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Good Tuesday evening, This Day In The History Of Music.    1940: Billboard's first comprehensive record chart was published. The magazine had previously published best-seller lists submitted by the individual record companies, but the new chart combined the top sellers from all major labels. Their first number one song was ‘I'll Never Smile Again’ by Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. 1942: Time Magazine puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover. 1954: The Blue Moon Boys made their live debut appearing on the back of a flatbed truck outside a new drug store for its grand opening in Memphis. The band lineup was Elvis Presley Scotty Moore and Bill Black. The name was taken from a song they had recorded just two weeks previously, 'Blue Moon of Kentucky.'   1962: Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 13th Symphony.   1963: Jan and Dean started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Surf City', written by The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, with the Beach Boys on backing vocals. The single peaked at No.26 in the UK.   1964: Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th String quartet.   1968: Jane Asher announced on the national British TV show, Dee Time, that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off. Paul reportedly was watching at a friend's home and was surprised by the news. She was said to have inspired many of McCartney's songs, such as 'All My Loving', 'And I Love Her, and 'We Can Work It Out. Jane went on to have a career in films and television as well as becoming a successful author and businesswoman.   1968: Cream started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Wheels Of Fire'. The double album which consisted of a studio and a live record reached No.3 in the United Kingdom.   1968: Iron Butterfly's second album, 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida', entered the US album chart for the first time. The album contained the 17-minute title track that filled the second side of the LP which went on to sell over four million copies in the US alone.   1971: The Carpenters show 'Make Your Own Kind Of Music', started a six-week run on NBC-TV.   1973: TV talent show Opportunity Knocks winners Peters And Lee were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their first single and only chart-topper 'Welcome Home.'   1975: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the opening night on their Born To Run Tour at The Palace Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island. This also saw the live debut of Steven Van Zandt, (Miami Steve) as a member of The E Street Band.   1976: Buzzcocks made their live debut supporting the Sex Pistols and Slaughter & The Dogs at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester. In the audience was Morrissey, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook (soon to form Joy Division) and Mark E Smith, (The Fall), and Mick Hucknall. Tickets cost £1.   1977: Gary Kellgren studio engineer at the Los Angeles Record Plant studio drowned in a Hollywood Swimming pool. Kellgren had worked with John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Barbra Streisand, and Rod Stewart.   1982: T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London.   1984: Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America due to the publication of nude photos of her.  1986: The film based on the life of Sex Pistols bassist, Sid Vicious, 'Sid And Nancy' premiered in London, England.   1986: Carlos Santana celebrated his 39th birthday, and 20th anniversary in the music business, with a concert in San Francisco. Previous group members were assembled for the event, as 17 of them performed together on stage.   1991: EMF went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Unbelievable' it spent 14 weeks on the chart before reaching the top.   1996: Gary Barlow scored his first UK No.1 single with 'Forever Love' taken from his debut album Open Road. Barlow became the first member of Take That to top the charts with a solo record.   1999: The Rolling Stones reported a gross income of $337 million, (£168m), from almost two years of touring from their Bridges to Babylon and No Security tours. The Stones had played to over 5.6 million people, selling out all but 20 shows.   1999: Church groups in middle America claimed that pictures of Britney Spears printed in Rolling Stone magazine encouraged child pornography. The shots showed Britney with not many clothes on in her bedroom.   2000: The Evergreen Ballroom in Lacey, Washington was destroyed by a fire. During the ballroom's heyday in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, many of music's greats played there: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Duke Ellington, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ike & Tina Turner, and Fats Domino. Glen Campbell had lived in the kitchen at the venue for a while before he became famous.   2003: A tooth said to have been pulled out of Elvis Presley's mouth after an injury failed to sell on the auction site eBay. The tooth had been put on a 10-day sale with a reserve price of $100,000 (£64,100). Bids had pushed the price up to $2m (£1.28m) but they were later found out to be fraudulent.   2008: Rapper DMX was arrested on suspicion after he gave a false name to get out of paying for hospital medical expenses. County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the star told Mayo Clinic in Arizona that his name was Troy Jones and failed to pay a $7,500 (£3,752) bill in April. The rapper whose real name is Earl Simmons - was arrested at a shopping center in Phoenix.   2008: John Lydon denied claims by Kele Okereke from Bloc Party that he was racially abused and attacked by a member of the Sex Pistols' entourage at a music festival in Barcelona. Okereke claimed he had been attacked by several men after approaching Lydon backstage at the Summer case festival. He said the 'unprovoked' attack left him with a split lip and bruises. Lydon said: ‘I feel very sorry for a man that needs to lie about what was a perfect evening.’   2009: Jackson Browne settled his lawsuit against US Senator John McCain and the Republican Party after his 1977 hit 'Running On Empty' was used without permission in a 2008 McCain presidential campaign ad that aired on TV and the Internet. McCain and the Republican Party apologized for using the song in the ad and said that McCain himself "had no knowledge of, or involvement in, the creation or distribution of the video."   2011: Never-before-seen photographs of The Beatles' first US concert in Washington DC sold in New York for more than $360,000 (£223,600). The Fab Four played their first US concert on February 11, 1964, at the Washington Coliseum, two days after their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Mike Mitchell, of Washington, was 18 at the time and took photographs just feet away. Among the highlights was a backlit photograph Mitchell shot while standing directly behind the Fab Four which sold for more than $68,000 dollars.   2015: American country musician, songwriter, and record producer Wayne Carson died at the age of 72 after suffering congestive heart failure. He co-wrote 'Always on My Mind', (a hit for Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, and others), 'The Letter', (recorded by The Box Tops, Joe Cocker, and Leon Russell), and 'Soul Deep'.   2017: Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington died aged 41. His body was found at a private home, Bennington apparently hanged himself. The singer was said to be close to Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, who took his own life in May of this year. Formed in 1996, Linkin Park had sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.   Born On This Day In the Music World:   1600: Simon Ives, English court composer (d. 1662). 1726: William Jones, British composer, and clergyman, born in Lowick, England (d. 1800) 1744: Henri Hamal, Belgian organist, and composer, born in Liège (d. 1820)   1761: Joseph Lefèbvre, French composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1822?)   1762: Jakob Haibel, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1826)   1779: Ignaz Schuster, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1835)   1796: Edward Hodges, English organist and composer, born in Bristol (d. 1867)   1803: Jakob Zeugheer, Swiss composer, born in Zürich (d. 1865)   1819: Paul Henrion, a French composer, was born in Paris (d. 1901).   1837: Hans Sommer, German theatre composer, born in Brunswick (d. 1922)   1872: Alexander "Alick" Maclean, British composer and conductor (Scarborough Spa Orchestra, 1912-35), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England (d. 1936)    1872: Déodat de Séverac, French composer (Cerdaña), born in Saint-Félix-de-Caraman, France (d. 1921)   1873: Witold Maliszewski, Polish composer (founder and first director of Odessa Conservatory), was born in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1939)   1902: Jimmy Kennedy, Irish singer-songwriter ("Teddy Bears' Picnic"; "My Prayer"), born in Omagh, Ireland (d. 1984)   1908: Gunnar de Frumerie, Swedish pianist and composer (Circulus Quintus), born in Nacka, Sweden (d. 1987)   1910: Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor (BBC Concert Orchestra, 1956-66), opera director and educator (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1966-92), and composer, born in Prerov, Moravia (d. 2004)   1911: William Dillard, American jazz trumpeter and Broadway singer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)    1918: Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, born in Mart, Texas (d. 2006)   1922: Karel Krautgartner, Czech jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, composer, conductor, and teacher, born in Mikulov, Moravia (d. 1982)   1924: Lola Albright, American singer, and actress (Delta Country; Kid Galahad; A Cold Wind in August), was born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2017)   1924: Mort Garson, Canadian-American composer ("Our Day Will Come") and Moog synthesizer pioneer, born in St. John, New Brunswick (d. 2008)   1927: Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor (Frankfurt Opera, 1967-87); Cincinnati Symphony, 1980-86); Southwest German Radio Symphony, 1986-99), and composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2019)   1928: Peter Ind, British jazz double bassist, born in Middlesex, England.   1930: Sally Ann Howes, British singer and actress (Truly Scrumptious - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Brigadoon), born in London, England.   1932: Nam June Paik, Korean avant-garde composer, and video artist (Medium is the Medium; hommage à john cage), born in Seoul, Korea (d. 2006)   1933: Buddy Knox, singer, a songwriter who had the 1957 US No.1 & UK No.29 single 'Party Doll' which sold over one million copies. He was the first person in the rock 'n' roll era to write and record a No.1 hit. His other hits include 'Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep' and 'Hula Love'. Knox died of lung cancer on 14 February 1999.   1933: José Vicente Asura, Chilean electronic music composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2017)   1936: Kaleria Fadicheva, Russian ballerina (Kirov) and choreographer, born in Ust-Ijori, Leningrad, Russia (d. 1994)    1938: Jo Ann Campbell, American pop singer ("I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain"; "Mother, Please!"), born in Jacksonville, Florida   1938: Natalie Wood [Natasha Gurdin], American actress (Gypsy; Rebel WithoutAa Cause; West Side Story), was born in San Francisco, California (d. 1981)   1942: T.G. Sheppard [William Browder], American country singer ("Devil in the Bottle"), born in Humbolt, Tennessee.   1943: Dennis Yost, American vocalist (The Classics IV), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2008)   1945: John Lodge, bass, vocals, with English rock band The Moody Blues who had the 1965 UK No.1 & US No.10 single 'Go Now' and the hits singles including 'Go Now', 'Nights in White Satin' and 'Question'.   1945: Kim Carnes, US female singer, (1981 US No.1 & UK No.10 single 'Betty Davis Eyes').   1945: Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer, born in Newtownstewart, Northern Ireland (d. 2005)   1946: Wendy Richard, actress, (1962 UK No.1 single with Mike Sarne, 'Come Outside', cast member of UK TV soap 'Eastenders').   1947:  Carlos Santana, Mexican and American rock guitarist. Santana had the 1977 UK No.11 single 'She's Not There', and their 1999 US No.1 single 'Smooth' spent eleven weeks at No.1, (also No.1 in the UK). He won eight Grammy Awards for his Supernatural album at the 2000 awards.   1947: Tony Thorpe, from English pop band The Rubettes who had the 1974 UK No.1 single 'Sugar Baby Love'.   1952: Jay Jay French, guitar, Twisted Sister, (1983 UK No.18 single 'I Am, I'm Me', 1984 album 'Stay Hungry'). (Side Note: This Day & Wikipedia agree with 1952, On this Day has his D.O.B at 1954).  1953: Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer (Marcia Shines), born in Boston, Massachusetts. 1955: (Jeremy) "Jem" Finer, British Celtic-folk-punk banjo player (The Pogues; Longplayer), born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.   1955: Marisa DeFranco, from family pop group The DeFranco Family, who scored the 1973 US No.3 single 'Heartbeat-It's A Lovebeat', the biggest selling US single of 1973. Based on The Osmonds, the group featured 10-year-old Tony DeFranco.   1956: Paul Cook, drums, Sex Pistols, (1977 UK No.2 single 'God Save The Queen', and 1977 UK No.1 album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here are The Sex Pistols'.   1957: Gernot Wolfgang, Austrian contemporary composer (Dance Of The Polar Bears; Yugoslavian Railroad Song), was born in Bad Gastein, Austria.   1958: Michael McNeil, keyboards, with a Scottish rock band, Simple Minds, who had the 1985 US No.1 single 'Don't You, Forget About Me', and the 1989 UK No.1 single 'Belfast Child', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles.   1959: Radney Foster, American country singer, and songwriter (Foster & Lloyd - "Crazy Over You"), was born in Del Rio, Texas.   1959: James Irvin, a singer from British new wave band Furniture, had the 1986 UK No.21 single 'Brilliant Mind'.   1962: Dig Wayne, with British new wave group Jo Boxers, who had the 1983 UK No.3 single 'Boxer Beat'.   1962: Lee Harris, an English drummer who joined Talk Talk in 1981. They had the hits 'It's My Life' (1984) and Life's What You Make It', (1986).   1964: American musician, singer, and songwriter Chris Cornell, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden and as lead vocalist and songwriter for the group Audioslave. Cornell died suddenly in Detroit on 17 May 2017 after performing at a show with Soundgarden.   1966: Andrew Levy, bassist from English group The Brand New Heavies, had the 1994 UK No.13 single with their version of 'Midnight At The Oasis'.   1966: Stone Gossard, guitar, Pearl Jam, (1992 UK No.15 single 'Jeremy', 1993 US No.1 & UK No.2 album 'Vs', 1994 US No.1 & UK No.4 album Vitalogy' and 1996 US No.1 & UK No.3 album 'No Code') Also a member of Brad. (Side Note: This Day & Wikipedia agree on 1966, On this Day has his D.O.B in1965)   1968: Kool G Rap [Nathaniel Thomas Wilson], American rapper, born in Queens, New York.   1969: Tobi Vail, an American musician (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The Frumpies), was born in Auburn, Washington.   1972: Vitamin C [Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick], American singer and actress, born in Old Bridge, New Jersey.   1976: Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock musician (Wolfmother), was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.   1980: Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects) and record producer was born in Houston, Texas.   1987: Brent Wilson, American rock bassist (Panic! At The Disco, 2004-06), was born in Las Vegas, Nevada   1987: Nicola Benedetti, Scottish classical violinist, born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire.   1988: Julianne Hough, American ballroom dancer and TV personality (Dancing With The Stars) was born in Orem, Utah.   1999: American rapper, singer, and songwriter Pop Smoke. His debut studio album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, was posthumously released in July 2020 and debuted at No.1 on the Billboard chart with all 19 tracks from the album charting on the Billboard Hot 100. He died on 19 Feb 2020 after being shot twice in the chest during a home invasion in Hollywood Hills, California. Until sometime tomorrow take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Tuesday evening, I will be adding five songs to the GSOTD post and playlist. One song has been requested by @SpherialDream the title of that song is My Jesus by Anne Wilson. Thank you @SpherialDream for your request. Enjoy the music.    Christian Contemporary: My Jesus by Annie Wilson. My Jesus   Kentucky-bred singer and songwriter,  Anne   Wilson  trusted her  Jesus  to find strength after a sudden family tragedy. In 2017, Wilson lost her brother, Jacob to a horrific car accident. After hearing the news from her father, the artist got a sign from God to be the family anchor. Pop//Movie Soundtrack Phenomenon: Have A Little Faith In Me by Jewel. Have A Little Faith In Me   "Have a Little Faith in Me" is a song written and performed by John Hiatt that appears on his 1987 album Bring the Family. His version of the song has also appeared on the soundtracks of the movies Look Who’s Talking Now (1993), Benny & Joon (1993), Phenomenon (1996), Pop: Everybody Plays The Fool by Aaron Neville. Everybody Plays The Fool    Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He made his debut in 1966 with the hit single Tell It Like It Is, a Number One hit on the Billboard R&B charts. From 1977 he performed as part of The Neville Brothers.  R&B//Soul: Bird On A Wire by The Neville Brothers. Bird On A Wire   The Neville Brothers was an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The group formally disbanded in 2012 but reunited in 2015 for a farewell concert in New Orleans. Country: To All The Girls I've Loved Before by Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson. To All The Girls I've Loved Before    "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" is a song written by Hal David and Albert Hammond. It was originally recorded by Hammond in 1975 on his album 99 Miles From L.A. but is more famous for a 1984 recording by Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, which appeared on Iglesias's album 1100 Bel Air Place. A breakthrough for Iglesias in the English language market, the song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles. "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" went to number one on the country chart, and was one of two entries on the country chart for Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson as a duo. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.    ... View more

@AlyssaPandora thank you for recommending this song for GSOTD and for also doing so on the behalf of @SpherialDream. I would be more than happy to do so. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Blbatx25  nice view. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Odin23 good evening, I had experienced that once with a song by Bruce Springsteen "I'm On Fire". I had informed @AdamPandora about the problem with the lyrics being totally different than what they were for that song. That issue has been fixed for that song. If you inform @AdamPandora, @ErickPandora, @TannerPandora, @ShannonPandora, or @AlyssaPandora one of them will get the issue resolved. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Prissy good evening, if you haven't already, then try to reboot your internet modem, or you can sign out of Pandora then sign back in, both of these options have solved that same issue I had experienced. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Happy Birthday @AlyssaPandora   I hope your birthday was a memorable one. You take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Monday evening, This Day In The History Of Music. And I once again apologize for missing several days of posting. Have a great Monday night.   1913: Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers Among Popular Songs"; "Malinda's Wedding Day" by singers Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins is #1 (recorded in Camden, New Jersey) 1951: "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 performances. 1952: "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 289 performances.   1954: Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, 'That's All Right', a cover of Arthur Crudup's 1946 tune 'That's All Right, Mama'. Only about 7,000 original copies were pressed, but the disc became a local hit in Memphis.   1958: "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 192 performances.   1967: The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All You Need Is Love' the group's 12th UK No.1 single. The Beatles had been selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, (which was aired on June 25). John Lennon wrote ‘All You Need is Love’ which was thought to sum up the 1967 'summer of love' and The Beatles' sympathies.   1967: Elvis Presley was working on his latest movie Speedway co-starring Nancy Sinatra at the MGM Soundstage, Hollywood, California. (It was Presley's twenty-seventh film).   1968: Pink Floyd played the second of three nights at the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in January 1967 as a psychedelic club, many many famous artists, including Grateful Dead, Neil Young, The J. Geils Band, Frank Zappa, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jeff Beck, The Who, Santana, Taj Mahal, Ten Years After and Sly & the Family Stone all appeared.   1969: Special guests on this week's Johnny Cash ABC television music variety show included, Ed Ames, Roy Clark, The Monkees, and Joni Mitchell. Cash introduced The Monkees by playing the first verse of their hit 'Last Train To Clarksville' with The Monkees on backing vocals, The Monkees then performed a version of the Johnny Cash song 'Everybody Loves a Nut', with Cash.   1972: Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island on charges of assault after a fight broke out with a newspaper photographer.   1974: The Ozark Music Festival was held over three days at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. One of the largest music festivals ever held, some estimates have put the crowd count at 350,000 people. Acts who appeared included, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Blue Öyster Cult, the Eagles, America, Marshall Tucker Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Boz Scaggs, Ted Nugent, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Electric Flag, Joe Walsh, Aerosmith, and Spirit.   1974: David Bowie's "Diamond Dog" tour ends in NYC.   1975: On his Natty Dread tour, Bob Marley & the Wailers appeared at the Lyceum Theatre in London. The show was recorded and the live single 'No Woman, No Cry' was later released.   1975: The Bay City Rollers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Give A Little Love', the group's second and final UK No.1.   1975: Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Listen To What The Man Said', his fourth US No.1, and No.6 hit in the UK, (the track features Tom Scott playing the saxophone solo). It would go on to sell a million copies in America and reach No.6 in the UK. Wings also had the US No.1 album chart with 'Venus And Mars'. Paul McCartney's fourth No.1 album since The Beatles.   1976: Deep Purple split up at the end of a UK tour. David Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, Jon Lord and Ian Paice formed a band with Tony Ashton. The classic lineup of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice reformed in 1984. Glenn Hughes returned to Trapeze and Tommy Bolin put together his own band, (but would die before the end of the year).   1980: Queen scored their third UK No.1 album with 'The Game', featuring the single 'Another One Bites The Dust'.   1981: It was Roy Orbison Day in Odessa, Texas. Orbison was given the keys to the city, and performed for the crowd, the first time in Odessa in 15 years. 1986: Genesis went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Invisible Touch'. The band's former lead singer Peter Gabriel was at No.2 with 'Sledgehammer'.   1987: Bruce Springsteen played his first-ever show behind the Iron Curtain when he appeared in East Berlin in front of 180,000 people. The show was broadcast on East German TV.   1989: James Brown changed accommodations behind bars after $40000 in cash and cheques was discovered in his minimum-security cell. The Godfather of Soul had been given a six-year sentence the previous December after several run-ins with the law, including illegal gun possession, resisting arrest, assault, and leading the authorities on a number of car chases. His new home was at a medium-security cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute.   1989: Residents of Washington, Connecticut formed a ‘Roll the Stones Out of Town’, action group after they were unhappy with The Rolling Stones and their entourage setting up in the town for rehearsals for their forthcoming tour. Residents said it was like the army had moved in and taken over, with security guards stopping locals and asking them what they were doing there.   1991: Steven Adler ex-drummer with Guns N' Roses filed a suit in Los Angeles county court alleging that he was fraudulently removed from the group and that the band introduced him to hard drugs.   1992: "Price" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances.   1996: The Spice Girls made their debut on UK TV music show Top Of The Pops performing their debut single ' Wannabe' which gave them their first of nine UK chart-toppers.   1997: Oasis went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'D'You Know What I Mean'. The first single from their third album 'Be Here Now.   1999: A gunman who sprayed bullets at Westwood's car in Kensington, London, shot BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood. A statement the following day said he was recovering in a London Hospital.   2001: Wu-Tang Clan rapper ODB, (Russell Jones), was sentenced to spend between two and four years behind bars after being found guilty of drug possession. He was arrested in July 1999 when police found cocaine and marijuana in his car after he was pulled over for driving through a red light. The rapper was later sent to a Los Angeles rehabilitation center but went on the run from authorities last October.   2001: American soul and gospel singer Judy Clay died. Was a member of the Drinkard Singers - who later became better known as The Sweet Inspirations, also worked with Billy Vera, and had hits with William Bell (Private Number), and sang with Wilson Pickett and Ray Charles.   2005: James Blunt was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You're Beautiful', from his debut album 'Back To Bedlam. The UK singer-songwriters first No.1, spent 5 weeks at the top of the charts.   2010: Ozzy Osbourne and his former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi settled a long-running legal dispute over the use of the group's name. Ozzy had filed suit against the guitarist in May of last year, accusing Iommi of falsely proclaiming to be the sole owner of the Black Sabbath name by lodging an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The pair released a joint statement confirming they have settled the dispute "amicably".   2013: Selena Gomez releases her debut solo studio album "Stars Dance".   2014: Ed Sheeran was at No.1 on the UK album chart with X (pronounced multiply), his second studio album. The album peaked at No. 1 in fifteen countries, and the lead single, 'Sing', became Sheeran's first UK No.1 song. By the end of 2014 Spotify named X the most-streamed album in the world 2014, racking up more than 430 million streams for the year.   2017: A US judge halted an auction of personal items of Madonna after she said her privacy was violated. Madonna's underwear, a checkbook, a hairbrush, photos, and a break-up letter from the late rapper Tupac Shakur had been among the scheduled lots. The singer said her possessions had been stolen by a former friend.   2019: Crowds dancing at a festival triggered minor earthquakes. The biggest tremors were recorded during a headline set by indie band Two Door Cinema Club at Tramlines Festival in Sheffield, England. Manic Street Preachers, Lewis Capaldi and Nile Rogers, and Chic were also on the bill.   2020: American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and recording engineer Emitt Rhodes died at age 70. He was a member of The Palace Guard as the group’s drummer before joining The Merry-Go-Round as a multi-instrumentalist. He worked as a recording engineer and record producer for Elektra Records.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1592: Erhard Buttner, German composer, born in Römhild (d. 1625)   1670: Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer, born in St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (d. 1758)   1735: Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, Anglo-Irish composer, born in Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland (d. 1781)   1742: Jean-Baptiste Devaux, French classical composer, born in La Côte-Saint-André, France (d. 1822)  1750: Alessio Prati, Italian composer, born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1788)   1782: Jonathan Blewitt, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1853)   1797: Johann Gottlieb Schneider, German composer, born in Neugersdorf, Germany (d. 1856)   1811: Vincenz Lachner, German composer, born in Rain am Lech, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1893)   1855: Emil Paur, Austrian conductor (Boston Symphony; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony; Berlin State Opera), born in Czernowitz, Austria (d. 1932)   1863: Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), born in Linz, Austria (d. 1934)   1863: Dwijendralal Ray, Bengali poet, playwright, and lyricist (Dwijendrageeti), born in Krishnanagar, British India (d. 1913)   1873: Louis Zimmermann, Dutch violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1954)   1898: Juan Bautista Plaza, Venezuelan composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1965)   1905: Boyd Neel, English conductor (Story of an Orchestra), born in Blackheath, London (d. 1981)   1905: Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British pianist, and composer, born in Karviná, Austrian Silesia (d. 1987)   1906: Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Noregsonger), born in Gransherad, Telemark, Norway (d. 1979)   1907: Günter Bialas, German composer, born in Bielschowitz, Prussian Silesia (d. 1995)   1909: Jeno Vecsey, Hungarian composer, born in Cece (d. 1966)   1914: Josef Páleníček, Czech composer, born in Travnik, Bosnia, Yugoslavia (d. 1991)   1920: Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2018)   1925: Sue Thompson [Eva Sue Mckee], American pop and country music singer ("Sad Movies (Make Me Cry"), born in Nevada, Missouri   1926: Helen Gallagher, American Emmy, and Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, and actress (No, No, Nanette; Ryan's Hope), born in Brooklyn, New York.   1931: Thomas Allen, (Papa Dee), percussionist with American funk band War. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling US album of 1973. Allen died from a heart attack while performing on stage on 30 August 1988.   1932: Arley "Buster" Benton, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1996)   1937: George Hamilton IV, US country singer, (1958 US No.10 & UK No.22 single 'Why Don't They Understand'). Hamilton had a heart attack on September 13 and died on September 17 at Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville.   1940: Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona], American Grammy Award winning pop and Latin singer ("It Must Be Him"; "Cosas del Amor"), born in El Paso, Texas.   1941: American blues, jazz, and R&B guitarist and bassist Phil Upchurch who has worked with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush, Jimmy Reed, Cat Stevens, David Sanborn, and appeared on Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album.   1941: Natalia Bessmertnova, Soviet ballerina (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2008)   1944: Commander Cody, (George Frayne), piano, vocals, Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen, country-rock group.   1946: Allan Gorrie, bassist 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.   1947: Bernie Leadon, guitar, the Eagles, quit the band in Jan 1976. (1974 US No.1 single 'Best Of My Love').   1947: Brian May, guitarist, singer, and songwriter with Queen who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Bohemian Rhapsody' which returned to No.1 in 1991. Queen scored over 40 other UK Top 40 singles, and also scored the 1980 US No.1 single 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'. May had the solo 1992 UK No.5 single 'Too Much Love Will Kill You'. May was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for 'services to the music industry and his charity work'. May earned a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Imperial College, London, in 2007.   1948: Keith Godchaux, American pianist, and singer (Grateful Dead, 1971-79 - "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1980)   (Side Note: On This Day & Wikipedia agree on 1948, This Day has his D.O.B at 1947).    1950: Freddy Moore, an American rock musician, and songwriter was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  1952: Allen Collins, guitarist with southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd who had the 1974 US No. 8 single 'Sweet Home Alabama' the 1977 US No. 5 album Street Survivors, and the 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'. Collins was behind the wheel in a car accident in 1986 that killed his girlfriend and left him paralyzed from the waist down. Collins died on January 23, 1990, from chronic pneumonia, a complication of paralysis.   1952: Dominic Muldowney, an English composer, was born in Southampton, England.   1958: David Robertson, an American symphony orchestra conductor, was born in Malibu, California.   1960: Kevin Haskins, from English post-punk band Bauhaus, had the 1982 UK No.15 single with their version of the David Bowie song 'Ziggy Stardust'.   1965: Evelyn Glennie, Scottish marimba player, percussionist, and bagpiper, was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire Scotland.   1968: Ged Lynch drums, Black Grape, (1995 UK No.8 single 'In The Name Of The Father').   1968: Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head), was born in Oakland, California.   1969: Gabrielle [Bobb], British pop singer and songwriter ("Dreams"; "Rise"), was born in Hackney, London.   1971: Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo), born in Willisau, Lucerne, Switzerland. 1971: Russell Allen, American rock vocalist (Symphony X; Trans-Siberian Orchestra), was born in Long Beach, California. 1972: Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer. 1973: Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth)   1976: Eric Prydz, Swedish DJ, and producer, ( 2004 UK No.1 single 'Call on Me'). 1979: Michelle Heaton, singer, from British-Irish group Liberty X, who had the 2002 UK No.1 single 'Just A Little. The group was formed by the five finalists of the British talent show Popstars who failed to make it into the group Hear'Say. Liberty X went on to achieve ten consecutive UK Top 20 singles. 1981: Didz Hammond, British bassist and backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things; The Cooper Temple Clause) was born in Reading, England. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Monday afternoon, for GSOTD for today I will be adding four songs, all four songs are coming by way of request. The first song comes from @Nightcore_Anime  the song of choice is The Markiplier Rap by JT Music. The next three songs have been requested by @bp4437  and all three songs are coming from three different playlists that were submitted by @bp4437. Enjoy the music.   Hip-hop//Rap: The Markiplier Rap by JT Music The Markiplier Rap    This song is about the famous YouTuber Mark Edward Fishbach or Markiplier. He has been on YouTube for ten years and he is one of the most famous gamers of all time. New Age: The Dragon's Breath by David Arkenstone. The Dragon's Breath    Arkenstone and his ex-wife, Diane, created their own record label called Neo Pacifica. In addition to releasing their own music on the label, they have included other bands such as Earth Trybe, Enaid, and the Marquis Ensemble. Scottish Music//New Age: Dragon Riders by Derek & Brandon Fiechter.  Dragon Riders   Epic Scottish music is about a courageous group of seven dragon riders who protect the Highlands from bandits and barbarians. Indie Rock//Life Is Strange Soundtrack: To All of You by Syd Matters. To All of You  To All of You is an official single by Syd Matters  from their album,  Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles . It was featured at the beginning of Life Is Strange first episode of Chrysalis.  Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@99Ford try signing out then re-signing back in, sometimes just a simple re-boot is the quick fix. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@TannerPandora thank you for another great weekly tip. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@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