Saturday Tunes - Jimmy Buffett* - Cheeseburger In Paradise

 Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger In Paradise

*You can despise the singer and still love the song. I learned and loved this song a LONG time before I learned to despise Buffet's political views. I don't think about him when I hear this song ... I just enjoy the tunes. Pink Floyd would be another example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmDBBu3CTOA&list=RDdmDBBu3CTOA&start_radio=1

Significant Events In Music This Week - 12.13 - 12.19

December 13th In Music.

1966 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience records "Foxy Lady."

Birthdays:

1948 - Jeff ”Skunk" Baxter. Guitarist for The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan. Born in Washington, D.C.

1948 - Ted Nugent. Guitarist, The Amboy Dukes, 1968 single, 'Journey To The Centre Of The Mind'. Solo, 1977 single 'Cat Scratch Fever'. Damn Yankees, 1990 album 'Damn Yankies'. Born in Detroit, Michigan.

December 14th In Music.

1968 - Marvin Gaye scored his first US No. 1 single when 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' started a seven-week run at the top of the charts.

1968 - Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is certified Gold.

1972 - Seals and Crofts' "Summer Breeze" is certified Gold.

Birthdays:

1942 - Dick Wagner. American rock music guitarist, songwriter who worked with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. Wagner had also written songs with Kiss and Aerosmith.

1946 - Joyce Vincent Wilson. Singer from American pop music group Dawn who were popular in the 1970s. Their signature hits include 'Candida', 'Knock Three Times', and 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree'. Born in Detroit, Michigan.

1949 - Cliff Williams. Bass player for Australian rock band AC/DC, (he replaced Mark Evans in 1977). The bands 1980 UK No. 1 & US No. 14 album Back In Black sold over 49 million copies. Born in Romford, Essex, England.

December 15th In Music

1955 - Johnny Cash releases "Folsom Prison Blues.”*

1974 - Young Frankenstein opens in theaters. When members of Aerosmith take a break from recording the Toys in the Attic album and see the film, they laugh hysterically at the scene where Igor (Marty Feldman) tells Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) to "walk this way," and the doctor imitates Igor's walk. Returning to the studio, they have the title to the track they've been working on.

1979 - Pink Floyd started a five week run at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)' their only UK chart topper. The song, which was also the final No. 1 single of the 1970s, received a Grammy nomination for Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group, but Floyd lost to Bob Seger's Against the Wind.

Birthdays:

1954 - Royce Jones. Grammy-winning American musician best known for his work as a touring vocalist with the bands Steely Dan (in 1973 and 1974) and Ambrosia (joined 1978).

1957 - Tim Reynolds. American multi-instrumentalist with the Dave Matthews Band. Dave Matthews Band are the first group to have six consecutive studio albums debut at the top of the US charts.

*I know it’s not Rock & Roll but it is totally worth mention. If you haven’t heard it, you’re missing a treat. It’s as good as “Ring Of Fire.”

December 16th in music

1970 - Five singles and five albums by Credence Clearwater Revival were certified gold in the US. The singles were: ‘Down on the Corner’, ‘Lookin out My Back Door’, ‘Travelin' Band’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘Up around the Bend’. The LPs were ‘Cosmo's Factory’, ‘Willy and the Poor Boys’, ‘Green River’, ‘Bayou Country’ and ‘Credence Clearwater Revival’.

1984 - Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is shot in the stomach when his girlfriend pulls off his boot and his .38-caliber derringer falls out and discharges. The bullet is designed not to exit, but to do internal damage, which is bad news; he drives himself to the hospital where doctors remove most of it, but fragments remain in his back.

1989 - Billy Joel went to No. 1 on the US album chart with his 11th studio release 'Storm Front'. The album featured one of Joel's three No. 1 hits, 'We Didn't Start the Fire', a fast-paced song, mentioning some of the major historical events that took place in his time, and 'Leningrad', Joel's take on the end of the Cold War.

Birthdays:

1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven. Born in Bonn, Germany.

1946 - Benny Andersson. Swedish musician, composer. In October 1964 he joined the Hep Stars as keyboardist and they made a breakthrough in March 1965 with their hit 'Cadillac', eventually becoming the most celebrated of the Swedish 1960s pop bands. With ABBA they scored the UK 1974 No. 1 single 'Waterloo', followed by 8 other UK No. 1 singles and 9 UK No. 1 albums and the 1977 US No. 1 single 'Dancing Queen'. Andersson was co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia!, he worked also as an executive producer. Since 2001, he is active with his own band Benny Andersson’s Orkester. Born in Vällingby, Sweden.

1949 - Bill Gibbons. American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. Moving Sidewalks (who opened for Jimi Hendrix on his first US tour). Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's first album in 1971. He was ranked at number 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Born in Houston, TX.

December 17th In Music

1969 - Chicago Transit Authority's self-titled debut album goes Gold, eight months after its release, thanks to play on freeform FM radio stations. For their next album, the band shortens their name to Chicago.

1994 - A remixed version of The Four Seasons' "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" re-entered the US Hot 100, where it stayed for another 27 weeks, just as it did when it first charted in 1976. The combined run will establish a record for the longest total chart appearance in US chart history.

Birthdays:

1939 - Eddie Kendricks. The Temptations. Kendricks' famous falsetto takes the lead on "The Way You Do The Things You Do" and US No. 1 single ”Just My Imagination." Born in Union Springs, Alabama.

1947 - Jim Hodder. Drummer, Steely Dan, (1973 US No. 11 single 'Reeling In The Years').

1949 - Paul Rodgers. Singer, guitarist, Free, (1970 US No. 4 single 'All Right Now'). Also with Bad Company. Also a member of The Firm, with Jimmy Page. Born in Middlesbrough, England.

December 18th In Music

1965 - Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler records "The Ballad Of The Green Berets."

Birthdays:

1938 - Chas Chandler. Bassist with The Alan Price Trio in 1962 and with The Animals who had the US No. 1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun'. Chandler later became the manager of Jimi Hendrix and Slade. Born in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Died on 7.17.1996.

1943 - Bobby Keys. American saxophone player who worked with The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and others. Keys died on 2.12.2014.

1943 - Keith Richards. Guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Rolling Stones who have had over 35 Top 40 singles and albums. Born in Dartford, Kent, England.

1955 - Walfredo Reyes Jr. Cuban American expert in drum set and auxiliary percussion. He is well known for having been a long-term member of Santana, and a member of Chicago as the percussionist from 2012—2018 and has also worked with Jackson Browne, Robbie Robertson, Lindsey Buckingham and Boz Scaggs.

December 19th In Music.

1957 - Elvis Presley had his draft notice served on him for the US Army. He went on to join the 32nd Tank Battalion third Armor Corps based in Germany.

Birthdays:

1941 - Maurice White. American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, founder, arranger and bandleader with Earth, Wind & Fire, who had the 1975 US No. 1 single 'Shining Star', and the 1981 UK No. 3 single 'Let's Groove'. The band has received 20 Grammy nominations and were the first African-American act to sell out Madison Square Garden. Born in Memphis, Tennessee. White died on 2.4.2016.

1944 - Zal Yanovsky. The Lovin Spoonful, 1966 US No. 1 single 'Summer In The City'). Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died on 12.13.2002.

1949 - John McEuen. American country rock band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band who scored the 1971 US No. 9 single 'Mr Bojangles'. Born in Oakland, CA.

1952 - Walter Murphy. American composer, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter who is best known for the instrumental ‘A Fifth of Beethoven’, a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Murphy has written music for numerous films and TV shows, including The Tonight Show, Looney Tunes, Family Guy, American Dad!, Ted, and Ted 2.