Good Monday afternoon @Necromanr, at the top right of the screen you will see your user name icon, click on that, you will then see my settings, click on my settings, you will then see my preferences, click on that, on the second line below preferences you will see other options to the right you will see private messenger click on that, you will then see your settings for that make sure there is a checkmark in the box that says turn on private messages, below that you will also see Receive e-mail notifications make sure there is a checkmark in that box as well, if not click on it. Then once you have done all of that click on the envelope icon next to your user name icon. Once you click on that you will then see a small blue box with a pencil in it click on that, you then just have to put your friends' user name in the box and send them your message, to send a message by a shortcut, just click on their name and you can send a private message from there as well. Have a great Monday, take care, and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Sunday afternoon, I have selected four songs for GSOTD for today, enjoy the music.     Country: If She Ever Leaves Me by The Highwaywomen.  If She Ever Leaves Me  The Highwomen is the eponymous debut studio album by country music supergroup The Highwaywomen, made up of band members Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires. It was released on September 6, 2019, by Elektra Records. Acid Rock: Glitter In The Air by P!nk.  Glitter In The Air  It means that you fell in love with somebody. This song is about how Pink's life was in and is in a beautiful spot and her whole life was in perfect perspective and she loved every part of it For me. "Have you ever fed a lover with just your hand" speaks to giving love to someone without your heart in it. Folk: Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell.  Both Sides Now   'Both Sides Now' - recently featured in the Toy Story 4 trailer. Written by Joni Mitchell, 'Both Sides Now' was first recorded by Judy Collins for her 1967 album 'Wildflowers' and went on to become a Top 10 hit. Gospel//Christian Contemporary: His Name Is Jesus by Phil Wickham.   His Name Is Jesus   His Name Is Jesus Phil Wickham. Produced by. Kyle Lee. ... His Name is Jesus His Name is Jesus Light of the World There's freedom in His name Awesome in power Reigning forever Light of the World ... Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@KINGMAK909 Thanks for sharing your playlist, I will give it a listen. Any songs I use for the GSOTD post and playlist I will be sure to mention you, take care, and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday afternoon, I will be adding three songs to the GSOTD (clean only) post and playlist. And before I start posting, please be sure to check out @kayden_S new post called SOTD (Song Of The Day) it will be a once-a-week post, leave some comments, and perhaps ask for a request to be considered for posting. Enjoy the music.   New Wave: My Sharona by The Knack. My Sharona  The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger wrote the lyrics to this song, which is about a girl he fancied. Doug was in a long-term relationship when he walked into the clothing store where a high school student named Sharona Alperin (who had a boyfriend), was working.  R&B//Soul: A Beautiful Noise by Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile.  A Beautiful Noise (Single)  Carlile explained, "It is an important reminder that we all have a voice and that our voices count. It was an absolute dream and honor to join the incomparable Alicia Keys to deliver this beautiful message through song. The song was created by an all-female songwriting team consisting of Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Hailey Whitters, Linda Perry, and Ruby Amanfu.  Acoustic Music: She Used To Be Mine by Sara Bareilles. She Used To Be Mine  The song was written for the 2016 Broadway musical, Waitress, based on the 2007 film of the same name starring Keri Russell. The production opened in New York in April 2016. The song “She Used To Be Mine” is the first promotional single from the fifth studio album, What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress, by Sara Bareilles. Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday afternoon, This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Thursday.   1846: Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" premieres at the Birmingham Festival in England. 1965: Sonny & Cher were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Got You Babe', the duo's only UK No.1. Sonny Bono was inspired to write the song to capitalize on the popularity of the term "babe," as heard in Bob Dylan's 'It Ain't Me Babe'. 1967: The Beatles held a press conference at University College in Bangor, North Wales with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Beatles announced that they had become disciples of the guru and that they renounced the use of drugs. The four had become members of Maharishi's 'Spiritual Regeneration Movement, which obligated them to donate one week's earnings each month to the organization.   1967: Small Faces Move, The Gass, Tomorrow, Denny Laine, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon, and Marmalade all appeared on the first day of the 3-day non-stop happening 'Festival of the Flower Children' at Woburn Abbey, England. Plus DJs John Peel and Tommy Vance, day tickets cost £1.   1967: The Beatles, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.   1968: "Hey Jude" single released by The Beatles in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013) (Side Note: Very surprised this song was not in the top 5, compared to the top 5 that are there (my personal opinion).   1970: Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, (his last ever UK appearance), Donovan, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Arrival, Cactus, Family, Caste, Mungo Jerry, ELP, The Doors, The Who, Spirit, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Procol Harum, Sly and the Family Stone and Free all appeared over three days at the third  Isle Of Wight Festival. Weekend tickets, £3.   1970: Recording with Eric Clapton for what would become the double album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, producer Tom Dowd took Clapton and his band to an Allman Brothers concert where Clapton, already a fan of the guitarist, first heard Duane Allman play in person. After Clapton invited the whole band back to the studio that night, he and Allman formed an instant bond that provided the catalyst for the Layla album. Over ten days Allman contributed to most of the tracks on the album.   1973: 10cc made their live debut at the Palace Lido Isle of Man at the start of a UK tour. Comprising of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded together for some three years before assuming the 10cc name.   1975: Glen Campbell was at No.1 on the US Country singles chart with 'Rhinestone Cowboy. The song was one of six songs released in 1975 that topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. The other songs were 'Before the Next Teardrop Falls by Freddy Fender; '(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song by B.J. Thomas, 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' and 'I'm Sorry'/'Calypso,' both by John Denver; and 'Convoy' by C.W. McCall.   1977: Alex Harvey, Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Eddie, and the Hot Rods, Golden Earring, Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, Hawkwind, Racing Cars, John Miles, Graham Parker, The Enid, No Dice, and Frankie Miller's Full House all appeared at the 17th three days Reading Festival, England. A three-day ticket cost £7.95.   1978: Frankie Valli went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Barry Gibb song 'Grease'. It went on to sell over 2 million in the States (a No. 3 hit in the UK).   1980: Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as the bassist of Cheap Trick.  1981: Ottawa City Council named 'Paul Anka Day' to celebrate his 25th anniversary in show-business. The council also named a street in Ottawa 'Paul Anka Drive' in his honor. The Canadian singer-songwriter had written over 900 songs including the classic 'My Way.   1987: Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He won the election in 1988 and went on to win a seat in Congress in 1996.   1992: "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 46 performances.   1993: A double-sided acetate of The Beatles performing live at The Cavern Club in Liverpool sold for £16,500 at Christie's, London, a world record price for a recording.   1994: Scottish singer Frankie Miller suffered a massive brain hemorrhage in New York while writing material for a new band he and Joe Walsh from the Eagles had formed. Miller spent five months in a coma. He then entered rehabilitation, re-learning how to walk and talk.   1995: Blur scored their first UK No.1 single with 'Country House' and won a media battle with Oasis for the No.1 position. Both acts released their new singles on the same day, 'Country House' topped the chart, selling 270,000 copies, compared to 'Roll with It' which sold 220,000, seeing Oasis entering the chart at No.2.   1997: Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers was admitted to hospital after crashing on his motorbike while driving down Sunset Boulevard.   2000: Allen Woody former bass player with The Allman Brothers Band and co-founder of Gov't Mule was found dead in New York aged 44.   2003: Rolling Stone Magazine named Jimi Hendrix as the greatest guitarist in Rock history. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Ry Cooder also made the top 10 list.   2004: US Cinematographer David Myers died after suffering a stroke. He worked on various music films including Woodstock, Elvis On Tour, The Last Waltz, the Grateful Dead Movie, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie.   2004: Singer Laura Branigan died of a brain aneurysm. She had had a 1982 US No.2 & UK No.6 single with ‘Gloria’ and a 1984 US No.4 & UK No.5 with ‘Self Control’. She had also played Janis Joplin in the US musical Love, Janis.   2005: A plaque was unveiled by fellow Quarrymen John Duff Lowe and Colin Hantonat at the site where the band which was to become The Beatles made their first recordings. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison recorded a version of Buddy Holly's 'That'll Be The Day' and a Lennon-Harrison song, 'In Spite Of All The Danger' as The Quarrymen at the Percy Philips studio in Liverpool in 1958.   2005: A post office near the Los Angeles studio where Ray Charles recorded much of his music was renamed after the R&B legend. A federal bill was signed by US President George Bush to rename the post office. Charles, died in June 2004 at the age of 74, suffering from acute liver disease.   2005: Green Day was named the best band on the planet at the 12th annual Kerrang! rock awards, they also won best live act. Welsh metal group Funeral For a Friend won best British band, while New Jersey's My Chemical Romance picked up the best album and best video. Iron Maiden was inducted into the Kerrang! Hall of Fame and Marilyn Manson took the Icon Award. The best single went to Foo Fighters 'Best of You' while Trivium was named best international newcomers. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor was named classic songwriter while Killing Joke was given a lifetime achievement accolade.   2006: David Gilmour performs with his band and the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra before a crowd of 50,000 at Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland.   2007: Police who raided the home of US rap star DMX, found 12 neglected pit bull terrier dogs and a number of guns. The bodies of three more dogs had been buried. No arrests were made and DMX told police he had not been at the property in Arizona for at least two months. The rapper who had launched his own range of dog clothing, including caps, scarves, and raincoats for canines also featured on the cover of his latest album, Year of the Dog... Again, with a pit bull straining at the leash.   2007: After two years, The Rolling Stones played the final show on their A Bigger Bang World Tour at the O2 Arena in London, England. The longest and biggest tour of their career, it became the highest-grossing in rock history ($560 million).   2014: Kate Bush made her stage comeback at London's Hammersmith Apollo to an ecstatic response from fans at her first live concert for 35 years. Bush received a standing ovation as she closed the show with 'Cloudbusting', from her 1985 hit album The Hounds of Love. The 22 shows had completely sold out in less than fifteen minutes after tickets were released in March of this year.   2018: PARIS — A French prosecutor says Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred has been charged with rape after he was arrested in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera. The Draguignan prosecutor’s office said Lamjarred, 33, who was arrested Sunday, was released Tuesday night and placed under judicial control. Lamjarred has allegedly assaulted a woman, born in 1989, in a nightclub in Saint-Tropez. She has filed a complaint. (Source: AP (Associated Press) 2019: Ed Sheeran ended his ÷ (Divide) tour with a show at Chantry Park in Ipswich, England, near his hometown of Framlingham. The tour started on March 16, 2017, and set the record for highest-grossing tour, earning $775.6 million over 255 shows.   Born On This Day In The History Of Music:   1627: Thomas Bullis, an English composer (baptized) (d. 1708)   1687: Willem de Fesch, a Dutch violinist, and composer (Joseph) was born in Alkmaar, North-Holland, The Netherlands (d. 1761)   1726: Karl Ignaz Augustin Kohaut was an Austrian lutenist and composer of Czech descent. He is considered to be one of the last important composers of music for Baroque Lute., was born in Vienna (d. 1784)   1745: François Guichard, a French guitarist, and composer was born in Le Mans, France (d. 1807)   1749: Johann Ernst Rembt, a German organist and composer, was born in Suhl, Germany (d. 1810)   1788: Aloys Schmitt, a German pianist, composer, and music theorist (Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16) was born in Erlenbach am Main, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1866)   1823: Wilhelm Troszel, a Polish operatic bass, composer, and voice teacher, was born in Warsaw (d. 1887)   1828: Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, a Danish organist and composer, was born in Copenhagen (d. 1892)   1843: Georg August Lumbye, a Danish composer and conductor (Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra) was born in Copenhagen (d. 1922)   1877: Harriet Ware (Krumbhaar) an American concert pianist, composer (Women's Triumphal March; The Rose Is Red; The Varying Shore), and music educator, was born in Waupun, Wisconsin (d. 1962)   1887: Luis Abraham Delgadillo, a Nicaraguan pianist and composer (Inca Symphony) was born in Managua (d. 1961)   1896: Richard Pindle Hammond, an American composer, was born in Kent, England (d. 1980)   1901: Jimmy Rushing, an American blues pianist, and singer, known as"Mr. Five By Five", was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972)   1911: Lester Lanin, an American orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)   1915: Humphrey Searle, a British composer, and musicologist (Twentieth Century Counterpoint; The Music of Franz Liszt) was born in Oxford, England (d. 1982)   1915: William Bardwell, a British composer (d. 1994)   1918: Louis Stotijn, a Dutch bassoonist, and conductor (Residence Orchestra) was born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2013)   1919: Ronny Graham [Stringer], an American actor, director, Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, and screenwriter (M*A*S*H; Chico & the Man) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)   1922: Lazar Nikolov, a Bulgarian composer, was born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 2005)   1923: Wolfgang Sawallisch, a German conductor (Vienna Symphony, 1960-70; Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003), and pianist, was born in Munich, Germany (d. 2013)   1928: Peter Appleyard, a British-Canadian jazz vibraphonist, was born in Cleethorpes England (d. 2013)   1928: Andrew Porter, a British organist, opera director, music critic, and librettist, was born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2015)   1931: Dane Škerl, Slovene conductor, composer (Rhapsodic Symphony), and teacher was born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now of Slovenia) (d. 2002)   1938: English drummer Jet Black (Brian John Duffy), one of the founding members of The Stranglers, and who is now one of the oldest working rock drummers. They had major mainstream success with their 1982 single 'Golden Brown'. Before forming The Stranglers, Black was a successful businessman up until the mid-1970s, owning a fleet of ice cream vans.   1939: Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer (Dion & The Belmonts), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2012)   1940: English musician Nik Turner, saxophones and flute with Hawkwind, who had the 1972 UK No.3 single 'Silver Machine'. The band had a run of twenty-two of their albums charting in the UK from 1971 to 1993.   1941: Chris Curtis, drums, The Searchers, (1964 UK No.1 single 'Needles And Pins'1964 US No.3 single 'Love Potion Number Nine'). Died on 28th Feb 2005 at the age of 63 after a long illness.   1946: Valerie Simpson was born on the 26th of August,1946. She is known for being an R&B Singer. She, Ashford, and former Ikettes member Joshie Jo Armstead wrote Let’s Go Get Stoned, which Ray Charles turned into a #1 1966 U.S. R&B hit. Valerie Simpson’s age is 74. (Side Note: On This Day & Celebages.com agree her DOB to be 1946, This Day has her DOB in 1948)    1946: Mark Snow [Martin Fulterman], an American television and film composer (The X-Files theme) was born in New York City.   1946: Chantal Renaud, a Québécoise yé-yé singer, songwriter, actress and writer, was born in Quebec, Canada.   1946: Ladislav Kubík, a Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017) was born in Prague (d. 2017) 1949: Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor Leon Redbone. He rose to fame in the '70s folk scene and was known for Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley music. He later performed in several TV commercials, including Budweiser beer, in which he lay on a surfboard singing "This Bud's for You.” Redbone died on 30 May 2019 at age 69.   1949: Bob Cowsill, an American musician (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly") was born in Newport, Rhode Island.   1950: Bill and **ahem** Cowsill, from the American singing group The Cowsills, had the 1967 US No.2 single 'The Rain, The Park & Other Things, and the 1969 US No.2 single the theme from 'Hair'. TV's Partridge Family was based on The Cowsills family.   1952: Billy Rush, from the Jersey Shore group Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes who had the 1978 album Hearts Of Stone and have released over ten other albums.   1954: Michael Chetwood, Keyboards, T'Pau, who had the 1987 UK No.1 single 'China In Your Hand' and the 1987 US & UK No.4 single 'Heart And Soul', (which was initially a flop in the UK). T'Pau took their name from a Vulcan elder of the same name in the sci-fi series Star Trek.   1954: Steve Wright, BBC radio DJ, and TV presenter, (1982 UK No.40 single 'I'm Alright').   1954: Wally Murphy, an American pedal steel guitarist (Asleep At The Wheel, 1981-85; STEEL)   1957: "Dr." Alban [Nwaba], a Nigerian-Swedish hip-hop reggae singer, was born in Oguta, Imo, Federation of Nigeria.   1957: John O'Neill, The Undertones (1980 UK No.9 single 'My Perfect Cousin').   1960: Branford Marsalis, an American jazz, classical, and funk saxophonist (Sting; Tonight Show, 1992-95), was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana   1960: Nancy Martinez, a French-Canadian pop-dance singer (Move Out) was born in Montreal, Quebec.   1960: Ola Ray, an American model, Playboy playmate (Jun 1980), and actress (girlfriend in Thriller music video) was born in St Louis, Missouri.   1961: Jimmy Olander, an American country guitarist and banjo player (Diamond Rio - "Meet in Middle") was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.   1965: Annie Holland, Elastica, (1995 UK No.13 single 'Waking Up').   1966: Dan Vickrey, guitarist, from American rock band Counting Crows, who had the 1994 UK hit single 'Mr. Jones', and the 1996 US No.1 album Recovering The Satellites. They received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song 'Accidentally in Love', which was included in the film Shrek 2.   1966: Shirley Manson, a Scottish rock singer (Garbage) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.   1969: Adrian Young, drummer, No Doubt, (1997 UK No.1 single 'Don't Speak', 1997 No.1 US album 'Tragic Kingdom').   1969: Drummer, percussionist, and record producer Drew Hester. He has played drums and percussion with Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks, Beck, Jewel, Daniel Powter, Foo Fighters, and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.   1971: Thalia Sodi, a Mexican actress and singer known as the "Queen of Latin Pop", was born in Mexico City, Mexico.   1974: Huang Bo, a Chinese actor (Cow) and singer was born in Qingdao, China.   1976: Amaia Montero, a Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh - Guapa), was born in Irun, Spain.   1976: Zemfira [Ramazanova], a Russian rock singer (Forgive Me My Love) was born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, Soviet Union. 1977: Saeko Chiba, a Japanese voice actor, and singer was born in Tokyo, Japan.   1978: Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer, and songwriter was born in Isleworth, Hounslow, England.   1981: Nico Muhly, an American contemporary classical composer, was born in Vermont.   1982: David Long, a New Zealand dance and soundtrack composer (Peter Jackson's films)   1985: Brian Kelley, an American country musician (Florida Georgia Line) was born in Ormond Beach, Florida.   1986: Saint Jhn (Carlos St. John Phillips), American-Guyanese rapper, songwriter, and record producer best known for his single 'Roses', was initially released in 2016. A 2019 remix of ‘Roses’ by Kazakh DJ Imanbek helped the song become a worldwide hit.   1986: Cassie [Ventura], an American singer (Me & U) and actress was born in New London, Connecticut.   1988: Evan Ross, an American actor, and singer was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.   1990: Lil' Chris, an English singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence in 2006 after appearing on the Channel 4 series Rock School, which saw Kiss vocalist and bassist Gene Simmons make a rock band at Lil' Chris' school. Lil' Chris took his own life on 23rd March 2015 at his home in Lowestoft after a period of suffering from depression. 2002: Lil Tecca [Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe], an American rapper ("Ransom") was born in Queens, New York. Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@kayden_S great job with this post, I may even use some of your choices for the GSOTD post and playlist, it sure would save me some time looking songs and different genres up for GSOTD post and playlist. I will give an ear to your selections. Have a great Thursday, take care, and stay safe.    P.S. Any songs I use for GSOTD post and playlist I will make mention of you and your post. Be safe.  ... View more

Good Wednesday evening, This Day In The History Of Music, have a great night.    1957: Canadian singer, songwriter Paul Anka was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Diana' (written about his brother's baby-sitter). His only UK No.1 as an artist, Anka was the first teenage solo act to reach No.1. 1960: The Shadows were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Apache'. The first of five UK No.1's for Cliff Richard's backing group. 1961: After playing a lunchtime gig at The Cavern Club Liverpool, The Beatles played aboard the Merseyside riverboat M.V.Royal Iris supporting Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band. 1962: Little Eva went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Loco-motion'. The Carole King and Gerry Goffin song was offered to Dee Dee Sharp (Mashed Potatoes), who turned it down. The writers had their babysitter record it who took it to No.1. 1963: Beatle member Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds & given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding. 1965: Two female Beatles fans hired a helicopter to fly over the house The Beatles were renting in Beverly Hills, California, and jumped from the helicopter into the swimming pool. (Side Note: That is the definition of Skydiving, what a way to drop in on a pool party). 1966: During their last US tour, The Beatles played two shows at the Coliseum in Seattle, Washington. The first show at 3 pm was attended by only 8,000 fans (the arena seated 15,000), but the evening show was a sell-out. 1967: The Beatles go to Wales to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. 1967: Brian Wilson returned to performing live with The Beach Boys in Honolulu after a 2-year hiatus. The group had just released 'Heroes and Villains' in the US. 1967: Bobbie Gentry started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ode To Billy Joe', a No.13 hit in the UK. The song generated eight Grammy nominations, resulting in three wins for Gentry and one win for arranger Jimmie Haskell. 1970: A party was held to celebrate the official opening of 'Electric Ladyland' studios in New York City, New York. Artists who went on to record at the studio include Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, AC/DC, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, and  Guns N' Roses. 1970: Elton John made his US live debut when he kicked off a 17-date tour at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. In the audience that night were Don Henley, Quincy Jones, and Leon Russell. Elton's latest single 'Border Song' had just debuted at number 92 on the US chart. 1973: One Hit Wonders Stories started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Brother Louie'. Hot Chocolate who had a No.7 hit with the song in the UK wrote the song. 1973: Butch Trucks, drummer of the Allman Brothers, breaks a leg in a car crash. 1975: Bruce Springsteen released his third studio album Born to Run. The album peaked at No.3 on the Billboard chart eventually selling six million copies in the United States and has since been considered by critics to be one of the greatest albums in popular music. Two singles were released from the album: 'Born to Run' and 'Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out'; the first helped Springsteen to reach mainstream popularity. 1979: "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps NYC after 86 performances. 1979: The Knack started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Sharona', the group's only US chart-topper, a No.6 hit in the UK. Lead singer Doug Fieger said he was inspired to write the tune by Sharona Alperin, a 17-year-old senior at Los Angeles' Fairfax High, who later became his girlfriend. Fieger and Alperin eventually got married to other people, but they remained friends. After battling cancer for several years, Fieger died at his home in Los Angeles on February 14, 2010. He was 57 years old. 1980: Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 3486 performances. 1986: Warner Bros. releases Paul Simon's seventh solo album "Graceland", a blend of pop, African, zydeco, and rock music; wins Grammy for album of the year, 1987 and sells over 16 million copies. 1987: Madonna "For Whos That Girl" tour appears in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. 1990: 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' by Bombalurina was the UK No.1 single. Bombalurina was children's TV presenter Timmy Mallett with a remake of Brian Hyland's 1960 hit. 1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg was released on $1 million bail after being accused of being involved with the murder of a member of the By Yerself gang during a shooting in Los Angeles. He was acquitted of the charges in 1996. 1995: Bassist and singer Doug Stegmeyer committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He'd worked with many artists including Billy Joel, Hall and Oates, and The Carpenters. 1997: A deranged man who had escaped from a mental institution near Helsinki Finland was arrested. The man who had planned to set fire to the stage that Michael Jackson was performing from was arrested before he was able to light the gasoline he had put on the stage. 1998: "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" debut album by Lauryn Hill is released (5 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Billboard Album of the Year 1998) 1999: Robert Fisher from the New Romantic duo Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher died of cancer. With Climie Fisher scored the 1988 UK No.2 single 'Love Changes Everything' and wrote songs for Rod Stewart, Milli Vanilli, Fleetwood Mac, and Jermaine Jackson. Fisher also worked as a producer, working with various acts including Eric Clapton. 2000: Jack Nitzsche an Academy Award-winning film score composer and record producer Jack Nitzsche died of a heart attack. He produced The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, and The Walker Brothers. Musical scores including The Exorcist, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, co-wrote 'Up Where We Belong' with Buffy Sainte-Marie from 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. 2001: American singer, actress Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas aged 22. The small Cessna plane crashed a few minutes after take-off killing everyone on board with the exception of four passengers who were pulled from the wreckage but later died. Aaliyah had been filming a video for her latest release 'Rock The Boat' on the island. 2005: Two former members of Guns N' Roses were suing singer Axl Rose for allegedly naming himself sole administrator of the US rock band's copyrights. Slash and Duff - otherwise known as Saul Hudson and Michael McKagan, accused Rose of "arrogance and ego". The legal action claimed the singer "was no longer willing to acknowledge the contributions of his former partners". 2006: Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton was undergoing treatment for throat cancer-causing him to sit out the first half of the band's Route of All Evil Tour, the first time he would miss any shows in the band's history. Longtime band friend David Hull filled in for Hamilton until his return. 2009: Bob Dylan revealed during his weekly radio show broadcast on 6 Music, that he was speaking to a number of car companies about becoming the voice of their satellite navigation systems. The 68-year-old said he thought it be would be good for drivers to hear him saying things such as: "Take a left at the next street. No, a right. You know what, just go straight". 2010: A selection of previously unseen photographs of The Beatles went on display in Liverpool at the Victoria Gallery and Museum. The images were taken by Astrid Kirchherr the former girlfriend of original bass player Stuart Sutcliffe, who took pictures of the band's early years after meeting them in Hamburg in 1960. The exhibition included images of the Beatles on holiday in Tenerife and of the making of their film A Hard Day's Night in 1964 in Liverpool. 2013: 30th MTV Video Music Award winners are  Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift & Bruno Mars. 2014: Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' was voted the greatest guitar riff of all time by listeners of BBC Radio 2 in the UK. The rock classic came out top from a list of 100 riffs drawn up by a panel of Radio 2 and 6 Music DJs, critics, and record producers. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns 'N' Roses was second in the poll, with Back In Black (AC/DC) and 'Smoke On The Water' (Deep Purple) the next most popular. 2018: Neil Young and American actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah married in a secret ceremony in Atascadero, California. It was Young's third marriage and her first. Born On This Day In the Music World:  1758: Franz Teyber, an Austrian composer, was born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1810) 1880: Robert E. Stolz, an Austrian composer, and conductor, was born in Graz, Austria (d. 1975) 1887: Olav Fartein Valen, a Norwegian composer, was born in Stavanger, Norway (d. 1952) 1891: Alberto Savinio [Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico], an Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse) was born in Athens (d. 1952) 1891: Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, a Basque priest, organist, and composer of religious music, was born in Yurre, Viscaya, Spain (d. 1928) 1891: Samuel Gardner, an American composer, was born in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine (d. 1984) 1897: Jaroslav Řídký, a Czech composer, was born in Reichenberg, Czech Republic (d. 1956) 1900: Mary Bruce, an American tap dance teacher, was born in Chicago (d. 1995) 1902: Stefan Wolpe, a German composer (Zeus & Elidco) was born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1972) 1905: Undine Smith Moore, an African-American composer, was born in Jarratt, Virginia (d. 1989) 1909: Arwel Hughes, a Welsh composer, was born in Rhosllanerchrugog, Wales (d. 1988) 1909: Ruby Keeler, a Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (Dames, 42nd Street) was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (d. 1993) 1911: Jacopo Napoli, an Italian composer, was born in Naples, Italy (d. 1994) 1914: Alexei Haieff, an American composer (Princess Zondilda) was born in Blagoveschensk, Siberia (d. 1994) 1918: Richard Greene, an English composer, and actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood) was born in Plymouth, Devon, England (d. 1985) 1918: Composer, pianist, conductor, Leonard Bernstein. Composing music for 1957 'West Side Story', 'On The Waterfront, conducted the New York Philharmonic aged 25. Died on 14th October 1990. 1920: Leonard Gaskin, an American jazz bassist (Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis) was born in New York City (d. 2009) 1922: Ronnie Potsdammer, a Dutch singer, songwriter, and programmer, was born in Hoogeveen, Netherlands (d. 1994) 1922: Ivry Gitlis, an Israeli classical violin virtuoso, was born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate (d. 2020) 1928: Karl Korte, an American composer, and educator was born in Ossining, New York. 1933: American jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter who has worked with Miles Davis (Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet), and Weather Report who had the 1976 single 'Birdland' and the 1977 album Heavy Weather. Shorter has won 10 Grammy Awards and in 2017, he was awarded the Polar Music Prize. 1940: José Van Dam, a bass-baritone (Francois d'Assisif) was born in Brussels, Belgium. 1942: Walter Williams, an American rock vocalist (O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl) was born in Canton, Ohio. 1944: Pat Martino, an American jazz guitarist (2004 Guitar Player of the Year, DownBeat) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1949: Gene Simmons [Chaim Witz], an Israeli-American rock guitarist (KISS, Rock, and Roll All Nite), was born in Tirat Carmel, Israel. 1949: Fariborz Lachini, an Iranian-Canadian composer, was born in Tehran, Iran. 1949: Henry Paul, an American southern rock and county guitarist and singer (Outlaws - "Green Grass And High Tides"; Blackhawk) was born in Kingston, New York. 1950: Willy DeVille, Mink DeVille, (1977 UK No.20 single 'Spanish Stroll'). Died of pancreatic cancer on 6th Aug 2009. 1950: Charles Fambrough, an American jazz bassist (Jazz Messengers) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011) 1951: James Warren, The Korgis, (1980 UK No.5 single 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime'). 1951: An English singer and songwriter Rob Halford is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest. He has been involved with several side projects, including Fight, 2wo, and Halford. 1951: Ria Thielsch, an Indo-Dutch singer (Luv) was born in Manokwari, Netherlands New Guinea. 1951: Bob Mayo, an American session keyboardist (Peter Frampton) was born in New York City (d. 2004) 1952: Geoff Downes, an English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia) was born in Stockport, Cheshire, England. 1954: Elvis Costello, (Declan McManus), singer, songwriter. Had the 1979 UK No.2 single with The Attractions 'Olivers Army' and his 1979 UK No.2 album Armed Forces spent 28 weeks on the chart. Costello has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award, and has worked with Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Lucinda Williams, Kid Rock, and Brian Eno. 1954: Marty Jourard, an American keyboardist and vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely) was born in Atlanta, Georgia 1955: John McGeoch, a Scottish rock guitarist (Magazine: Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Spellbound"; Visage; Public Image Ltd.) was born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 2004) 1956: Matt Aitken, part of the Stock, Aitken, and Waterman production team, produced over 10 UK No.1 singles. 1958: Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer (Tambourine) 1961: Billy Ray Cyrus, US singer who scored the 1992 UK No.3 single 'Achy Breaky Heart', and the No.1 US album Some Gave All. In 2019 after Billboard removed American rapper Lil Nas X's country-rap song 'Old Town Road' from their Country chart, Cyrus was featured in the remix which peaked at No.1 on the Billboard chart for a record-breaking nineteen consecutive weeks. 1962: Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician Vivian Campbell, who joined Def Leppard in 1992, replacing Steve Clark, who had died the previous year. Campbell had also been a member of Dio and Whitesnake. 1962: Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker (Femme Fatale) 1963: Candida Doyle, from English rock band Pulp, who had the 1995 UK No.2 single 'Common People. He quit the band in January 1997. Pulp was regarded among the Britpop "big four", along with Oasis, Blur, and Suede. 1965: Mia Zapata, an American singer (The Gits) was born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1993) 1965: Erik Dahlgren, drummer, with alternative Swedish rock band The Wannadies who had the 1996 UK No. 18 single, 'You And Me Song'. 1966: Norman Rogers, Public Enemy, (1988 UK No.18 single 'Don't Believe The Hype'). 1966: Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist (Dream Theater; Sons Of Apollo), born in Laguna Beach, California. 1967: Jeff Tweedy, American songwriter, musician, and leader of the American alternative rock band Wilco who released the albums Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost Is Born, Sky Blue Sky, and Wilco (The Album). 1968: Rafet El Roman [Yaşdut], a Turkish pop singer and songwriter (Gençliğin Gözyaşı - The Tears of the Youth) was born in at Uzunköprü. Turkey. 1968: Stuart Murdoch, a Scottish singer, and songwriter (Belle & Sebastian) was born in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. 1968: Takeshi Ueda, a Japanese rock bassist (The Mad Capsule Markets) was born in Yokohama, Japan 1968: Spider One [Michael David Cummings], an American musician (Powerman 5000) was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. 1969: Luke Scott, from British indie band Babybird, who had the 996 UK No.3 single ‘You’re Gorgeous’, and the 1996 UK No. 9 album Ugly Beautiful. 1970: Jo Dee Messina, an American country music singer (I'm Alright) was born, in Framingham, Massachusetts 1983: James Righton, a British rock musician (Klaxons) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. 1985: Diana "Wynter" Gordon, American pop/dance singer-songwriter who had the 2011 word wide hit 'Dirty Talk'. 1987: Liu Yifei, a Chinese actress and singer, was born in Wuhan, China. 1987: Luka Šulić, a Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos) was born in Maribor, Slovenia. 1987: Amy MacDonald, a Scottish singer/songwriter. (2008 UK No.1 with her debut album ‘This Is the Life’). 1988: Ray Quinn, an English actor, and singer, runner-up to Leona Lewis in the third series of ITV talent show The X Factor, (2007 UK No.1 album 'Doing It My Way'). 1988: Raymond Quinn, a British pop singer, was born in Knowsley Village, Merseyside, England. 1988: Alexandra Burke, R&B singer and winner of the 2008 series of UK television talent show The X Factor. 2009 UK No.1 single 'Bad Boys' featuring Flo Rida. 1992: Miyabi Natsuyaki, a Japanese singer (Pink Cres), was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. 1998: China Anne McClain, an American actress, and singer (The Gospel, Daddy's Little Girls) was born in Decatur, Georgia. Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Wednesday evening, I will be adding three songs to the GSOTD post and playlist, one song is coming by request, @Listener001 has requested Bluebird by Miranda Lambert. Thank you @Listener001 for your favorite country song request. Enjoy the music.   Country: Bluebird by Miranda Lambert. Bluebird   “Bluebird” by Miranda Lambert by Amanda London · Published June 10, 2020, · Updated June 10, 2020, It can be said that in this song the titular “bluebird” stands for hope and positivity. In other words, it is not a literal animal which Miranda ‘keeps in her heart’ but rather an unshakable emotion and disposition. Electro: Harsh Realm by Widowspeak.  Harsh Realm  The single "Harsh Realm" was featured in an episode of the television series American Horror Story. In 2012, the band recruited bassist Pamela Garavano-Coolbaugh for their subsequent tours. After touring extensively for the first album, Stasiak and Garavano-Coolbaugh left the band. Country: California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco. California Stars  This song comes from the 1998 album, Mermaid Avenue. The lyrics to all the songs on this album were written by Woody Guthrie sometime before his death in 1967 and put to music by Billy Bragg and Wilco about 30 years later. Hopefully, sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@kayden_S good evening to you, I would love to add just a Country genre for you for GSOTD (clean only) post and playlist, but it is just impossible to do that, for one just doing this post takes me more than an hour to complete, I also curate This Day In The History Of Music, and that post takes well over an hour to complete, sometimes even pushing the 2-hour mark. I just do not have the time to fulfill your request, especially with how busy I am at my job, as well as trying to help family with the needs they have. I would be more than happy to add any song or songs that you request to the GSOTD post and playlist. You take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@bakubroo good Wednesday evening, in your Pandora music search bar type 2021 hits and you may be amazed at the number of new songs that you will find. I hope this helps in your new music search. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@kayden_S some of the simplest things in one's life can have a life story attached to them. For example, I became friends with the owners of a Restaurant who were from Marseille France, they had friends back there who had sent their oldest son Jamaick to visit for a summer, he never fished before and he never shot a gun, so he and I became really good friends, over the summer I taught him how to fish with an open face spinner reel and a push-button reel (don't ask about fly-fishing, lol), I also taught him how to shoot using open sights and a scoped rifle. He said it was the best summer he had ever had at that time. Before he went back to Marseille we exchanged currency, I gave him a ten-dollar U.S bill in exchange for francs, I still have those francs today in my safe, I have had them for about twenty years now. Many people have asked me why I keep money that is worthless foreign money in a safe, I just smile at them and say it is only worthless until you hear the story. I will never get rid of it, not even for 1,000 x's, it's worth.  Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@kayden_S it can be whatever you so choose for the song of the week. I curate GSOTD (clean only) due to the fact there was another curator for GSOTD (explicit only), but due to priority circumstances, it had to be put on hold. I would take it over and do it, but I have enough on my plate as it is. Well, looking forward to seeing your post song of the week. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@organicsue you cannot use the same sign-in on separate devices, you can listen to it at the same time if you have the family plan and you have separate sign-in e-mails and user names. I hope this helps with your question. Take care and stay safe.  Correction, you can listen on separate devices, just not at the same time, only with the family plan can that be possible. But like I stated above, with separate e-mails and sign-in names.  ... View more

Good Tuesday afternoon, This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Tuesday.   1787: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526. 1914: Jerome Kern & Michael E Rourles musical premieres in NYC. 1959: In the US, a headline in Billboard magazine read, "Rock and Roll Ain't Ready For The Ol' Rockin' Chair Yet." The story stated that Rock 'n' Roll was losing popularity a year ago, but the record buyers now like Elvis Presley, Lloyd Price, and Fats Domino along with newcomers, The Everly Brothers, The Drifters, and Ricky Nelson.   1963: Stevie Wonder became the first artist ever to score a US No.1 album and single in the same week. Wonder was at No.1 on the album chart with 'Little Stevie Wonder / The 12-Year-Old Genius' and had the No.1 single 'Fingertips part 2'. This was also the first-ever live recording to make No.1.   1966: The Doors started recording their first album at Sunset Sound Recording Studios, West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.   1967: Then17-year old singer and guitarist Bruce Springsteen joined a group called Earth.   1968: The Incredible String Band, Traffic, Bonzo Dog Band, Family, Fairport Convention, Blossom Toes, Pretty things, Deviants, Blonde On Blonde, and Free all appeared over two nights at The Roundhouse in London.   1974: Paul Anka with Odia Coates started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with '(You're Having My Baby', Anka's 24th US top 40 hits. It made No.6 in the UK.   1975: Queen started recording 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at Rockfield studios in Monmouth, Wales, (the song was recorded over three weeks). Freddie Mercury had mentally prepared the song beforehand and directed the band throughout the sessions. May, Mercury, and Taylor sang their vocal parts continually for ten to twelve hours a day, resulting in 180 separate overdubs.   1977: Singer, songwriter Waylon Jennings was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine. Jennings had recently been named honorary police chief. Oops, a little setback.   1979: Musical film "Rock 'n' Roll High School" directed by Allan Arkush featuring the Ramones is released in NYC (released throughout the US 20 days later)   1979: The Cars perform at a concert in NY City Central Park.    1981: Mark Chapman was given a 20-year jail sentence for the murder of John Lennon. The then 25-year-old had shot Lennon five times at close range on December 8th, 1980 in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Over the next few months, Chapman would claim many times to have been beaten by fellow inmates, some of whom allegedly tried to kill him.   1983: The fifth wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, Shawn Michelle Stevens was found dead at their Mississippi home of a methadone overdose. They had been married less than three months. Jerry Lee would marry again in 1984 to 22-year-old Kerrie McCarver, but divorce in 2004.   1985: Huey Lewis and the News started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Power Of Love. As featured in the movie 'Back To The Future.   1989: The Who performed Tommy at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles with special guests Steve Winwood, Elton John, Phil Collins, Patti LaBelle, and Billy Idol.   1990: Judas Priest successfully defended themselves against a lawsuit, after two fans attempted suicide while listening to the Stained Class album. Both fans eventually died, one immediately from a shotgun blast, and the other on a second attempt three years later by a methadone overdose. The prosecution claimed that there were subliminal messages in the group’s music that caused the two seventeen-year-olds to carry out the suicide pact in 1985.   1991: Lenny Kravitz was at No.2 in the US singles chart with 'It Ain't Over Till It's Over', held off the No.1 position by Bryan Adams '(Everything I Do), I Do It for You'.   1996: 'Missing' by UK duo Everything But The Girl broke the all-time US chart stay record previously held by The Four Seasons 'December 1963 (Oh What A Night)', when it appeared on the Billboard chart for the 55th week.   1996: Oasis singer Liam Gallagher failed to turn up for the recording of the band's MTV unplugged session at London's Royal Festival Hall in front of 400 fans. He later sat in the audience and watched the show with his brother Noel taking over on vocals.   1998: Producer Gene Page died after a long illness. Worked with Barbra Streisand, Barry White, The Righteous Brothers, Dobie Gray, Bob, and Earl. Produced Whitney Houston's 'Greatest Love of All' and Roberta Flack's 'Tonight I Celebrate My Love.'   2005: Justin Timberlake accepted libel damages for a fabricated story that he had an affair behind girlfriend Cameron Diaz's back. A News of the World article in July 2004 alleged Mr. Timberlake had sexual relations with model Lucy Clarkson. The singer's solicitor Simon Smith told London's High Court Ms. Clarkson had admitted lying to the newspaper. Under the headline "Exclusive: Bad News for Cameron as model reveals lover's secret fling", Ms. Clarkson went into detail about several dates they had before spending the night together in a hotel. Timberlake donated the "substantial" damages paid by the newspaper and Ms. Clarkson to charity.   2009: The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide caused by a mix of drugs meant to treat insomnia. On February 8, 2010, Dr. Conrad Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter by prosecutors in Los Angeles. Dr. Murray pleaded not guilty and was released after posting $75,000 bail, but would be found guilty in November 2011 and was sentenced to four years in a Los Angeles County jail.   2009: "Love Like Crazy" single released by Lee Brice (Billboard Song of the Year 2010).   2010: George Michael pleaded guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court in London to driving under the influence of drugs. The singer had been arrested in July when he was returning home from the London Gay Pride parade and crashed his car into the front of a Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, North London.   2014: Death Row Records founder Marion 'Suge' Knight was injured in a shooting at a party that Chris Brown was hosting in Los Angeles. Another man and a woman were also shot at the 1 Oak nightclub, West Hollywood. All three victims were treated at local hospitals.   2019: Billie Eilish ended the record-breaking 19-week run of 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus when 'Bad Guy' claimed the top spot on the US Hot 100 chart. The song which peaked at No.2 on the UK chart was also a No.1 hit in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Russia.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1531: Ercole Bottrigari, an Italian composer, was born in Bologna (d. 1612)   1579: John Amner, an English composer, was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire (d. 1641)   1683: Meinrad Spiess, a German composer, was born in Honsolgen (d. 1761)   1725: Johann Balthasar Kehl, a German composer, was born in Coburg, Germany (d. 1778)   1733: David Traugott Nicolai, a German composer, was born in Görlitz, Germany (d. 1799)   1820: Jacopo Tomadini, an Italian composer, was born in Cividale del Friuli, Italy (d. 1883)   1821: Emanuele Muzio, an Italian composer, was born in Zibello, Italy (d. 1890)   1837: Theodore Dubois, a French composer, was born in Rosnay, Marne, France (d. 1924)   1839: Eduard Napravnik, a Czech conductor and composer, was born in Býšť, Czech Republic (d. 1916)   1854: Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, a Russian pianist and composer, was born in St. Petersburg; (d. 1922)   1856: Felix Mottl, an Austrian conductor and composer (Agnes Bernauer), was born in Unter-St.-Veit, Austria (d. 1911)   1879: Rentaro Taki, a Japanese pianist, and composer was born in Tokyo (d. 1903)   1890: Franz Philipp, a German composer, was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (d. 1972)   1891: Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, a Russian composer was born in Moscow (d. 1969)   1897: Fred Rose, an American songwriter and music publishing executive (Nashville's Acuff-Rose Music) was born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 1954)   1905: Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup blues artist. Wrote Elvis' hit 'That's All Right (Mama).' Died of a stroke on 28th March 1974 aged 69.   1910: Bernhard Heiden [Levi], a German-American composer, was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (d. 2000)   1915: Wynonie Harris, an American rhythm and blues singer, was born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1969)   1916: Léo Ferré, a French composer and singer, was born in Monaco (d. 1993)   1919: "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], a Swiss-Dutch songwriter and singer, was born in Thun, Switzerland (d. 2015)   1919: Niels Viggo Bentzon, a Danish pianist and composer (The Tempered Piano) was born in Copenhagen (d. 2000)   1924: Louis Teicher, an American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher-Exodus) was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)   1927: Roger Danneels, a Flemish accordionist, was born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1982)   1929: Willie Winfield, an American doo-woop singer (Harptones - "Life Is But A Dream"; “A Sunday Kind of Love”) was born in Surrey, Virginia (d. 2021)   1932: Richard Graham Meale, an Australian composer (Three Miró Pieces; Voss) was born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2009)   1934: Roger Donald Dickerson, an American composer (New Orleans Concerto) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.   1938: David Frieberg, an American musician best known for contributing vocals, keyboards, electric bass, rhythm guitar, viola, and percussion as a member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship.   1938: Mason Williams, an American musician, songwriter, author, and photographer ("Classical Gas", Smother Brothers Comedy Hour) was born in Abilene, Texas.   1938: Charles Calello, an American composer, conductor, arranger (The Four Seasons; Sinatra; Streisand; Springsteen) was born in Newark, New Jersey.   1940: Tony Secunda, an English rock band manager (The Moody Blues) was born in Epsom, Surrey, England (d. 1995)   1941: Ernest Wright from Little Anthony and the Imperials who had the 1958 US No.4 single 'Tears On My Pillow', which was The Imperials' first million-seller. The song has been extensively covered, including a No.1 in the UK Singles Chart version by Kylie Minogue in January 1990.   1942: Joe Chambers, an American rock guitarist, and vocalist (Chambers Brothers) was born in Los Angeles, California.    1943: John Cipollina, guitar, US acid rock band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, (1970 US album 'Fresh Air'). He died on 29th May 1989.   1945: English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Ken Hensley, from rock band Uriah Heep who had the 1975 UK No.7 album Return To Fantasy. They have sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Hensley died on 4 November 2020, at the age of 75 following a short illness.   1945: Molly Duncan, from Scottish funk and R&B group the Average White Band who scored the 1975 US No.1 and UK No.6 single 'Pick Up The Pieces. He died on 8 October 2019 aged 74.   1947: Jim Fox, drummer, and organist of the James Gang (with Joe Walsh). He was the band's founder and its namesake, the band released the 1970 album The James Gang Rides Again. He is an avid collector of automobile license plates.   1948: Jean-Michel Jarre, French instrumentalist, (1977 UK No.4 single 'Oxygene part IV').   1949: Stephen Paulus, an American composer (To Be Certain of the Dawn) and co-founder of the American Composer's Forum, was born in Summit, New Jersey (d. 2014)   1951: Danny Joe Brown, an American singer (Molly Hatchet) was born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2005)   1951: Mona Lyn Reese, an American contemporary classical, opera, and choral music composer (The Three Fat Women of Antibes; Prince) was born in Morris, Minnesota.   1951: Michael Derosier, from American rock band Heart who scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'. Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide.   1952: Carlo Curley, an American classical concert organist was born in Monroe, North Carolina (d. 2012)   1953: American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitarist John Cowan. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival and has also worked with the likes of, Steve Earle, The Doobie Brothers, Jesse Winchester, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Wynonna Judd.   1953: Ron Holloway, an American tenor saxophonist, was born in Washington, D.C.   1954: English rock music drummer Steve Holley. He was a member of Wings from August 1978 to April 1981. Holley has also worked with Elton John, Kiki Dee, Joe Cocker, Ian Hunter, Julian Lennon, Ben E. King, and Chuck Berry.   1955: Jeffrey Daniels, Shalamar, (1980 US No. 8 single 'The Second Time Around', 1982 UK No.5 single 'A Night To Remember). (Side Note: Two sources have his DOB at 1955. Two other sources have his DOB at 1957. So I just picked the first date, and as you can see I left out the four sources, feel free to research it further if you wish)   1961: Colin Angus, a Scottish pop musician (Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode)   1961: Mark "Bedders" Bedford, an English rock bassist (Madness) was born in Islington, London.   1963: John Bush, an American heavy metal singer (Armored Saint, Anthrax) was born in Los Angeles, California.      1964: Pebbles, an American rock vocalist (Girlfriend) was born in Oakland, California.   1968: Andreas Kisser from Brazilian heavy metal Sepultura. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, the band was a major force in the thrash metal and groove metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s. 1974: Orla Fallon, an Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman, was born in Knockananna, County Wicklow, Ireland. 1979: Elva Hsiao, a Taiwanese singer, was born in Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 1979: (Katherine) "Kaki" King, an American guitarist, lap steel guitar player, and composer, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. 1981: Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, a Taiwanese singer, and actor, was born in Taipei, Taiwan. 1988: Kelly Lee Owens, Welsh electronic musician, and composer (Inner Song) was born in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales. Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Tuesday afternoon, I will be adding three songs to the GSOTD playlist for today, one song comes by request, and @kayden_S has requested Pretty Pink Tractor by Tim Hawkins. I also made a promise to @GiGi1 that I will make mention of a song that they have asked to get some attention to. The name of the song is The Cookout by King Midas, I cannot add it to the GSOTD (clean only) Playlist but I will add the link of the song here in this post, so beware it is explicit, so if you don't want to hear it or your little ones' to hear then please do not click on the link. The Cookout by King Midas (Explicit).   Comedy: Pretty Pink Tractor by Tim Hawkins. Pretty Pink Tractor   Tim Hawkins is an American Comedienne. This awesome song that Tim wrote is one of his most popular songs and a personal favorite. Electro: Blue Day by Heartless **ahem**. Blue Day   Heartless **ahem** are an American rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2003. The band has released six albums. Garage Rock: Sway by Heartless **ahem**. Sway   Brimming with confidence and creativity, The album Arrow (released February 2012) sees Heartless **ahem** pushing their distinctive sound forward with their most eclectic, energetic collection thus far. The album – the Austin, Texas-based band’s first release with Partisan Records – is marked as ever by singer/guitarist/songwriter Erika Wennerstrom’s remarkable voice, at turns primal and pleading, heartfelt and heroic. Songs like “Parted Ways” and the searing “Low Low Low” expertly capture the **ahem**’ multi-dimensional rock in all its strength and spirit. Following upon the difficult introspection of 2009′s acclaimed third album, The Mountain, Arrow stands as a powerhouse new beginning for Heartless **ahem**. Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.      ... View more

@kayden_S  good Tuesday afternoon, I like many country songs, as well as many country artists, I like the older as well as the newer. Having said that, I hold two Country music artists close to my heart because of my mom and dad. My dad's favorite was George Jones and his song "He Stopped Loving Her Today". My moms' favorite is Loretta Lynn and her song "Coal Miners Daughter". It was her favorite because she said her upbringing was very similar to that of Loretta Lynn, very poor, and with great struggle. As far as my favorite, well the list is too long. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@GiGi1 good evening, I looked up the song, and because it is explicit I will not be able to add it to the GSOTD playlist, but I will make mention of the song in the GSOTD (clean only) post, I will also make mention of you for the suggestion of the song. I will be posting this for you tomorrow sometime. Have a good evening, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@kayden_S I have noticed that some music artists sound better live than recorded, but I have also noticed that the majority of music artists sound better recorded than live. There are many music lovers who do prefer live versions over recorded versions and vice a versa (vice versa, depends on how you say it) of course. Great topic, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Monday afternoon, I do apologize for the 13-day absence, I will be adding two songs to today's GSOTD post and three songs to the playlist. The first two songs have been requested by @kayden_S  1). Lifer by Florida Georgia Line 2). Off The Beaten Path by Justin Moore. And @AlyssaPandora has posted some new songs on her post called New Music. The first song she selected was Take My Breath by The Weeknd, the second is an album called King's Disease II (Explicit) by Nas. I will be adding Take My Breath by The Weeknd to the playlist. Thank you @kayden_S and @AlyssaPandora for the music you have selected.    Country: Lifer by Florida Georgia Line. Lifer  Lifer by Florida Georgia Line is a country song from the album Dig Your Roots and was released in the summer of 2016. Country: Off The Beaten Path by Justin Moore. Off The Beaten Path  Off the Beaten Path is the third studio album by American country music artist Justin Moore. It was released on September 17, 2013, via Valory Music Group. The album includes duets with Miranda Lambert and Charlie Daniels. A deluxe edition was also made available. The album has sold 364,000 copies in the US as of June 2016. Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more