Good Tuesday afternoon, This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Tuesday (at least try)   1849: Stephen C Massett opens a concert at the San Francisco courthouse using the only piano in California at that time.  1942: European broadcast première of Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony in London conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 1956: Elvis Presley started a three-day run playing 10 shows at the Paramount Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The stage manager was told; "Pull all white lights. Presley works all in color, Presley act has no encore. When he leaves the stage, immediately close curtains." 1959: "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9. 1959: "Class" the first hit by Chubby Checker peaks at #38 in the US. 1961: Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg. 1963: 13-year old Stevie Wonder first entered the US singles chart as Little Stevie Wonder with 'Fingertips Parts One and Two.' 'Fingertips' which featured a young Marvin Gaye on drums was the first live, non-studio recording to reach No.1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States since Johnny Standley's 1952 comic monologue 'It's in the Book'.   1964: The Beatles played their first-ever show in New Zealand at Wellington Town Hall. The local Chief Constable refused a police escort for The Beatles leaving just two policemen to control over 5,000 fans.   1968: Herb Alpert started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Guys In Love With You'. His first No.1 plus first No.1 for the A&M label and the writer's Bacharach and David's first chart-topper. A No.3 hit in the UK.   1968: The Jeff Beck Group featuring Rod Stewart made their US debut at the Fillmore East, New York.  1968: "Here Come Da Judge" by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88.   1968: The Otis Redding album Dock Of The Bay went to No.1 in the UK. The posthumously released album and his sixth studio album contained a number of singles and B-sides dating back to 1965 and one of his best-known songs, the posthumous hit (Sittin' On The Dock) Of The Bay.   1969: Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance.   1969: American singer, actress, Judy Garland, died of a barbiturate overdose aged 47, she was found on the floor of her rented Chelsea home, in London, UK. Made more than two dozen films, played Dorothy in the 1939 film 'Wizard Of Oz', sang 'Over The Rainbow' in the film, (voted the 'Song Of The Century' in a 2001 poll published in America). 1961 US No.1 comeback album 'Judy At Carnegie Hall'.   1970: Led Zeppelin appeared at Laugardalsholl Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland on the group's one and only visit Iceland. It is suggested that Robert Plant was inspired to write the lyrics to 'Immigrant Song' during this trip."   1971: The second Glastonbury Festival in England took place. Held over 5 days to coincide with the summer solstice, (the weather was, for a British 'summer' very good). Acts who appeared included: Melanie, Quintessence, David Bowie, The Edgar Broughton Band, Pink Fairies, Terry Reid - with David Lyndley and Linda Lewis, Gong, Hawkwind, Arthur Brown, Brinsley Schwarz, Fairport Convention, Family, and Traffic. Over 7,000 fans attended the event.   1971: Joni Mitchell released her fourth studio album Blue. The album is now generally regarded by music critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. In July 2017, Blue was chosen by NPR as the greatest album of all time made by a woman.   1971: Reprise Records releases "Blue", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 4th studio album.   1972: "Man of La Mancha" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 140 performances.   1973: George Harrison releases his album "Living in the Material World".   1976: "Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 527 performances.   1979: Little Richard quits rock & roll for religious pursuit.   1980: Don McLean had his second UK No.1 single with the Roy Orbison song 'Crying'. The song had been a No.2 US hit for Orbison in July 1961. In 1987, Orbison re-recorded the song as a duet with k.d. lang as part of the soundtrack for the motion picture, Hiding Out. Their collaboration won the Grammy Award.   1981: Mark Chapman pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering John Lennon in 1980. He was later sentenced to 20 years to life.   1985: "Grind" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 79 performances.   1985: Bryan Adams started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heaven', his first No.1 single, which made No.35 in the UK. The song had been featured in the film 'Night In Heaven'.   1985: "Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12.   1988: American session guitarist Jesse Ed Davis died of a heroin overdose after collapsing in a laundry room in Venice, California, aged 43. Worked with Conway Twitty, The Monkees, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, Keith Moon, Jackson Browne, Steve Miller, Harry Nilsson, and Taj Mahal.   1990: Ry Cooder and David Lindley, The Cure, Happy Mondays, Sinead O’Connor, Deacon Blue, De La Soul, Adamski, Blue Aeroplanes, Julian Cope, Del Amitri, Jesus Jones, James, and The Pale Saints all appeared on the first day of this years Glastonbury Festival. A three-day ticket cost £38.   1992: Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was rushed to hospital after a gig in Belfast, Northern Ireland suffering from acute stomach pains brought on by ulcers.   1992: Three members of M.C. Hammer's tour crew were wounded in a drive-by shooting incident, three days later Joseph Mack, a dancer in Hammer's entourage was shot on stage during a concert in Nevada.   1993: Wilson Pickett pleads guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving.   1996: The brother of singer Diana Ross, Arthur Ross, and his wife were murdered by suffocation in the basement of their rented Detroit home. The badly decomposed bodies were discovered after neighbors complained of a foul odor coming from the house. Two men were later charged with murder and robbery. Arthur Ross had written songs for Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, and Madonna.   2002: U2 guitarist 'The Edge' married his girlfriend of ten years Morleigh Steinberg in Eze in the south of France. The couple first met when she was a belly dancer on the band's Zoo TV tour. Guest's included Bono, Eurythmics Dave Stewart, and Lenny Kravitz.   2003: Clay Aiken, runner-up in the 2003 US American Idol went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'This Is The Night.' Luther Vandross was at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Dance With My Father'.   2008: Coldplay went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Viva La Vida', their first UK No.1. History was made by this single, as it had no physical CD single released in the UK, is available by internet download only. The song won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2009.   2011: It was reported in the Irish press that Bono's wandering peahen was causing havoc for some south Dublin residents. The peahen the less spectacular-colored female partner to a male peacock had arrived in the Ard Mhuire housing estate in Killiney near to where the singer lived. One newspaper ran the headline: "Bono's **ahem** drives me nuts". Local woman Susan McKeon said she first noticed the bird at night. "It had a tiny head and a huge body. It was actually quite ugly but I don't think it's fully grown."   2011: Glastonbury Festival 2011 in Pilton, England opens U2, Coldplay, and Beyoncé headline; other performers include B.B. King, Paul Simon, Mumford and Sons, Morrissey, and Wu-Tang Clan.   2012: Isle of Wight Festival MP Andrew Turner called for a review of procedures after thousands of rock fans were delayed for hours heading to the Isle of Wight Festival. After heavy rain cars were unable to park on waterlogged fields - leading to gridlock as about 55,000 people headed to the site. Some fans were stuck in traffic for up to 16 hours on the way to the festival. Elbow, Lana Del Rey, Tom Petty, and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, and Pearl Jam all appeared at this year's festival.   2013: 'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke started a 13 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart. Featuring American rapper T.I. and American singer and producer Pharrell Williams, the video was made in two versions; the first video features models Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M'Bengue, and Elle Evans being topless, the second features them covered. The topless version of the video was removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service regarding nudity, though it was later restored, but flagged as inappropriate. 'Blurred Lines" peaked at No.1 in 14 countries. 2016: Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant told a court hearing the 'Stairway To Heaven' copyright dispute that he had a dim memory of the time the song was written. Robert Plant also said he could not remember meeting the band Spirit, who claimed the band stole their guitar riff for Stairway to Heaven in the 1970s. "I don't have a recollection of almost anyone I've hung out with," Plant said, causing roars of laughter in the court. The case was brought on behalf of Spirit's late guitarist, Randy Wolfe. His estate claimed the opening riff of the 1968 song Taurus is fundamentally the same as the iconic opening bars of Stairway to Heaven.   2016: Glastonbury Festival 2016 in Pilton, England opens Coldplay, and Adele headline; other performers include Tame Impala, Squeeze, Frightened Rabbit; ZZ Top, ELO, and Cyndi Lauper.   2019: Sir Elton John was awarded France's highest civilian award, the Legion d'Honneur. The British musician was presented with the award by President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony at the Élysée Palace.    2019: American drummer and record producer Jerry Carrigan died at age 75. He first achieved widespread recognition by being part of the first wave of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later as a first-call session musician in Nashville for over three decades. He recorded with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Kenny Rogers Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Stevens, and Dolly Parton.   Born On This Day In The Music World:     1611: Pablo Bruna, Spanish blind composer, born in Daroca, Spain (d. 1679)   1613: Lambert Pietkin, Flemish baroque composer, born in Liege (d. 1696) 1684: Francesco Manfredini, Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and maestro di cappella (St. Phillip's Cathedral, 1727-65), born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1762)  1741: Luigi Tomasini, Italian composer (head of Prince Esterházy's court orchestra), born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 1808)   1742: Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, German composer, born in Schleiz (d. 1801)   1824: Frédéric Louis Ritter, French composer, and conductor, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1891)   1830: Theodor Leschetizky, Polish pianist, composer, and teacher (Contes de Jeunesse), born in Łańcut, Austrian Poland (d. 1915)   1859: Frank Damrosch, German-born American author, and music teacher (founded NY Musical Institute of Musical Art later Julliard), born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1937)   1883: José Rolón, Mexican composer, born in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco (d. 1945)   1893: Osvald Chlubna, Czech composer, born in Brno (d. 1971)   1900: Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47), born in St Petersburg, Russia.   1901: Jack Whiting, American actor and singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)   1905: Walter Leigh, British composer, born in Wimbledon, London, England (d. 1942)   1909: Katherine Dunham, American dancer (Casbah; Stormy Weather), choreographer (Metropolitan opera, 1963; Joplin's Treemonisha, 1972), and social activist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)   1910: Wilhelm Demian, Romanian composer, and conductor, born in Braşov.   1910: Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), born in Farnham, England (d. 1986)   1911: Guus Jansen, Dutch jazz organist, pianist, composer (Net as Toen), born in Heiloo, the Netherlands (d. 1990) 1912: Vit Nejedly, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1945) 1915: Randolph Hokanson, American concert pianist, and teacher (the University of Washington, 1949-84), born in Bellingham, Washington (d. 2018) 1919: Gower Champion, American stage dancer, choreographer, and actor (42nd Street, Showboat), born in Geneva, Illinois (d. 1980) 1926: Ruth Zechlin, German organist and composer, born in Grosshartmannsdorf (d. 2007) 1932: Michael Horvit, American composer, born in New York City. 1933: Libor Pešek, Czech conductor (Czech Philharmonic; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1936: Kris Kristofferson, musician, actor, and writer, known for such hits as 'Me and Bobby McGee', 'For the Good Times', 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down', and 'Help Me Make It Through the Night'. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup The Highwaymen. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.   1936: Verne Allison, American singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart), born in Chicago, Illinois.   1936: Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian jazz musician and composer, born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil.   1937: Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell, the English businessman and record producer (Island Records), born in Westminster, London, England.   1939: Bobby Harrison, English rock drummer (Procol Harum-Conquistador)   1942: Murphy Dunne, American actor, and musician, born in Chicago, Illinois.   1943: Ralph Molina, American drummer (Crazy Horse, Neil Young's backing band), born in Puerto Rico.   1944: Peter Asher, Peter &Gordon, who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'World Without Love', written by Lennon & McCartney. Asher was a producer and Head of Apple Records in the late 60s and went on to become James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt's manager.   1944: Steve Weber, American folk guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "**ahem**" Modal), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)   1946: Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)   1947: Howard Kaylan, from The Turtles who had the US 1967 No.1 single 'Happy Together and the 1967 hit 'She'd Rather Be with Me'. He later worked with Frank Zappa, alongside his friend and partner Mark Volman who used the stage names of Flo & Eddie.   1948: American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer Todd Rundgren. Member of Nazz and Utopia. Had the solo 1972 US No.16 & 1973 UK No.36 single 'I Saw The Light'. Rundgren engineered/produced many notable albums for other acts, including The Band's Stage Fright (1970), Badfinger's Straight Up (1971), Grand Funk Railroad's We're An American Band (1973), the New York Dolls's New York Dolls (1973), Hall & Oates's War Babies (1974), Bat Out Of Hell's Bat Out of Hell (1977).   1949: Alan Osmond from the American family group The Osmonds. They had the 1971 US No.1 single 'One Bad Apple', 1974 hit 'Crazy Horses' and the 1974 UK No.1 single 'Love Me For A Reason'. They had their own 1972–1973 Saturday morning cartoon series, The Osmonds, on ABC-TV. The Osmonds have sold over 75 million records worldwide.   1949: Larry Junstrom, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and longstanding bassist with the band .38 Special. Junstrom played bass with Lynyrd Skynyrd from its formation in 1964 until he was replaced by Leon Wilkeson in 1971. He then joined .38 Special in 1976 with Donnie Van Zant, the younger brother of the Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant. He died on 6 October 2019 at the age of 70.   1949: Gary Moffet, rock guitarist (April Wine), born in Montreal, Quebec.   1953: American singer, songwriter Cyndi Lauper, who had the 1984 US No.1 single 'Time After Time', and the UK & US No.2 single 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun, (first recorded in 1979 by American musician Robert Hazard). The song received Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.   1953: British songwriter, producer, and DJ Ian Levine. During the 80s and 90s, he co-wrote and mixed a number of dance-pop hits for a variety of artists, including Pet Shop Boys, Bucks Fizz, Erasure, Kim Wilde, Bronski Beat, and Bananarama. He is known as a modernizer of Northern soul music in the UK.  1954: Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)   1955: Jeffrey Mumford, American contemporary classical composer, and educator, born in Washington, D.C.   1956: Derek Forbes, bassist 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.   1956: Green Gartside, singer, songwriter from British band Scritti Politti, who had the 1984 UK No.10 single 'Wood Beez, Pray Like Aretha Franklin', and then hit 'The Word Girl, as well as a US Top 20 hit 'Perfect Way'.   1957: Gary Beers, bassist from Australian rock band INXS, who had the 1988 UK No.2 & US No.1 single 'Need You Tonight'. Their 1987 album Kick has sold over 10m copies in the US alone and features four Top 10 singles; 'Need You Tonight,' 'Devil Inside', 'New Sensation,' and 'Never Tear Us Apart.' INXS has sold over 55 million records worldwide.   1957: John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)   1958: Ruby Turner, Jamacaian-British rock singer (Nowhere to Run), born in Montego Bay, Jamaica.   1959: Alan Anton, bassist with Canadian alternative country/blues/folk-rock band, Cowboy Junkies.   1960: Arturo O’Farrill, Mexican Latin jazz musician (Four Questions), born in Mexico City, Mexico.   1961: Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)   1961: Jimmy Somerville, UK singer, with Bronski Beat, had the 1984 UK No.3 single 'Smalltown Boy. With a British pop duo, The Communards had the 1986 UK No.1 single with a cover version of the Thelma Houston hit 'Don't Leave Me This Way.   1962: British Jamaican R&B and soul singer, Ruby Turner, who scored the 1987 UK hit single 'I'd Rather Go Blind'. As a session backing vocalist, she has worked with Bryan Ferry, UB40, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood, Jools Holland, and Mick Jagger... 1963: Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)   1964: Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymn)   1964: Mike Edwards, vocals with English group Jesus Jones who had the 1990 US No.2 hit with 'Right Here Right Now and the 1991 UK No.7 single 'International Bright Young Thing'.   1964: Tom Cunningham, drummer with Scottish band Wet Wet Wet who formed in 1982. They are best known for their 1994 cover of The Troggs' the 1960s hit 'Love Is All Around', which spent 15 weeks at No.1 on the UK charts.   1970: Steven Page, guitar, vocals, with Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies who scored the 1998 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'One Week'. The group has sold over 15 million records including albums and singles and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in March of 2018.   1974: [C. Joseph] Vijay, Indian actor and singer (Poove Unakkaga), born in Madras (now Chennai), India.   1976: Sally Polihronas, Australian singer from Bardot, winners of the Australian Popstars reality show, who had the 2000 Australian No.1 single ‘Poison, and 2000 Australian No.1 self-titled album.   1976: Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)   1981: Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist, with English rock band The Editors, who had the 2007 UK No.1 album An End Has a Start and earned the band a Brit Awards nomination for best British Band. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@mecooley I listen to Pandora just about 24-7 while working, reading, cooking, sleeping, it has become part of my everyday life. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

I deleted a song that was added to the GSOTD playlist yesterday for the simple fact it was already added from a previous post. The song was Who Will Save Your Soul by Jewel. I also deleted the post about the song and the artist, for it also contained duplicate information from an earlier posting. Without further ado, here are the five songs I have picked for GSOTD for this Tuesday. Enjoy the music.    Christian EDM: Come Back Home (GATTÜSO Remix) by Petey Martin & Lauren Daigle. Come Back Home (GATTÜSO Remix).  Lauren Daigle wrote about "Come Back Home" on Twitter on the 8th of January 2021, "This song brings me so much joy, and honestly, I can’t help but keep singing it over and over and over again. I absolutely LOVED working with you (Petey Martin). EDM//Singer-songwriter: Monster (Single) by Bianca Linta. Monster (Single)  Singer, DJ, songwriter, composer, arranger. Bianca Linta, a Romanian transplant from New York City, can best be described as the “Futuristic Jeanne d'Arc” of singers and DJs. She attacks the silence of the night like a sainted, but seductive, “holy spear-wielding” heroine from an ancient book found in the alternate-reality mythos. After experiencing one of her shows, no matter how things are going in life, you’ll know you have LIVED! Tropical Pop: Everybody Needs Love by Teddy Beats & Jacob Browne. Everybody Needs Love   Building on his inspiring style of fun, positivity-inspired music, chill house trailblazer Teddy Beats is teaming up with Jacob Browne for his new single “Everybody Needs Love.” The Baltimore-based artist continues to release music at an impressive pace, signifying an artist fully comfortable within his own creative sphere. Electronic Music: Life Is Love Dancing by Jonathon Conant. Life Is Love Dancing   Jonathon's own description of his song, “Well, the song title comes from my endless search for a deeper understanding of life and the desire to express what I find in a way that ignites compassion in the listener. I was told once that we all struggle to empathize with our own experiences. It’s a reason we allow ourselves to be treated unlovingly. I was trying to occupy a space where I fully empathized and was hit with this kind of joyful feeling of being love dancing around in a body. Thinking maybe we all are, at least potentially. I guess the song is saying how delicate the balance is, how scary it is to occupy life fully, be compassionate and face our shortcomings. Funny cause, a lot of my music is kind of dark and or sexy, so this is a fun departure. Disco//Funk//Dance: Funkytown by Lipps Inc. Funkytown  "Funkytown" is a song by American disco act Lipps Inc. from their debut album Mouth to Mouth. It was released as the album's lead single in 1980. "Funkytown" reached the top spot in the United States, West Germany, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, and Australia, among many others. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Monday afternoon, for GSOTD for today I will be adding four songs from two different playlists, the first playlist is called Summer Radio by @Pandora song of choice "Come and Get Your Love (Single Version) by Redbone. The second playlist is called Cancer SZN, this one is also by@Pandora, three songs will be added from this playlist. 1) Crash and Burn by Lindemann. 2)Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey. 3)Temporary by Lauren Jauregui. Enjoy the music, and have a great Monday.  Pop-rock//Swamp-pop//Funk-rock: Come and Get Your Love (Single Version) by Redbone.  Come and Get Your Love (Single Version)   "Come and Get Your Love" is a song by rock band Redbone. The song was originally released as a promo track under the name "Hail" and was later featured on the album Wovoka, under its current name. The song was released as the album's first single the following year. Written and produced by band members Pat and Lolly Vegas, it is one of the band's most successful singles. It made them the first Native American band to reach the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 reaching number 5.  Pop//Pop-punk: Crash and Burn by Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Lindemann. Crash and Burn  Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Lindemann is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2016 breakout single "Pretty Girl", which peaked at number 4 in Sweden, number 6 in Ireland, and number 8 in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Pop//Trip-hop: Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey. Summertime Sadness  "Summertime Sadness" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey from her second studio album, Born to Die. The pop ballad was released on June 22, 2012, by Interscope Records as the fourth single of the album. Charting across Europe, the single reached the top ten in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. In the spring of 2013, "Summertime Sadness" reached number one in Poland, Ukraine, and Armenia. English-Spanish ballad//Singer-songwriter: Temporary by Lauren Jauregui. Temporary   This is a new song which is sung by famous singer ​Lauren Jauregui. This song was released on 30 April 2021. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.    ... View more

Good Monday afternoon, This Day In The History Of Music.    1868: Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nürnberg" premieres in Munich. 1948: Columbia Records launched a new vinyl disc that played at thirty-three and one-third RPM in New York City, sparking a music-industry standard so strong that the digital age has yet to kill it. 1951: "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances.   1955: Johnny Cash debuts the Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!".   1963: The Rolling Stones played at Ricky Tick Club, Star and Garter Hotel, Windsor, Berks. The influential 1960s rhythm & blues club in Windsor, Berkshire, was the host to many important acts such as The Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Cream.   1966: Reg Calvert the manager of The Fortunes, Screaming Lord Sutch, and the owner of the offshore pirate radio station Radio City was shot dead by business rival William Smedley during a confrontation. Smedley was the owner of pirate station Radio Caroline and was later cleared of the murder.   1966: Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded from start to finish, a new John Lennon song ‘She Said She Said’. The song was reportedly based on a bizarre conversation that Lennon had with Peter Fonda while John and George Harrison were tripping on LSD.   1966: Jimmy Page made his live debut with The Yardbirds at The Marquee Club London.   1966: After a North American tour The Rolling Stones sued 14 hotels over a booking ban in New York, claiming that the ban was violating civil rights laws.   1966: Tom Jones needed 14 stitches in his forehead after his Jaguar was involved in a car crash in Marble Arch, London.   1968: Pink Floyd played two shows in one day: the first at the Commemoration Ball, Balliol College, Oxford, and then at Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London. The club was notable for several drug raids by the police, during which underage revelers were arrested; on one occasion a machine called the 'Trip Machine' was dismantled and taken away by the police.   1969: Dmitri Shostakovich's 14th Symphony premieres in Moscow.   1969: Zager & Evans release "In the Year 2525".   1971: 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana.   1972: The first Stonehenge Free Festival was held at Stonehenge, England culminating on the summer solstice. Staged between 1972 and 1984, acts who have appeared include Hawkwind, Gong, Doctor, and the Medics, Flux of Pink Indians, Buster Blood Vessel, Crass, Selector, Dexys Midnight Runners, Thompson Twins, The Raincoats, Amazulu, Wishbone Ash, Man, Benjamin Zephaniah, The Enid, Roy Harper, Jimmy Page, Ted Chippington, Zorch and Ozric Tentacles.   1975: Captain and Tennille started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Neil Sedaka song 'Love Will Keep Us Together. The duo of husband and wife "Captain" Daryl Dragon and Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille had worked as backup musicians for Elton John and Neil Sedaka.   1975: Elton John, The Eagles, and The Beach Boys play in London together.    1975: Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form his own group Rainbow. The group went through many line-up changes with, Ronnie James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Cozy Powell, Roger Glover, and Doogie White all being members.   1977: Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten was attacked in a brawl outside the live music venue Dingwalls in Camden, London, England.   1978: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical "Evita", starring Elaine Page, premiere at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.   1979: Angus MacLise, Velvet Underground's first drummer died of tuberculosis aged 34. He quit the band in 1965.   1980: French police arrested all members of The Stranglers after a concert at Nice University for allegedly starting a riot.   1980: German orchestra leader and songwriter Bert Kaempfert died aged 56. Both Frank Sinatra (Strangers In The Night) and Elvis Presley (Wooden Heart) covered his songs. Kaempfert released over 50 albums. In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan on recording sessions for Polydor, (these were the Beatles' first commercial recordings).   1981: Donald **ahem**en and Walter Becker disband their rock group, Steely Dan.   1982: Paul McCartney releases his single "Take It Away".   1986: "Living on Video" by Trans-X peaks at #61.   1986: "Vienna Calling" by Falco peaks at #18.   1986: Genesis scored their fourth UK No.1 album with their 13th studio album 'Invisible Touch'. It remained in the charts for 96 weeks, making it the most commercially successful album of their career, eventually selling over 15 million copies worldwide and produced five US Top 5 singles, including the title track.   1988: American rock band The Rascals begin their 1st tour in 20 years.   1990: Little Richard [Penniman] gets a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame.   1992: The Orb released 'Blue Room' the single had a duration of 39 minutes and 58 seconds, two seconds shorter than the maximum permitted for a single under UK chart rules. The single peaked at No.8.   1993: "Camelot" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 56 performances.   1994: George Michael lost his lawsuit against Sony Records. Michael claimed that his 15-year contract with Sony was unfair because the company could refuse to release albums it thought wouldn't be commercially successful. Michael vowed he would never record for Sony again. He re-signed with the company in 2003.   1997: "Defending the Caveman" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 671 performances.   1998: "Don't Be Cruel" 2nd studio album by Bobby Brown is released (Grammy Award Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, 1990)   2000: 39-year-old Karen McNeil who claimed she was the wife of Axl Rose and that she communicated with him telepathically was jailed for one year for stalking the singer.   2001: John Lee Hooker, American blues singer, and guitarist died in his sleep aged 83. Had hits with 'Boom Boom', 'Dimples', and 'I'm In The Mood'. His songs have been covered by many artists including Cream, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, The Yardbirds, The Doors, and The White Stripes. He appeared and sang in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers.   2005: Billy Corgan releases "TheFutureEmbrace", his first solo album.   2011: People magazine reported that 75-year-old Glen Campbell had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. "I still love making music," said Campbell. "And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin."   2011: American band Maroon 5 released 'Moves Like Jagger, featuring Christina Aguilera. Its lyrics refer to a male's ability to impress a female with his dance moves, which he compares to those of Mick Jagger. The video featured old video footage of Jagger and his iconic dance moves. 'Moves Like Jagger' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards. The single peaked at No.1 on the US chart. 2015: Apple Music reversed its payment policy, a day after Taylor Swift said she was refusing to allow the company to stream her latest album 1989. In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers, saying "We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation." Apple now said it would pay artists for music streamed during trial periods.   2016: Trumpeter Wayne Jackson, who formed the Memphis Horns duo with saxophonist Andrew Love, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 74. Jackson and Love played together on 52 No.1 songs, supporting the likes of Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Peter Gabriel, and the Doobie Brothers.   2019: A report showed that The Spice Girls company funds had dwindled to just £86,000 before their recent concerts of this year. At their Nineties peak, the band’s firm was turning over more than £40million a year, latest accounts showed that Spice Girls Ltd had assets of just £135,450 with around £50,000 of debts yet to be paid. Geri’s Wonderful Productions made just £3,400, while Mel B’s Moneyspider Productions Limited gained only £13,300 in the year to August 2018. Melanie Chisholm – Mel C – also agreed to the reunion after her firm Red Girl Records went £850,000 into debt. But Emma Bunton’s Monsta Productions bucked the trend, with reserves doubling to just under £1m in the same year.   2019: American music manager and record executive Elliot Roberts died aged 76. He is best known for helping to start and develop the careers of singer-songwriters from the late 1960s and 1970s, including those of Neil Young – whom he managed for over fifty years – and Joni Mitchell.   2020: Kurt Cobain's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1577: Giovanni Del Turco, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1647) 1668: Cajetan Kolberer, composer, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1732) 1732: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer and 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1795) 1790: Wilhelm Speyer, German violinist and composer, born in Offenbach, Hesse, Germany (d. 1878) 1805: Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1841) 1818: Ernst II, Duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93) and composer, born in Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Germany (d. 1893) 1862: Henry Holden Huss, American composer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1953) 1865: Herbert Brewer, English composer, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1928) 1891: Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Nature of Music), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1966) 1893: Alois Hába, Czech composer, born in Vizovice, Zlín Region, Czech Republic (d. 1973) 1899: Pavel Haas, Czech Jewish composer killed during the Holocaust, born in Brno, Czech Republic (d. 1944) 1900: Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer and musician, born in Asarum Blekinge (d. 1981) 1902: Wilhelm Maler, German composer, born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1976) 1903: Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist, born in Cherkasy, Ukraine (d. 1995) 1906: Helene Costello, American dancer and actress (Love Toy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1957) 1906: Lluís Maria Millet, Catalan composer, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1990) 1906: Harold Spina, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1997) 1909: Kurt Schwaen, German composer, born in Katowice, Poland (d. 2007) 1910: Bela Tardos, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1966) 1910: Charles Jones, the composer, born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada (d. 1997) 1914: Jan Decadt, Flemish composer, born in Ypres (d. 1995) 1914: Booker Collins, American jazz bassist, valve trombone, and tuba player (Mary Lou Williams and Her Kansas City Seven), born in Roswell, New Mexico 1921: Frank Scott, American pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), born in Fargo, North Dakota (d. 1995) 1924: Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia. 1928: Judith Raskin, American soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), born in NYC, New York (d. 1984) 1929: Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist and composer, born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1999) 1932: Jamil Nasser [George Joyner], American jazz double and electric bassist, and tuba player, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2010)   1932: Argentine-born American pianist, composer, arranger Lalo Schifrin, film soundtracks, including, Theme from Mission: Impossible, Enter the Dragon, the Dirty Harry films, and Jaws. 1932: O. C Smith, American jazz singer (Little Green Apples), born in Mansfield, Louisiana (d. 2001) 1937: Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2001) 1939: Charles Boone, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio. 1941: Mitty Collier, American church pastor, gospel and R&B singer ("I Had A Talk With My Man"), and church pastor, born in Birmingham, Alabama. 1943: Salomé [Maria Rosa Marco Poquet], Spanish singer, born in Barcelona. 1944: English musician Ray Davies, singer, songwriter with The Kinks, who had the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', and the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' and the 1983 US No.6 single 'Come Dancing'. The Kinks have sold over 50 million records worldwide and among numerous honors, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music".   1944: Jon Hiseman, British drummer (Arthur Brown; Colosseum), born in London, England (d. 2018)   1944: Miguel Vicens, Spanish rock bass player (Los Bravos - "Black Is Black"), born in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain.   1945: Chris Britton, guitarist with English garage rock band The Troggs, who had the 1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Wild Thing' and the hits 'With a Girl Like You' and 'Love Is All Around'.   1946: American singer and songwriter Brenda Holloway, recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the soul hits, 'Every Little Bit Hurts', 'When I'm Gone"', and 'You've Made Me So Very Happy.' The latter, which she co-wrote became a 1969 Top Ten hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears.   1947: Joey Molland, British rock guitarist (Badfinger - "Come And Get It"; "Day After Day"), born in Liverpool, England.   1947: Chuck Anderson, American jazz and session guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois.   1949: Greg Munford, from psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock who scored the 1967 US No.1 single 'Incense And Peppermints'.   1950: Joey Kramer, drummer with Aerosmith who scored the 1989 UK No.13 single 'Love In An Elevator, and their 1989 album Pump spent 53 weeks on the US charts They had the 1993 US No.1 & UK No.2 album Get A Grip and the 1998 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing'. Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.   1951: Alan Silson, from English rock band Smokie who had the 1975 UK No.3 single 'If You Think You Know How To Love Me. Their most popular hit single was 'Living Next Door to Alice'.   1951: Nils Lofgren, American guitarist, singer and songwriter, accordionist (Neil Young; Grin; E Street Band, since 1984), and tap dancer, born in Chicago, Illinois.   1952: Marcella Detroit [Levy], American rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter ("Lay Down Sally"), born in Detroit, Michigan.   1952: Judith Bingham, British mezzo-soprano, and contemporary classical composer, born in Nottingham, England.   1953: Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown), born in St. Andrew, Jamaica (d. 1999)   1957: Mark Brzezicki, drummer with Scottish rock band Big Country, who had the 1983 UK No.10 single 'Fields Of Fire' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles.   1959: American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Marcella Detroit who with Shakespeare's Sister had the 1992 UK No.1 single 'Stay'. She co-wrote the 1977 Eric Clapton hit 'Lay Down Sally' and released her debut album, Marcella, in 1982.   1959: Kathy Mattea, American country and bluegrass singer ("Love At The Five and Dime"; "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses"), born in South Charleston, West Virginia.   1961: Kip Winger, American rocker (Winger), born in Denver, Colorado.   1961: Manu Chao, Spanish musician, born in Paris, France.   1961: Sascha Konietzko, German musician ( KMFDM), born in Hamburg, Germany.   1962: Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (Kino), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (d. 1990)   1965: Saša Britvić, Croatian conductor (Croatian Baroque Ensemble, 1999-2015), and pedagogue, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) (d. 2015)   1968: British singer, musician, and DJ Sonia Clarke, (Sonique), who scored the 2000 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'It Feels So Good. She was the lead vocalist on two S'Express singles.   1969: Pat Sansone, a multi-instrumentalist, from the American alternative rock band Wilco who released the albums Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost Is Born, Sky Blue Sky, and Wilco (The Album).   1970: Pete Rock, an American rapper/producer, born in The Bronx, New York.   1971: Anette Olzon, Swedish singer, born in Katrineholm, Sweden.   1974: Neely Jenkins, American indie rocker (Tilley and the Wall), born in Omaha, Nebraska.   1975: Lee Gaze, lead guitarist, from Welsh rock band Lostprophets, scored the 2006 UK No.1 album Liberation Transmission.   1976: Michael Einziger, from American rock band Incubus, who had the 2001 US No.9 & UK No.40 single, 'Drive', and the 2004 US No.2 and UK No.6 album A Crow Left of the Murder’, and the 2006 US No.1 album Light Grenades. Worldwide, Incubus has sold over 23 million albums.   1981: American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Flowers from The Killers, who scored the 2005 UK No.1 with their debut album Hot Fuss. Their 2017 album Wonderful Wonderful peaked at No.1 on the US & UK charts. In 2010, Flowers released a solo album, entitled Flamingo which peaked at No.1 on the UK charts.   1982: Jussie Smollett, American actor and singer (Empire), born in Santa Rosa, California.   1985: American singer-songwriter, Lana Del Rey, (born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant). In 2011 a music video for her debut single 'Video Games' created by Del Rey was posted on YouTube and became a viral internet hit with over 20 million views. Her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014), became her first album to reach No.1 in the United States. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

This Day In The History Of Music for this Sunday. Have a great week.   1955: "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 16 performances. 1963: Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their financial income. 1965: The Beatles began a 14-day European tour with two performances at the Palais Des Sports in Paris, France. The Beatles' setlist for this tour: ‘Twist and Shout, ‘She's a Woman’, ‘I'm a Loser’, ‘Can't Buy Me Love’, ‘Baby's In Black’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man, ‘A Hard Day's Night’, ‘Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby’, ‘Rock and Roll Music, ‘I Feel Fine, ‘Ticket to Ride’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’. 1969: David Bowie recorded 'Space Oddity at Trident Studios London. The track went on to become a UK No.1 when re-released in 1975. Written about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut; Bowie would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs 'Ashes to Ashes, 'Hallo Spaceboy' and 'Blackstar'.   1969: The first of a three-day Festival in Newport, California, featuring: Ike And Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, The Rascals, Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, Eric Burdon, and Love. A three-day ticket cost $15 (£8.80). Hendrix received $125,000 for his appearance, at the time it was the highest fee ever paid to a rock act for a single appearance.   1974: Van Morrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tim Buckley, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and The Doobie Brothers all appeared at Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England. A special PA system was used for the event, claiming to be the best ever for an outside show, weighing 12 tons and needing five technicians.   1981: Stars on 45 went to No.1 on the US singles chart, a medley of Beatles songs set to a disco beat. It was the start of a flood of 'Stars On' hits including Stars on Stevie Wonder, punk songs, Status Quo, and Chas & Dave.   1981: Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats.   1987: Aerosmith appeared in Dallas, Texas, the first night on their Permanent Vacation 147 date world tour. Over the years the venue has been the home to the Texas Jam, which has featured Deep Purple, Boston, Journey, Ted Nugent, Scorpions, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Blue Öyster Cult, Sammy Hagar, Rush, Nazareth, Styx, Foghat, Santana, and the Eagles. Eric Clapton notably held his first massive 3-day Crossroads Guitar Festival here in 2004.   1992: Mariah Carey scored her sixth US No.1 single with 'I'll Be There', a No.2 hit in the UK. The song was also a US No.1 for The Jackson Five in 1970.  1997: Lawrence Payton of The Four Tops died from liver cancer aged 59. (1965 US No.1 single 'I Can't Help Myself, 1967 UK No.6 single 'Standing In The Shadows of Love').   1999: Jamiroquai went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Synkronized', the group's second No.1 album.   2000: The Ronettes were awarded $2.6 million (£1.5 million) in back earnings from Phil Spector. New York judge Paula Omansky ruled that the legendary producer had cheated them out of royalties.   2004: Organizers at a Paul McCartney gig hired three jets to spray dry ice into the clouds so it wouldn't rain during the concert. The gig in Petersburg, Russia, was McCartney's 3,000 concert appearance. He had performed 2,535 gigs with the Quarrymen and The Beatles, 140 gigs with Wings, and 325 solo shows.   2006: Claydes Charles Smith, co-founder and lead guitarist of Kool & the Gang died aged 57 after a long illness. They had the 1981 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Celebration' and 15 other Top 40 hits.   2008: American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett announced that his Margaritaville Holdings has partnered with New York gambling company Coastal Marina to buy the Trump Marina Hotel Casino for $316 million. His vast business empire also included tequila, beer, frozen food, footwear, restaurants, a resort, a record label, and a recording studio. In 2006, Rolling Stone magazine estimated Buffett's earnings at $44 million.   2014: Music & Memory Songs by Elvis Presley, ABBA, and the Spice Girls were among those being used in research that hoped to unlock the secret of how our memory works. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam had created an online game in an attempt to shed light on why some tunes get stuck in your head. Fans were asked to identify song clips and compare them by their catchiness.   2016: Lawyers for Led Zeppelin asked a judge to throw out a case accusing the band of stealing the riff for 'Stairway To Heaven'. Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, and Warner Music argued that the claimants had failed to make their case after three days of testimony. The band was accused of basing Stairway on the 1968 Spirit song, 'Taurus'.   2019: David Gilmour’s guitar collection set several auction records when nearly 130 instruments went up for bid at Christie’s in New York. The former Pink Floyd frontman’s most iconic instrument, the so-called Black Strat, fetched $3,975,000. Other items sold included a 1954 Fender Stratocaster with the serial number 0001, which was used on the recording of 'Another Brick in the Wall Part 2' went for over $1.8 million, a 1958 Gretsch White Penguin went for $447,000, and a 1955 Gibson Goldtop Les Paul, also used on 'Another Brick' sold for $447,000. Christie’s declared all to be world auction records.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1585: Lazaro Valvasensi, Italian organist and composer, born in Valvasone, Italy (d. 1661)   1615: Salvatore Rosa, Italian baroque painter, poet, musician, and actor, born in Arenella, Italy (d. 1673)   1730: Nonnosus Madlseder, German composer, born in Merano (d. 1797)   1743: Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet and writer of hymns (Life! I Know Not What Thou Art), born in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England (d. 1825)   1756: Joseph Martin Kraus, German composer, born in Miltenberg am Main, Bavaria (d. 1792)   1819: Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1880)   1861: Arthur Battelle Whiting, American composer, and teacher, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1936)   1883: Giannotto Bastianelli, Italian musician and composer, born in Fiesole, Italy (d. 1927)   1896: Wilfred Pelletier, Canadian conductor (Voice of Firestone), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1982)   1897: Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (co-author of The Threepenny Opera), born in Peckelsheim, Westphalia, German Empire (d. 1973)   1899: Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist and composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1965)   1906: Bob Howard, American singer, and pianist (Sing it Again), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1986)   1907: Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician, born in Mountain View, Arkansas (d. 1998)   1914: Friedrich Zipp, German composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1997)   1920: Danny Cedrone American guitarist and bandleader, best known for his work with Bill Haley & His Comets. Cedrone played the lead guitar break on 'Rock Around the Clock' with Bill Haley and His Comets. He died on 17th June 1954, ten days after the session, of a broken neck after falling down a staircase.   1924: Chet Atkins, guitarist, 1960 UK No.46 single 'Teensville'. Recorded over 100 albums during his career, a major influence on George Harrison and Mark Knopfler. Atkins died on June 30th, 2001, aged 77.   1927: John M Dengler, American jazz multi-instrumentalist - bass sax/trumpet/trombone (The Intensely Vigorous Jazz Band), born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.   1928: Eric Dolphy, jazz musician, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1964)   1929: Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist (Haydn/Mozart/Schubert), born in Vienna, Austria   1931: Arne Nordheim, Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland)   1934: Cornel Țăranu, Romanian composer (Garlands), born in Cluj. Romania.   1934: Alain Bancquart, French contemporary classical composer, born in Dieppe, France.   1936: Billy Guy, The Coasters. The American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group scored the 1958 US No.1 single 'Yakety Yak', the 1959 US No.2 and UK No.6 single 'Charlie Brown', as well as 'Young Blood' and 'Poison Ivy'.   1936: Mickie Most, record producer. Member of The Most Brothers during the late 50s. Produced hits for The Animals, Hermans Hermits, Lulu, and Jeff Beck. Ran his own label, RAK during the 1970s hits with Hot Chocolate, Suzi Quatro, and Mud. Most died on May 30th, 2003, aged 67.   1937: American pop singer and songwriter Jerry Keller, who scored the 1959 UK No.1 and the US No. 14 single 'Here Comes Summer). A-One Hit Wonder in the UK. Keller went on to be a number-one-call vocalist for television jingles throughout the 1970s and 1980s.   1938: Nikolay Avksentevich Martinov, composer.   1942: Brian Wilson American singer, songwriter with The Beach Boys who scored the 1966 UK & US No.1 single 'Good Vibrations', plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles. The 1966 classic album Pet Sounds are widely considered to be one of the most influential albums in music history. Wilson released and toured the 'lost' Beach Boys Smile album in 2004.   1945: [Morna] Anne Murray, Canadian pop singer (Snow Bird; You Needed Me), born in Springhill, Nova Scotia Canada.   1946: André Watts, American-Hungarian concert pianist, and educator, born in Nuremberg, Germany.   1947: Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)   1948: Alan Longmuir, Scottish pop-rock musician (Bay City Rollers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2018)   1949: Bob Andrews, English rock keyboardist and producer (Brinsley Schwarz; The Rumour), born in Leeds Yorkshire, England.   1949: American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer Lionel Richie, who with The Commodores had the 1978 UK & US No.1 single 'Three Times A Lady'. Solo hits include the 1984 UK & US No.1 single 'Hello'. He co-wrote the 1985 charity single 'We Are the World' with Michael Jackson.   1951: Peter Gordon, composer.   1953: Alan Longmuir, from Scottish pop band Bay City Rollers who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby', plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles, and the 1976 US No.1 single 'Saturday Night'. Longmuir died on 2 July 2018 aged 70 after contracting an illness while on holiday in Mexico.   1954: Michael Anthony, an American bassist who has worked with Van Halen and other acts. Anthony markets a line of hot sauces and related products named Mad Anthony. He has a number of custom-made bass guitars, including a Jack Daniel's model shaped like a whiskey bottle.   1954: Singer Chris Francfort who was a member of The Gibson Brothers had success during the disco boom of the late 1970s. Their best-known hit singles included 'Cuba' and 'Que Sera Mi Vida'... 1958: Kelly Johnson, from British rock band Girlschool who had the 1981 UK No.5 single with Motorhead, 'St Valentines Massacre EP'.   1958: Simon Underwood, from British post-punk band Pigbag who had the 1982 UK No.3 single 'Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag'.   1960: John Taylor, bass and co-founder of Duran Duran who scored the 1983 UK No.1 single 'Is There Something I Should Know, plus 25 other UK Top 40 singles, and the 1984 US No.1 single 'The Reflex'. Also, a member of The Power Station who had the 1985 UK No.14 single 'Some Like It Hot.   1962: American musician Amir Derakh who has worked with Julien-k, Dead By Sunrise and Rough Cutt.   1963: Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)   1967: Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist (Nelson-Love & Affection)   1967: Murphy Karges, from American rock band Sugar Ray who had the 1999 UK No. 10 single 'Every Morning'.   1971: Twiggy Ramirez American musician Jeordie Osborne White (Twiggy), bassist with American rock band Marilyn Manson who had the 1998 US No.1 album, Mechanical Animals. Also a member of Goon Moon and A Perfect Circle.   1971: Ian Matthews, drummer with Kasabian. Their 2014 release 48:13 became their fourth UK No.1 album. Kasabian won a Brit Award in 2010 for Best British Group.   1973: Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)   1976: Jerome Fontamillas, Filipino=American rock keyboardist (Switchfoot), born in Pasay, Philippines.   1979: Charlotte Hatherley, guitar, vocals, from Northern Irish alternative rock band Ash who scored the 1995 UK No.11 single 'Girl From Mars' and the 1996 UK No.1 album 1977. Also worked with Client, KT Tunstall and Bat for Lashes. 1982: Elliot Gleave, better known by his stage name Example, English singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. His second studio album, Won't Go Quietly, peaked at No.4 on the UK Albums Chart. 1988: Adam Hann, lead guitarist for the English indie rock band 1975. The Manchester band has seen their first three albums all debut at No.1 on the UK album charts. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Mistermorrisc78  this is what I was able to find. It is available in the US, Australia, and New Zealand only. Take care and stay safe.  P.S This is just for the Pandora music service, I did not check for the availability of other services Pandora offers.  ... View more

For GSOTD for this Saturday, all five songs are coming from the Lean On Me: Friends Forever playlist that was posted here in the community by @Pandora, Enjoy your weekend and enjoy the music.    Pop rock, Psychedelic pop: With A Little Help From My Friends (Remix) by The Beatles.  With A Little Help From My Friends (Remix)   " With a Little Help from My Friends " (originally titled "A Little Help from My Friends") is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released on the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The song was written for and sung by the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr. Dance-pop: Wannabe by The Spice Girls. Wannabe   “Wannabe” is a hit song by the British pop group Spice Girls. It was a single from their debut album Spice, released in 1996. Rock//Pop//Wee-pop: You're My Best Friend (Remastered 2011) by Queen.   You're My Best Friend (Remastered 2011)     "You're My Best Friend" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by the band's bass player, John Deacon, who wrote it for and about his wife. It was first included on the 1975 album A Night at the Opera and later released as a single. The ballad also appeared on the Live Killers live album and on the compilation albums Greatest Hits, Absolute Greatest, and Queen Forever. Power-pop: I'll Be There For You by The Rembrandts. I'll Be There For You  The song was written by David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Michael Skloff, and Allee Willis as the main theme song to the NBC sitcom Friends, which was broadcast from 1994 to 2004. The song was originally offered to American rock band R.E.M., who turned it down, so Warner Bros. Television selected the only available band on Warner Bros. Records to record it: Pop-rock: Waiting On A Friend by The Rolling Stones. Just Waiting On A Friend (Remastered 2009) "Waiting on a Friend" is a song by the Rolling Stones from their 1981 album Tattoo You. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and released as the album's second single, it reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US.  Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Saturday Afternoon. I do hope your weekend has started out well for you. This Day In The History Of Music.    1825: Gioachino Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims" premieres. 1932: 1st concert given in San Francisco's Stern Grove. 1960: Loretta Lynn records "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl". 1961: "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23. 1961: Pat Boone went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Moody River', the single reached No.18 in the UK. A tongue-in-cheek, heavy metal "comeback" was attempted by Boone in 1997 with an album called 'In a Metal Mood (No More Mr. Nice Guy)'. 1964: Bob Dylan completes a UK tour. 1964: Martha and the Vandellas recorded one of Motown's signature songs 'Dancing in the Street' at Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit, Michigan. Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter the song reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No.4 in the UK. Many artists have covered the song including, the Mamas & the Papas, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, The Kinks, Grateful Dead, and Little Richard. 1965: Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, Zoot Money, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Spencer Davis Group, Marianne Faithful, Long John Baldry, The Birds, (featuring a young Ronnie Wood), Dave Witting and the Ray Martin Group all appeared at Uxbridge Blues Festival, England. Tickets cost from 7/6 to 10/6. 1965: The Four Tops went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can't Help Myself. Lead singer Levi Stubbs had not been satisfied with the recording session and was promised that he could do it again the following day, but no other session ever took place. The track that became a hit was just the second take of the song. 1967: Paul McCartney had admitted to taking LSD four times during an interview with Life Magazine, Beatle Paul McCartney told The Daily Mirror that he didn't regret that he'd spoken out and hoped that his fans would understand. 1968: The Rolling Stones scored their seventh UK No.1 single when 'Jumpin Jack Flash' hit the top of the charts. Keith Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, where they were awoken one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack – that's jumpin' Jack." 1971: Carole King started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move'. Both songs were from her million-selling Tapestry album. 1973: Edgar Winter's US No.1 hit 'Frankenstein' was awarded a Gold record. Winter named the song because of how many cuts and patches were contained in the original studio tape. 1974: The Delinquents a band featuring Mick Jones (later of The Clash) made their debut at the Students Union bar, Queen Elizabeth College, Kensington. 1976: Future Smiths singer Steve Morrissey had a letter published in this week's music magazine Record Mirror and Disc asking the editor why the paper had not included any stories on The Sex Pistols. 1977: Six men wielding knives and iron bars outside Shepherd's Bush underground station beat up Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols. Cook required 15 stitches to a head wound. 1978: "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 performances.  1984: Weird Al Yankovic gives a free live performance at Del Mar Fair. 1987: Guns N' Roses made their UK live debut at a sold-out The Marquee Club in London. 1990: Prince played the first of 12 sold-out nights at Wembley Arena in London, England on his current Nude European tour. 1994: "Sally Marr and Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 performances. 1994: "She Loves Me" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 294 performances. 1994: "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort NYC after 72 performances. 1997: "Forever Tango!" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC. 2003: G-Man from So Solid Crew was jailed for four years for possessing a loaded handgun. The 24-year-old dumped a loaded gun during a police chase in London last November. He'd always denied it, as well as denying knowing anything about 11 other bullets that were found in a flat in south London. The jury in London's Southwark Crown Court heard evidence that DNA found on the weapon matched his, and found him guilty. 2006: Taylor Swift released her debut single 'Tim McGraw' as the lead single from her self-titled debut album. The track peaked at No.40 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2007: Lawyers for Britney Spears demanded a Florida radio station remove "offensive" advertisements, which featured her with a shaved head. The WFLZ billboards included the slogans "Total nut jobs", "Shock Therapy" and "Certifiable", which ran across pictures of bald Spears. The law firm Lavely and Singer demanded the "immediate removal" of the banners in a letter to the station. Spears was photographed shaving her own head in a Californian hair salon earlier this year. 2011: Amy Winehouse was booed by crowds in Serbia's capital Belgrade after appearing to be too drunk to perform. The concert - the first on the singer's 12-day European tour, saw Winehouse mumble her way through parts of songs, leave the stage altogether and at one point she threw her microphone to the floor. She was frequently booed by the crowd, who had paid up to £45 to see her in a country in which wages are some of the lowest in Europe. 2012: The former chief financial officer for Pearl Jam was charged with 33 counts of theft for allegedly stealing at least $380,000 from the Seattle band's management company. According to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Rickey Goodrich allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of several years, spending the money on lavish family vacations, spa treatments, life insurance, and pricey California wines. 2013: Slim Whitman the American country music and western music singer/songwriter and instrumentalist died aged 90. Known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth high octave falsetto, he sold in excess of 120 million records during his career. Michael Jackson cited Whitman as one of his ten favorite vocalists and Beatle George Harrison cited Whitman as an early influence. Paul McCartney credited a poster of Whitman with giving him the idea of playing his guitar left-handed with his guitar strung the opposite way to a right-handed player's. 2014: Gerry Goffin, who penned chart-topping songs with his then-wife Carole King died at the age of 75 in Los Angeles. He wrote dozens of hits over two decades, including 'The Loco-Motion', 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' and '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman. After their divorce in 1968, Goffin continued writing songs, including a hit for Whitney Houston's Saving All My Love for You' in 1985. 2015: Blues musician Wendell Holmes died aged 71. He released 12 albums as part of The Holmes Brothers, a family band that included his siblings Sherman and Willie. During their career, the brothers played with many artists including Van Morrison, Peter Gabriel, Rosanne Cash, Levon Helm, and Willie Nelson.   2016: Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Artists including Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, Pearl Jam, U2, and Sir Paul McCartney called for online copyright laws to be reformed. More than 180 artists signed an open letter criticizing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). They claimed the law benefits companies that "exploit music for their financial enrichment", but not artists.   2020: Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album Rough and Rowdy Ways. It became Dylan's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 in more than a decade and it marked his seventh consecutive decade of charting top 40 albums, making him the only artist to date to accomplish this feat.  Born On This Day In The Music World:   1613: Christiaan de Placker, Flemish poet and composer, born in Poperinge (d. 1691)   1708: Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, German Baroque composer, born in Schweidnitz, Silesia (d. 1763)   1766: Edmund Weber, German composer, born in Hildesheim, Germany (d. 1828)   1782: John Bray, English-born American actor and composer (The Indian Princess) (d. 1822)   1810: Ferdinand David, German violinist and composer (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels), born in Hamburg (d. 1873)   1815: John William Glover, Irish composer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1899)   1842: Carl Johann Adam Zeller, Austrian composer, born in Sankt Peter in der Au, Austria (d. 1898)   1843: Charles-Édouard Lefebvre, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1917)   1854: Alfredo Catalani, Italian operatic composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1893)   1868: Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) know for his Schenkerian analysis of music, born in Wisniowczyki, Austrian Galicia (d. 1935)   1885: Stevan Hristić, Serbian composer, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 1958)   1886: Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer and writer (Hiawatha's Song), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1974)   1898: Paul Muller-Zurich, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1993)   1902: Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1977)   1904: Balys Dvarionas, Lithuanian pianist, composer and educator, born in Liepāja, Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1972)   1905: Taneli Kuusisto, Finnish composer, born in Helsinki (d. 1988)   1909: Edwin Gerschefski, American pianist, composer, and teacher (Saugatuck Suite), born in Meriden, Connecticut (d. 1992) 1912: Jerry Jerome, American saxophonist (Words & Music), born in Brooklyn, New York 1912: Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005) 1914: Lester Raymond Flatt, American bluegrass guitarist (Flatt & Scruggs - Ballad of Jed Clampett; Foggy Mountain Breakdown), born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee (d. 1979) 1927: Karel Kupka, Czech composer, born in Rychvald. 1928: Tommy Devito, from American rock and pop band The Four Seasons who had the 1960s hits 'Sherry', 'Big Girls Don't Cry', 'Walk Like a Man', and the 1976 UK & US No.1 single 'December 1963, (Oh What A Night'). They are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. Devito died on 20 Sept 2020 age 92 after contracting COVID-19. (Side Note: According To Wikipedia Tommy Devito was born on this day in 1928, according to the other two sources that I use daily for all of the info I use for this post, the one states 1930, while the other source states 1935. Use this information however way you wish. But I do try to be accurate with all of the information I post, any corrections you will always see as a Side Note.)    1932: Ernest Ranglin, Jamaican guitarist (Studio One, Jimmy Cliff), born in Manchester, Jamaica.   1936: Shirley Goodman, US R&B singers (Shirley & Lee-Feels so Good)   1936: Marisa Galvany, American soprano.    1939: American soul singer Al Wilson had the 1974 US No.1 single 'Show And Tell' and the Northern soul anthem, 'The Snake'. Wilson died on April 21, 2008, of kidney failure, at the age of 68.   1942: Elaine (Spanky) McFarlane, from American 1960s sunshine pop band Spanky And Our Gang, who had the 1967 US No.9 single 'Sunday Will Never Be The Same Again'. She joined the re-formed Mama and the Papas in 1982.   1944: English keyboardist Peter Bardens a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. During his career, Bardens worked alongside Rod Stewart, Mick Fleetwood, and Van Morrison, and recorded solo albums. Bardens died aged 57 on 22 January 2002.   1944: Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician.   1945: Peter Bardens, English musician (Camel), born in London (d. 2002)   1945: Robert Franklin Palmer Jr., American writer, musicologist, and musician (Deep Blues), born in Little Rock, Arkansas.   1947: Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer.   1948: English singer-songwriter and musician, Nick Drake. He signed to Island Records when he was 20 years old and released his debut album, Five Leaves Left, in 1969. By 1972, he had recorded two more albums, Bryter Layter and Pink Moon. Drake committed suicide on November 25th, 1974 aged 26 from an overdose of amitriptyline, a type of antidepressant.   1948: Phylicia Rashad, American actress and singer (The Cosby Show, One Life to Live), born in Houston, Texas.   1950: Ann Wilson, from American rock band Heart who scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'. the music group Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide.   1953: Larry Dunn [Dunhill], US keyboardist (Earth Wind & Fire)   1956: An American singer, Doug Stone is an American country music singer and actor. He debuted in 1990 with the single "I'd Be Better Off", the first release from his 1990 self-titled debut album for Epic Records.   1957: Maxi Jazz (Maxwell Fraser), rapper, from British electronica band Faithless who had the 1996 UK No.3 album Insomnia.   1959: Mark Debarge singer from American family group DeBarge who had the 1983 US No.17 single 'All This Love', and the 1985 UK No.4 single 'Rhythm Of The Night'.   1960: Dennis Fuller, from German-based English dance-pop duo The London Boys who had the UK No.2 single 'London Nights'. He was killed in a car crash with London Boy partner Edem Ephraim on January 21st, 1996.   1960: Luke Morley, British rock guitarist (Thunder), born in Camberwell, London.   1962: Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, choreographer (Straight Up), and TV personality (American Idol), born in San Fernando, California.   1963: Simon Wright, the drummer, AC/DC, joined in 1983. Joined Dio in 1989.   1966: Brian Vander Ark, American singer-songwriter (The Verve Pipe), born in Holland, Michigan.   1966: Silje Nergaard, Norwegian jazz singer (Tell Me Where You're Going), born in Steinkjer, Norway.  1970: Brian Welch, guitarist from American nu metal band Korn who scored the 1998 US No.1 album, Follow The Leader. Twelve of the band's official releases have peaked in the top ten of the Billboard Chart.   1970: Antonis Remos, Greek singer.   1972: Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician.   1976: Scott Avett, lead singer and founding member of the folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Had the 2013 US No.5 album 'Magpie And The Dandelion'. 1983: American rapper, Ben Haggerty, known by his stage name Macklemore. The Macklemore's and Lewis single 'Thrift Shop' reached No.1 on the US singles chart in 2013 and their second single, 'Can't Hold Us' also peaked at No.1, making Macklemore and Lewis the first duo in the chart's history to have their first two singles both reach the top of the US charts. 1993: KSI [Olajide Olatunji] British YouTuber, comedian, and rapper, born in London, England. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

 @BigDaddy66426 I'm not sure what search bar you were using but I typed in Black Sabbath and here is what I found. Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath- A-Z Playlist, Black Sabbath Greatest Hits 1970-1978, Black Sabbath (Live). Enjoy the tunes, take care, and stay safe.  ... View more

For GSOTD for this Friday I will be adding all five songs that are three different playlists that have been posted here in the @Pandora community. The first song comes from @ErickPandora Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) by Post Malone & Swae Lee. This comes from the #16 Summer Challenge playlist. Our next song comes from @AdamPandora Summer Nights by Lil Rob. This song also comes from the #16 Summer Challenge playlist. The final three songs come from @Pandora and from the playlist Hand Picked by Us// Black Music Month - June 2021. 1) A Song About Fishing by Genesis Owusu. 2) We Got To Have Peace by Curtis Mayfield. 3) The Good by Cynthia Erivo. Have a great weekend everyone, and enjoy the music.    Soundtracks: Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) by Post Malone & Swae Lee.  Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse)  Post Malone confirmed his contribution to the film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on the 2nd of October 2018. He also played a snippet of the song on the show. Swae Lee revealed on the 15th of October 2018 that he would perform the song as a featured artist, and released a snippet of the song. West Coast Rap: Summer Nights by Lil Rob (clean).  Summer Nights (clean)  "Summer Nights" is a single released by Lil Rob on his 2005 album, Twelve Eighteen Part I. Hip-Hop//R&B: A Song About Fishing by Genesis Owusu. A Song About Fishing   Kofi Owusu-Ansah (born 1998), known as Genesis Owusu, is a Ghanaian-Australian singer from Canberra. He was born in Ghana and moved to Australia at the age of 2. He is the brother of Citizen Kay. His music builds on soul, funk, rap, and pop to create a unique sound. Owusu's debut studio album, Smiling With No Teeth. Was released on 5 March 2021. 60 hours of music was recorded during sessions for this album. Rock: We Got To Have Peace by Curtis Mayfield. We Got To Have Peace  Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music. He first achieved success and recognition with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted group The Impressions during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, and later worked as a solo artist. Jun 03, 1942 - Dec 26, 1999 (age 57).  Soul//Pop: The Good by Cynthia Erivo. The Good  Oscar-nominated actor Cynthia Erivo who already has a Tony and Grammy under her belt is making her original music debut with the anthemic single “The Good” from her upcoming album.“Ch. 1 Vs. 1,” Erivo’s debut album of original music, is set for release on Sept. 17 via Verve Records. The first single from the set, “The Good,” which released today, showcases Erivo’s smooth vocals over soul-infused, feel-good instrumentals. Despite its upbeat tempo, “The Good’s” lyrics tell a more somber story as Erivo details a failed relationship but decides to remember the good times. “What can I do to make these days go by?/ When darkness surrounds me but I see the light/ Just wanna remember the good,” Erivo sings. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@AdamPandora nice playlist, and just in time, I was just finishing up The Music History post and getting ready to do the GSOTD and I happened to see your playlist. I will add some of yours along with some of Erick's to the GSOTD post and playlist. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Welcome to another Friday, and the beginning of another weekend. This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Friday.   1821: Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Der Freischutz" ("The Marksman") premieres at Schauspielhaus, Berlin , Germany. 1944: Farewell concert of conductor Willem Mengelberg in Paris. 1948: Columbia Records started the first mass production of the 33-RPM long-player. The new format could contain a maximum of 23 minutes of music per side versus the three minutes that could be squeezed onto a 78 RPM disc. 1949: "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances. 1955: "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 85 performances. 1955: Jimmy Young was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of 'Unchained Melody', (a theme for the obscure prison film Unchained and a hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965). Young scored another ten Top 40 hit singles and went on to become one of the UK's favorite radio DJs.   1960: "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 performances.   1964: Touring Australia The Beatles played at Sydney Stadium in Sydney. This was Paul McCartney's 22nd birthday and after the show, his guests included 17 girls who were winners of the Daily Mirrors 'Why I would like to be a guest at a Beatles birthday party' competition.   1967: Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California. First major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding.   1976: ABBA gave a special live performance in Stockholm for Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath on the eve of their wedding.   1977: Sex Pistols johnny rotten & Paul Cook, were beaten with iron pipes by a group of rabble-rousers outside of a London pub.   1977: Fleetwood Mac went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dreams', the group's first and only US No.1, was also a No.24 in the UK. Stevie Nicks has stated she wrote the song at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California, in about 10 minutes.   1983: Swiss band Yello released the first three-dimensional picture disc, complete with 3-D glasses.   1983: "Pump Boys & Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 performances.   1988: 'Doctorin' The Tardis' by The Timelords was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The Timelords were Scottish duo Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, who formed KLF. The song was a mash-up of the Doctor Who theme music, Gary Glitter's 'Rock and Roll (Part Two)' with sections from 'Blockbuster!' by Sweet.   1989: "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances.   1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" single released by Bryan Adams (Billboard Song of the Year, 1991)   1993: A&M Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert announced they were leaving the company they founded more than 30 years earlier. They had sold A&M in 1990 to Polygram for $500 million. Moss and Alpert started the label in the garage of Alpert's Los Angeles home in 1962. The label was the home to such acts as The Police, Bryan Adams, Joan Baez, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Supertramp, and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.   2002: U2 lost a bid to prevent the demolition of Hanover Quay studio in Dublin.’Over 8,000 fans signed an online petition to preserve the studio, where the group recorded ‘All That You Can't Leave Behind’ and some of their 'Pop' album.   2002: Jimmy Guizar the ex-husband of Spice Girl Mel B appeared in court on a charge of assaulting a three-year-old boy. Dancer Jimmy Guizar denied assaulting the child in a play area at London Zoo.   2003: Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller became the first British music manager since The Beatles Brian Epstein to hold the top three positions in the US singles chart. Fuller, who steered the Spice Girls and S Club 7 to success, was in charge of bestselling artists Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, together with the American Idol 2 Final 10. During 2003 Fuller sold more than ten million records around the world and has had 96 No.1 singles and 79 top-placed albums in both the US and UK during his career. He was named in the latest Sunday Times Rich List as the 359th wealthiest person in the UK with assets of £90 million ($153 million).   2007: American singer and record producer Hank Medress died of lung cancer at 68. He was the vocalist on The Tokens 1961 US No.1 hit 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', Medress was also in the vocal quartet The Linc-Tones with Neil Sedaka and produced the hit single 'He's So Fine by The Chiffons, as well as Tony Orlando's 'Knock Three Times.   2008: A Lost Angeles hotel filed a lawsuit against Phil Spector for failing to pay more than $100,000 (£61,000), in outstanding bills for lawyers and expert witnesses in his murder trial. The Westin Bonaventure Hotel claimed that by the time Spector's trial ended with a hung jury, the defendants owed the hotel more than $104,000 (£63,400).   2010: "Recovery" 7th studio album by Eminem is released (best selling album worldwide 2010)   2010: John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song 'A Day In The Life' sold for $1.2m (£810,000) at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contained some corrections and other notes penned in red ink.   2015: Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper, and Toby Keith were among the inductees into the Song Writers Hall Of Fame at a star-studded gala in New York City. The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia was also inducted posthumously alongside the band's lyricist Robert Hunter.   2016: Adele was named songwriter of the year at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, which recognize achievement in songwriting. The singer was honored for her multi-million-selling album, 25, which emerged last year after a long struggle with writer's block.   2020: A Jamaican guitarist Hux Brown died in Oakland, California, aged 75. He featured on many successful rocksteady and reggae records in the 60s and 70s and was later a member of Toots and the Maytals.   2020: English singer, songwriter, and entertainer Vera Lynn died at her home in East Sussex aged 103. She was popular during the Second World War and was widely referred to as the "Forces' Sweetheart" giving outdoor concerts for the British troops overseas. The songs most associated with her are 'We'll Meet Again', and '(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover'. On their 1979 album The Wall, Pink Floyd released a song titled "Vera", referencing Vera Lynn and the song 'We'll Meet Again'.   Born On This Day In The Music World:    1677: Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer, born in Modena, Italy (d. 1726)   1717: Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, Czech composer, born in Německý Brod, Bohemia (d. 1757)   1723: Giuseppe Scarlatti, Italian composer, born in Naples (d. 1777)   1744: Georg Augustin Holler, German composer (d. 1814)   1757: Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian-French composer, and piano builder, born in Ruppersthal, Austria (d. 1831)   1780: Michael Henkel, German composer and organist, born in Fulda, Germany (d. 1851)   1820: Martin Andreas Udbye, Norwegian composer and organist, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1889)  1822: Henry David Leslie, British choral and orchestral conductor, and composer, born in London, England (d. 1896)   1850: Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer, critic, and teacher, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1914)   1891: Con Conrad [Dober], American songwriter ("Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me"; "The Continental"), and theatrical producer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1938)   1892: Edward Steuermann, Austrian-American pianist and composer, born in Sambor, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1964)   1896: George Thalben-Ball, Australian-English organist (Birmingham City Organist, 1949-83), and composer (Elegy), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1987)   1903: Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer ("When I'm Calling You"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)   1904: Manuel Rosenthal, French composer (Bootleggers), born in Paris, France (d. 2003)   1905: Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer, born in Torila, Governorate of Livonia (d. 1982)   1906: (James) "Kay" Kyser, American bandleader and radio personality (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 1985)   1907: Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)   1910: Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1995)   1913: Sammy Cahn [Cohen], American lyricist ("Three Coins in a Fountain"; "High Hopes"; "Call Me Irresponsible"), born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)   1915: Victor Legley, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Hazebrouck, Belgium (d. 1994)   1916: Roman Toi, Estonian-Canadian composer, choral conductor, and organist, born in Kõo Parish, Viljandi, Estonia, Russian Empire (d. 2018)   1917: Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, Azerbaijani composer, born in Nukha, Azerbaijan (d. 2002)   1922: Claude Helffer, French classical pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 2004)   1923: Herman Krebbers, Dutch violinist, concertmaster, and music teacher, born in Hengelo, Netherlands (d. 2018)   1925: Herman "Ace" Wallace, American blues guitarist and singer, born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1996)  1927: Simeon Pironkov, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2000)   1933: [Charles] Tommy Hunt, American soul singer (Flamingos - "I Only Have Eyes For You"; "Lovers Never Say Goodbye"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   1933: Colin Brumby, Australian composer, conductor, and educator (Fibonacci Variations), born in Melbourne (d. 2018)   1934: Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson, Jamaican ska and reggae session keyboard player, and bandleader ("The Liquidator"), born in Jones Town, Jamaica (d. 2015)   1938: Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American rock guitarist and electric violin pioneer (Don & Dewey; Frank Zappa), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1999)   1942: Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (The Hague Philharmonic, 1980-1991; St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002), born in Amsterdam (d. 2004)   1942: Sir Paul McCartney of The Beatles Wings, solo. The most successful rock composer of all time. McCartney first met John Lennon on July 6th, 1957, who was impressed that Paul could tune a guitar. With The Beatles, he scored 21 US No.1 & 17 UK No.1 singles plus McCartney has scored over 30 US & UK solo Top 40 hit singles. He has written and co-written 188 charted records, of which 91 reached the Top 10 and 33 made it to No.1 totaling 1,662 weeks on the chart.   1942: Carl Radle, bassist with Derek and the Dominoes, who had the 1972 UK No.7 single 'Layla'. He died of kidney failure on June 30th, 1980, aged 38. Also worked with George Harrison and Delaney And Bonnie.   1942: Richard Perry, US producer. Member of The Legends during the 60s. Worked with Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr, Captain Beefheart, Leo Sayer, Diana Ross, The Pointer Sisters.   1943: Raffaella Carrà [Pelloni], Italian singer and actress, born in Bologna, Italy.   1944: Paul Lansky, American electronic composer, born in New York City.   1944: Sandy Posey, American pop and country singer ("Single Girl"), born in Jasper, Alabama.   1944: Rick Griffin, American artist and a leading designer of psychedelic posters in the 1960s (Grateful Dead), born in Palos Verdes, California (d. 1991)   1947: Douglas Young, British composer, born in London, England.  1948: Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano, born in Budapest, Hungary.   1949: "Prince" Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter ("Humanity"; "Daughters Of Zion"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1999)   1952: Ricky Gazda, from the Jersey Shore group Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes who had the 1978 album Hearts Of Stone and have released over ten other albums.   1953: Jerome Smith, guitarist, with American disco and funk group KC and the Sunshine Band who had the 1975 US No.1 single 'That's The Way, I Like It', and the 1983 UK No.1 single 'Give It Up'. He died on August 2nd, 2000 after being crushed by a bulldozer he was operating.   1954: William Beard, American session and touring rock drummer (Face To Face; Sessions Americana), born in Boston, Massachusetts.   1956: John Scott, English organist, and choirmaster, born in Wakefield, England (d. 2015)   1960: West Arkeen, American guitarist and songwriter (for Guns N' Roses - "It's So Easy,"; "The Garden"), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 1997) 1961: English singer, songwriter Alison Moyet, who with Yazoo had the 1982 UK No.2 single 'Only You' and solo hit in 1985 with the UK No.2 single 'That Ole Devil Called Love'.   1963: Darren "Dizzy" Reed, American rock keyboardist (Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Girl of Mine"), born in Hinsdale, Illinois.   1969: Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)   1969: Simon Rowbottom, guitarist with English alternative rock band The Boo Radleys who had the 1995 UK No.9 single 'Wake Up Boo'.   1971: Nathan Morris, from American R&B vocal group Boyz II Men, who had the 1992 US & UK No.1 single 'End Of The Road' which set a new record for longevity, staying at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for thirteen weeks, breaking the decades-old record held by Elvis Presley.  1973: Gary Stringer, vocals, with English band Reef who had the 1996 UK No. 6 single ‘Place Your Hands and the 1997 UK No.1 album ‘Glow'.   1975: Jem [Jemma Griffiths], Welsh pop-rock, and "folktronica" singer-songwriter, born in Penarth, Wales.   1976: Blake Shelton, American country music singer and television personality. Blake Shelton has charted over 20 country singles, including 11 No.1's. He is the husband of country singer Miranda Lambert.   1980: Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer, and songwriter.   1988: Josh Dun American drummer for the musical duo Twenty One Pilots. Their second album the 2015 Blurryface peaked at No.1 on the US chart. 1989: Renee Olstead, American singer and actress. 1994: Takeoff [Kirsnick Ball], American rapper (Migos), born in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Due to unexpected circumstances, I will not be able to post tonight. I will post on Sunday to make up for missing tonights' post. I do apologize to all readers that were expecting a new post. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

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@Bazbear2 good evening, I have more than one device as long as I shut down one device I can use the other without any interference of having the message " Someone else is listening". So to answer your question as long as you pay for your Pandora streaming, you can do so as long as you shut down the others. If you still have questions about this then here are @Pandora's fabulous five that will be more than happy to assist you. @ErickPandora, @AdamPandora, @TannerPandora, @ShannonPandora, and @AlyssaPandora. They will answer all of your questions. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@ErickPandora way to go, I will add the clean versions of some of these for the GSOTD post and playlist for tomorrow. I will also give you a shout for the ones' I select. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday afternoon. I have selected three songs from @ShannonPandora and her playlist that she put together for the #16 Summer playlist challenge. Be sure to participate in the music challenges, they are great fun, and they are for you to have a chance to get to know some new music you may not have heard before. New music you may come to like, you just never know unless you try. Without further ado, here are @ShannonPandora's selections. 1) Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles. 2) Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Ray. 3) Summertime by Kenny Chesney. I will conclude by adding the last two songs. Enjoy the music.    Funk-pop //Indie pop//Psychedelic pop//Pop-rock: Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles. Watermelon Sugar   "Watermelon Sugar" is a song by English singer Harry Styles from his second studio album Fine Line, included as the album's second track. Styles wrote the song with Mitch Rowland and the song's producers, Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon. They were inspired by the American novel In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan. "Watermelon Sugar" is a horn and guitar-driven rock, funk-pop, indie pop, psychedelic pop, and pop-rock song. Trip Hop: Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Ray.  LOVELYU (Cover By Lana Del Ray "Summertime Sadness")    "Summertime Sadness" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey from her second studio album, Born to Die (2012). The trip-hop ballad was released on June 22, 2012, by Interscope Records as the fourth single of the album. Country: Summertime by Kenny Chesney. Summertime    Written by Craig Wiseman and Steve McEwan, Kenny Chesney released “Summertime” in April 2006. The lyrics are a collection of memories from the singer’s youth. British Invasion: You Really Got Me by The Kinks.  You Really Got Me   "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks. Originally released on 4th August 1964, the band's 3rd single You Really Got Me went to number 1 on the UK singles chart and later in the year to number 7 in the US charts. Reggae: One Love People Get Ready by Bob Marley & The Wailers. One Love/ People Get Ready   "One Love/People Get Ready" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. It was first recorded in a ska style by Marley's original group, The Wailers in 1965 and was released as a single. This version was later included on their first singles compilation The Wailing Wailers in 1965. It was rerecorded as part of the 1970 medley "All In One", which contained reggae reworkings of their early ska songs. This was released as a single and is also included on the compilation African Herbsman under the name "All in One". The version on Exodus was not released as a single until 29 August 1999, promoting the forthcoming greatest hits album Legend. However, the single became one of his biggest hits and has been included on many of Marley and the Wailers' subsequent compilation albums. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

1.  Southern Cross (2005 Remaster)  by Crosby, Stills & Nash  2. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay   by Ottis Redding 3. Under The Boardwalk                      by The Drifters 4. Bird Of The Summer                        by A Fine Frenzy 5. Seasons In The Sun                          by Terry Jacks 6. Summer Home In Your Arms          by Jewel 7. Kokomo                                            by The Beach Boys 8. The Boys Of Summer                       by Don Henley  9. Steal My Sunshine                            by Len 10. Dandelions                                      by Ruth B.   Enjoy the music. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@ShannonPandora great playlist, I will use some of these songs you selected for the GSOTD post and playlist. I will of course give you a shout for the songs. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more