@Nightcore_Anime  the Grand Ole' Opera is a must. Graceland would be a nice stop as well. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@bp4437  no it's never too late, if I happen to choose any of your songs for the GSOTD (clean) post and playlist I will be sure to make mention of you. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Nightcore_Anime I will add this on tomorrow's post and playlist, thank you for your selection. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday morning, I will be adding four songs to today's post and playlist. Enjoy the music and have a great Thursday.    Pop//Soul//Doo-wop//R&B: Please Mr. Postman by The Marvelettes.  Please Mr. Postman  "Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, and Robert Bateman. It is the debut single by the Marvelettes for the Tamla label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. Soul//Pop: I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops.  I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)  "I Can't Help Myself" is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "I Can't Help Myself" is one of the most well-known Motown recordings of the 1960s and among the decade's biggest hits. The single topped Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks and also peaked at number one on the Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks, from June 12 to June 19 and from June 26 to July 3 in 1965. Disco: A Fifth Of Beethoven by Walter Murphy.  A Fifth Of Beethoven  "A Fifth of Beethoven" started at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually reached number 1 within 19 weeks, where it stayed for one week. The single sold two million copies, while the album sold about 750,000 copies. The second single, a rendition of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee", titled "Flight '76", reached number 44 on the Hot 100. Pop: Love Is Alive by Gary Wright. Love Is Alive   " Love Is Alive " is a 1976 song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the US, reaching No. 2 in the Billboard charts. Taken from the album The Dream Weaver, released the previous year, it features Wright on vocals and keyboards with Andy Newmark on drums. Love Is Alive was also Billboard # 9 song of 1976, it stayed on the Billboard top 100 for 22 straight weeks, longer than Dream Weaver which was also a hit song by Gary Wright.  Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday morning, I do apologize for missing a few days of posting, but between work and a new building project here at home I have been very busy busy busy. So without further ado, here is This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Thursday.    1922: Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical "Shuffle Along" closes on Broadway, July 15, 1922, after 504 performances. 1949: "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances. 1956: The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'. A No.6 hit in the US. At 13, Lymon was the youngest performer to make No.1. 1958: John Lennon's mother Julia was killed by a car driven by an off-duty drunken police officer named Eric Clague (Clague was later acquitted of the offense). Lennon was 17 years old at the time.   1960: Chubby Checker releases his version of "The Twist" in the US (date approximate)   1961: "Donnybrook!" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 68 performances.   1963: Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding.   1965: This week's US Top three singles, No.3 The Byrds, 'Mr. Tambourine Man', No.2 The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself and at No.1 The Rolling Stones with ’(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.   1967: The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane both played an afternoon and evening show to over 8,000 fans at Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.   1967: "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances.   1972: Elton John started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with his fifth studio album Honky Chateau, his first US chart-topper. The album was titled after the 18th-century French chateau where it was recorded, Château d'Hérouville. Both the tracks from the album 'Rocket Man' and 'Honky Cat' were released as singles.   1973: Ray Davies announces his retirement from The Kinks, then soon after he attempts suicide.    1978: Bob Dylan with special guest Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading, and Graham Parker all appeared at Blackbushe Aerodrome, Surrey, England. Reputedly this was the biggest ever UK audience for Bob Dylan, with over 200,000 fans attending.  1978: The Rolling Stones started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Some Girls the group's seventh US No.1 album. The cover designed by Peter Corriston featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe all threatened legal action.   1983: The film version of "The Pirates of Penzance", starring Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Lansbury premieres in the US.   1984: John Lennon's single "I'm Stepping Out" was released posthumously.   1987: Boy George was barred from the British TV show, he may be a bad influence.    1989: Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage. Over 200,000 people attended the gig (almost double the number authorities had planned for) causing damage to buildings and bridges. The cleaning of the area after the concert was said to be around £25,000 and the concert was broadcast live on TV to over 20 countries with an estimated audience of almost 100 million. Two Venice councilors were later ordered to stand trial for the costs incurred by the concert.   1998: Aerosmith was forced to cancel a forthcoming US tour after Joey Kramer was involved in a freak accident. The drummer's car was set on fire and was completely destroyed as he was filling up with petrol. He was admitted to the hospital with second-degree burns.   2000: A Manchester judge reprimanded Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder after he turned up a day late in court to give evidence. Ryder told the court he had been on ' a bender'. A man was cleared of dangerous driving and assaulting Ryder.   2000: Sad Cafe singer Paul Young died of a heart attack at his Manchester home aged 53. ‘Run Home Girl’ was a hit for Sad Cafe in the US, ‘Everyday Hurts’ was a UK No.3 hit in 1979. Joined Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack in Mike and the Mechanics and had the hits ‘The Living Years’ and ‘Silent Running’.   2002: Sir Paul McCartney was named the highest-earning music star of the year so far after selling tickets worth £33.9m during his recent US tour.   2005: Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman in the Village People, was arrested after police found a gun and drugs in his convertible in Daly City, south of San Francisco. Willis also had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics.   2007: The UK music industry reacted angrily at a decision to give away ‘Planet Earth’ the new album by Prince as a ‘covermount’ with the Mail on Sunday newspaper. The 10-track CD was not due to be released in stores until 24 July. Stephen Miron, the newspaper's managing director, said: "No one has done this before. We have always given away CDs and DVDs, but this is just setting a new level."   2007: Over 10,000 people applied for a job with P Diddy after the rapper posted an advert on Youtube looking to find a new personal assistant. He warned applicants that the job would be far from easy and would involve everything from getting him ready for the red carpet to aiding in billion-dollar deals to helping him jump out of planes in movies.   2012: Queen was crowned top of the patriotic pops in a survey of 100,000 music fans. The band's anthem We Are The Champions was named number one by fans who were asked what song made them proud to be British. The track, which got to number two in 1977, picked up 13,000 votes in the survey carried out among users of the Lucky Voice website. It was followed by the Oasis hit Wonderwall which was nominated by 11,000 karaoke singers and then Let It Be by The Beatles which got 10,000 votes. Elton John's Candle In The Wind and London Calling by The Clash rounded off the top five.   2015: Robbie Williams announces he is returning to the boy band Take That.   2015: A judge trimmed more than $1m (£639,000) from the damages Pharrell Williams was ordered to pay after the Blurred Lines copyright trial. The case revolved around the question of whether Williams and his co-writer Robin Thicke had copied Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit 'Got To Give It Up'. The judge also gave Gaye's family a 50% cut of future earnings from the song.   2015: The Los Angeles home of US singer Chris Brown was raided and ransacked by three masked men who locked his aunt in a closet. Officials said the suspects, who were armed with handguns, got away from the Tarzana property with an unknown amount of money and some personal items.   2015: Robbie Williams made a surprise appearance at an auction selling some of his memorabilia for charity. The singer took control of the gavel as 150 items, including handwritten lyrics and bespoke suits, went under the hammer for a Staffordshire hospice. The auction raised over £120,000, ($177,300).   2016: In what they famously describe as a 'conscious uncoupling,' Chris Martin of Coldplay and actress Gwyneth Paltrow officially divorce after more than ten years of marriage.   2018: 'November Rain' by Guns N’ Roses became the first '90s video to pass a billion views on YouTube. The next closest '90s video was ‘Zombie’ by The Cranberries, at 739 million.   Born On This Day In The Music World:    1638: Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian composer, born in Florence (d. 1693)   1700: Johann Christoph Richter, German composer Pantaleon Player and Organist, born in Dresden (d. 1785)   1802: John Barnett, English composer (The Mountain Sylph), born in Bedford, England (d. 1892)   1818: Heinrich Esser, German violinist and composer, born in Mannheim (d. 1872)   1849: Moritz Heuzenroeder, German pianist and composer who settled in Australia, born in Ottersberg, Germany (d. 1897)   1870: Ernest Walker, British composer, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1949)   1884: Enrique Soro, Chilean composer, born in Concepción, Chile (d. 1954)   1898: Noel Gay [Reginald Moxon Armitage], British composer (Who's Been Polishing The Sun), born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (d. 1954)   1898: Norman Demuth, British composer and musicologist specializing in French works, born in Croyden, Surrey, England (d. 1968)   1901: John Wesley Work III, African-American composer, musicologist, and scholar of African-American folklore and music, born in Tullahoma, Tennessee (d. 1967)   1904: Dorothy Fields, American lyricist ("I'm In The Mood For Love"; "The Way You Look Tonight" ), born in Allenhurst, New Jersey (d. 1974)   1910: Ronald Binge, British composer (Elizabethan Serenade, Sailing By), born in Derby, England (d. 1979)   1913: Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas, an American country singer ("Candy Kisses"; "Alabam"), born in Blue Creek, Ohio (d. 1963)   1913: Dorothy Schwartz, an American violinist (d. 2007)   1921: Jack Hamilton Beeson, a composer   1923: "Philly" Joe Jones, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis Quintet), born in Philadelphia (d. 1985)  1926: John Arthur Neill Lambert, a composer.    1928: Joseph Arthurlin "Joe" Harriott, Jamaican-British be-bop and free-form jazz alto saxophonist (Abstract), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1973)   1929: Charles Anthony [Caruso] tenor (2,928 performances at Metropolitan Opera), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2012)   1930: Toshiya Sukegawa, Japanese contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer (The Eternal Morning 1945.8.6; A Projection) was born in Sapporo, Japan (d. 2015)   1932: Nina Van Pallandt, Danish actress and singer (American Gigolo), born in Copenhagen Denmark   1933: Frederico Davia, opera singer   1933: Julian Bream, English classical guitarist, and lutenist, born in London, England (d. 2020)   1934: Harrison Birtwistle, an English composer, was born in Accrington, Lancashire.   1939: William David Hellerman, a composer.   1941: Geoffrey Burgon, a composer.   1944: Millie Jackson, US soul singer, (1973 US No. 24 single, 'Hurts So Good, 1985 UK No.32 single with Elton John 'Act Of War').   1945: Peter Lewis, from American psychedelic rock group Moby Grape, known for their debut album Moby Grape (1967).   1946: American singer Linda Ronstadt who had the 1975 US No.1 single 'You're No Good', and the 1989 UK No.2 single with Aaron Neville, 'Don't Know Much' plus over 15 other US Top 40 hits. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award.   1947: Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), born in Chipping Barnet, London (d. 2013)   1947: Roky Erickson [Roger Kynard], American musician (The 13th Floor Elevators - "Starry Eyes"; "Don't Slander Me"), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2019)   1948: Alicia Bridges, American pop singer ("I Love The Nightlife"), was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.   1948: Artimus Pyle, drummer with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1974 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1991. Lynyrd Skynyrd is best known for their 1974 US No. 8 single, 'Sweet Home Alabama' and the 1982 single 'Freebird'.   1949: John Arthur Casken, British composer (The Dream of the Rood), was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.   1949: Trevor Horn, British rock musician/producer (Buggles - "Video Killed The Radio Star"; Yes - Drama; Frankie Goes To Hollywood), born in Durham, England.   1950: Ian McCredie guitarist from Scottish pop group Middle Of The Road, who had the 1971 UK No.1 single 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep', which is one of only a few singles to have sold in excess of 10 million physical copies.   1951: Jamaican reggae musician Gregory Isaacs, famous for his song 'Night Nurse', which gave Simply Red a hit in 1997. He died on 25 October 2010 after a long battle with lung cancer.   1952: Jeff Carlisle, a member with 38 Special, (1982 US No.10 single 'Caught Up In You').   1952: Johnny Thunders, (John Genzale), guitar, vocals, The New York Dolls, 1973 album 'New York Dolls'. Died of a drug overdose on 23rd April 1991.   1952: David Pack, rocker with (Ambrosia)   1952: Larken Collins, rocker (Rossington-Collins Band)   1952: Johnny Thunders [Genzale], American punk rock guitarist (New York Dolls), born in Queens, New York (d. 1991)   1953: Alicia Bridges, US singer, (1978 US No.5 & UK No. 32 single 'I Love The Night Life')   1956: Joe Satriani, an American rock guitarist, was born in Westbury, New York.   1956: Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division - "Transmission") (d. 1980)     1959: Shep Pettibone, American record producer, born in Ocean Grove, New Jersey   1966: Jason Bonham, drummer, and son of Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham. As well as playing with Led Zeppelin, (at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert and the 02 concerts), Jason has worked with Jimmy Page (on his Outrider album), UFO, Foreigner, Steel Dragon, Democracy, Airrace, Virginia Wolf, Black Country Communion, and Paul Rodgers.   1970: Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones), (d. 2013)   1971: Danijela, a Croatian singer.   1974: Chot Ulep, Filipino musician, born in Quezon City, Philippines.   1976: Jim Jones, African Puerto Rican American rapper.   1977: Ray Toro, lead guitarist with American rock band My Chemical Romance who had the 2006 UK No.1 single ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’, and the 2006 US No.2 album The Black Parade.   1977: Faraz Anwar, a Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)   1979: Laura Benanti, an American musical theatre actress.   1984: Vice Cooler, an American musician.   1990: Olly Alexander, actor and lead singer of Years & Years who scored the 2015 UK No.1 single 'King', 1992: Koharu Kusumi, a Japanese pop singer (Morning Musume), was born in Ojimaya, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@NinteysGurl I clicked on your link but it took me to the Google Search page, I clicked on it twice to make sure, and both times I was directed to the Google Search page.  Here is my favorite song. Foolish Games by Jewel. Take care and stay safe.   ... View more

Good Wednesday morning, I have selected four songs for GSOTD for today, enjoy the music. Have a great Wednesday.   Alternative Rock: Two Princes by Spin Doctors.  Two Princes  "Two Princes" is a song by the American rock group Spin Doctors. Released as a single in 1993, "Two Princes" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Two Princes" topped the charts in Iceland and Sweden, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. R&B: End Of The Road by Boyz II Men. End Of The Road  "End of the Road" is a song by the American R&B group Boyz II Men for the Boomerang soundtrack. It was released in 1992 and was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio L.A. Reid, and Daryl Simmons. "End of the Road" achieved overwhelming domestic and international success. Also, it is considered one of the most successful songs of all time. In the United States, "End of the Road" spent a then record-breaking 13 weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.  R&B//Hip hop: It's Tricky by Run D.M.C  It's Tricky   "It's Tricky" is the fourth single released from Run-DMC's third album, Raising Hell. It was released early in 1987 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves. The song peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. In the UK, the song made No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart upon its original release and No. 74 upon being remixed by Jason Nevins in 1998, while Nevins' remix of their song "It's Like That" spent its fifth week at No. 1. Nevins' remix, Tricky", achieved top 40 peaks elsewhere in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Pop: Mile End by Pulp.  Mile End   Pulp was an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. The best-known line-up from their heyday (1992–1997) consisted of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Nick Banks (drums, percussion), Steve Mackey (bass) and Mark Webber (guitar, keyboards). Throughout the 1980s the band struggled to find success but gained prominence in the UK in the mid-1990s with the release of the albums His 'n' Hers in 1994 and particularly Different Class in 1995, which reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned four top ten singles, including "Common People" and "Sorted for E's & Wizz", both of which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. Pulp's musical style during this period consisted of disco-influenced pop-rock coupled with references to British culture in their lyrics in the form of a "kitchen sink drama"-style. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Alphagirl I'm truly sorry to hear about the heartbreak you are suffering right now, I have been there and it is the worse place anyone could ever experience in life. I would not even wish it upon my worse enemies. Even the words of comfort from friends and loved ones feel hollow and empty. The only thing that will comfort you is time, time will be your enemy, but it also will become your best friend. It will take time to heal you, but at the same time, your healing will seem forever in its process of happening. Believe me, it will come, you just have to fight your pain every second of each day. Don't ever give up on hope, or give in to your despair. It will get easier as time goes on. You have to fight to try and keep yourself occupied so you are not dwelling on the hurt or the circumstances that caused your heartbreak. You're not going to have the energy, the willingness, or the attitude to want to do anything, but that is why you have to fight yourself into doing something to keep you busy. Time will eventually seem to move quicker as well.  You asked for some music, well if you would like then check out these five songs that I have picked.  If at some point you become curious as to why I chose these five songs then just ask me and I will be more than happy to tell you.  1). Foolish Games by Jewel  Foolish Games  2). Storms Never Last by Dr. Hook  Storms Never Last  3). Rescue by Lauren Daigle  Rescue  4) Roll With The Changes by REO Speedwagon  Roll With The Changes   5). The Rose by Bette Midler  The Rose   I hope all turns out for the very best for you, you take care and stay safe.                                ... View more

Good Monday morning, This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Monday.   1946: Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia" premieres at Glyndebourne Opera Festival. 1954: 19-year-old Elvis Presley signed a recording contract with Sun Records. He also gave in his notice at his day job at The Crown Electric Company. Sam Phillips from Sun Records originally wanted to use the 19-year-old to make demos of songs meant for other artists, but soon realized that here was the man who could bridge the gap between white and black performances. 1958: "Li'l Abner" closes at St James Theater NYC after 693 performances. 1958: The Quarrymen, featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John "Duff" Lowe on piano, and Colin Hanton on drums, recorded a vanity disc at a small studio in an electronics shop owned by a man named Percy Phillips. The band recorded 'That'll Be The Day' and 'In Spite Of Danger' in one take each. With the names of the tunes and the song's writers handwritten on the label, each band member was to keep the 10-inch 78 rpm disc for a week before passing it on. Both recordings eventually ended up on Anthology 1.   1962: The Rolling Stones made their live debut at the Marquee Jazz Club, London, with **ahem** Taylor on bass (later of The Pretty Things) and Mick Avory on drums, (later of The Kinks). Billed as The Rollin’ Stones, they were paid £20 for the gig, the equivalent of £330 in 2010.   1962: Ray Charles was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Don Gibson penned country ballad 'I Can't Stop Loving You. His only UK No.1 was taken from his Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music album.   1964: The Beatles appeared at the Hippodrome Theatre in Brighton with The Fourmost and the Shubdubs (whose drummer, Jimmy Nicol, who had filled in for an ill Ringo Starr on The Beatles' world tour). Also in the US, The Ed Sullivan Show re-broadcast The Beatles' first live television appearance on the Sullivan show (from February 9). On the way to tonight's gig, George Harrison was involved in a minor crash in his brand new E-Type Jaguar in Kings Road, Fulham, London. Passing pedestrians collected bits of broken glass as souvenirs.   1968: Mickey Dolenz from The Monkees married Samantha Juste who he met when working in the UK on the BBC TV show Top Of The Pops.   1969: One Hit Wonders Zager and Evans started a six-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'In The Year 2525, (Exordium And Terminus)'. The song was also No.1 in the UK, making them the only one-hit wonders ever in both the US and UK singles charts.   1979: American singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton died of cancer aged 31. The Stevie Wonder produced 'Loving You' gave Minnie a US No.1 single in 1975. She worked at Chess records singing backup for various artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. She also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. Also a member of Wonderlove in 1973, a backup group for Stevie Wonder.   1980: During their 23 dates, '11 O'clock Tick Tock' U2 played at The Moonlight, West Hampstead in London, England.   1980: Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra had the UK No.1 single with 'Xanadu', taken from the film of the same name. It gave Olivia Newton-John her third UK No.1 single.   1983: Former Traffic member Chris Wood died of liver failure after a lengthy illness. He also played with Jimi Hendrix in 1968, appearing on the Electric Ladyland album and worked with Free, John Martyn, and the Small Faces.   1985: "Singin' in the Rain" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 367 performances.   1986: Boy George and singer Marilyn were arrested in London, England for possession of drugs.   1986: Simply Red scored their first US No.1 single with 'Holding Back The Years'. Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall wrote the song when he was seventeen while living at his father's house. The chorus did not come to him until many years later.   1988: Michael Jackson arrived in the UK for his first-ever solo appearance. He performed a total of eight nights to 794,000 people.   1990: "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington.   1991: Take That released their debut single 'Do What U Like' which was a commercial failure, peaking at No. 82 on the UK Singles Chart. The low-budget video for the track featured the band getting naked, showing their bare buttocks, and smearing jelly over themselves, resulting in the video being banned from daytime television.   1992: Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis stemming from a concert on Jul 2.   1993: Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London.   1996: Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was charged with drug possession after the death of the bands' keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin in his New York Hotel room.   2000: A statue erected in the memory of John Lennon was unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square. The sculpture featured a revolver with a knotted barrel created by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward.   2003: Saxophonist, composer, and arranger Benny Carter died aged 95. He worked with Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and composed many TV themes including Ironside and M-Squad.   2008: Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood left his wife of 23 years and moved in with an 18-year-old Russian cocktail waitress. The 61-year-old dad-of-four had met the teenager while out drinking and had taken her away to his luxury pad in Ireland.   2008: American singer Earl Nelson (Earl Lee Nelson) died in Lake Charles, Louisiana. One half of the duo, Bob And Earl, (recorded ‘Harlem Shuffle’ in 1963). Nelson sang background vocals on ‘Rockin' Robin’, a US No. 2 for the Jackson 5 in 1972.   2012: Pollstar magazine announced that former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters had grossed up to $158.1 million in concert ticket sales worldwide so far this year with The Wall Live show. Bruce Springsteen came in second place with $79.9 million.   2019: Tarazaga-Orero was arrested by police and remanded in custody for stalking former One Direction singer Harry Styles. The Spaniard had been sleeping ­on a bench near the London house owned by Styles and had been posting notes through his letterbox for over two months. Permission was granted for Styles to give ­evidence from behind a screen during the trial.  2020: English singer-songwriter Judy Dyble died at age 71. She was a founding member of the Fairport Convention and Trader Horne. In addition, she and multi-instrumental Ian McDonald joined and recorded several tracks with Giles, Giles, and Fripp, who later became King Crimson. During Fairport's early live shows in London in the late 1960s, Dyble shared stages with acts such as Jimi Hendrix and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. Famously, she sat on the front of the stage at the Speakeasy Club knitting, while Hendrix and Fairport Convention guitarist Richard Thompson jammed.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1675: Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco, Italian cellist and composer, born in Verona, Italy (d. 1742)   1757: Christian Danner, German violinist, and composer, born in Schwetzingen, Germany (d. 1813)   1802: Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1871)   1821: Cesare Dominiceti, Italian composer, born in Desenzano del Garda, Italy (d. 1888)   1861: Anton Arensky, Russian composer, born in Novgorod, Russia (d. 1906)   1885: George Butterworth, English composer, born in Paddington, London (d. 1916)   1895: Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), born in Hamar, Norway (d. 1962)   1895: Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (Rodgers & Hammerstein - "Oklahoma!"; "South Pacific"; "The King And I"; " The Sound Of Music"), born in NYC, New York (d. 1960)   1908: Johan Franco, Dutch composer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 1988)   1920: Paul Foster, American singer (Soul Stirrers), born in Grand Cane, Louisiana (d. 1995)   1924: Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2003)   1925: Yasushi Akutagawa, Japanese composer (Orpheus of Hiroshima, Ellora Symphony), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1989)   1927: Pavle Merku, Italian-Slovene composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Trieste (d. 2014)   1928: Barbara Cowsill, singer, and mother of The Cowsills, born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)   1931: André Laporte, Flemish composer, born in Oplinter, Tienen, Belgium   1934: Van Cliburn, American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2013)   1937: Michel Louvain, French Canadian singer (Buenas Noches Mi Amor), born in Quebec, Canada.   1937: Saxophonist Howie Casey who was a member of Derry and the Seniors, the first rock and roll band from Liverpool to play clubs in Germany and later, as leader of the renamed Howie Casey and the Seniors, the first Liverpool group to record an LP. He later featured on several albums by Paul McCartney (Band on the Run, Wings at the Speed of Sound, and Back to the Egg) and played live with Paul McCartney on the Wings Over the World tour. He also worked with Marc Bolan The Who, Chuck Berry, and Carl Perkins.   1942: Richard Stoltzman, American clarinetist (Tashi), was born in Omaha, Nebraska.   1943: Christine McVie, English rock vocalist (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me), was born in Bouth, England.   1945: Chuck Daellenbach, American-Canadian tubist (Canadian Brass, 1970-present), born Rhinelander, Wisconsin.   1947: English singer, guitarist, songwriter Wilko Johnson who with Dr. Feelgood had the 1979 UK No.9 single 'Milk And Alcohol' and a founding member of Solid Senders. Wilko started in early 2013 that he had terminal cancer and was given just 10 months to live, and aptly announced he was going on a farewell tour. On 22 March 2013, Wilko played what he thought would be his final show guesting with Madness on the television program Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre which was broadcast on BBC Four. In Oct 2014 Johnson said he has been "cured" of terminal pancreatic cancer.   1948: Walter Egan, American rock vocalist (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll), was born in NYC, New York.  1950: Eric Carr, drummer with American hard rock band Kiss. Their 1976 US No 11 album Rock and Roll Overspent 26 weeks on the chart and they had the 1987 UK No.4 single 'Crazy Crazy Nights. Carr died on 24th November 1991.   1951: Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano, was born in Budapest, Hungary.   1952: Philip Taylor Kramer, bass guitar, Iron Butterfly. His disappearance on February 12, 1995, caused a mystery lasting four years. On May 29, 1999, Kramer's Ford Aerostar minivan and skeletal remains were found by photographers looking for old car wrecks to shoot at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California. Based on forensic evidence his death was ruled as a probable suicide.   1952: Liz Mitchell, singer, from German vocal group Boney M, who had the 1978 UK No.1 & US No.30 single 'Rivers Of Babylon' and with more than 150 million records sold, they are one of the best-selling artists of all time.   1953: Billy and Bobby Alessi, (identical twin brothers), known as the Alessi Brothers who scored the 1977 UK No.8 single 'Oh. Lori. Both Billy and Bobby Alessi had previously worked in the Broadway cast of the musical Hair.   1960: Corynne Charby [Corinne Charbit], French model, actress, and pop singer, was born in Paris, France.   1962: American musician Dan Murphy, guitarist with American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, who had the 1993 US No.5 and UK No.7 single 'Runaway Train'.   1964: Tim Gane, guitar, keyboards, with British indie group Stereolab, who had the 1994 UK minor hit single 'Ping Pong'.   1965: Robin Wilson, an American rocker (Gin Blossoms), was born in Detroit, Michigan.   1967: American guitarist John Petrucci, best known as a founding member of the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater.   1969: Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death), born in Sonora, Mexico (d. 2006)   1969: Kumiko Ida, Japanese classical pianist (d. 2007)   1972: Brett Reed, American rock drummer (Rancid), was born in Oakland, California.   1974: Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation)   1975: Cheyenne Jackson, American stage/film actor, and singer, born in Spokane, Washington.   1976: Tracie Spencer, American singer (Make The Difference), was born in Waterloo, Iowa.   1977: Dominic Howard, drums, from English rock band Muse who scored the 2003 UK No.1 album Absolution, and the 2003 UK No.8 single, ‘Time Is Running Out. Muse was nominated for five Grammy Awards, of which they won Best Rock Album for The Resistance.   1978: Mélanie De Biasio, Belgian jazz singer (A Stomach Is Burning), was born in Charleroi, Belgium.  1981: Adrienne Camp, South African singer/songwriter.   1983: Kimberly Perry, a singer with American country music group The Band Perry, scored the US Country No.1 hit 'If I Die, Young'. The band's second album, Pioneer, released in 2013 produced additional No.1 singles in 'Better Dig Two', and 'DONE.' 1984: Gareth Gates, UK singer, TV's Pop Idol runner up, (2002 UK No.1 single 'Unchained Melody'). 1985: Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer. 1988: Melissa O'Neil, Canadian pop singer (Canadian Idol-2005), was born in Calgary, Alberta. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Monday morning, four songs will be added to the GSOTD post and playlist all four songs are coming from @deadlyecho and the Summer Challenge playlist #16. Thank you @deadlyecho for your selections. Enjoy the music.   Country Rock: All Summer Long by Kid Rock. All Summer Long   "All Summer Long" was Kid Rock's fourth song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his third top-40 hit on the Hot 100 and the biggest hit of his career. It reached number 23 on the Hot 100 based solely on airplay since Kid Rock had not made his catalog available for legal digital download at the time. It also became a pop crossover hit, reaching the top 10 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. "All Summer Long" has also reached the top 10 on Billboard's Adult Top 40. Reggae: Sunshine by Matisyahu. Sunshine  Matthew Paul Miller, known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu, is an American Jewish reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician. Everwood Soundtrack: Summer Breeze by Jason Marz. Summer Breeze  Everwood (known as Our New Life in Everwood in the United Kingdom ) is an American drama television series created by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti, Mickey Liddell, Rina Mimoun, Andrew A. Ackerman, and Michael Green served as executive producers. The series aired on The WB from September 16, 2002, to June 5, 2006, with a total of 89 episodes spanning four seasons. It was co-produced by Berlanti-Liddell Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. Trip hop//Reggae//Electro: Doin' Time by Lana Del Rey.  Doin' Time (clean)   “Doin’ Time” by Lana Del Rey. The lyrics of Lana Del Rey’s “Doin’ Time” deals with two distinctly different topics. As far as the chorus is concerned, it centers on the wherewithal of the singer and her bandmates to make the party jump, particularly within the confines of “the L.B.C.” (Long Beach, California). Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Mama_Airaghi I'm glad you are liking it, if I come across any more similar playlists I will be sure to share them with you. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@deadlyecho thank you for participating in this music challenge, I will add some of your selections to the GSOTD (clean) post and playlist. I will also make mention of you for the songs I use from your selection, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Nightcore_Anime  thank you for your friendly support, and just so you know I am a man. But as far as you advise others to check with me in their need for help, I would check with these five first and foremost, they are @Pandora's moderators, and they are great people and friends as well, @ErickPandora, @AdamPandora, @TannerPandora, @ShannonPandora, and @AlyssaPandora. These five are truly good caring people, willing to help you with any problem one may have. Reach out to one of these five. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

This Day In The History Of Music, have a great night.   1762: Louis-François Roubiliac's monument to George Frideric Handel is unveiled at Westminster Abbey in London. 1937: Dutch Django Reinhardt's "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club"1948 "Allegro" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 318 performances. 1948: "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 62 performances. 1948: "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 188 performances. 1950: The US music shows Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC-TV. The program, which featured vocalists covering the top hits of the week, had been on the radio since 1935. It moved to CBS in 1958 but was canceled the following year, unable to cope with the rising popularity of Rock 'n' Roll.   1961: Bobby Lewis started a seven-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Tossin' and Turnin', the longest-running No.1 single of 1961, spending seven weeks at the top of the chart.   1964: 200,000 Liverpudlians took to the streets to celebrate The Beatles' return to Liverpool for the northern premiere of the group's first film 'A Hard Day's Night.' The group was honored in a public ceremony in front of Liverpool Town Hall and as The Beatles stood on a balcony looking at the large crowd gathered below, John Lennon gave a few Nazi "Sieg Heil" salutes. Not everyone appreciated his sense of humor.   1965: The Rolling Stones started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with '(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction' the group's first chart-topper there. In the UK, the song was initially played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive.   1966: Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Tillotson, The Jive Five, The Tymes, The Shangra-Las, and local band The Castiles (with Bruce Springsteen on vocals) all appeared at the Surf 'n See Club in Seabright New Jersey.   1968: Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break up after their current tour. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double album, and Cream is widely regarded as being the world's first successful supergroup.   1968: The Nice were banned from appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall after burning an American flag on stage. Two years later, Keith Emerson, leader of the Nice, joined Greg Lake and Carl Palmer in Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.   1969: The funeral of Rolling Stone Brian Jones took place in his hometown at Hatherley Road Parish Church, Cheltenham. Canon Hugh Evan Hopkins read Jones' own epitaph, 'Please don't judge me too harshly. Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, and Charlie Watts from The Stones attended the funeral.   1972: Harry Nilsson's eighth album, Son of Schmilsson was released. It featured George Harrison under the name George Harrysong and Ringo Starr, listed as Richie Snare, on some of the tracks. Peter Frampton also played guitar on most of the album.   1974: David Bowie played the first of five dates at The Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, the recordings of which made up the David Live album released later that year. The album catches Bowie in transition from the Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane glam-rock era of his career to the 'plastic soul' of Young Americans.   1976: One Hit Wonders Starland Vocal Band started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Afternoon Delight', it was also their only hit in the UK making No.18 on the chart.   1977: "Happy End" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances.   1978: Rolling Stone Bill Wyman was knocked unconscious after falling from the stage during a Stones concert at the Coliseum, St Paul, Minnesota.   1979: Chuck Berry was sentenced to four months in jail after being found guilty of tax evasion. (Side Note: This Day says he was sentenced to five months, On This Day and Famousdaily agree that it was four months).   1984: Prolific studio drummer Jim Gordon was convicted of murdering his mother and sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. Diagnosed with schizophrenia after the killing, he is serving time in a medical/psychiatric prison and has been denied parole 10 times as of 2018.   1986: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead went into a five-day diabetic coma, resulting in the band withdrawing from their current tour.   1987: Producer and record company executive John Hammond died. He brought Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen, and Bruce Springsteen to Columbia Records. Hammond also worked as a producer with Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, and Count Basie.   1989: David F Pearsall age 18 from Manchester, New Jersey was charged with theft after stealing a guitar at a concert in Riverfront Park belonging to Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.   1994: "Hedda Gabler" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 33 performances.   2000: Coldplay release their debut album "Parachutes" (Grammy Award Best Alternative Album 2002)   2005: The four members of Led Zeppelin were voted the UK's ideal supergroup after 3,500 music fans were asked to create their fantasy band for Planet Rock Radio. Jimmy Page won the best guitarist, followed by Guns N' Roses' Slash and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore. John Paul Jones was named top bassist, with John Bonham, who died in 1980, winning best drummer and Robert Plant beat the late Freddie Mercury to the best singer.   2008: The drum skin used on the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's album sold for £541,250 ($1m) at Christie's Memorabilia auction in London. Other items sold included John Lennon's lyrics for 'Give Peace a Chance' which sold for £421,250 ($832,257) and a pair of tinted prescription sunglasses belonging to Lennon, which he wore for the cover of the single 'Mind Games', sold for £39,650 ($79,000). A rare 1/4 inch reel-to-reel master tape recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music Festival in 1968 went for £48,050 ($95,000), a Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert fetched £25,000 ($50,000).   2011: A pub in Dundee, Scotland called Lennon's Bar was forced to change the name of the venue and remove all Beatles memorabilia the former Beatles wife Yoko Ono threatened legal action for copyright infringement.   2015: John Fogerty filed a countersuit alleging that his former bandmates in Creedence Clearwater Revival had breached their contract in which he allowed them to use the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited while touring and playing the music they recorded together four decades ago. Fogerty’s action claimed that Creedence bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford had not paid him in more than three years under terms of the agreement they set up more than a decade ago.   2016: Cliff Richard instructed lawyers to make formal legal complaints to South Yorkshire Police and the BBC over their handling of a police raid on his home in 2014. Police investigating historical sex allegations launched an investigation in 2014, which was filmed by the BBC.   2018: Drake surpasses The Beatles record of most singles in Billboard Hot One 100 with seven against their five from his album "Scorpion"   2019: Bob Dylan super-fan Bill Pagel purchased the ultimate rock collectible: the Hibbing, Minnesota house where Dylan lived from 1948 to 1959. He bought the 1,600 square foot home from Gregg and Donna French, who had lived there since 1990 for $84,000. Pagel, a pharmacist in his late seventies, has run the Bob Dylan essential fan website boblinks.com since 1995.   2019: Taylor Swift named the world's highest-paid entertainer by Forbes earning $185 million in 2018.  Born On This Day In The Music World:   1697: Francois Hanot, French composer and violinist, born in Dunkirk (d. 1770)   1759: Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, German composer (d. 1838)   1778: Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer and royal chaplain master, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1858)   1779: Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer, born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 1858)   1826: Theodore Lajarte, French writer on music and composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1890)   1835: Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (Souv de Moscou), born in Lubin, Poland (d. 1880)   1858: Karl Flodin, Finnish composer and critic, born in Vassa (d. 1925)   1882: Ima Hogg, American society leader, Texas art patron, and founder of Houston Symphony, born in Mineola, Texas (d. 1975)   1882: Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, born in Strakonice, Czech Republic (d. 1949)   1887: Alfred Ernest Whitehead, English-Canadian composer, born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1974)   1890: André Souris, Belgian composer, born in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium (d. 1970)   1894: Jimmy McHugh, American composer ("I Can't Give You Anything But Love"; "On the Sunny Side of the Street"; "I'm In The Mood For Love"), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1969)   1895: Carl Orff, German composer (Carmina Burana; Mozart Prize 1969), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1982)   1900: [Elsie] Evelyn Laye, English singer & actress (Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow), born in London, England (d. 1996)   1900: Mitchell Parish [Michael Pashelinsky], American lyricist (Stardust; It's Wonderful), born in Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1993)   1904: Iša Krejčí, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1968)   1908: Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1985)   1913: Ljuba Welitsch, Bulgarian Austrian opera soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci), born in Borisovo, Bulgaria (d. 1996)   1915: Milt Buckner, American jazz pianist and Hammond organ pioneer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1977)   1916: **ahem** Cary, American jazz musician, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1994)   1919: British singer John Johnston. With the Johnston Brothers, he had the 1955 UK No.1 with their version of 'Hernando's Hideaway, from the movie The Pajama Game, beating off the American versions by both Johnnie Ray and Archie Bleyer. Johnston died on 10 June 1998.   1919: Ralph "Rusty" Gill, American singer (Polka Time), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2008)   1921: Revaz Il'yich Lagidze, Georgian composer (Tbilisi), born in Baghdad (d. 1981)   1923: Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (Échame a mi la culpa), born in Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 2001)   1923: Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, born in Tiflis, Georgia (d. 2013)  1926: Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (Up Periscope, Summer Stock), was born in Bennington, Vermont.   1930: Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, and composer, born in Aracati, Ceará, Brazil (d. 1982)   1933: Jerry Herman, American musical theater composer (Hello, Dolly!; Mame; La Cage aux Folles), born in NYC, New York (d. 2019)   1936: Jan Wincenty Hawel, Polish composer, born in Pszów, Poland.   1936: American Keyboard player Johnny Griffith. He was a member of the Motown records in-house Funk Brothers studio band and played on Marvin Gaye's 'Heard It Through The Grapevine, ‘I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)’ by Four Tops, and ‘Stop! In the Name of Love by The Supremes. He died of a heart attack on 10 November 2002 aged 66.   1937: Sandy Stewart [Galitz], American jazz and cabaret singer ("My Coloring Book") was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   1938: Lee Morgan, American hard-bop trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1972)   1939: Mavis Staples, American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers who scored two No.1 singles, 'I'll Take You There' and 'Let's Do It Again'.   1940: Helen Donath, an American soprano, was born in Corpus Christi, Texas.   1941: Ian Whitcomb, English rocker (You Turn Me On), born in Woking, Surrey (d. 2020)   1941: Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (Chariots of Fire; Dances with Wolves), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2012)   1942: Ronnie James Dio, vocals, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own band Dio. He died on May 16, 2010, after a six-month battle with stomach cancer. He was 67 years old.   1943: Jerry Miller, guitarist from American psychedelic rock group Moby Grape, known for their debut album Moby Grape (1967).   1944: John Dymond, (Beaky), guitarist from British pop/rock group, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, who scored the 1968 UK No.1 single 'Legend Of Xanadu'.   1945: Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist, born in Kremnica, Slovakia.   1947: Arlo Guthrie, US singer, songwriter, son of folksinger Woody Guthrie, (1967 album 'Alice's Restaurant', 1972 US No.18 single 'The City Of New Orleans').   1949: Dave Smalley, The Raspberries famous for their hits 'Go All The Way', 'I Wanna Be With You' and 'Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)'.  1949: Greg Kihn, American pop musician ("They Don't Write 'Em Like That Any More"; "Jeopardy"), and radio personality, born in Baltimore, Maryland. (Side Note: On This Day and Wikipedia has him born in 1949, This Day has his DOB in 1950).    1949: John C. Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2004)   1950: Willie Ford, an American R&B singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs. Jones), was born in LaGrange, Georgia.   1951: Cheryl Wheeler, American singer, and songwriter, born in Timonium, Maryland.   1952: Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist, and singer, born in Sarnia, Ontario.   1953: Rik "The Rocket" Emmett, rock vocalist (Triumph), was born in Toronto, Ontario.   1954: Gene Holder, American musician (the DBS)   1954: Neil Tennant, vocals, Pet Shop Boys, (1986 UK & US No.1 single 'West End Girls', plus 3 other UK No.1 singles and over 20 UK Top 40 hits), ex-editor of music paper Smash Hits.   1958: American banjo player Béla Fleck, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players. Fleck has shared Grammy wins with Asleep at the Wheel, and has been nominated in more categories than any other musician, namely country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, spoken word, composition, and arranging.   1958: Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and theatre and opera director was born in County Cork, Munster, Ireland.   1959: Sandy West, drummer, founding member of US all-girl group The Runaways. West died on 21 Oct 2006.   1960: Martyn P Casey, keyboards, from Australian rock band Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds who have released over 15 studio albums including the 2013 Australian No.1 Push the Sky Away.   1961: Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (Bullet in the Head), was born in Hong Kong.   1964: Graham Lambert, guitarist from English alternative rock band Inspiral Carpets who had the 1990 UK No.14 single 'This Is How It Feels'.   1965: Peter DiStefano, an American guitarist, and songwriter, best known for his work in the alternative rock band Porno for Pyros.   1970: Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress.   1970: Gary LeVox, singer, with American country band Rascal Flatts who scored the 2004 US country No.2 single ‘I Melt’, and the 2006 US No.1 album ‘Me And My Gang’.   1970: Jason Orange, vocals, Take That (1995 UK No.1 single 'Back For Good' and seven other UK No.1 singles, 1993 UK No.1 album 'Everything Changes spent 78 weeks on the UK chart). Re-formed without Robbie Williams in 2006 for a sold-out European tour. Topped the UK singles and album charts simultaneously for the first time in their career when the single ‘Patience’ and album ‘Beautiful World’ both reached No.1 in Dec 2006.   1972: Damon Sharpe, actor/musician (Guys Next Door), was born in Cleveland, Ohio.   1972: Tilo Wolff, German musician (Lacrimosa)   1974: Imelda May, Irish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who has worked with Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and David Gilmour. May is known for her musical style of rockabilly revival and has also been compared to female jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday. 1976: Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy) 1978: American musician, singer-songwriter Jesse Lacey, the lead vocalist and guitarist for Brand New. Their fifth album Science Fiction released in 2017 went to No.1 on the US chart. 1980: Jessica Simpson, an American singer who had the 2000 UK No.7 single 'I Wanna Love You Forever. Her debut studio album released in 1999 sold over four million copies worldwide. 1980: Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer and songwriter. 1982: Alex Arrowsmith, American musician. 1983: Kim Heechul, Korean Singer. 1989: Sameer Gadhia, American musician (Young the Giant) Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Mama_Airaghi  try giving this a chance. Erotic Lounge Buddha Chill Out Music Cafe. Take care and stay safe. ... View more

@Nightcore_Anime and yet they have made hovercrafts, interesting. I'm sure they could, but I'm guessing they may be thinking about the very high risk of accidents among children. Of course, I am only speculating, perhaps there could be a high volume of lawsuits against the maker (makers) as well. With all of our technology, they very well could have made hoverboards by now. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday afternoon, for GSOTD for today I have selected four songs for todays' post and playlist. One song I have selected comes from a post by @Nightcore_Anime, the post is called "What Is Your Favorite Song By Adam Calhoun". As many of you may know I'm not a rap fan, but I do like Home Of The Brave, so that is one of the four songs that will be added for today. Enjoy the music.    Hip-hop//Rap: Home Of The Brave by Adam Calhoun. Home Of The Brave  Adam Calhoun is an American country and hip-hop singer. He is active as a social media personality and has released a number of albums. Electropop: Electric by Katy Perry. Electric  "Electric" is a song by American singer Katy Perry released on May 14, 2021, through Capitol Records, as the second single of the Pokémon 25 soundtrack album. It is an electropop ballad written by Perry, Jon Bellion, Lucas Marx, Oliver Peterhof, Rachel Kanner, Bruce Wiegner, and Jordan Johnson, and Stefan Johnson of The Monsters & Strangerz, with production being handled by the latter three alongside German. The track's release was accompanied by a music video directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada. The younger version of Perry is played by Meili Aspen Caputo. Soft Rock Ballad: If You Leave Me Now by Chicago. If You Leave Me Now  "If You Leave Me Now" is a song by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. It was written and sung by bass player Peter Cetera and released as a single on July 31, 1976. It is also the title of a Chicago compilation album released by Columbia Records in 1983. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 on October 23, 1976, and stayed there for two weeks, making it the first number one hit for the group as well as hitting number one on the Easy Listening charts. "If You Leave Me Now" was also Chicago's biggest hit internationally, topping the charts in other countries like the U.K. Canada, The Netherlands, and Australia. Psychedelic rock//Space rock//Blues rock: Fly Like An Eagle by The Steve Miller Band.  Fly Like An Eagle (Remastered 2017)    "Fly Like an Eagle" is a song written by Steve Miller for the album of the same name. It went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week of March 12, 1977, kept from the top spot by "Evergreen" by Barbra Streisand. The single edit can be found on Greatest Hits. The song has an unusually mellow and "dreamy" feel. It is usually played in tandem with "Space Intro", but the song also segues into "Wild Mountain Honey". Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.    ... View more

@HeavenRadio and a Happy Heavenly Morning to you as well. Have a great Thursday take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday morning, This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Thursday.    1946: "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances. 1954: Producer Sam Phillips took an acetate recording of Elvis Presley singing 'That's All Right' to Memphis radio station WHBQ DJ Dewey Phillips. He played the song just after 9.30 that evening, the phone lines lit up asking the DJ to play the song again.   1958: The first Gold record album presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was awarded to the soundtrack LP, 'Oklahoma'. The honor signified that the album had reached one million dollars in sales. The first Gold single issued by the RIAA was 'Catch a Falling Star' by Perry Como in March of 1958. A Gold single represented sales of one million records.   1965: The Dave Clark Five had their movie, Catch Us If You Can, premiere in London. The film was renamed Having a Wild Weekend for its US release. Songs featured by the group in the movie included 'Catch Us If You Can,' 'Having a Wild Weekend' and 'I Can't Stand It.'   1966: The Beatles released the ‘Nowhere Man’ 4-track EP in the UK, which included: ‘Drive My Car’, ‘Michelle’ and ‘You Won't See Me’. All four tracks were taken from The Beatles' sixth UK studio album, Rubber Soul.   1967: UK music weekly the Melody Maker ran a front-page comment condemning the 3-month jail sentence given to Rolling Stone Mick Jagger for possession of Benzedrine tablets. Jagger was later given a conditional discharge.   1967: The Monkees began a 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as a support act. Hendrix was dropped after six shows after being told his act was not suitable for their teenybopper audience.   1968: Pink Floyd kicked off their first 20-date North American tour at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago. The club became a driving force in the music business, hosting famous rock acts such as The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Byrds, Janis Joplin, The Mothers of Invention, Grateful Dead, MC5, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, Fleetwood Mac, Vanilla Fudge, Muddy Waters, and Jefferson Airplane.   1969: Marianne Faithfull collapsed on the set of 'Ned Kelly' after taking a drug overdose. She was admitted to a Sydney Hospital, (she was later dropped from the movie).   1970: The Everly Brothers Show, started an eleven-week prime time slot on ABC- TV in the US. It began as a summer replacement in 1970 for The Johnny Cash Show.   1971: Over-enthusiastic fans at a Mott The Hoople gig at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, caused some injuries and two damaged boxes, prompting a temporary ban on rock gigs at the venue. The group paid £1,467 for damages to the property.   1972: Bill Withers started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Lean On Me', his only No.1 hit, it made No.18 in the UK.   1972: Donny Osmond was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the Paul Anka song 'Puppy Love.' The first of three solo No.1's for Donny.   1973: Led Zeppelin's fifth album Houses Of The Holy was on both the US and UK album charts. The album spent a total of 39 weeks on the US chart. The cover art for Houses Of The Holy was inspired by the ending of Arthur C. Clarke's novel Childhood's End. It is a collage of several photographs which were taken at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis.   1978: Gerry Rafferty's album City To City went to No.1 on the US chart, knocking off 'Saturday Night Fever, which had been at the top of the charts for almost six months.   1978: Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon from The Clash were arrested for being drunk and disorderly after a gig at the Apollo in Glasgow, both were fined.   1979: The B-52's made their UK live debut at London's Lyceum Ballroom, supported by The Tourists.   1982: "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 performances.   1984: Bob Dylan's current European tour came to an end at Slane Castle, County Meath in Ireland. Dylan was joined on stage by Van Morrison and they duetted on It’s All Over Now Baby Blue. U2's Bono, who was sent to interview Dylan for the Irish rock magazine Hot Press, ended up duetting with Dylan on Blowin’ In The Wind and Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat. Carlos Santana also joined Dylan on stage and played guitar on the last seven songs of the set.   1988: Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking.   1988: Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992.   1995: TLC started a seven-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Waterfalls', the group's second US No.1, a No.4 hit in the UK.   1996: British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut single "Wannabe" in the UK. 1997: Weezer fan club founders Mykel Allan and her sister Carli both died along with their younger sister, Trysta, in a car accident in Colorado on the way back from one of the band's shows. The girls were later honored through many tribute songs, including Weezer's 'Mykel and Carli and Jimmy Eat World's 'Hear You Me.'   1999: Take That former manager Nigel Martin-Smith started a new business, as an undertaker. It was reported that he was unhappy with a service he had used so he decided to buy a local funeral firm in Manchester.   2002: Michael Jackson spoke out against the music industry's treatment of artists, alleging that the business was rife with racism. Speaking at a civil rights meeting in New York, Jackson claimed there was a 'conspiracy' among record companies, especially towards black artists. A spokesman for Jackson's record label said the remarks were 'ludicrous, spiteful and hurtful.'   2004: Mark Purseglove known as the world's ‘biggest bootlegger’ was sentenced to 3 years 6 months in jail by Blackfriars Crown Court. Purseglove had built up a £15 million pirate CD empire by bootlegging live concerts of some of the world's biggest stars including The Beatles, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd.   2006: Queen guitarist Brian May made a "substantial" donation to save hedgehogs from slaughter in the Outer Hebrides. Although the exact amount was not revealed it was said to be enough to pay for the rescue of hundreds of hedgehogs from the Uists, where Scottish Natural Heritage has been culling the animals for the past four years. May's money would go towards funding cash rewards for islanders so hundreds of more hedgehogs can be saved.   2007: Chemical Brothers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'We Are The Night' the duo's sixth studio album.   2007: Prince was forced off stage by police halfway through his set at the First Avenue nightclub during a late-night gig in his hometown of Minneapolis. The club was only allowed to stay open until 3.am but Prince took to the stage at 2.45 am. The singer had already played two concerts in Minneapolis before his late-night club appearance; His first performance was at a department store, where he promoted his new cologne with a nine-song, 45-minute set.   2016: Canadian rapper and singer Drake was at No.1 on the US chart with his fourth studio album Views. With Views, Drake also joined Adele, Michael Bublé, and Taylor Swift as the only artists in the 2010s decade to have an album remain at No.1 on the Billboard 200 for six consecutive weeks.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1574: Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer.   1604: Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien)   1637: Johann Georg Ebeling, German composer, born in Lüneburg (d. 1676)   1638: Matteo Coferati, composer.   1757: Richard Wainwright, English composer and church organist (d. 1825)   1819: Vatroslav Lisinski [Ignatius Fuchs], Croatian composer (Love and Malice), born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire (d. 1854)   1857: Rudolf Dellinger, composer.   1871: Clement Harris, English composer, born in London (d. 1897)   1882: Percy Grainger, Australian-American concert pianist and composer (Hill Songs; Country Garden), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.   1900: George Antheil, American composer (Airplane Sonata), was born in Trenton, New Jersey.   1904: Bill Challis, arranger/pianist.   1907: Kishio Hirao, composer.   1908: Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter, and bandleader ("Caldonia"), born in Brinkley, Arkansas (d. 1975)   1911: Gertrude Niesen, American actress, comedian, and songwriter (Start Cheering, Rookies on Parade), born in NYC, New York (d. 1975)   1914: Billy Eckstine, an American jazz singer ("Tenderly"; "A Fool In Love"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1993)   1924: Johnnie Johnson, American blues and jazz piano player (Chuck Berry's band), born in Fairmount, West Virginia (d. 2005)   1928: Norma Donaldson, American singer and actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1994)   1930: American soul musician Earl Van **ahem**, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Van **ahem** died of prostate cancer on 18 September 1992 at age 62.   1931: Jerry Vale [Gennaro Vitaliano], American pop singer ("Arrivederci Roma"; "Have You Looked Into Your Heart"), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2014)   1931: Louis Ballard [Honganózhe], Native American composer and educator (The Four Moons), born near Quapaw, Oklahoma (d. 2007) 1935: Steve Lawrence [Sidney Leibowitz], American singer ("Go Away Little Girl"), and actor (The Lonely Guy), born in Brooklyn, New York   1938: Alan Aldridge, British artist, graphic designer, and illustrator whose artwork was used in record covers for The Beatles and The Who, born in London, England (d. 2017)   1940: American bass player, songwriter, Joe B. Mauldin, best known as the bassist for the early rock and roll group The Crickets. He later became a recording engineer at Gold Star Studios, the Los Angeles studio which became the "hit factory" for Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, and other major 1960s rock performers. Mauldin died on 7 Feb 2015 aged 74.   1944: Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band), born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.   1945: Ricky Wolf, from English pop group The Flowerpot Men who had the 1967 UK No.4 single 'Let's Go To San Francisco'.   1946: Finnish rock drummer Pentti Glan, best known for his work with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. He also appeared in the movie The Rose as the drummer of The Rose Band. He died on November 7, 2017, of lung cancer at the age of 71.   1946: Cynthia Gregory, American ballerina (NY Ballet Company), born in Los Angeles, California.   1948: Raffi [Cavoukian], Armenian-Canadian children's singer and lyricist ("Baby Beluga"), born in Cairo, Egypt.   1951: Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)   1951: Ned Sublette, composer.   1955: Russell Christian, singer with English group The Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For The World'. The name of the band refers to the surname of the three brothers that were originally in the line-up. (Side Note: On This Day has him born in 56', This Day and Wikipedia has him born in 55')   1958: Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot - Metal Health)   1958: Fred Young, American singer (Kentucky Headhunters - "Davy Crockett"), born in Glasgow, Kentucky.   1961: Andy Fletcher, bass, synth, with English electronic band Depeche Mode. The group has had 50 songs in the UK Singles Chart and seventeen top 10 albums in the UK chart and has sold over 100 million records worldwide.  (Side Note: This Day has him born in 1960, On This Day and Wikipedia has him born in 61')    1961: Toby Keith, country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. His debut 'Should've Been a Cowboy', topped the US country charts and was the most-played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since then, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated.   1961: Graham-Jones, guitar, Haircut 100. The band had four UK Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including 'Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)', 'Love Plus One' and 'Fantastic Day'.   1963: Joan Osborne, American singer, and songwriter who had the 1996 UK No.6 single 'One Of Us'. She toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.   1967: Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor, and singer.   1969: Sugizo [Yasuhiro Sugihara], Japanese guitarist and singer, born in Hadano, Kanagawa.   1970: Beck, American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Beck David Campbell, 1994 UK No.15 single 'Loser' from his 1994 album 'Mellow Gold'. His second official studio album Odelay has appeared in numerous publications' lists of the greatest records of the 1990s.   1971: Neil Mavers, drums, The La's, (1990 UK No.13 single 'There She Goes').   1974: Zhanna Friske, Russian actress, and singer. 1975: Elias Viljanen, Finnish Guitarist. 1976: David Kennedy, American guitarist, and songwriter who was a member of Box Car Racer, a band formed by Blink-182 members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. 1985: Jamie Cook, guitarist, with English rock band Arctic Monkeys who had 2005, UK No.1 single ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, and the 2006 UK No.1 album Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not. The band has won six Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. 1992: Benjamin Grosvenor, a British pianist. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Nightcore_Anime  first of all I'm not a rap fan, but I must admit, I do like Home Of The Brave, the lyrics are spoken in truth, no matter how controversial they may turn out to be, I liked the lyrics. Thanks for posting. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more