Meredith Brooks - Bitch
(Any of you guys that say you haven't experienced most of this ... well, you ain't been around**.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivt_N2Zcts&list=RD_ivt_N2Zcts&start_radio=1
*late posting/just noticed that this didn't post. **different song
Significant Events In Music This Week - 11.22 - 11.28
November 22nd In Music
1907 - The world's first radio company, the Marconi Wireless Company of America, is incorporated in New Jersey.
Birthdays:
1941 - Jessie Colin Young. The Youngbloods, 1969 US No. 5 single 'Get Together'. Born in Queens, New York City.
1943 - Floyd Sneed. Drummer with Three Dog Night, who had the 1970 US No. 1 single with a cover of the Randy Newman song 'Mama Told Me Not To Come'. The band scored 21 Billboard Top 40 hits, with three hitting No. 1, between 1969 and 1975. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1946 - Aston Barrett. The Upsetters, bass guitarist of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1947 - Rod Price. Lead guitarist for Foghat. Born in Willesden, North London, England.
November 23rd In Music
1974 - Gary Wright leaves Spooky Tooth to launch a solo career.
1979 - Pink Floyd released 'Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)' which rapidly topped the charts in the US and a further 9 countries. Featuring children from Islington Green School in North London, close to Floyd's Britannia Row Studios.
1981 - AC/DC release the album For Those About to Rock We Salute You, their follow-up to Back In Black. The title track, complete with custom cannons, becomes their regular encore.
Birthdays:
1925 - Johnny Mandel. Grammy and Oscar-winning American composer and arranger. His most famous composition is 'Suicide Is Painless' (theme from the movie and TV series M*A*S*H).
1939 - Betty Everett. Soul singer, 1964 US No. 6 single 'The Shoop Shoop Song, It's In His Kiss’. Born in Greenwood, Mississippi. She died 8.19.2001, aged 61.
November 24th In Music
1964 - The Who, until recently The High Numbers, perform their first gig under the new name at London's Marquee Club.
1976 - Chicago started a three week run at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'If You Leave Me Now', the American group's only UK No. 1.
Birthdays:
1950 - Bob Burns. American drummer who was in the original line-up of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Burns also played on the band's first two official albums: (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) and Second Helping. He died on 4.3.2015.
1957 - Chris Hayes. Lead guitarist from Huey Lewis and the News who had the 1985 US No. 1 single 'The Power Of Love'. Born in Great Lakes, Illinois.
November 25th In Music
1971 - Carly Simon releases "Anticipation."
1972 - Chuck Berry was at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Ding a-Ling', his only UK No. 1. The song was originally recorded by Dave Bartholomew in 1952. Berry's version was from a concert recorded at the Locarno ballroom in Coventry, England, on 3 February 1972. Boston radio station WMEX disc jockey Jim Connors was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and pushing it to No. 1 over the airwaves and amongst his peers in the United States.
Birthdays:
1944 - Bev Bevan. English rock musician, drummer with Electric Light Orchestra who had the 1979 US No. 4 single 'Don't Bring Me Down' plus 26 other Top 40 hits. Bevan also served as the touring drummer for Black Sabbath during their 1983 Born Again Tour. Born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England.
November 26th In Music
1955 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" becomes the first rock and roll record to hit No. 1 in the UK, thanks to its inclusion in the movie Blackboard Jungle.
1971 - Yes release Fragile, their fourth album and first with keyboard player Rick Wakeman. It includes some of their most enduring songs.
1983 - Quiet Riot's Metal Health hits No. 1 in America, becoming the first heavy metal album to reach the top spot.
1988 - Russian cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 7 took into space a cassette copy of the latest Pink Floyd album Delicate Sound Of Thunder and played it in orbit, making Pink Floyd the first rock band to be played in space. David Gilmour and Nick Mason both attended the launch of the spacecraft.
1994 - The Eagles started a two-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with 'Hell Freezes Over.' The album name is in reference to a quote by Don Henley after the band's breakup in 1980; he commented that the band would play together again when ‘Hell Freezes Over.’
Birthdays:
1937 - Bob Babbitt. Hungarian-American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966 to 1972. Babbitt's most notable bass performances include 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours' by Stevie Wonder, 'War' by Edwin Starr, 'The Tears of a Clown' by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)' and 'Inner City Blues' by Marvin Gaye', and 'Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)' by The Temptations. Bob Babbitt died on 7.16.2012, aged 74.
1945 - John McVie. Bassist with the rock band Fleetwood Mac who had the 1977 US No. 1 single 'Dreams' taken from their worldwide No. 1 album Rumours which spent 31 weeks on the US chart. He was also a member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Born in Ealing, London, England.
November 27th In Music
1968 - Steppenwolf's self-titled debut album is certified gold.
1986 - Bon Jovi were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'You Give Love A Bad Name'. Released as the first single from the album Slippery When Wet, in 2009 it was named the 20th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.
Birthdays:
1942 - Jimi Hendrix. Guitarist, singer, songwriter who had the 1968 US No. 1 album 'Electric Ladyland' and the 1970 UK No. 1 single 'Voodoo Chile’. Hendrix is widely considered to be one the greatest guitarist in musical history made appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival. Born in Seattle, Washington. Hendrix died on 9.18.1970.
1945 - Randy Brecker. Trumpeter, flugelhornist for Blood, Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No. 2 single 'Spinning Wheel', and the 1969 US No. 12 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'. They had a US No. 1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968. Born in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
1948 - Dave Winthrop - Sax player and flautist for Supertramp.
November 28th In Music
1964 - The Shangri-Las went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with the teenage tragedy song, 'Leader Of The Pack'. When released in the UK the song was refused airplay by the BBC, (probably due to its tragedy theme), where it went on to chart three times: No. 11 in 1965; No. 3 in 1972 (by which time the BBC ban had been lifted); and once again at No. 7 in 1976.
1964 - The Kinks' first hit, "You Really Got Me," peaks at No. 7 in America.
Birthdays:
1936 - Roy McCurdy. Jazz drummer of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Born in Rochester, New York.
1943 - Randy Newman, singer, songwriter, Composer of 'Mama Told Me Not To Come’ and the 1977 US No. 2 single 'Short People.' Once hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer, his film scores include Ragtime, Toy Story; A Bug's Life; Toy Story 2; Monsters, Inc.; Cars; Toy Story 3; and Monsters University. Born in Los Angeles, California.
1948 - Beeb Birtles, born Gerard Bertelkamp in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from Australian group, Little River Band who scored the 1978 US No. 3 single 'Reminiscing' plus 12 other US Top 40 singles selling more than 30 million records. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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