Sunday, April 19, 2026
Saturday Tunes - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
(I KNOW it's NOT Saturday. I'm running so far behind. Having to do a lot of computering to try to get things halfass in order before the new computer gets here. Hang in there. I hope things get back to normal, or what hopefully might pass as normal here, soon.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiosqtFLBBA&list=RDoiosqtFLBBA&start_radio=1
Significant Events In Music This Week - 4.18 - 4.24
April 18th In Music
1992 - Def Leppard started a five-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with their fifth studio album 'Adrenalize.' The album was the first by the band following the death of guitarist Steve Clark in 1991.
Birthdays:
1939 - Glen D.Hardin. American rock and roll band The Crickets, who had the 1957 US No. 1 single 'That'll Be The Day'. In addition to playing with Buddy Holly's band The Crickets, Hardin will record with artists such as Elvis Presley, John Denver, Emmylou Harris, and Rick Nelson. Born in Wellington, Texas.
1942 - Mike Vickers. British musician who came to prominence as guitarist, flautist and saxophonist with Manfred Mann, who had the 1964 US No. 1 single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy'. Born in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
April 19th In Music
1969 - ”Good Times, Bad Times," the first Led Zeppelin single, reaches its chart peak of #80 in America.
Birthdays:
1942 - Alan Price. English musician, keyboards with The Animals who had the 1964 US No. 1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun'. Born in Fatfield, England.
1947 - Mark Volman. American guitarist from The Turtles who had the US 1967 No. 1 single 'Happy Together' and the 1967 hit 'She'd Rather Be with Me'. He later worked with Frank Zappa. Born in Los Angeles, California.
1956 - Tony Martin. English singer, best known for his time fronting Black Sabbath, initially from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997. Martin was the band's second longest serving vocalist after Ozzy Osbourne.
April 20th In Music
1993 - Aerosmith released 'Get A Grip' their 11th studio album which became their best selling album to date with sales over 20m. The album which featured the hits: 'Livin' On The Edge' and 'Crazy' also featured guests Don Henley and Lenny Kravitz.
Birthdays:
1948 - Craig Frost. Keyboardist for 1970s hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad who had the US No. 1 single with their version of 'The Loco-Motion' which was produced by Todd Rundgren and is also a member with Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. Born in Flint, Michigan.
1948 - Rob Stoner. American multi-instrumental musician Rob Stoner. His work can be heard on Don McLean's classic 'American Pie'. In the summer of 1975 he was hired as bandleader, opening act and bass player in Bob Dylan's band and has also worked with many other artists as well as Ringo Starr, Chuck Berry, Lou Reed and Joni Mitchell.
April 21st In Music
1973 - Powered by a gnarly stage show and the tracks "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and "Elected," Alice Cooper's album Billion Dollar Babies hits No. 1 in America.
1984 - Phil Collins started a three week run at No. 1 in the US singles chart with the theme from 'Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)’. It was Phil's first US No. 1.
Birthdays:
1947 - John Weider. English rock musician who plays guitar, bass, and violin. He is best known as the guitarist for Eric Burdon & The Animals from 1966 to 1968. He was also the bass player for Family from 1969 to 1971. Born in Shepherd's Bush, London, England.
April 22nd In Music
1966 - ‘Wild Thing' by The Troggs (who were originally called The Troglodytes) was released in the U.S. on both the Atco and Fontana labels. The song went on to reach No. 1. Fronted by Reg Presley, 'Wild Thing' became a major influence on garage rock and punk rock.
1972 - Deep Purple scored their second No.1 album with Machine Head. The album which features 'Smoke on the Water' and 'Highway Star', is often cited as a major influence in the early development of the heavy metal music genre and commercially, it was Deep Purple's most successful album.
Birthdays:
1936 - Glen Campbell. Country singer, songwriter, TV presenter. Hits include ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’, ‘Wichita Lineman’, and ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’. As a session musician in the 1960s he worked with Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra. His guitar playing can be heard on ‘Strangers in the Night’ by Frank Sinatra, ‘You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'‘ by The Righteous Brothers and ‘I'm a Believer’ by The Monkees. Born in Billstown, Arkansas. Campbell became a patient at an Alzheimer's long-term care and treatment facility in 2014 and died of the disease in Nashville, Tennessee on August 8, 2017 at the age of 81.
1944 - Howard Wyeth. Drummer, worked with Bob Dylan, Don McLean, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell. He died of a heart attack 27th March 1996.
1950 - Pete Carr. American guitarist. He was lead guitarist for the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and recorded extensively at FAME Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. He recorded with Joan Baez, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Wilson Pickett, Hank Williams, Jr., among many others. Carr died on 27 June 2020 age 70.
1950 - Peter Frampton. British-American rock musician who formed Humble Pie and then finds success as a solo artist. Scored the 1976 No. 10 single 'Show Me The Way' taken from his live release Frampton Comes Alive!. Frampton has worked with David Bowie, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson. Frampton is known for his work as a guitar player and particularly with a Talkbox. Born in Beckenham, Kent, England.
1966 - Kimberley Dahme. Rhythm guitarist and bassist for Boston.
April 23rd In Music
1988 - Iron Maiden went to No. 1 on the UK album chart with 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son', their second No. 1 LP.
1994 - Pink Floyd were at No. 1 on the US album chart with The Division Bell, their fourth No. 1 album. It was No. 1 for four weeks.
Birthdays:
1564 - William Shakespeare, whose works inspire centuries of song lyrics*, is born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The date is a best estimate; it's known that he was baptized on April 26 and at the time it was customary to be circumcised at 3 days old and records show that was performed on April 23, 1564. He passed away on April 23, 1616.
1947 - Glenn Cornick. Rock bassist, Jethro Tull. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.
1960 - Steve Clark. Guitarist with Def Leppard, who had a 1987 UK No. 6 single with ‘Animal’, a 1987 worldwide No. 1 album with Hysteria and a 1988 US No. 1 single with ‘Love Bites’. Born in Sheffield, England. Clark died on January 8th 1991, aged 30 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption combined with prescription drugs.
*https://www.songfacts.com/category/songs-inspired-by-the-works-of-shakespeare
April 24th In Music
1976 - Wings' LP ‘At The Speed Of Sound’ hits No. 1.
1979 - Ray Charles' 'Georgia On My Mind' was proclaimed the state song of Georgia. The music to the song was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael. Ray Charles, a native of Georgia, recorded it in 1960 on the album The Genius Hits the Road.
Birthday:
1945 - Doug Clifford. Drummer with Creedence Clearwater Revival who scored the 1969 US No. 2 single 'Bad Moon Rising', and the 1970 US No. 1 album Cosmo's Factory. The band has sold 26 million albums in the United States alone. Born in Palo Alto, California.
1947 - Glenn Cornick. Bass guitarist with Jethro Tull from 1967 to late 1970. He played in the three first studio albums of the band, This Was, Stand Up and Benefit. Cornick died on 8.28.2014.
1947 - Ann Kelly. American pop and soul trio The Hues Corporation, who scored the 1974, US No. 1 single 'Rock The Boat' which sold over 2 million copies. Born in Fairchild, Alabama.
1948 - Steve York. With Manfred Mann had the 1964 US No. 1 single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' and the 1968 US No. 10 single 'Mighty Quinn'. Born in London, England.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
Computer Downtime
I will try to post when I can these next few days but I have been spending a lot of time on the phone with my brother getting some computer issues corrected and uploading stuff into files which will sync with the iCloud after buying more space in the iCloud. It turns out that a huge amount of stuff I had on my computer wasn't syncing and we are correcting that and trying to get everything streamlined for when I get the new computer. This way it will move to the new computer in one, hopefully, smooth move instead of me having to move a bunch of folders/files one at a time.
And those of you that know me, know I have breathing issues and talking for long periods of time wears me out. And any of you who knows computers knows that solving some computer issues over the phone requires a lot of communicating. I will be posting again on a regular basis when I get these issues under control.
Random GIF Dump - 4.17.2026
I think he probably deserved that. My gaydar can tell from watching this video that he did something he needed to be knocked out for ... probably deserved more than that.
Close to being decapitated.
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