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garougal wrote:

This was a good one. I'm really intrigued by the Chess Records info right now, especially since I'm dying to see the movie Cadillac Records. The soundtrack for it is really very good!


When does that come out?  I know Beyonce is in it...but I havent heard much else about it...any info that you have heard?

 



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It actually hit theatres in December 2008, so now it's out on DVD...but good luck finding it. I don't know why it neve seemed to play around here and I can't find it in any of the rental stores in the neighborhood. hmm

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1937
Tenor sax player Lester "Prez" Young and trumpeter Buck Clayton play with Billie Holiday as part of Wilson's orchestra. It is Young who later bestows the nickname "Lady Day" upon Holiday.

1938
Etta James was born.

1958
"Oh Boy!" becomes Buddy Holly's third Top Ten hit.

1969
'Proud Mary', the Creedence Clearwater Revival LP, is released. "Proud Mary" eventually reaches #2 on the charts.

1975
Billy Preston hits #22 with "Struttin'".

1975
Cat Stevens hits #26 with "Ready".

1978
Nanci Griffith releases her debut album, 'There's a Light Beyond These Woods'.

1981
The Tide Is High (Blondie) was a hit.

1984
Eddie Murphy is a guest VJ on MTV.

1990
MTV commits air time to its first-ever environment campaign. MTV US, MTV Europe, MTV Japan and MTV Australia all air public service announcements.

1992
MTV debuts "MTV Sport," the networks first weekly sports magazine series with host Dan Cortese.

1994
MTV announces place to enter the television home shopping market by testing home shopping programming on MTV, VH1 and Nick at Nite.

1999
Robbie Williams is named Best Solo Artist at the annual NME Premiere Awards.

2000
S Club 7, the made-for-TV band from Britain, releases 'S Club' with the single "S Club Party".



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1992
MTV debuts "MTV Sport," the networks first weekly sports magazine series with host Dan Cortese.

Although he was really nice to look at (before he cut his hair, of course) I hated that a sports show was on MTV. So wrong, so wrong. (OK, now I gotta request "So Wrong"!)

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1918
Elmore James was born in Richland, MS.

1930
Bobby Bland was born in Rosemark, TN.

1945
Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is born.

1956
Elvis Presley's debut single for RCA, "Heartbreak Hotel," is released. The first of Presley's 17 Number One hits, it holds down the top spot for eight weeks. "Heartbreak Hotel" establishes Elvis Presley and rock and roll itself as national phenomena.

1962
Bill Black's Combo hits #26 with "Twist-Her".

1962
Bobby "Blue" Bland hits #2 on the R&B chart and #28 on the pop chart with "Turn On Your Love Light".

1967
Sixty nations, including the U.S. and U.S.S.R., sign a treaty banning nuclear weapons in space.

1968
"Daydream Believer" by the Monkees (written by Neil Diamond) peaks the UK charts at #5.

1972
Mahalia Jackson dies of heart failure in Evergreen Park, Illinois. She is buried at Providence Memorial Park in Metairie, Louisiana.

1973
Sweet's "Blockbuster" tops the UK charts where it will remain for five weeks.

1979
The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 peaks at #6 while the single "September" is on its way to #8. In February, Maurice White launches the American Recording Corporation (ARC), a CBS-distributed label whose artist roster included the Emotions and Deniece Williams.

1985
I Want To Know What Love Is (Foreigner) was a hit.

1987
Leonard Chess is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1990
Kenny G hits #56 with "Going Home".

1990
Motley Crue hits #27 with "Kickstart My Heart".

1992
Johnnie Johnson's third solo album, 'Johnnie B. Bad,' finds the piano great backed by Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and NRBQ.

1993
MTV announces it will launch a 24-hour Spanish Language Network, MTV Latin America. Based in Miami, Florida, MTV Latin America will be a Spanish-language advertiser supported network targeting viewers 12-24. The network will be distributed to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, the United States and South America. MTV Latin America is schedules to launch in October 1993.



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It was 50 years ago today that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. tears.gif Before my time, but they were awesome.

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Mad Mema wrote:

It was 50 years ago today that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. tears.gif Before my time, but they were awesome.


Totally.



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It was a total bummer.

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1945
Bob Marley is born in St. Anns Parish in Jamaica.

1961
Jackie Wilson #9 "My Empty Arms".

1961
Jim Stewarts Satellite label has its first hit with Carla Thomass Gee Whiz (#5 R&B, #10 pop), which is quickly picked up for national release by Atlantic Records.

1977
Talking Heads first single, Love Goes to Building on Fire b/w New Feeling is released on Sire Records.

1981
While touring South American soccer stadiums, Queen performs in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to the largest crowds of paying fans ever to witness a concert.

1982
Soft Cell hits #3 in the UK with "Say Hello Wave Goodbye".

1982
Howie Epstein replaces Ron Blair on bass in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

1986
Al Green's first album for A&M Records, 'Going Away,' marks his reunion with longtime producer Willie Mitchell.



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garougal wrote:

1982
Soft Cell hits #3 in the UK with "Say Hello Wave Goodbye".

And here I thought their only hit was "Tainted Love."

Yeah, you guys know I don't know much.



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That was news to me, too, Fuzzy.

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Really? And you know stuff. nod.gif Now I only feel half as stupid as before.

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laughing.gif I don't know much, but i know enough to be dangerous. wink

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I don't know anything about anything. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

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garougal wrote:

 

1982
Howie Epstein replaces Ron Blair on bass in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

 

And now he's dead.  So many are dying.  cry.gif

 



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laughing.gif I don't know much, but i know enough to be dangerous. wink


Let me see if this works:

I don't know anything.
You know something.
And LS knows everything.

Yep. I think that is it.



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garougal wrote:

laughing.gif I don't know much, but i know enough to be dangerous. wink


Let me see if this works:

I don't know anything.
You know something.
And LS knows everything.

Yep. I think that is it.

 

laughing.gif  Hardly! 

 



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It is true LS. If I wanted to know something music related, you would be my first choice.

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confuzzed wrote:

It is true LS. If I wanted to know something music related, you would be my first choice.


I appreciate that.  I tell you, before this new-fangled Internet thingie, I used to get a lot of people calling me with questions all the time.  I miss it - it made my brain work, which is good practice I think.



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I'll still use you as a lifeline. thumbsup.gif

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confuzzed wrote:

I'll still use you as a lifeline. thumbsup.gif

aww.gif

 



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