 million in unpaid royalties.
In 1995, the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that Ace of Base's "The Sign" was the best-selling debut of all time, with 19 million copies sold.
In 1997, a fan died after falling from a balcony during a Rolling Stones concert at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan.
In 1997, Third Street Jazz and Rock Holding Corp., a Philadelphia record store, filed a class-action lawsuit against the six major U.S. record distributors. The suit claimed that EMI, Sony, WEA, Universal, Bertelsmann Music Group and Polygram conspired "to raise, fix, and maintain at artificially high and non-competitive levels the wholesale prices" of CDs.
In 2000, thieves broke into the London home Madonna shares with Guy Ritchie. The raiders forced their way in through a basement door then took a set of car keys before loading up Guy Ritchie’s car with some of the couple’s possessions and driving off.
Also in 2000, the Smashing Pumpkins played their last show in Chicago.
In 2006, David Mount, the drummer with Mud, died in London. They had the 1974 U.K. #1 single “Tiger Feet” (also the best-selling single of 1974). Plus, Mud had 14 other U.K. Top 40 singles.
In 2006, Mariska Veres, vocalist for Shocking Blue on their 1969 hit "Venus", died of cancer at the age of 59. After Shocking Blue had disbanded in 1974, Mariska continued to tour and record as a solo act, with Jazz ensembles and a couple of reunions with her former band mates. if you ever get the chance, listen to some of their old LPs, i love her voice and besides their big hit, they had many, many other wonderful cuts....
In 2007, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne made more than $800,000 for charity after they sold off some of their possessions from their former US home. Items sold included the family’s custom pool table for $11,250 and a pair of Ozzy’s trademark round glasses went for $5,250. The beaded wire model of the Eiffel Tower that adorned the kitchen fetched $10,000, while skull-adorned trainers worn by Ozzy sold for $2,625.
In 2008, Odetta, the Folk singer whose powerful voice moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for over 50 years, died of heart disease at the age of 77. Although never a mainstream Pop star, she was nominated for a Grammy Award three times.
birthdays today (among others) include: Nelly Furtado (33), Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) (33), Britney Spears (30), Ted Bluechel, Jr. (Association) (69), Dave Munden (Tremeloes) (68), Screamin’ Scott Simon (Sha Na Na) (63), Rick Savage (Def Leppard) (51) and Christopher Wolstenholme (Muse) (33)
too many categories to list, but here are some of the particulars:
Grammy Nominations (a partial list)
Record Of The Year
•Rolling in the Deep - Adele
•Holocene - Bon Iver
•Grenade - Bruno Mars
•The Cave - Mumford and Sons
•Firework - Katy Perry
Album Of The Year
•21 - Adele
•Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
•Born This Way - Lady Gaga
•Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
•Loud - Rihanna
Song Of The Year
•All of This Light - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
•The Cave - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford and Sons)
•Grenade - Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
•Holocene - Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)
•Rolling in the Deep - Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
New Artist
•The Band Perry
•Bon Iver
•J. Cole
•Nicki Minaj
•Skrillex
Best Pop Solo Performance
•Someone Like You - Adele
•You And I - Lady Gaga
•Grenade - Bruno Mars
•Firework - Katy Perry
•F***in' Perfect - Pink
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
•Body and Soul - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
•Dearest - Black Keys
•Paradise - Coldplay
•Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
•Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera
Best Pop Instrumental Album
•Wish Upon a Star - Jenny Oaks Baker
•E Kahe Malie - Daniel Ho
•The Road to Memphis - Booker T. Jones
•Hello Tomorrow - Dave Koz
•Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! - Brian Setzer
Best Pop Vocal Album
•21 - Adele
•The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
•Born This Way - Lady Gaga
•Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
•Loud - Rihanna
Thrash metal icons Anthrax will be highlighted in a new series of albums, approprietly called 'Icon,' that will feature, “the greatest hits, signature tunes and fan favorites of the most popular artists in music history," according to a press release. The series was initiated by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in 2010, and now, the run is ready to bring fans the best of Anthrax.
Schedlued to be released on January 10, 2012, the 11-track Anthrax 'Icon' compilation (Island/UMe) features tunes “Madhouse,” “A.I.R.,” “Armed and Dangerous,” “I Am the Law,” “Got the Time” and more.
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found this interesting:
Jewish record store popping up for a month in S.F.
Aidin Vaziri, Chronicle Pop Music Critic
David Katznelson is busy transforming an art gallery on Mission Street into a Mid-Century Modern living room. As his 1-year-old daughter, Kaya, crawls around, he arranges vintage wingback chairs, starburst clocks and hand-carved credenzas across from a wall displaying vinyl records with curious covers and promising titles like "Mish Mosh" and "Raisins and Almonds Cha Cha Cha."
Katznelson, the sole San Francisco member of the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation, is setting up what he's fairly certain is the first ever pop-up Jewish record store, Tikva Records. It will be open for just a month, from Thursday to Dec. 28, and he expects to spend most of his waking hours there.
All Things Go Launches a New DC-Based Record Label
The founders behind the music blog have announced a new “boutique” label that will release limited-edition seven-inch singles.
By Jason Koebler
With Ian MacKaye’s Dischord Records, the District has one of the most influential do-it-yourself record labels ever created. Now it also has the newest. The four men behind Washington’s All Things Go music blog announced yesterday that they’ve formed a record label called ATG Records. The label is the latest project from the blog, which, taking a page from Brightest Young Things, began promoting concerts and events in spaces such as the Gibson and U Street Music Hall earlier this year.
Their first seven-inch vinyl single is pressed and ready to go, and features “Alive,” two minutes and 45 seconds of offbeat dance punk from Miami artist Nicky Blitz.
Will Suter, who founded the blog along with Adrian Maseda, Stephen Vallimarescu, and Zack Friendly, says the new label will release around ten records per year, and production runs will be kept short—the “Alive” single is limited to only 250 copies.
British rock legends UFO will release their new album, "Seven Deadly", on February 28, 2012 via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort, which was recorded with producer Tommy Newton at his Area 51 studio in Celle, Germany, will be made available as a limited-edition digipack (including two bonus tracks), a double gatefold LP with printed innersleeves and colored vinyl, standard-edition CD and as a digital download.
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TOOL Recording New Music
Over the Thanksgiving break, TOOL entered the studio with producer Joe Barresi (ISIS, COHEED & CAMBRIA, PUSCIFER, TOMAHAWK) to begin recording the group's new album. According to a posting on TOOL's official web site, he bandmembers are tracking all songs to tape — using a Studer A827 analog tape recorder — at their own home studio instead of going the digital route.
CALIBAN: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
German modern metallers CALIBAN will release their eighth studio album, "I Am Nemesis", on February 28, 2012 via Century Media Records. The CD will feature guest appearances by Marcus Bischoff (HEAVEN SHALL BURN) and Mitch Lucker (SUICIDE SILENCE).
After spending 10 months writing new material, the band is very excited to get the record out to fans. "It was important to us to have an elaborate album without any fillers," says lead guitarist Marc Görtz. "Additionally, the sound of the album is the best we've ever had by far: it is heavy and brutal without being chaotic."
BENEATH: 'Enslaved By Fear' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
Icelandic death metal band BENEATH has revealed the cover art and track listing for its upcoming debut album, "Enslaved By Fear", due out in early 2012 via Unique Leader Records. The CD was mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, BEHEMOTH, IN FLAMES, DARK FUNERAL) and features artwork by Raymond Swanland (DEEDS OF FLESH, PSYCROPTIC).
Read the rest and get the tracklist at Blabbermouth
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THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION SPANS 1954 TO 1967
DELUXE 19-CD BOX SET INCLUDES 9 ALBUMS ON CD IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME
Perfect box set gift for the holiday season, released December 6, 2011 -Dave Brubeck's 91st birthday - by Columbia/Legacy
Also out now: Their Last Time Out (The Unreleased Live Concert - December 26, 1967), the Quartet's final concert after ten years together
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As family and friends around the world celebrate Dave Brubeck's 91st birthday on December 6, 2011, attention is also drawn to notable anniversaries of key albums in the Columbia Records discography of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. These include the 55th anniversary of their landmark 1956 album Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A., the 50th anniversary of the 1961 LP Time Further Out, and the 45th anniversary of Time In, their 1966 finale to the signature series that started with the all-time classic, RIAA® certified double-platinum Time Out in 1959.
Those four studio albums, alongside the 15 other Columbia studio recordings that the Quartet released between 1955 and 1967, are brought together for the first time in THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION. The deluxe 19-CD box set is available now for pre-order at Sony Music's retail website – http://www.myplaydirect.com/dave-brubeck – in advance of the December 6th (Brubeck's birthday!) release date. The box set is released by Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
The 19 titles in THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION are as follows:
1. Brubeck Time (1955) 2. Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A. (1956, first time on CD in U.S.) 3. Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia (1958, first time on CD in U.S.) 4. Dave Digs Disney (1957) 5. Gone With The Wind (1959, first time on CD in U.S.) 6. Time Out! (1959) 7. Southern Scene (1960, first time on CD in U.S.) 8. Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1961) 9. Time Further Out (1961) 10. Countdown: Time In Outer Space (1962) 11. Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1963, first time on CD in U.S.) 12. Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1963) 13. Time Changes (1964) 14. Jazz Impressions Of Japan (1964) 15. Jazz Impressions Of New York (1965, first time on CD in U.S.) 16. Angel Eyes (1965, first time on CD in U.S.) 17. My Favorite Things (1966, first time on CD in U.S.) 18. Time In (1966) 19. Plays Cole Porter - Anything Goes! (1967, first time on CD in U.S.)
(This discography, starting with 1959's Gone With The Wind, also represents the total Columbia studio output of the classic longtime lineup of the Dave Brubeck Quartet that began in '58 – Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, bassist Eugene Wright, and drummer Joe Morello.)
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION features each of the 19 albums in a replica mini-LP sleeve which reproduces that LP's original front and back cover artwork. Where applicable, the albums in each box include the bonus tracks that have been released on the expanded CD editions over the years.
As noted above, nine of the titles in THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION are making their debut appearance on CD in the U.S. with this box set.
The arrival of THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION follows Columbia/Legacy's November 1st debut release of the double-CD, Their Last Time Out (subtitle: The Unreleased Live Concert – December 26, 1967). Recorded in Pittsburgh, the night after Christmas, the concert reflected Brubeck's decision to disband the Quartet at the end of 1967, their tenth and final year together. The concert covered virtually every phase of the Quartet's tenure, from blues ("St. Louis Blues") and standards ("Swanee River," "These Foolish Things," "Take The 'A' Train," "Someday My Prince Will Come," "I'm In A Dancing Mood," "You Go To My Head"), to the Latin flavor of which they were so fond ("Cielito Lindo," "La Paloma Azul"). In true democratic fashion there is also one original composition by each musician: Brubeck's "Three To Get Ready" (listen for Desmond's "12 Days Of Christmas" riff), Wright's "Set My People Free," Morello's "For Drummers Only," and of course, Desmond's "Take Five."
The 16 core years that Dave Brubeck spent at Columbia Records (from 1954 to 1970), saw this complex musician and compassionate bandleader develop into a multi-talented composer, arranger, producer, orchestrator, and ultimately a father figure for at least three generations of jazz players.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, in its early lineup (with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, drummer Joe Dodge, and a succession of bassists) was signed to Columbia in 1953, by the renowned George Avakian. He followed the pianist's early format (of live concert recordings on Fantasy) and also recorded him live for his Columbia debut, Jazz Goes To College.
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION focuses on the Quartet's studio LPs, which actually began with their second album, Brubeck Time (1954). The so-called 'classic' Dave Brubeck Quartet took shape with the entrance of drummer Joe Morello in 1956 and bassist Eugene Wright in 1958. They staked their claim to jazz immortality in 1959 with the Time Out album, the first million-selling LP in jazz history, featuring the single that changed all the rules, "Take Five" b/w "Blue Rondo A La Turk."
Included with this set is Brandenburg Gate, Revisited which features a 10-part, 20-minute work for strings arranged and conducted by Howard Brubeck on a theme by Dave Brubeck that was first heard on Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia (1958). In addition to Eurasia, all the other albums in the Quartet's "Jazz Impressions" series are represented in this collection: Jazz Impressions Of The USA (1957), Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964), and Jazz Impressions of New York (1965).
The Quartet was disbanded in 1967, the year of their final Columbia studio LP, The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter - Anything Goes!, a swingin' affair.
SOURCE Legacy Recordings
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The Recording Academy® and Universal Republic Records Partner on the Release of the 2012 Grammy® Nominees Album
PRE-ORDERS BEGIN TODAY GIVING FANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE 54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
Album Hits Stores and Online on Jan. 24, 2012
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY Recordings® and Universal Republic Records have joined forces to release the 2012 GRAMMY® Nominees album on Jan. 24, 2012. The 18th edition of the best-selling series will showcase many of this year's GRAMMY-nominated artists and songs. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the album will help support the year-round efforts of the GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares® Foundation — two charitable organizations of The Recording Academy. For the first time, fans can have the opportunity to attend the GRAMMY Awards by pre-ordering the album starting Nov. 30. To enter, log on to www.grammy.com/2012grammycd to pre-order the 2012 GRAMMY Nominees album where music fans can win a trip for two to the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.
"We are delighted to partner with Universal Republic Records to once again bring together one of the most eclectic mix of tracks in one album," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "And this year we are extremely excited to offer GRAMMY and music fans the opportunity to experience Music's Biggest Night® firsthand through our pre-order enter-and-win sweepstakes. We look forward to another successful chart-topping year and to providing further support to the important work that MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation continue to do year-round."
Universal Republic Records President/CEO Monte Lipman said, "It's an absolute honor to be working with The Recording Academy on this release. There have been so many incredible songs and albums released this past year and having the chance to produce a comprehensive snapshot of all that great music is incredible. In addition, it's wonderful to support these fantastic charities the album will benefit."
Fans can enter to win tickets by pre-ordering the album through www.cbs.com and www.grammy.com/2012grammycd, launching in conjunction with "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" airing on Nov. 30 on CBS Television Network from 10 – 11 p.m. ET/PT from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. In addition to announcing select nominations for the 54th GRAMMY Awards, the concert will feature performances by artists including Jason Aldean, the Band Perry, Lady Gaga, Ludacris, Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, Valerie Simpson, Mike Stoller, Sugarland and Usher.
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held Sunday, Feb. 12 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network.
Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization's social networks as a Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/thegrammys , a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/thegrammys , and a YouTube channel subscriber at www.youtube.com/thegrammys
A division of Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, Universal Republic is home to a diverse array of superstar artists such as 3 Doors Down, Amy Winehouse, Colbie Caillat, Eddie Vedder, Enrique Iglesias, Florence + The Machine, Godsmack, Hinder, Owl City, SuperHeavy, the Rolling Stones, and singing competition "The Voice" (Javier Colon, Dia Frampton), among many others.
It is comprised of innovative imprints and digital business ventures. Including Republic Nashville Records (The Band Perry), and is in partnerships with Aware Records (Mat Kearney), Big Machine (Taylor Swift), Brushfire (Jack Johnson, G Love), Cash Money (Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj) Lava Records (Jesse J, Black Veil Brides), SRC (Akon, Melanie Fiona, Shontelle), and Tuff Gong (Damien Marley, Stephen Marley) among others.
SOURCE The Recording Academy
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Legendary Singer-songwriters David Crosby, Shawn Colvin, Randy Newman, Kenny Loggins, Zooey Deschanel Contribute to Everychild CD
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Everychild Within Us CD features brand new, unreleased music from She and Him (Zooey Deschanel) and Burt Bacharach, as well as music by singer-songwriters such as Randy Newman, David Crosby, Shawn Colvin, Kenny Loggins, Lisa Loeb and Katrina Carlson. The new album also includes songs by Dave Koz and Jim Wilson.
The Everychild Within Us CD is available for $12 from the Everychild Foundation: everychildfoundation.org All proceeds go to projects supported by Everychild Foundation grants filling critical unmet needs of children.
"It is with great pleasure that I support the good work that the Everychild Foundation does helping children in need," says music legend David Crosby.
The dream of the Everychild Foundation is to have a society where no child suffers from disease, disability, abuse, neglect or poverty. Each year, Everychild annually seeks out and funds a new project directly serving children with tangible results. The goal is to launch new prototypes that can inspire replication across the nation and even worldwide, thus leveraging the grant.
The Foundation also advocates for legislative and public policy changes to assist unaccompanied homeless youth, children in the juvenile justice and foster care systems, and those in the zero to five age group. Everychild is a volunteer organization funded by member dues and contributions. It pays no salaries, no rent and does not host fundraising galas.
"Some of America's most legendary musicians have come together to make a difference for children in crisis right here in the United States," says Jacqueline Caster, Founder and President of the Everychild Foundation. "This album not only provides an array of uplifting songs, but is also interspersed with the actual voices of kids from the gang-ridden neighborhoods of Los Angeles whose dreams of a better future are alive and strong. Proceeds from this compilation album support the work of the Everychild Foundation which works to make these dreams a reality by funding new projects to assist children suffering from disease, disability, abuse, neglect or poverty."
SOURCE Everychild Foundation
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The Who ‘Quadrophenia’ Deluxe Edition – Album Review
by: Karen 'Gilly' Laney
The new re-issue of the Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ takes us back to mid 1973, when the Who were unofficially dubbed the worlds greatest live rock ‘n’ roll band and had several successful recordings under their belt including ‘Tommy’ and Who’s Next.’
Come October and their next triumph, in which songwriter Pete Townshend introduced us to Jimmy, the tragic hero of the band’s latest rock opera.
Jimmy is a teenager in England whose dad labels him a “schizophrenic” and his Mum, well, she just thinks he’s “nutty.” Youthful angst is at its peak as Jimmy desperately tries to fit in while his moods change as often as the weather.
In 1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Sam Cooke, and the Rays made their national television debuts on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show," performing their hits "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be The Day," "You Send Me," and "Silhouettes," respectively.
In 1958, Ricky Nelson was the first rock 'n' roll artist to be pictured on the cover of LIFE magazine.
Also in 1958, the Phil Spector written "To Know Him Is To Love Him" was the number one song in the US for The Teddy Bears. The trio consisted of Spector along with two friends, Marshall Leib and Annette Kleinbard.
In 1960, a San Diego, California quintet called Rosie And The Originals reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a loosely recorded ballad called "Angel Baby". Written by the group's 14 year old singer, Rosie Hamlin, the song held the position for six weeks and stayed on the chart for three months. still one of my favorite songs of all time, just gives me chills for some reason (i love the old doo wop!)
In 1964, in Hollywood, Buck Owens recorded his compositions "Cryin' Time," later a hit for Ray Charles, and "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail," which became Owens' signature song. The latter spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart and was his highest-charting entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #25.
In 1966, Tom Jones' cover version of Porter Wagoner's "Green, Green Grass of Home" tops the UK charts for the first of a seven week stay. It will become his biggest hit, selling over 1.2 million copies in Britain alone. The record reached #11 in the US.
In 1968, Janis Joplin made her final appearance with Big Brother & the Holding Company.
In 1972, Martha & the Vandellas gave their farewell performance in Detroit, MI.
In 1973, "Top Of The World" becomes The Carpenters' second number one hit on the Billboard Pop Chart. It made #5 in the UK. An earlier version by Lynn Anderson had already topped the US Country chart.
In 1976, the Sex Pistols, who have just released their first single, "Anarchy in the UK", appear on British TV's Today Show as a last-minute replacement for Queen. After interviewer Bill Grundy asks them about their "nasty reputation", bass player Glenn Matlock utters a four letter word on the air. In the resulting uproar, The Sex Pistols are banned from appearing in all but five cities that were booked for their first UK tour. By next month, no club or concert hall in Great Britain will book the group.
In 1983, Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records who said he had not delivered a commercial enough album (“not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums”).
In 1986, R&B singer (Working In A Coal Mine, Ya Ya) Lee Dorsey died of emphysema at age 61.
In 1987, a Kentucky teacher lost her appeal in the US Supreme Court over her dismissal for showing Pink Floyd's film 'The Wall' to her class. The court decided that the film, with its bad language and sexual content, was not suitable for minors.
In 1995, an auction of Frank Sinatra's possessions earned him $2,072,000.
In 1997, Kenny G set a new world record when he sustained a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds using a technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time. The record has since been broken by Geovanny Escalante, who was able to hold a note for 1 hour, 30 minutes and 45 seconds.
In 1997, singer/keyboardist (When I Die) William "Smitty" Smith of the band Motherlode suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 53.
In 1997, jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli died at the age of 89.
In 1999, the 67th lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center draws an unbelievable 250,000 people, most of which wanting to see performances by ‘N Sync, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, and Rosemary Clooney.
birthdays today include (among others): Billy Paul (77), Brad Delson (Linkin Park) (34), John Densmore (Doors) (67), Gilbert O'Sullivan (65), Greg Upchurch (3 Doors Down) (40) and Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) (67)
