1957 - Rocklore repeatedly states that Elvis Presley inhaled a cap on one of his teeth, on this day, and had to be taken to a Los Angeles hospital to have it removed from his lung. Can't find real reference to this on any official newspaper archives - anyone out there have a clue? Anyone out there ever really doubt the talent and magic of the Prez, just check out this sensational clip from the movie Jailhouse Rock, a statement on its own, of its own. I was 10 years old when this movie Perth, my mother 36. Now I wonder why she wanted to see the movie?...girls?
1970 - It's now 41 years to the day that the Carpenters' second album, Close to You, the Carpenter's was released. Brother and sister act Karen and Richard Carpenter stormed world charts during the 70s with many self-penned songs, but the killer-diller song that catapaulted the duo was the title track of the album, written by the genius song writing duo, Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain and released as a single in 1963 as They Long to Be Close to You. The song was previously recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick, in 1963, then re-recorded with a Burt Bacharach arrangement for her 1964 album Make Way for Dionne Warwick. Bacharach released his own version four years later, but the definitive version was recorded by The Carpenters, and is the best known. Karen Carpenter, aside from having a liquid-smooth voice, was a drummer of fine-tned skill. She uffered from anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder about which little was known at the time, and she insisted there was nothing wrong with her, consistently in denial until the end. She died at the age of 32 from heart failure, later attributed to complications related to her illness.
1971 - This is the day when two short films by John Lennon were shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France, and Lennon was interviewed by famed Norwegian actor, film director, screenwriter and film critic Pål Bang-Hansen, who passed on March 25 last year, 2010. Anyone reading this who doesn't quite understand why Lennon would have wanted to have left the Beatles, this short, rare less-than-two-minute interview will explain it succinctly.
1974 - This was the day when Rolling Stone rock star bassist Bill Wyman released his first solo album, Monkey Grip. It was the first solo effort by a member of the Rolling Stones. Wyman is not just the ex-Stones bass player. Since leaving the band in 1992, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, and produced both records and film, and scored music for film in movies and television. He has kept a journal since he was a kid, and has helped him as an author of seven books, selling two million copies. Wyman's love of art has additionally led to his proficiency in photography and his photographs have hung in galleries around the world. His lack of funds in his early teen years led him to create and build his own fretless bass guitar. After the Stones he became an amateur archaeologist and enjoys relic hunting; The Times published a letter about his hobby on Friday March, 2007 if anyone wants to check it out. He designed and markets a patented Bill Wyman signature metal detector. But today, 37 years ago, Je Suis Un Rock Star.
1976 - It's just a couple of years after Wyman's little jaunt, and 33-year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while he was tuning a guitar which was not properly grounded. The accident happened in his West London home where he was found by his eight-year-old son. Relf was still holding the plugged-in electric guitar. His voice can be heard on such Yardbirds classic hits such as For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, I Ain't Got You, and this little ditty; with a very young Jimmy Page playing a slightly meandering, wonky guitar solo in this sixties video of Shapes of Things, Keith Relf on vocals.
1984 - Nils Lofgren replaced "Miami" Steve Van Zandt in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Lofgren is one of modern rock'n'roll's stalwart magic man musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Famous as a solo artist, he has marked, now, 27 years as a member of Springsteen's E Street Band as well as a former member of Crazy Horse and Grin. Nils Lofgren is seen in this video performing the song Shine Silently at the Nils Lofgren Tribute Concert in 2004, and if you look closely you'll see Skunk Baxter weaving his magic in front of this poor quality camcorder.
1985 - It's May 15, 26 years ago zand Prince released the single Raspberry Beret, and exactly 10 years later on the same day, Stone Temple Pilots' 1995 - Scott Weiland was arrested for trying to buy drugs in a motel parking lot in Pasadena, CA, and on the same day three years later, Sony and Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What a day. Oh, and in 2009, same day, Eminem released his 5th studio album Relapse. This is only a still vid, but full-tilt audio of Bagpipes From Baghdad. I think Eminem has to be the best rapper in the world, best lyrics, best delivery, best sense of humour. What do you reckon?
1970 - It's now 41 years to the day that the Carpenters' second album, Close to You, the Carpenter's was released. Brother and sister act Karen and Richard Carpenter stormed world charts during the 70s with many self-penned songs, but the killer-diller song that catapaulted the duo was the title track of the album, written by the genius song writing duo, Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain and released as a single in 1963 as They Long to Be Close to You. The song was previously recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick, in 1963, then re-recorded with a Burt Bacharach arrangement for her 1964 album Make Way for Dionne Warwick. Bacharach released his own version four years later, but the definitive version was recorded by The Carpenters, and is the best known. Karen Carpenter, aside from having a liquid-smooth voice, was a drummer of fine-tned skill. She uffered from anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder about which little was known at the time, and she insisted there was nothing wrong with her, consistently in denial until the end. She died at the age of 32 from heart failure, later attributed to complications related to her illness.
1971 - This is the day when two short films by John Lennon were shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France, and Lennon was interviewed by famed Norwegian actor, film director, screenwriter and film critic Pål Bang-Hansen, who passed on March 25 last year, 2010. Anyone reading this who doesn't quite understand why Lennon would have wanted to have left the Beatles, this short, rare less-than-two-minute interview will explain it succinctly.
1974 - This was the day when Rolling Stone rock star bassist Bill Wyman released his first solo album, Monkey Grip. It was the first solo effort by a member of the Rolling Stones. Wyman is not just the ex-Stones bass player. Since leaving the band in 1992, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, and produced both records and film, and scored music for film in movies and television. He has kept a journal since he was a kid, and has helped him as an author of seven books, selling two million copies. Wyman's love of art has additionally led to his proficiency in photography and his photographs have hung in galleries around the world. His lack of funds in his early teen years led him to create and build his own fretless bass guitar. After the Stones he became an amateur archaeologist and enjoys relic hunting; The Times published a letter about his hobby on Friday March, 2007 if anyone wants to check it out. He designed and markets a patented Bill Wyman signature metal detector. But today, 37 years ago, Je Suis Un Rock Star.
1976 - It's just a couple of years after Wyman's little jaunt, and 33-year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while he was tuning a guitar which was not properly grounded. The accident happened in his West London home where he was found by his eight-year-old son. Relf was still holding the plugged-in electric guitar. His voice can be heard on such Yardbirds classic hits such as For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, I Ain't Got You, and this little ditty; with a very young Jimmy Page playing a slightly meandering, wonky guitar solo in this sixties video of Shapes of Things, Keith Relf on vocals.
1984 - Nils Lofgren replaced "Miami" Steve Van Zandt in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Lofgren is one of modern rock'n'roll's stalwart magic man musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Famous as a solo artist, he has marked, now, 27 years as a member of Springsteen's E Street Band as well as a former member of Crazy Horse and Grin. Nils Lofgren is seen in this video performing the song Shine Silently at the Nils Lofgren Tribute Concert in 2004, and if you look closely you'll see Skunk Baxter weaving his magic in front of this poor quality camcorder.
1985 - It's May 15, 26 years ago zand Prince released the single Raspberry Beret, and exactly 10 years later on the same day, Stone Temple Pilots' 1995 - Scott Weiland was arrested for trying to buy drugs in a motel parking lot in Pasadena, CA, and on the same day three years later, Sony and Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What a day. Oh, and in 2009, same day, Eminem released his 5th studio album Relapse. This is only a still vid, but full-tilt audio of Bagpipes From Baghdad. I think Eminem has to be the best rapper in the world, best lyrics, best delivery, best sense of humour. What do you reckon?
