@Pandora  truly a great story, but even more so than that. Dreams do, and can without a doubt come true. Never EVER give up on YOUR DREAM. Thanks for posting Pandora, take care all, and stay safe.   ... View more

Here are my GSOTD choices for this Monday. Enjoy the tunes. Rock: All I Really Want by Alanis Morissette.  https://pandora.app.link/6epTTOoJ1bb On one of the grungiest cuts off  Jagged Little Pill, Alanis confrontationally vents about the dissonant, frustrating, and often constrictive nature of a relationship. Touchstone demons include being a misfit, impulsive, needy, and lonely. Pop: Pocket Full Of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield.  https://pandora.app.link/55gDiNNJ1bb  The song, with its catchy “take me away” chorus, received multiple placements in commercials and TV promos. It was released as a single January 15, 2008 and reached #1 on the Billboard Dance charts and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Pop Rock: Manhattan from the Sky by Kate Voegele.  https://pandora.app.link/OoVFdznK1bb "Manhattan from the Sky" is one of three singles from singer-songwriter Kate Voegele 's second studio album, A Fine Mess. This single and the rest of her album was produced by Mike Elizondo, who has worked with Pink and Maroon 5. Jazz: Hail To The Real Chief by Miles Davis.  https://pandora.app.link/gOOLoUJK1bb Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Southern Gospel:  Tis The Old Ship Of Zion by Romance Watson.  https://pandora.app.link/rOSs4dXK1bb Gospel singer Romance Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 4, 1930 to Laura and Amos Watson. He is the youngest of three siblings. Watson graduated Fuller Elementary and Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago.  (My opinion) Romance Watson has the best male singing voice I have ever heard. If you have a chance, you should watch him sing this song on you tube.  Until tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@ErickPandora  how are you dear friend?? I hope all is well and good. Thanks for sharing this Holiday station. You take care and stay safe.. ... View more

@AlyssaPandora  great choices, (as always). I added them to the GSOTD playlist. I also collected your first song, Lift Up Your Voices, and your second song July. Thank you Alyssa for your GSOTD choices, have a great Monday. You take care and stay safe.      Moderator edit: format ... View more

@HickHopChick89  please share some of your favorite songs from these artists and I will add it to the GSOTD playlist. Here is the playlist link in case your interested.  https://pandora.app.link/qrfz9qYc0bb , take care and stay safe.   ... View more

Born On This Day In The Music World. Post 2 of 2: 1916 - Hugo Peretti Hugo Peretti, songwriter, producer. Wrote many classic hits including, 'Twistin' The Night Away', 'Shout', 'You Make Me Feel Brand New.' Died on 1st May 1986.   1920 - Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist, (1962 UK No.12 album 'Time Further Out'). Brubeck died of heart failure one day before his 92nd birthday on December 5, 2012.   1943 - Keith West Keith West, (Keith Hopkins), UK singer, (1967 UK No.2 single 'Excerpt From A Teenage Opera').   1944 - Jonathan King Jonathan King, UK pop mogul, singer, producer, TV presenter, (1965 UK No.4 single 'Everyone's Gone To The Moon', plus 12 other UK Top 40 singles under various names, Bubblerock, Shag, Weathermen, Father Abraphart, Sakkarin). King was jailed for seven years in 2001 for sex attacks on five boys.   1947 - Miroslav Vitous Miroslav Vitous, Weather Report who had the 1976 single 'Birdland' and the 1977 album Heavy Weather.   1947 - Fritz Fryer Fritz Fryer, from English 1960s pop group The Four Pennies who had the 1964 UK No.1 single 'Juliet'.   1955 - Edward Tudor-Pole Edward Tudor-Pole, vocals, actor, Tenpole Tudor, (1981 UK No.6 single 'Swords Of A Thousand Men'), appeared in the film 'Absolute Beginners' and became the presenter on TV's Crystal Maze.   1955 - Rick Buckler Rick Buckler, drummer with The Jam who had 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four No.1 hits. 'That's Entertainment' and 'Just Who Is the 5 O'clock Hero?' remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK.   1956 - Randy Rhoads American heavy metal guitarist Randy Rhoads from Quiet Riot and later the Ozzy Osbourne band. A devoted student of classical guitar, (and guitar teacher), Rhoads combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. He died in an aircraft crash while on tour with Osbourne in Florida on 19 March 1982.   1956 - Peter Buck Peter Buck, guitar, R.E.M. (1991 UK No.6 & US No.10 single 'Shiny Happy People', plus over 20 Top 40 UK singles, 1992 UK No.1 & US No.2 album 'Automatic For The People').   1961 - David Lovering David Lovering, drummer who with American alternative rock band Pixies, who released the 1988 album Surfer Rosa. They influenced bands such as Nirvana, Radiohead, Bush, Blur and Weezer.   1962 - Ben Watt Ben Watt, Everything But The Girl, (1995 UK No.3 & 1996 US No.2 single 'Missing').   1969 - Mark Gardener Mark Gardener, Ride, (1992 UK No.9 single 'Leave Them All Behind').   1970 - Ulf Ekberg Ulf Ekberg, keyboards, vocals with Swedish pop group Ace Of Base who had the 1993 UK No.1 single 'All That She Wants' and the 1994 US No.1 single 'The Sign'. The group sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, making it the third-most successful Swedish band of all time, after ABBA and Roxette.   Until tomorrow, take care and stay safe.    ... View more

This day in music history for this Sunday. Post 1 of 2: 1949 - Leadbelly American blues artist, Leadbelly died. Huddie William Ledbetter wrote many songs including 'Goodnight Irene', ‘Cotton Fields’, 'The Rock Island Line', and ‘The Midnight Special'. Leadbelly was jailed several times for fights and knife related incidents, he was once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman.   1961 - The Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best met with Brian Epstein for further discussions about his proposal to manage them. Epstein wanted 25% of their gross fees each week. He promises that they will never again play for less than £15, except for The Cavern lunchtime sessions, for which he will get their fee doubled to ten pounds. Lennon, as leader of The Beatles accepts on their behalf.   1962 - Bob Dylan During sessions for the 'Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan' album, Bob Dylan recorded 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' and versions of 'Hero Blues', 'Whatcha Gonna Do', 'Oxford Town', and 'I Shall Be Free', at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City.   1964 - Cilla Black The film 'Ferry Cross The Mersey' premiered in London. Featuring Gerry And The Pacemakers, Cilla Black and other Liverpool acts. It was written by Tony Warren, creator of the UK's longest running TV soap 'Coronation Street'.   1965 - The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones recorded '19th Nervous Breakdown' and 'Mother's Little Helper' at RCA's Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles.   1966 - The Beatles The Beatles recorded Christmas and New Year's greetings for pirate radio stations Radio Caroline and Radio London. Both stations were broadcasting from ships anchored off the British coastline.   1968 - The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones released Beggars Banquet their seventh UK studio album. For the album, (which included 'Street Fighting Man', and 'Sympathy for the Devil'), the Stones had gone to great lengths to toughen their sound and banish the haze of psychedelia, and in doing so, they launched a five-year period in which they would produce their very greatest records.   1969 - Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin made their debut on the US singles chart with 'Whole Lotta Love', it went on to make No.4 on the chart and was the first of six Top 40 singles for the group in the US. During the bands career, Zeppelin never released any singles in the UK.   1969 - Steam One Hit Wonders Steam started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'. The song was actually recorded by Gary De Carlo, who intended it to be the "B" side of his first single. Gary didn't like the song and when record executives wanted to issue it as the "A" side, he insisted it be released under an assumed name. The song became a UK No.5 single for girl group Bananarama in 83.   1969 - The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones played a free festival at Altamont in California, along with Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Rolling Stones fan Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death as the group played by Hell's Angels who'd been hired to police the event. It's claimed Hunter was waving a revolver. One other man drowned, two men were killed by in a hit-and run accident and two babies were born.   1972 - Keith Richards While reading the morning newspaper in Nice, France, Rolling Stone Keith Richards was surprised to learn that arrest warrants had been issued for him and his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg for drug possession.   1975 - Paul Simon Paul Simon went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Still Crazy After All These Years', his first US No.1 solo album.   1975 - Elton John Rev Charles Boykin of Tallahassee, Florida organized the burning of Elton John and The Rolling Stones records, claiming they were sinful. Boykin was reacting to the results from a survey that said, 984 of the 1,000 local unmarried mothers had sex when listening to rock music.   1978 - Sid Vicious Sex Pistols Sid Vicious smashed a glass in the face of Patti Smith's brother Todd Smith during a fight at New York City club Hurrah.   1983 - Duran Duran Duran Duran appeared live at the Apollo, Manchester, England.   1986 - Europe Europe were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Final Countdown'. They became only the second Swedish act to score a UK No.1. The song reached No.1 in 25 countries and the song's lyrics were inspired by David Bowie's song 'Space Oddity'   1988 - Roy Orbison American singer songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack aged 52. Scored the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'Pretty Woman', plus over 20 US & 30 UK Top 40 singles including ‘Only the Lonely’ and ‘Crying’. Formed his first band The Wink Westerners in 1949, was a member of The Traveling Wilburys (known as Lefty Wilbury) with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty and had the 1988 UK No.21 single 'Handle With Care'. Orbison endured a great deal of tragedy in his life. His first wife, Claudette died in a motorcycle accident in 1966 and two of his three sons, died in a house fire.   1994 - The Beatles Tower Records released The Beatles 'Live At The BBC', a 69 track, double album of tunes recorded for BBC shows such as Top Gear, Easy Beat, Saturday Club and Pop Go The Beatles. The LP will rise straight to the top of the UK chart, selling over 600,000 copies by the end of the year and 2,000,000 in the US four weeks later.   2003 - Elvis Costello Elvis Costello married jazz artist Diana Krall in a ceremony at Elton John's UK mansion. About 150 guests, including Paul McCartney attended the wedding. It was Costello's third marriage.   2008 - Beyoncé Beyoncé went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘I Am’ Sasha Fierce’, the singers third studio album. It debuted at No.1, making Knowles the third female artist this decade after Britney Spears and Alicia Keys to have her first three albums debut in the top spot.   2011 - Dobie Gray American singer and songwriter Dobie Gray died from complications of cancer surgery in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 71. His hit records included 'The 'In' Crowd' in 1965 and 'Drift Away', which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, and went on to sell over one million copies.   2013 - Bob Dylan The electric guitar played by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was sold at auction in New York for a record $965,000. The Fender Stratocaster had been in the possession of a New Jersey family for 48 years after Dylan left it on a private plane.   2016 - Vinyl Albums It was reported that more money had been spent on vinyl than downloaded albums for the first time. Vinyl sales made the record industry £2.4m, while downloads took in £2.1m, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) said. It marked a big shift in music consumption. In the same week the previous year, vinyl albums made £1.2m while digital ones made £4.4m.   2018 - Pete Shelley English singer, songwriter and guitarist Pete Shelley died of a suspected heart attack aged 63. He formed the new wave/punk rock band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, (who latter left to form Magazine). Buzzcocks had the 1978 UK No.12 single 'Ever Fallen In Love, With Someone You Shouldn't've' and was know for the hits ‘Orgasm Addict’, ‘What Do I Get?’ And ‘Everybody's Happy Nowadays’. Shelley also had a solo career: his song ‘Homosapien’ charted in the US in 1981.   2019 - Robbie Williams Robbie Williams become the joint most successful solo act in UK album chart history after scoring his 13th No.1, with The Christmas Present - level with Elvis Presley. The Beatles hold the overall record with 15 UK No.1 albums.   End of post 1 of 2.   ... View more

Here are my choices for GSOTD for this Sunday, enjoy the music.   Rock: The Joker by  Steve Miller Band.   https://pandora.app.link/zHgYHiw4Zbb   The Joker is, without question, the turning point in Steve Miller's career, the album where he infused his blues with a big, bright dose of pop and got exactly what he deserved: Top Ten hits and stardom. Grunge: Alive (Brendan O'Brien Mix) by Pearl Jam.  https://pandora.app.link/gxVbOzN4Zbb  "Alive" is the debut single by American rock band Pearl Jam. It was released on July 7, 1991, 51 days before the release of the band's debut album, Ten, on which "Alive" appears. Written by guitarist Stone Gossard, the song originated as an instrumental titled "Dollar Short" and was included on a demo tape circulated in hopes of finding a singer for the group. Indie Rock: Don't Go by The Greeting Committee.  https://pandora.app.link/uLfJDg84Zbb Sep 04, 2018 · “Don’t go” is the final song of The Greeting Committee’s first studio album, This Is It. The track was released as a single on September 4th, 2018, and later on October 9th, 2018. Pop Rock/Country Rock/Soft Rock: Just When I Needed You The Most by Randy Vanwarmer.  https://pandora.app.link/J6q4vgy5Zbb  Randy Vanwarmer was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biggest success was the pop hit, "Just When I Needed You Most". It reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1979 after peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks earlier that year. Country Gospel: Where No One Stands Alone by Jan Howard.   https://pandora.app.link/2btWAq45Zbb Jan Howard was an American author, country music singer and songwriter. As a singer, she placed 30 singles on the Billboard country songs chart, was a Grand Ole Opry member and was nominated for several major awards. As a writer, she wrote poems and published an autobiography. Additionally, she was married to American country songwriter Harlan Howard. Jan Howard passed away in March of 2020 at the age of 91.  Until tomorrow, take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@court9723awesome, thanks for sharing your GSOTD picks, I will add them to the GSOTD playlist, this playlist is a public playlist for all to be able to enjoy. Your songs will be on that playlist. Thanks again, you take care and stay safe.   P.S I want to keep the GSOTD playlist clean due to the fact that it is a public playlist. Some of those listeners may be little ones. So any explicet language in a song will not be added to the GSOTD playlist. Take care, be safe.   ... View more

@court9723  some really good advised statements. Thanks for sharing these as well as your playlist. You take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@court9723  I hope you have a safe trip as well as a great visit with your friend. Thanks for sharing your playlist. Take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@court9723great post, thanks for posting, take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@Blackflag1971  great to meet ya, if you post some of your favorite songs I will add them to the GSOTD playlist, it is a playlist that I posted in the community for all to listen to, new songs are added to this playlist daily. GSOTD (Genre Songs Of The Day). Take care and stay safe.   Moderator edit: format ... View more

@Pandora  I know I will be tuned in. Thanks for posting, take care and stay safe.   Moderator edit: format ... View more

Born On This Day In The Music World. Post 2 of 2: 1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson II Sonny Boy Williamson II, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He used various names, including Rice Miller and Little Boy Blue, before calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson. Van Morrison, The Who The Animals, Yardbirds and Moody Blues and many blues and rock artists have recorded his songs. He died on 25th May 1965.   1932 - Little Richard American musician, singer and songwriter Richard Penniman, (Little Richard) who had the 1956 US No. 6 & 1957 UK No.3 single 'Long Tall Sally', plus over 10 other US & UK Top 40 singles. His music played a key role in the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk and helped shape rhythm and blues for generations to come. He died of bone cancer on 9 May 2020 at the age of 87.   1938 - JJ Cale JJ Cale, US guitarist, singer songwriter. Songs written by Cale that have been covered by other musicians include 'After Midnight' by Eric Clapton, Phish and Jerry Garcia, 'Cocaine' by Eric Clapton, 'Clyde' by Waylon Jennings and Dr. Hook, and 'Call Me the Breeze' by Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Bobby Bare and Eric Clapton. Cale died on 26th July 2013 of a heart attack.   1945 - Eduardo Delgado Eduardo Delgado, ? & The Mysterians, (1966 US No. 1 & UK No.37 single '96 Tears'). '96 Tears' was a UK No.17 hit for The Stranglers in 1990.   1947 - Rick Wills British bass guitarist, Rick Wills. He is best known for his work with Foreigner and his associations with the Small Faces Peter Frampton and Bad Company.   1947 - Jim Messina American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, Jim Messina, who with Buffalo Springfield scored the 1967 US No.17 single 'For What It's Worth'. With the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina he had the 1972 US No.4 single 'Your Mama Don't Dance'.   1952 - Andy Kim Andy Kim, singer, (1974 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Rock Me Gently')   1960 - Les Nemes Les Nemes, bass, Haircut 100. The band had four UK Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including 'Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)', 'Love Plus One' and 'Fantastic Day'.   1965 - Johnny Rzeznik Johnny Rzeznik, singer and guitarist with Goo Goo Dolls who had the 2002 US No.3 album 'Gutterflower'. In 2007, Rzeznik was a judge on the Fox network's The Next Great American Band.   1971 - Craig Gill Craig Gill, drummer from English alternative rock band Inspiral Carpets who had the 1990 UK No.14 single 'This Is How It Feels'. He ran musical tours of the Manchester area, explaining landmarks relating to the Madchester scene and Manchester's musical heritage. He co-wrote the book, The Manchester Musical History Tour. Gill died at the age of 44 on 22 November 2016.   1980 - Zainam Higgins Zainam Higgins, singer from R&B/pop girl group Cleopatra who had the 1998 UK No.3 single 'Cleopatra's Theme'.   1982 - Keri Hilson American singer, songwriter Keri Hilson who has written songs for artists, including Britney Spears, The Pussycat Dolls, and Mary J. Blige, with the production and songwriting team, The Clutch. Her breakthrough came in 2007 after appearing on Timbaland's single ‘The Way I Are’, which topped charts around the world.   Until tomorrow, take care and stay safe.    ... View more

On this day in music history for this Saturday. Post 1 of 2: 1960 - The Beatles Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested for pinning a condom to a brick wall and then igniting it. The two were told to leave Germany and The Beatles returned home, discouraged.   1960 - Elvis Presley Elvis Presley started a ten-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'G.I. Blues'. His fifth US No.1 album. Music on this album comprised songs that had appeared in the film of the same name.   1964 - The Beach Boys Beach Boys started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Beach Boys Concert', the group's first US No.1. The album was recorded live at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California and is one of the few live documents of the original line up of the Beach Boys in officially released LP form.   1964 - Lorne Greene Lorne Greene star of the NBC TV show 'Bonanza' was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ringo', making him the second Canadian (after Paul Anka) to have a US No.1 single. The song was a No.22 hit in the UK.   1965 - The Beatles The Beatles played their last ever show in their hometown of Liverpool when they appeared at The Liverpool Empire during the group's final UK tour. Only 5,100 tickets were available, but there were 40,000 applications for tickets. The group also had the UK No.1 single with 'We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper.'   1967 - Jimi Hendrix This was the final night of a 16-date UK package tour with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice, The Outer Limits, The Erie Apparent and Amen Corner at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow. All performances had two shows per night, in this case at 6.15pm, with the second at 8.45pm. Jimi Hendrix had the curtains closed on him halfway through his set, after the management at the venue regarded his movements with his guitar as having sexual overtones.   1968 - The Rolling Stones The release of The Rolling Stones' new album Beggars Banquet was celebrated at a party in London. A food fight with custard pies was the highlight of the event that went on without an ill Keith Richards. The original cover for the LP was in the form of a plain white invitation, but was later changed.   1970 - Judy Collins 'Amazing Grace' by Judy Collins entered the UK singles chart for the first of eight times, it spent a total of 67 weeks on the chart never making the No.1 position. 'Amazing Grace' is a Christian hymn with lyrics written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton which was first published in 1779.   1973 - Paul McCartney Paul McCartney released Band On The Run, his fifth album since his departure from The Beatles. Two hit singles from the album – 'Jet' and 'Band on the Run' made it McCartney's most successful album. The majority of Band on the Run was recorded at EMI's studio in Lagos, Nigeria, as McCartney wanted to make an album in an exotic location. McCartney went into the studio with just his wife Linda and Denny Laine, doubling on drums, percussion and most of the lead guitar parts himself as well as bass.   1976 - Johnny Rotten Music weekly NME reviewed The Sex Pistols debut single 'Anarchy In The UK' saying "Johnny Rotten sings flat, the song is laughably naïve, and the overall feeling is of a third-rate Who imitation."   1981 - Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias was at No.1 in the UK singles chart with 'Begin The Beguine.' A Cole Porter song from 1935 with Spanish lyrics it was the singers only UK chart topper.   1987 - Belinda Carlisle Belinda Carlisle went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth', the ex Go-Go's member first solo No.1, also a No.1 hit in the UK. The promotional video was directed by Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton and features an appearance of Carlisle's husband Morgan Mason.   1987 - Fat Larry Fat Larry James, drummer, singer and leader of Fat Larry’s Band died of a heart attack aged 38. Scored the 1982 UK No.2 single 'Zoom'. The opening drum break from Down On The Avenue, from the band's first album, Feel It has been sampled by N.W.A. Ice-T, Jungle Brothers and Run-D.M.C.   1992 - Whitney Houston Whitney Houston started a ten-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Will Always Love You'. The longest ever run at No.1 for a female artist the Dolly Parton penned song was taken from the Bodyguard soundtrack.   1993 - Doug Hopkins Doug Hopkins co-founder of American rock band Gin Blossoms died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds age 32. The guitarist and songwriter was in a detox unit of Phoenix's St. Luke's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona when he snuck out and bought a .38 caliber pistol. The next day Hopkins committed suicide.   2004 - Band Aid 20 Band Aid 20 started a four week at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a new version of Do They Know It’s Christmas? The third time the song had reached No.1. The new version featured, Joss Stone, Busted, Chris Martin, Bono, Justin Hawkins, Dizzee Rascal, Tom Chaplin, Ms. Dynamite, Beverly Knight, Will Young, Jamelia, Fran Healy, Sugababes, Dido and Robbie Williams.   2004 - U2 U2 started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb', the bands ninth UK No.1 album. The band also went to No.1 on the US album chart giving them their sixth US No.1 album.   2006 - Paul McCartney Beatles lyrics handwritten by Sir Paul McCartney to an early version of Maxwell's Silver Hammer sold for $192,000 (£97,000) at an auction in New York. A guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix fetched $168,000 (£85,000), a notebook containing lyrics written by Bob Marley sold for $72,000 (£36,445) and a poem penned by Doors frontman Jim Morrison made $49,000 (£25,500) at the Christie's sale.   2007 - Robbie Williams Robbie Williams apologized to Nigel Martin-Smith the ex-manager of Take That and agreed to pay undisclosed damages over an allegation he made about him in a song. In the lyrics of ‘The 90s’ Williams had suggested that Nigel Martin-Smith had stolen funds from the band.   2009 - Phish Phish played the final show of their 2009 Fall Tour at the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia. At the beginning of a first set an erratic fan proceeded to run on stage fully naked. He ran up and hugged guitarist Trey Anastasio and kissed him on the cheek. He made three laps around the stage before finally being chased down by security.   2009 - George Michael In an interview with the UK daily newspaper The Guardian, George Michael said he had cut back on his cannabis intake and now only smoked 'seven or eight' spliffs per day instead of the 25 he used to smoke.   2011 - Adele After spending 45 weeks at the top end of the UK charts, singer Adele's second album ‘21’ become the biggest selling LP in Britain this century, surpassing the late Amy Winehouse's 2006 LP ‘Back to Black’.   2013 - Spotify Spotify responded to critics by revealing how much acts can expect to earn from the music streaming site. The company said it paid an average of $0.007 per play, according to figures on its new website Spotify Artists, aimed specifically at musicians. Explaining its business model, Spotify said it had paid more than $1bn (£612m) in royalties since its 2008 launch. Earlier this year Radiohead singer Thom Yorke pulled material from the site in protest at how much it pays artists.   2016 - David Bowie A statue of David Bowie was set to go up in the town where he first performed as Ziggy Stardust following the success of a crowdfunding campaign. More than 650 people pledged sums totaling more than the £100,000 goal, 19 hours before the deadline. The statue would be put up in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where Bowie unveiled his Ziggy character.   End of post 1 of 2.  ... View more

Here are my choices for GSOTD for this Saturday, enjoy the music.   Folk/Blues/Rock: Blame It On Me by George Ezra.  https://pandora.app.link/ziae015iYbb "Blame It on Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter George Ezra. It was released as the fourth single from his debut studio album, Wanted on Voyage (2014). The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 11 August 2014 through Columbia Records. R&B/Hip-Hop: When I Think of You by Janet Jackson.  https://pandora.app.link/PBG2xHljYbb "When I Think of You" is the third single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control (1986). Written by Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and produced by Jam and Lewis, the song is about a person who finds relief and fun in a lover. Pop: Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera.  https://pandora.app.link/XRoSqBxjYbb Released in 1999, “Genie In A Bottle” was the lead single from Christina Aguilera ’s self-titled debut album. The song sold over 7 million copies, and propelled her to international success. Scottish Traditional: St. Kilda Set by The Tannahill Weavers.  https://pandora.app.link/z6Q7ajPjYbb The Tannahill Weavers are a band which performs traditional Scottish music. Releasing their first album in 1976, they became notable for being one of the first popular bands to incorporate the sound of the Great Highland Bagpipe in an ensemble setting, and in doing so helped to change the sound of Scottish traditional music. In 2011 the band were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Sonata/Opera: Sullaria from The Marriage of Figaro by Karita Mattila.  https://pandora.app.link/d14i8PnkYbb Karita Marjatta Mattila is a Finnish operatic soprano. Mattila appears regularly in the major opera houses worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra Bastille, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, Toronto Roy Thomson Hall, and Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg. Until tomorrow, take care and stay safe.         ... View more

@CLEM  what is you favorite songs, let me know, I will add them to the GSOTD (Genre Songs Of The Day) playlist, this is a playlist that is shared in the community for all to have. Take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@Simonebria  tell me some of your favorite songs from this artist and I will add them to the GSOTD playlist, (Genre Songs Of The Day), it is a playlist that is shared in the community for all to listen. Take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@Ashley_MG93  let me know some of your favorites from this artist and I will be more than happy to add them to the GSOTD playlist. Take care and stay safe.   ... View more