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

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

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

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

I'm happy to be back posting "This Day In The History Of Music". The remodeling and building projects are completed (well almost, only a few small cosmetic details to be completed). Have a great Monday.   1947: US President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert. 1958: Marie Ashton completes playing the piano a female record 133 hours. 1962: John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at Liverpool's Mount Pleasant register office. He then played a gig that night with The Beatles at Liverpool's Riverpark Ballroom. 1963: Beatles release single "She Loves You" in the UK. 1963: The Rolling Stones appeared on the UK TV show Ready, Steady, Go! for the first time, performing their debut single 'Come On.' The group made a total of 20 appearances on the show between 1963 and 1966.   1965: Security guards at a Manchester TV studio hosed down 200 Rolling Stones fans after they broke down barriers while waiting for the band to arrive for a performance.   1966: On their final tour of America, The Beatles performed in New York City, New York. Unlike the previous year's performance, which had sold out, there were 11,000 empty seats in the 55,600 seat stadium. The Beatles earn more than the previous year, receiving $189,000 for their performance.   1966: The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the double a sided 'Yellow Submarine - Eleanor Rigby'. The group's eleventh No.1. Paul McCartney said he came up with the name Eleanor from actress Eleanor Bron, who had starred with The Beatles in the film Help! Rigby came from the name of a store in Bristol, Rigby & Evens Ltd, Wine & Spirit Shippers.   1967: Enjoying a wild birthday party Keith Moon drummer with The Who drove his Lincoln car into a Holiday Inn swimming pool. As the party had become out of control, the police were called to put an end to the festivities. Moon, ever keen to avoid the boys in blue snuck outside and got into a Lincoln Continental Limousine and attempted to make a getaway. Unfortunately, in his inebriated state, he released the handbrake and began rolling towards the pool. Moon simply sat back and waited, as the car crashed through the fence around the pool and into the water.   1968: During a North American tour, The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at Singer Bowl, Flushing Meadow Park, New York. Also on the bill were Soft Machine and Big Brother and Janis Joplin and The Holding Company.   1968: Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement (temporarily).   1969: Ibex, featuring vocalist Freddie Bulsara (later known as Freddie Mercury) played a gig at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Lancashire, UK.   1969: Johnny Cash started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Johnny Cash At San Quentin'. The album was a recording of a live concert given to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison and was the follow-up to Cash's previous live album, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful At Folsom Prison.   1969: The Rolling Stones started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Honky Tonk Women' the group's fifth US No.1. The song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards was inspired by Brazilian gauchos at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying in Matao, Sao Paulo.   1970: Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground performed together for the last time at the New York Club 'Max's Kansas City. Reed worked as a typist for his father for the next two years, at $40 per week.   1971: Diana Ross was at No.1 on the UK singles chart 'I'm Still Waiting', the singer's first solo UK No.1. The song which spent four weeks at the top of the charts was released after BBC Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn featured it heavily on his morning program.   1974: John Lennon former Beatle reports seeing a UFO in NYC.   1975: Joy Division singer Ian Curtis married Deborah Woodruff, whom he met while still at school when he was 19 and she was 18. They remained married until his death when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield, England at the age of 23.   1975:  From the group, Free guitarist Paul Kossoff was revived from flatlining after suffering a heart attack.   1979: Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC.   1980: David Bowie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ashes To Ashes' his second UK No.1. Taken from the Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) album, the song continued the story of Major Tom from Bowie's 'Space Oddity. The video for 'Ashes to Ashes was one of the most iconic of the 1980s and costing £250,000, it was at the time the most expensive music video ever made.   1980: The Heatwave Festival in Toronto, Canada took place with Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, The B-52's, The Pretenders, Rockpile, and The Rumour. Tickets cost $30, with only 50,000 people attending the festival lost over $1 million.   1986: "Rags" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances.   1986: Jamaican singer Boris Gardiner started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Want to Wake Up with You'.   1986: Sigue Sigue Sputnik came up with an idea to sell advertising space between the tracks on their forthcoming new album. It was a non-starter.   1994: Jeff Buckley releases his album "Grace", featuring his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".   2003: Lee Ryan of boy band Blue was banned from driving for 18 months after admitting to drunk driving. Ryan was also ordered to pay a £2250 fine at Tower Bridge magistrate's court London.   2005: Les McKeown the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers appeared in court charged with drugs offenses. McKeown, aged 49, was accused of conspiring with four other people, including the band's drummer Pat McGlynn, to supply cocaine. He was arrested in Dalston, east London, in June as part of a major police operation.   2007: Comedy writer Buddy Sheffield, sued Disney alleging that he originally came up with the idea for Hannah Montana but was never compensated by Disney. In the lawsuit, Sheffield claimed that he pitched an idea for a TV series with the name of ‘Rock and Roland’ to Disney Channel in 2001 with the plot of a junior high student who lived a secret double life as a rock star.   2008: Madonna kicked off her 86-date Sticky & Sweet Tour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Wales. It became the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist, breaking the previous record Madonna achieved with her 2006 Confessions Tour. Madonna's first venture with Live Nation, was estimated to have grossed $280 million.   2013: A man found in the pool house at Jennifer Lopez's mansion in the exclusive Hamptons area of New York was charged with stalking. According to police, the singer had a restraining order against John Dubis, who was a retired firefighter, was also charged with burglary, criminal contempt, and possessing burglary tools.   2019: Taylor Swift released her seventh studio album Lover, her first album after parting ways with her former label, Big Machine Records. All of the album's 18 tracks charted on the Hot 100, breaking the all-time female record for the most simultaneous entries. Lover topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and several others. It was Swift's sixth No.1 album on the US Billboard chart.   Born On This Day In the Music World:   1727: Friedrich Hartmann Graf, a German composer, was born in Rudolstadt, Germany (d. 1795).   1854: Moritz Moszkowski, a Polish-German composer, was born in Breslau, Prussia (d. 1925).   1879: Alfrēds Kalniņš, a Latvian composer, was born in Cēsis, Russian Empire (d. 1951).   1886: Gottfried Rudinger, a German composer, was born in Lindau, Germany (d. 1946).   1893: Roy Agnew, an Australian composer (Sonata Ballade) was born in Sydney (d. 1944).   1900: Ernst Krenek, an Austrian-American composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) was born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1991).   1900: Malvina Reynolds, an American folk singer, and songwriter (Morningtown Ride) was born in San Francisco, California (d. 1978).   1903: William Primrose, a Scottish violist (Method for Violin & Viola) was born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1982).   1905: Leonard Constant Lambert, an English composer (King Pest) was born in Fulham, London (d. 1951).    1911: Carl Dolmetsch, a French music director (Haslemere Festival) was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France (d. 1997).   1912: Gene Kelly, an American actor (An American in Paris; On The Town) and dancer (Singin' in the Rain) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1996).   1913: Bob Crosby, an American jazz singer, and bandleader (Bob-Cats) was born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1993).   1913: Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera, a Venezuelan musician and composer, was born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela (d. 1993).   1917: Tex Williams, an American country-western singer, was born in Ramsey, Illinois (d. 1985).   1920: Aart Verstegen, a Dutch ballet dancer, and choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke) was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1998).   1924: Edvard Fliflet Braein, a Norwegian composer (Ut mot havet (Out To Sea); Anne Pedersdotter) was born in Kristiansund, Norway (d. 1976).   1925: Sulkhan Tsintsadze, a Georgian composer, was born in Gori, Soviet Union (d. 1991).   1925: Włodzimierz Kotoński, a Polish composer, was born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2014).   1927: Martial Solal, a French jazz pianist and composer, was born in Algiers, French Algeria.   1928: Gerd Natschinski, a German composer, was born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 2015).   1932: Mark Russell, an American political satirist, and pianist (Real People) was born in Buffalo, New York   1934: Lojze Lebic, a Slovenian composer, was born in Prevalje, Slovenia.   1935: Loren Rush, an American composer, was born in Richmond, California.   1936: Rudy Lewis, an American pop vocalist (The Drifters - "Up On The Roof"; "On Broadway) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1964). 1938: Roger Greenaway, an English composer and record producer (I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing), was born in Fishponds, England.   1940: Vicki Brown, English pop, and rock singer. She is best known for her membership of both The Vernons Girls and The Breakaways and as one of the UK's most enduring backing vocalists. She appeared on many hits including The Jimi Hendrix Experience version of 'Hey Joe', Petula Clark's hit, 'Downtown', The Who's Tommy – film soundtrack, George Harrison's Cloud Nine. She was the first wife of singer and musician Joe Brown and mother of the singer Sam Brown. She died of breast cancer on 16 June 1991 aged 50.   1942: Patricia McBride Lousada, an American ballerina (NYC Ballet Co) and cookbook author was born in Teaneck, New Jersey (d. 2019).   1942: Roger Greenaway, singer, songwriter, member of David & Jonathan and the Kestrels. Best known for his songwriting collaborations with Roger Cook: 'My Baby Loves Lovin', (White Plains); 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, 'Gasoline Alley Bred', (The Hollies); 'You've Got Your Troubles', (The Fortunes); 'Melting Pot, Good Morning Freedom' (Blue Mink); and 'Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart' (Gene Pitney).   1946: English drummer Keith Moon. The Who With The Who he scored the 1965 UK No.2 single 'My Generation' plus over 20 other Top 40 hits, 1967 US No.9 single 'I Can See For Miles' and rock opera albums 'Tommy' & 'Quadrophenia'. Moon was voted the second-greatest drummer in history by a Rolling Stone readers' poll. Moon died on 7th September 1978 after taking 32 clomethiazole tablets.   1947: Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer in collaboration with her then-husband and fellow British folk-rock musician, guitarist Richard Thompson, and later as a solo artist.   1947: Rex Allen Jr, an American country singer (Nashville on the Road) was born in Chicago, Illinois.   1947: Terje Rypdal, a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, was born in Oslo, Norway.   1947: Willy Russell, an English playwright, and composer (Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita) was born in Whiston, England.   1949: Rick Springfield [Springthorpe], an Australian singer ("Speak to the Sky"; "Jessie's Girl") and actor (General Hospital) was born in Balmain, New South Wales.   1949: John Bauldie, a British music journalist, was born in Bolton, England (d. 1996).   1949: Woody Paul [Paul Chrisman], an American singer (Riders in the Sky) was born in Nashville, Tennessee.   1951: Jimi Jamison, Survivor, (1982 US & UK No.1 single 'Eye Of The Tiger') and as the voice and co-writer of the theme song for Baywatch. Jamison died at the age of 63 on August 31, 2014, in Memphis, Tennessee. from a heart attack.   1952: Dalton Reed, an American soul singer, was born in Lafayette, Louisiana (d. 1994).   1952: Vicky Leandros, a Greek singer, and politician was born in Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece.   1953: Bobby G (Gubby), singer with British pop group Bucks Fizz who had the UK hits 'Making Your Mind Up' (1981), 'The Land of Make Believe (1981), and 'My Camera Never Lies (1982) and became one of the top-selling groups of the 1980s.   1954: Mark Avsec, keyboardist, songwriter, Donnie Iris & the Cruisers, Wild Cherry, (1976 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Play That Funky Music').   1956: Kile Smith, an American contemporary orchestral and choral composer was born in Camden, New Jersey.   1959: Edwyn Collins, singer, songwriter, producer, Orange Juice, (1983 UK No.8 single 'Rip It Up'), solo, (1995 UK No.4 single 'A Girl Like You).   1961: Dean DeLeo, American guitarist with Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and Army of Anyone. His younger brother, bass guitarist Robert DeLeo, was also a member of the band.   1961: Alexandre Desplat, a French film composer (The Grand Budapest Hotel) was born in Paris, France.   1962: English musician and singer-songwriter Shaun Ryder, best known as the lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape. He was the runner-up of the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Ryder's struggle with drugs led to the break-up of Happy Mondays in 1992. The film 24 Hour Party People featured the (semi-fictional) story of Shaun Ryder's youth and the life of Happy Mondays whilst signed with Factory Records in the late '80s and early '90s.   1967: Cedella Marley, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, (1988 UK No.22 single 'Tomorrow People').   1970: Brad Mehldau, an American jazz pianist, was born in Jacksonville, Florida.   1974: Shifty Shellshock (real name Seth Brooks Binzer) was the frontman of Crazy Town. 2001 US No.1 single 'Butterfly'.   1975: Eliza Carthy, an English singer, and fiddler, was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.   1978: Julian Casablancas, guitarist, singer, songwriter from American rock band The Strokes who had the 2001 UK No.14 single 'Last Nite' and the 2001 UK No.2 album Is This It. 1979: Richard Neville with English boy band Five who had the 1998 UK No.2 single 'Everybody Get Up' and the 1999 UK No.1 single 'Keep On Movin'. 1981: Natalie Horler, singer, Cascada, a German dance group. 2007 hit ‘Every time We Touch’ won them a World Music Award in 2007. 2009 UK No.1 single ‘Evacuate the Dancefloor’. 1986: SkyBluone (Skyler Austen Gordy), one half of LMFAO who had the 2011 worldwide hits 'Party Rock Anthem' and 'Sexy And I Know It'. 1986: Neil Cicierega, an American cartoonist and musician, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. 1987: Nikki Gil, a Filipina actress, host, and singer, was born in Manila, Philippines. 1988: Alice Glass [Margaret Osborn] a Canadian singer and songwriter (Crystal Castles) was born in Toronto, Ontario. Hopefully, until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe. ... View more

@Kenheinrich Flux Pavillion, I must admit, I am a fairly new listener to this music. Thanks for sharing, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@robgoblin thanks for the suggestion, I will check them out. If you have any favorites from this band then, please request your favorites at the GSOTD post and I will add them to the playlist, I will also make mention of you for the post. Thanks again, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Tuesday morning, I will be back posting regularly just as soon as things settle down for me, I have been very busy with my work, remodeling my moms' kitchen for her at night, and trying to finish another building project with my brother-in-law. Please excuse my absence from the GSOTD postings, just another week or so and things should get back to normal. Please take care and stay safe as well.    ... View more

Good Tuesday morning, I do apologize for not posting regularly for This Day In The History Of Music, but I have been extremely busy with my work, remodeling my mothers' kitchen for her at night, and trying to get another building project done with my brother-in-law. When things start to settle down I will start posting regularly. Please excuse my absence from posting, just another week or so and I should be able to get back on track. Please take care and stay safe as well.  ... View more

@Listener001 I'm happy to see you back even if it's just for a visit. I do hope you have been well. I'm happy to see you are going into the 11th grade. And no need to worry about what's going on around here, it is pretty much the same, although @TannerPandora has been doing weekly tips about the features that Pandora has, and how to use these features. You should check it out it is pretty good. I'm still doing the GSOTD (Clean only) post and playlist, I am also still posting This Day In The History Of Music. And @AlyssaPandora has been doing a post called New Music which is also really good.  My work has been keeping me really busy, and I have been doing some summer building projects with my brother-in-law so that has been eating at most of my free time, I have been so busy I have missed a lot of postings with GSOTD and Music History, but it is what it is. @Listener001 I'm glad to see you back and glad you are doing well. I wish you the very best in this upcoming school year. You take care dear friend and stay safe as well. And don't be a stranger.      ... View more

Good Thursday evening, This Day In The History Of Music. I also apologize once again for missing several postings. It looks as though it will continue to be a hit or miss with the postings, at least until the beginning of Fall. Have a great evening.   1856: Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, is granted a second patent for improvements to the accordion (Patent No. 15511A) 1960: Pete Best auditioned to become The Silver Beatles' drummer and was asked to travel to Hamburg in Germany for the band's next set of dates. Before leaving for Hamburg, The Silver Beatles changed their name to simply, "The Beatles".   1963: Merseybeat band the Searchers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman penned ‘Sweets for My Sweet’ which was originally recorded by The Drifters.   1964: The Beatles' first film A Hard Day's Night opened in 500 American cinemas to rave reviews. The film was a financial and critical success. Time magazine rated it as one of the all-time great 100 films.   1966: The Beatles performed two shows at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. This was the first stop on what would turn out to be The Beatles' final US tour. Support acts were the Remains, Bobby Hebb, Cyrkle, and the Ronettes.   1967: Scott McKenzie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)’. Written by John Phillips, the song was produced and released to promote the Monterey Pop Festival held in June of this year.   1968: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham played together for the first time when they rehearsed at a studio in Gerrard Street in London's West End. The first song they played was a version of 'The Train Kept A-Rollin.' They also played 'Smokestack Lightning' and a version of 'I'm Confused' (soon to become 'Dazed And Confused'). The first live dates they played were as The Yardbirds, and it was not until the following month when they started to use the name, Led Zeppelin.   1971: John Lennon & Yoko Ono donated £1,000 to the Clyde Shipbuilders Scottish Union fighting fund who were refusing to stop work at the Glasgow site after being made redundant.   1972: Alice Cooper was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'School's Out. The band's only UK No.1, which was also a No.7 hit on the US chart. Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?". Cooper said: "There are two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, the next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school."   1972: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 156 performances.   1972: "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater in NYC after 1316 performances.   1973: The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young, and the Santa Monica Flyers all appeared at the Corral Club in Topanga, California.   1977: Sting, Henri Padovani guitarist with The Police quit the group after nine months leaving them a trio.   1978: The Commodores started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Three Times A Lady', also No.1 in the UK and becoming Motown's biggest British selling single. Lionel Richie wrote the song about his love for his wife, mother and grandmother hence 'Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady.'  1979: "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances.   1985: Kyu Sakamoto was killed in a plane crash when JAL Flight 123, a 747, crashed and burned on a thickly wooded mountain about 60 miles northwest of Tokyo. He was 43. He had the 1963 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Sukiyaki', the first Japanese artist to hit the top of the US singles chart.   1986: Prince started a run of five nights in London, his first UK shows for five years.   1989: The two-day Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at The Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Western Acts who appeared included Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Skid Row, and The Scorpions. This was the first time that an audience had been allowed to stand up and dance at a stadium rock concert in the Soviet Union. Previous to this, all concerts had to be seated.   1991: Heavy metal band Metallica release their 5th album "Metallica"; debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart.   1997: American Blues guitarist Luther Allison died of cancer at age 57 in Madison, Wisconsin. He played with Howlin' Wolf's band and backed James Cotton.   1999: Shakira records her first live album in New York City, titled "MTV Unplugged".   2003: Lee Ryan from Blue was arrested whilst driving a Porsche around central London and was charged with drink driving. Ryan had spent the night knocking back drinks at Brown's nightclub in Covent Garden with his cousin and a record company executive. After annoying others in the club with rowdiness, and his cousin's throwing up in the VIP area, bouncers threw Lee out. Police pulled the star over just after 4 am on Tower Bridge Road and breath tests showed him to be twice over the legal drinking limit.   2006: Founding member of Destiny's Child, LeToya was No.1 on the US album chart with her debut solo album 'LeToya.' It was released six years after being dismissed from the group and staying away from the spotlight.   2007: UK singer, songwriter Kate Nash went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut album 'Made Of Bricks.'   2009: Guitarist Les Paul died in hospital in White Plains, New York at the age of 94 suffering from severe pneumonia. Paul is credited with developing one of the first solid-body electric guitars, which went on sale in 1952 and contributed to the birth of rock. He also developed other influential recording innovations such as multi-track recording and overdubbing. In the early 50s, Paul and his wife Mary Ford had a string of hits including 'Mockin' Bird Hill', 'How High the Moon', and 'Vaya Con Dios'.   2010: Richie Hayward, drummer, and co-founder of Little Feat, passed away at the age of 64 after contracting pneumonia as he battled liver cancer.   2015: A second postage stamp was issued in the US bearing the image of Elvis Presley (the first was introduced in 1993). This one featured a black and white photograph by William Speer of Elvis in 1955 and was part of the Music Icon series that began in 2013.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1626: Giovanni Legrenzi, a composer.   1644: Georg Christoph Leuttner, a composer.   1644: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, a bohemian-Austrian violinist, and composer was baptized in Wartenberg (d. 1704)   1696: Maurice Greene, an English composer, was born in London (d. 1755)   1751: Johann Baptist Lasser, a composer.   1825: Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, a composer.   1838: Joseph Barnby, a conductor/academic principal.   1853: Jean Louis Nicode, a composer.   1875: Ettore Panizza, a composer.   1875: Mezio Agostini, an Italian composer, was born in Fano, Italy (d. 1944)   1881: Vaclav Vackar, a composer.   1885: Alexander Albrecht, a Slovak composer, was born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (d. 1958)   1890: Al Goodman, a Russian-American orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), was born in Nikopol, Russia.   1897: Manuel Blancafort, a composer.   1897: Ramon Gonzalez Barron, a composer.   1900: Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, a composer.   1910: Heinrich Sutermeister, a Swiss composer (Romeo & Juliet)   1914: Ruth Lowe, a Canadian pianist, and composer ("I'll Never Smile Again") was born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1981)   1915: Michael Kidd, an American choreographer, and dancer was born in NYC, New York (d. 2007)   1917: Marjorie Reynolds [Goodspeed], an American actress and dancer (Holiday Inn, Life of Riley), was born in Buhl, Idaho (d. 1997)   1918: Sid Bernstein, a music producer and concert promoter (Beatles; Rolling Stones), was born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)   1925: Earl Coleman, an American jazz singer, was born in Port Huron, Michigan (d. 1995)   1925: Sybil Michelow, a South-African contralto, and composer was born in Johannesburg (d. 2013)   1926: Joe Jones, an American R&B singer (d. 2005).   1927: Porter Wagoner, a country singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. In 1967, he introduced a then little-known Dolly Parton on his long-running television show. Also known as Mr. Grand Ole Opry, Wagoner has scored over 80 US Country singles from 1954–1983. He died from lung cancer on October 28, 2007.   1929: (Alvis) "Buck" Owens, American "Bakersfield Sound" country singer-songwriter ("Under Your Spell Again"), bandleader (The Buckaroos - "Act Naturally"), and TV personality (Hee Haw), born in Sherman, Texas (d. 2006)   1929: Joji Yuasa, a Japanese composer, was born in Kōriyama, Fukushima.   1932: Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, a composer.   1936: Gerard Masson, a composer.   1940: Alexander Yossifov, a Bulgarian conductor and composer (Back To The Beginning ), was born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2016)   1940: Rod Bernard, an American "swamp pop" singer ("Allons Danser Colinda"), was born in Opelousas, Louisiana. (d. 2020)   1941: English pop singer Craig Douglas, who had the 1959 UK No.1 single with his version of the Sam Cooke hit 'Only Sixteen 'plus nine other UK Top 40 hits.   1943: William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, a musician/songwriter   1943: Lesley Duncan (Cox), a British session singer (Pink Floyd; Jesus Christ Superstar), and singer-songwriter ("Love Song"; "Sing Children Sing") was born in Stockton-On-Tees, England (d. 2010)   1944: Peter Hofmann, a German tenor.   1945: Ron Mael, an American songwriter, composer, and record producer (Sparks), was born in Culver City, California.   1949: Mark Knopfler British songwriter, guitarist, singer with Dire Straits who had the 1985 US No.1 single 'Money For Nothing', the 1986 UK No.2 single 'Walk Of Life', and in 1985 worldwide No.1 album Brothers In Arms. Knopfler has recorded and performed with many prominent musicians, including Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, Sting, and James Taylor.   1950: Ronald David Mael, Sparks, (1974 UK No.2 single 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us').   1950: Kid Creole [August Darnell], a musician and actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), was born in The Bronx, New York.   1951: August Darnell, singer, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, (1982 UK No.2 single 'Annie I'm Not Your Daddy').   1953: Jerry Speiser, from Men At Work, (1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Down Under').   1953: Peter Ostroushko, an American fiddler, mandolin player, and composer (A Prairie Home Companion), was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2021).   1954: Pat Metheny, jazz-rock guitarist, worked with David Bowie and Gary Burton. Recorded film soundtrack albums.   1955: Heintje [Hendrik Simons], a Dutch singer (Mama).   1958: Jurgen Dehmel, from German group Nena who had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No.2 single '99 Red Balloons'. The track made them UK One Hit Wonder.   1960: Morty Black, a heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)   1961: Roy Hay (Boy George), British guitarist (Culture Club - "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me")   1961: Lawrence Hayward, an English musician (Felt, Denim, Go-Kart Mozart)   1962: Bragi Ólafsson, bass, with The Sugarcubes, (1992 UK No.17 single 'Hit').   1963: Sir Mix-A-Lot, a US rapper, (1992 US No.1 single 'Baby Got Back, a No.56 hit in the UK).   1967: Tom Holkenborg, a drummer (Weekend at Waikiki)   1967: Andy Hui, a Hong Kong actor, and singer.   1968: Paul Tucker, Keyboards, Lighthouse Family, (1996 UK No.4 single 'Lifted' plus 9 other UK Top 40 singles). 1969: British pop/folk singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram. Her debut album, Ancient Heart, produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke, was released in 1988 when she was 19 years old. The album's first two singles, 'Good Tradition' and 'Twist In My Sobriety, became top 10 hits around Europe, and the album sold around 4 million copies worldwide. 1972: Del The Funky Homosapien [Teren Delvon Jones], an American rapper (Mistadobalina), was born in Oakland, California. 1976: Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, a Finnish guitarist. 1976: Wednesday 13 [Joseph Poole], an American punk rock musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls), was born in Lexington, North Carolina. 1977: Park Yong-ha, a South Korean actor and singer. 1980: Matt Thiessen, a Canadian-American musician (Relient K) 1980: Jade Villalon, an American singer/songwriter. 2001: Dixie D'Amelio, an American singer ("Be Happy") and TikTok star, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@AlyssaPandora thank you for sharing your music, and for sharing some background of the artists. I will add what I can to the GSOTD playlist, I will also mention you and your choices on the GSOTD post. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Thanks for sharing @TannerPandora, great stuff. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@jackjanett, @MunkySoup, @Superpunkprnces, here are my top 10 choices. Jewel Kilcher (Jewel)  1b. Lauren Daigle Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tied for 2nd Freya Ridings, @AlyssaPandora introduced her music to me just about a year ago) CCR (Credence Clearwater Revival) (My oldest brother David introduced their music to me, along with Dr. Hook & Lynyrd Skynyrd)  Dr. Hook & Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show Bruce Springsteen & Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Journey (when Steve Perry was with them) (My 2nd oldest brother Donnie introduced their  music to me) Lynyrd Skynyrd   Birdy The Black Crows Alanis Morissette  10b. Romance Watson (he only has 2 songs here on @Pandora) What a voice. (Gospel songs, they are worth a listen with his voice).  Great conversation topic, have a great Thursday. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Tuesday afternoon, This Day In The History Of Music, have a great Tuesday.   1787: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (A Little Serenade) 1895: 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagner's "Rienzi") 1920: Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds record “Crazy Blues” for Okeh Records, the first significant Blues hit by African American artists. 1959: Four members of The Platters were arrested after a gig in Cincinnati after being found with four 19-year-old women, (3 of them white), in various stages of undress. The scandal resulted in radio stations across the US removing Platters' records from their playlists.   1961: Helen Shapiro was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Don't Know'. Aged 14, Shapiro became the youngest act ever to score a UK No.1.   1963: 13-year-old Little Stevie Wonder started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Fingertips part II', making him the youngest singer to top the charts.   1963: The 100th edition of 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' was aired on UK TV, with Cliff Richard, The Shadows, The Searchers, Brian Poole, and the Tremeloes, Billy J. Kramer, and the Dakotas, and Alma Cogan.   1963: Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Ronnie Ross, Cyril Davies, Long John Baldry, and The Rolling Stones all appeared at the third Richmond Jazz Festival held over two days in Richmond, England. A weekend ticket cost 20 shillings.   1964: Beatles had four singles re-released in the US: ‘Do You Want To Know A Secret, ‘Please, Please Me’, 'Love Me Do' and 'Twist And Shout.’   1964: Mick Jagger was fined £32 in Liverpool for driving without insurance and breaking the speed limit. His solicitor explained that Jagger was on 'an errand of mercy, driving to see two fans injured in a car crash.   1968: Tom Jones went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Delilah'.   1969: During a North American tour, Led Zeppelin appeared in San Diego, Jethro Tull was the support act.   1970: Elvis Presley played the first night of a four-week engagement, playing 2 shows most nights at The International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.   1970: Jim Morrison's Trial for "lewd and lascivious behavior" begins in Miami, Florida.   1972: Paul & Linda McCartney, and their band Wings are arrested in Gothenburg, Sweden on drug possession charges when a customs official discovers a package of hashish.   1972: During their Wings Over Europe Tour, Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested in Sweden for possession of drugs. McCartney joked the arrest would “make good publicity” for the tour.   1976: Elton John played the first of ten sold-out in New York City. The $1.25 million generated from the shows broke the record set by The Rolling Stones in 1975.   1979: Wings release single "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request"   1979: "Off the Wall" 5th studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1980)   1985: Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (including publishing rights to the Beatles song catalog) for $47.5 million.   1985: Canadian singer, guitarist Bryan Adams scored his first US No.1 album with 'Reckless.'   1985: 'Money for Nothing' by Dire Straits peaked at No.4 on the UK singles chart. Notable for its groundbreaking music video and a cameo appearance by Sting singing the song's falsetto introduction and backing chorus, "I want my MTV" who also co-wrote the song with Mark Knopfler. The video was also the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network started on 1 August 1987.   1985: Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran was airlifted to safety when his boat 'Drum' overturned while racing off the English coast. Le Bon was trapped under the hull with five other crew members for twenty minutes until being rescued by the Royal Navy.     1986: "Me & My Girl" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 1420 performances.   1987: Wilson Pickett was found guilty by a New Jersey court of possessing a shotgun with intent to endanger life following his involvement in a fistfight in a bar.   1991: "A Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 7 performances.   1992: Def Leppard kicked off the North American leg on their 248-date Seven Day Weekend world tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City.   1993: The Dave Matthews Band played at The Flood Zone in Richmond, Virginia, the gig was recorded with some of tonight’s songs ending up on the bands' first album ‘Remember Two Things.’   1999: It was announced that Oasis rhythm guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthur's had quit the band after finishing his guitar parts on the bands' new album.   2002: Lisa Marie Presley married actor Nicolas Cage at a resort in Hawaii. The marriage was Presley's third. She was married previously to musician Danny Keough and pop star Michael Jackson. Cage filed for divorce four months later.   2005: James Blunt was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘You're Beautiful’, Mariah Carey had the US No.1 with ‘We Belong Together and Axel F was at No.1 on the Australian singles chart with ‘Crazy Frog.’   2007: Anthony Wilson the UK music mogul behind some of Manchester's most successful bands died aged 57 after suffering from kidney cancer. The TV presenter and entrepreneur founded Factory Records, the label behind New Order and Happy Mondays was also famous for setting up the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester, England.   2007: Spice Girl Emma Bunton gave birth to a baby boy called Beau at London's private Portland Hospital. Bunton and her partner Jade Jones, a former member of defunct boy band Damage, had been together for eight years.   2008: American singer-songwriter Katy Perry went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Kissed A Girl. The track was a worldwide hit topping the charts in over 20 countries.   2008: US singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 65. Police were called to his home after his wife found him unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Hayes won an Oscar for the 1971 hit Theme From Shaft as was also known as the voice of Chef from the hit cartoon show, South Park. He was married four times and had 12 children.   2013: American singer Eydie Gorme remembered for her 1963, No.7 Billboard hit, 'Blame It On The Bossa Nova', died at the age of 84. She also reached the Hot 100 six other times between 1956 and 1964 and earned numerous awards, including a Grammy and an Emmy.   2016: Ed Sheeran was being sued in America over claims that his track 'Thinking Out Loud' rips off a Marvin Gaye song. The family of the man who co-wrote 'Let's Get It On' says it copies key parts of the track. Ed Townsend's relatives were asking for a jury to decide if they're owed damages.   2017: Taylor Swift testifies, in Denver, Colorado court, that DJ David Mueller groped her.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1556: Philipp Nicolai, a German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer, and hymnodist, was born in Mengeringhausen, Hesse, Germany (d. 1607)   1560: Hieronymus Praetorius, a composer.   1567: Girolamo Giacobbi, a composer.   1589: Pietro Antonio Tamburini, a composer.   1699: Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, a composer.   1720: Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer of Schauensee, a Swiss composer and organist, was born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 1789) 1740: Samuel Arnold, a composer.   1750: Daniel Gottlob Türk, a German organist and composer, was born in Claußnitz, Saxony (d. 1813)   1762: Santiago Ferrer, a composer.   1793: Heinrich August Neithardt, a composer.   1808: Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, a composer.   1813: William Henry Fry, an American composer, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)   1814: Jacob Edvard Gille, a composer.   1835: Gyula Beliczay, a composer.   1836: Jose Teodor Vilar, a composer.   1845: Abai Qunanbaiuli, a Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1904)   1856: Paul Geisler, a composer.   1860: Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, an Indian musician (d. 1936)   1865: Alexander K Glazunov, a composer (Chopiniana), was born in St Petersburg, Russia   1874: Bill Johnson, an American musician (d. 1972)   1880: Clarence Cameron White, an American concert violinist, and composer (Ouanga!) was born in Clarksville, Tennessee (d. 1960)   1882: Max Kowalski, German pianist, singer, and composer (Pierrot Lunaire), was born in Kowal, Russian Empire/Poland (d. 1956)   1883: Carlos Lavin, a composer   1889: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, an English composer, was born in Great Baddow, Essex (d. 1960)   1893: Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, a composer (Good Night Harvard)   1904: Geraldo [Gerald Walcan Bright], British "sweet music" dance band leader (Gaucho Tango Orchestra), was born in London, England (d. 1974)   1906: Robert De Kers [Keersmaeker], a Belgian jazz trumpeter and bandleader, was born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1987)   1909: Brian Easdale, a composer.   1909: Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger (Andre Kostelanetz; Tony Bennett), composer ("Snowfall"), and bandleader ("A Sunday Kind of Love"), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1965)   1909: Clarence Leonidas 'Leo' Fender, inventor, and founder of the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company. The Fender Telecaster (1949) was the first mass-produced electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster (1954) is among the world's most iconic electric guitars and the Fender Precision Bass (1951) set the standard for electric bass guitars. Fender died on 21st March 1991 having long suffered from Parkinson's disease.   1912: Herman Strategier, a Dutch organist/composer/conductor.   1918: Arnett Cobb, an American jazz tenor saxophonist (Lionel Hampton), was born in Houston, Texas (d. 1989)   1923: Rhonda Fleming [Marilyn Louis], an American actress and singer nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor" (Spellbound), was born in Hollywood, California   1926: Edwin James Nairn Carr, a composer.     1926: Marie-Claire Alain, a French organist/composer.   1928: Jimmy Dean, singer, (1961 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Big Bad John'. Went on to present a prime-time variety show on US TV.   1928: Eddie Fisher, American pop singer ("Oh My Papa"; "Lady of Spain"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010) (Side Note: On This Day & Wikipedia agree his DOB is 1928, This Day says he was born in 1929)   1929: John Alldis, a composer/conductor   1932: Alexander Goehr, a composer   1932: Trudy Pitts, an American jazz Hammond B-3 organist, pianist, and vocalist, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)   1934: James Carl Tenney, an American composer, was born in Silver City, New Mexico (d. 2006)   1935: Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, a Georgian composer (NightPrayers), was born in Tbilisi, Georgia  1936: Chuck Israels, American jazz double bassist, composer (Bill Evans Trio), arranger, and bandleader, born in New York City.   1940: Bobby Hatfield, singer, The Righteous Brothers, (1965 UK & US No.1 single 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', 1990 UK No.1 single 'Unchained Melody', first released in 1965). He died on 5th November 2003.   1940: Michael “Tunes” Antunes, American rock and blues saxophonist (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band), and actor (Eddie And The Cruisers) was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.   1941: George Bellamy, an English rocker (The Tornados), was born in Sunderland, England.   1943: James Griffin, guitar, vocals, Bread, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'Make It With You').   1943: Ronnie Spector [Veronica Bennett], an American pop singer (The Ronettes -"Be My Baby"), was born in NYC, New York.   1943: Michael Mantler, an American trumpeter, and composer.   1946: Mick Clarke, from English pop band The Rubettes who had the 1974 UK No.1 single 'Sugar Baby Love'.   1947: Ian Anderson a British musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ian Anderson, was best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flutist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson has also owned several salmon farms in the UK.   1947: Ronnie Spector, singer, The Ronettes, (1963 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'Be My Baby'). Married producer Phil Spector in 1968.   1948: An American R&B, pop, and jazz singer Patti Austin had the 1983 US No.1 & UK No.11 single with James Ingram's Baby Come To Me. She and Michael Jackson performed a duet on It's the Falling in Love, which appeared on his album Off the Wall,   1949: Andy Cresswell-Davis, The Korgis (1980 UK No.5 single 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime').   1949: Gene Johnson, an American country singer (Diamond Rio - "Meet in the Middle"), was born in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania   1952: Ashley Putnam, an American soprano (NY City Opera 1978), was born in NYC, New York.   1956: Charlie Peacock, an American jazz and contemporary Christian music pianist, singer, songwriter, and record producer (The Civil Wars), was born in Yuba City, California   1956: On Ka'a Davis, an American experimental jazz guitarist and composer (Sun Ra Arkestra), was born in Cleveland, Ohio   1959: Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashin)   1959: Mark Price, drummer with All About Eve who had the 1988 UK No.10 single 'Martha's Harbour'. Also worked with The Cure and Right Said Fred. 1961: Jon Farriss drummer, 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. 1962: Julia Fordham, singer, songwriter, a one-time member of Mari Wilson's Wilsations and backing singer for Kim Wilde, (1988 UK No.27 single 'Happy Ever After'). 1968: Leigh Marklew, the bassist with English rock band Terrorvision who had the 1999 UK No.2 single 'Tequila'. Terrorvision was originally known as The Spoilt Bratz. 1968: Michael Bivins an American singer, rapper, and manager Michael Bivins, from the American R&B group New Edition who had the 1983 UK No.1 single 'Candy Girl', and Bell Biv DeVoe who had the 1990 US No.3 single 'Do Me!'. 1968: Andile Yenana, a South African jazz pianist, was born in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 1970: Jeff Mangum, an American psychedelic-pop, folk-rock musician, and singer-songwriter (Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea") was born in Ruston, Louisiana. 1971: Stephan Groth, a Danish-Norwegian synth-pop singer (Apoptygma Berzerk) was born in Odense, Denmark. 1972: Christofer Johnsson, a Swedish phonemic metal guitarist, and composer (Therion) was born in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. 1977: Aaron Kamin, an American guitarist, and singer-songwriter (The Calling) was born in Studio City, California 1981: Natsumi Abe, a Japanese pop singer (Dream Morning Musume), was born in Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan. 1984: Cyrille Aimée, a French jazz singer ("Let's Get Lost") was born in Samois-sur-Seine, Fontainebleau. 1984: Fridolijn, a Dutch jazz singer, was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Monday morning, I will be adding three songs to the GSOTD post and playlist. The first song is Brutal (clean) by Olivia Rodrigo, and that has been requested by @Rubyfoxx, thank you @Rubyfoxx for your request. The last two songs I will add. Have a great Monday, enjoy the music.   Punk Rock: Brutal (clean) by Olivia Rodrigo. Brutal (clean)  Olivia Rodrigo told about "Brutal"  "It's a really angsty song I suppose, and I sort of just talking about everything that I'm upset about in the song, to put it very plainly and broadly. Country: Me, Myself and the Highway by Whitney Duncan. Me, Myself and the Highway   Whitney Duncan is an American country music singer and songwriter. She finished as the fifth-place finalist on the fifth season of Nashville Star. She has released one studio album and has charted on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart with "When I Said I Would" and "Skinny Dippin'," as well as a Christmas single and guest appearance on a Kenny Rogers single which was released before her Nashville Star appearance. In the fall of 2011, Duncan competed on the 23rd season of Survivor, Survivor: South Pacific, where she ultimately finished in 9th place, becoming the fourth member of the jury. In the fall of 2014, Duncan and her then-fiancé, fellow Survivor: South Pacific castaway Keith Tollefson, competed together on the 25th season of The Amazing Race, where they placed in 8th place. Pop: Button (feat. Anuel AA & Tainy) by Maroon 5. Button (feat. Anuel AA & Tainy)   Maroon 5 new song Button ft Anuel AA & Tainy is out now and its lyrics are written by Adam Levine, Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago, Marco Masis, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Michael Pollack, Johnny Simpson & 4 other lyricists. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Rubyfoxx good Monday morning, and yes, she is awesome. I have collected some of her songs for my own personal playlist, my favorite is Drivers License. It is truly a sad song, but it is one that I can very closely relate to as well.  I will add her song Brutal (clean) to the GSOTD post and playlist. I will also be sure to mention you for requesting the song. Have a great day, take care and stay safe.    ... View more

Good Monday morning, This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great Monday.   1862: Berlioz's opera "Beatrice et Benedict" premieres in Baden-Baden, Germany. 1942: Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, dedicated to the city of Leningrad, performed in Leningrad by starving musicians and broadcast to German forces over loudspeakers during a siege by Nazi forces. 1953: Mantovani and his Orchestra were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Song From The Moulin Rouge', (from the film of the same name). The first-ever instrumental No.1 on the UK chart.   1958: Britain's answer to Elvis, 17-year-old Cliff Richard, signed a record deal with EMI records. Also on this day, Cliff Richard started a four-week residency at Butlins Holiday Camp in Clacton-On-Sea, Essex as Cliff Richard and the Drifters.   1963: The first-ever edition of 'Ready Steady Go! was shown on UK TV. Introduced by Keith Fordyce and 19-year-old Cathy McGowan. The first show featured The Searchers, Jet Harris, Pat Boone, Billy Fury, and Brian Poole, and The Tremeloes. The final show was in Dec 1966 after 175 episodes. Originally 30 minutes long, it expanded to 50 minutes the following year, and soon attracted the most popular artists, including The Beatles, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Rolling Stones, The Four Tops, The Kinks, and many others.   1964: The Rolling Stones appeared at the New Elizabeth Ballroom in Belle Vue, Manchester. Two policemen fainted and another was taken to hospital with broken ribs after trying to control over 3,000 screaming teenagers.   1966: The Beatles release their single "Yellow Submarine" and its album "Revolver" in the US.    1967: Scott McKenzie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair).' The singer's only UK Top 40 hit was written by John Philips of Mamas & Papas.   1967: The Small Faces entered the singles chart with 'Itchycoo Park', the single peaked at No.3 in the UK chart. The song was one of the first pop singles to use flanging, an effect that can be heard in the bridge section after each chorus. Most sources credit the use of the effect to Olympic Studios engineer George Chkiantz who showed it to the Small Faces regular engineer Glyn Johns.   1968: After the other Beatles had gone home for the evening (2.00 am), Paul McCartney stayed behind and recorded 'Mother Nature's Son', taping 25 takes at Abbey Road Studios. The song was included on The White Album.   1968: Arthur Brown, Deep Purple, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ten Years After, The Nice, Ginger Baker, Traffic, John Mayall, Spencer Davis, Taste, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Arthur Brown all appeared at the three-day National Jazz & Blues Festival, Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury On Thames, England.   1969: Kander and Ebbs' musical "Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 305 performances.   1969: During a North American tour, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Jethro Tull who opened for the band was at No.1 on the UK album chart with their second release 'Stand Up'.   1973: Northern Irish guitarist Henry McCullough quits the rock band Wings, founded by Paul McCartney.   1975: The Bee Gees started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Jive Talkin', the group's second US No.1 it made No.5 in the UK.   1975: Typically Tropical was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Barbados', the acts only hit making them One Hit Wonders.   1980: Abba scored their eighth UK No.1 single with 'The Winner Takes It All'. Taken from their 'Super Trouper' album. By this time, both couples were divorced.   1980: AC/DC scored their first UK No.1 album with Back In Black. It was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott (who died on 19 February 1980 at the age of 33) and was dedicated to him. The album has sold an estimated 49 million copies worldwide to date, making it the second highest-selling album of all time, and the best selling hard rock or heavy metal album, as well as the best selling album ever released by a band.   1980: Ten original Gerald Scarfe drawings for Pink Floyd's album The Wall were stolen from the foyer of Earls Court, London, England where they were being exhibited.   1986: 250 Gary Numan fans picketed BBC Radio 1 in London, demanding more airtime for their favorite pop star.   1986: Queen ended their Magic European tour at Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, with over 120,000 fans witnessing what would be Queen's last ever live performance. On this, their final tour, Queen played to legions of established fans, plus many new ones gained as a result of their show-stealing performance at Live Aid the previous year. The support acts were Belouis Some, Big Country, and Status Quo.   1986: "Honky Tonk Nights" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 4 performances.   1987: "Les Miserables" opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv.   1992: "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore NYC after 137 performances.   1994: During an Oasis gig at The Riverside in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, guitarist Noel Gallagher was hit in the face by a man who had jumped on the stage. Noel refused to carry on playing and after leaving the stage a mob of over 300 people attacked the bands' bus as they were leaving.   1995: Jerry Garcia guitarist and singer from the Grateful Dead died from a heart attack at the Serenity Knolls rehabilitation clinic in San Francisco aged 53. Garcia co-founded the New Riders of the Purple Sage and also released several solo albums. He was well known for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".   1997: "Just to See You Smile" single released by Tim McGraw (Billboard Song of the Year 1998)   1999: Spice Girls manager Bob Herbert was killed in a car crash in Windsor, England. Herbert was behind the formation of The Spice Girls and Five and had managed Bros during the 80s.   1999: The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru as the official national flag, and "Kimi Ga Yo" as the national anthem.   2005: The Magic Numbers walked out of an appearance on UK music show Top Of The Pops after presenter Richard Bacon said the band had been put in a "fat-melting pot of talent." The band left the studio in protest at the "derogatory, unfunny remarks".   2005: Marc Cohn survived being shot in the head during an attempted carjacking as he left a concert in Denver, Colorado. Cohn was struck in the temple by the bullet but it did not penetrate his skull. Police said a man tried to commandeer Cohn's tour van as it left after a show, the attacker was fleeing police after trying to pay a hotel bill with a stolen credit card.   2007: Amy Winehouse canceled a series of European shows after being admitted to hospital suffering from "severe exhaustion". The 23-year-old singer was taken to University College London Hospital and later discharged. In the past few weeks she had pulled out of the T in the Park festival - also citing "exhaustion", Liverpool's Summer Pops event, and concerts in Norway and Denmark.   2007: Baltimore's mayor Sheila Dixon proclaimed today as the city's official Frank Zappa Day, citing Zappa's musical accomplishments as well as his defense of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.   2007: Jennifer Lopez won $545,000 (£267,257) in a case against her first husband, who planned to publish a book claiming she had several affairs. Lopez claimed Ojani Noa had violated a previous legal settlement preventing him from revealing private details about their relationship. The star claimed Mr. Noa offered not to publish the book in return for $5 million (£2.4m).   2015: Little Mix was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Black Magic’. It was released as the lead single from their third studio album, Get Weird.   Born On This Day In The Music World:   1648: Johann Michael Bach, a German composer (In Dulci Jubilo), was born in Arnstadt, Germany (d. 1694)   1690: Lorenzo Zavateri, an Italian violinist and composer, was born in Bologna (d. 1764)   1718: Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, a German composer, was born in Murnau, Bavaria (d. 1782)   1781: Michael Umlauf, an Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (premiere of Beethoven's 9th) was born in Vienna (d. 1842)   1789: Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, a French harpist and composer, was born in Montmédy, France (d. 1856)   1834: Elias Álvares Lobo, a Brazilian composer, was born in Itu, Brazil (d. 1901)   1861: Wilhelm Berger, a German composer, pianist, and conductor, was born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1911)   1874: Reynaldo Hahn, a Venezuelan-French singer, composer, conductor, and music critic, was born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1947)   1875: Albert William Ketèlbey, British pianist and composer (In A Monastery Garden) born in Aston, Birmingham (d. 1959)   1890: César Cortinas, a Uruguayan composer, was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay (d. 1918)   1890: Sándor Jemnitz, a Hungarian composer, was born in Budapest (d. 1963)   1891: (Marcus) "Max" Tak, a Dutch violinist and radio commentator, was born in Amsterdam (d. 1967)  1896: Leonide Massine, a Russian ballet dancer, and choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20) was born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1979)   1902: Zino Francescatti, a French violinist (New York Philharmonic, 1939) was born in Marseille, France (d. 1991)   1913: Harry Mills, an American baritone singer (Mills Brothers - "Paper Doll"; "Up A Lazy River"), was born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1982)   1914: Ferenc Fricsay, a Hungarian-Austrian conductor, was born in Budapest (d. 1963)   1915: Haim Alexander, an Israeli composer, was born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2012)   1925: Robert Heppner, a Dutch composer (Hymns & Conversations for 28 Harps; Memento), was born in Amsterdam (d. 2009)   1926: Michiel de Ruyter, a Dutch jazz historian (Mister Jazz), was born in Amsterdam (d. 1994)   1935: George S. Leotsakos, a Greek composer and musicologist, was born in Athens, Greece.   1939: Billy Henderson singer, from American rhythm and blues vocal group the Detroit Spinners who had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 'Working My Way Back To You'. Henderson died at the age of 67 from complications from diabetes on 2nd Feb 2007.   1939: Max Neuhaus, an American classical musician and experimental percussionist (sound sculptures) was born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 2009)   1944: Vic Prince, drummer, with Pretty Things who had the 1964 UK No.10 single 'Don't Bring Me Down'. He later joined The Jeff Beck Group and The Denny Laine String Band and deputized on drums during concerts for The Honeycombs and The Who.   1946: Marinus "Rinus" Gerritsen, a Dutch rock bassist, and keyboardist (Golden Earring - "Radar Love") was born in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.   1947: Barbara Mason, an American R&B singer ("Yes, I'm Ready") was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   1949: Brie Howard-Darling, an American musician, artist, and cake designer (Boxing Gandhis, Fanny) was born in Stockton, California.   1954: Pete Thomas, drummer, with Elvis Costello and The Attractions, had the 1979 UK No.2 single 'Olivers Army'. As a session drummer Thomas has also worked with Suzanne Vega, Neil Finn, Vonda Shepard, Sheryl Crow, and others.   1955: Charlie Morgan, English drummer, and percussionist. Worked with the Tom Robinson Band, Kate Bush, Elton John, Orleans, Paul McCartney, and Tina Turner.   1958: Greg Chaisson, a Canadian heavy metal bassist (Badlands - "Dreams in the Dark") was born in Toronto, Ontario.   1959: Diane Williams, an American country singer (Girls Next Door - "Slow Boat to China") was born at Hahn Air Force Base, near Kirchberg Germany.   1959: Kurtis Blow [Walker], an American rapper (Krushgroove - "The Breaks") was born in NYC, New York   1962: Michael "Mick" Conroy, a British bassist (Modern English - "I Melt With You")   1963: Whitney Houston singer, who had the 1985 UK & US No.1 single 'Saving All My Love For You', the 1992 UK & US No.1 single 'I Will Always Love You', plus nine other US No.1's. In 2009, Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time. Houston died on February 11th, 2012.   1965: Kyle Kyle [Keiderling], an American rock bassist (Bang Tango) was born in Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   1968: Sam Fogarino, an American drummer (Interpol) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   1970: Arion Salazar, an American rock bassist (Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life") was born in Oakland, California. (Side Note: On This Day & Celebsmoney & Celebs Famous Birthdays agree on 1970 as DOB, This Day has his DOB in 1972).    1972: Juanes [Juan Esteban Aristizábal] a Colombian singer and songwriter, winner of 24 Latin Grammy Awards, was born in Carolina del Príncipe, Antioquia, Colombia   1972: A-Mei [Kulilay Amit], a Taiwanese Puyuma singer known as the "Queen of Mando-Pop", was born in Beinan, Taitung, Taiwan.   1976: Leigh Kakaty, a Canadian singer (Pop Evil) was born in Kingston, Canada.   1977: Aldona Nawrocka, a Polish pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Rzeszów, Poland.   1978: Luke Concannon, guitar and vocals, Nizlopi, (2005 UK No.1 single ‘JCB Song’).   1985: Anna Kendrick, an American actress, and singer (Pitch Perfect) was born in Portland, Maine.   1987: Noonie Bao [Jonnali Mikaela Parmenius], a Swedish pop songwriter and singer, was born in Stockholm, Sweden.   1987: Swedish singer, songwriter Jonnali Parmenius, better known by the stage name Noonie Bao. She has written songs for artists such as Katy Perry, Avicii, David Guetta, Clean Bandit, Rita Ora, and Carly Rae Jepsen. 1994: King Von [Dayvon Bennett], an American rapper and songwriter ("Crazy Story"), was born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020) Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Happy & good Friday to all. This Day In The History Of Music. Have a great relaxing weekend, or at least try.   1947: 1st performance of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8". 1960: Chubby Checker appeared on the US TV show American Bandstand and performed 'The Twist.' The song went to No.1 on the US chart and again 18 months later in 1962. It is the only song to go to the top of the charts on two separate occasions.   1963: In the evening at Studio A of the Columbia Recording Studio, New York City, Bob Dylan recorded the first session produced by Tom Wilson for the album The Times They Are A-Changin'. Dylan's third studio album was the first collection to feature only original compositions, the title track being one of Dylan's most famous. The album consists mostly of stark, sparsely-arranged story songs concerning issues such as racism, poverty, and social change.   1963: The Beatles arrived in Jersey in the Channel Islands, where they spent the day go-carting and relaxing by the pool at The Revere Hotel before playing the first of four nights at the Springfield Ballroom. Some fans had found out where they were staying, but they were happy to chat and be photographed with them.   1964: Rod Stewart made his TV debut on the BBC show The Beat Room as a member of The Hoochie Coochie Men. The tapes of all but one of the programs were later destroyed. The only remaining program (originally broadcast on 5 October 1964) featured Tom Jones, Julie Rogers, The Kinks, John Lee Hooker, and The Syndicats. The show also featured a sextet of female dancers, the Beat Girls formed from an existing group, the katydids.   1965: The Beatles released their fifth album and soundtrack to their second film Help! which included the title track, ‘The Night Before’, ‘You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, ‘You're Going to Lose That Girl, ‘Ticket to Ride’, and 'Yesterday'.   1965: Decca records released the Small Faces debut single 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It' which peaked at No.14 on the UK chart. Years later, their manager Don Arden admitted to spending £12,000 on chart fixing to ensure the band's debut song would be a hit.   1970: The Concert For Peace, Steppenwolf, Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Poco, and Johnny Winter all appeared at the Concert For Peace in New York City. The concert date coincided with the 25th anniversary of dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.   1970: The 10th National Jazz, Blues, and Pop four-day Festival was held at Plumpton Racecourse in Sussex, England. Featuring, Family, Groundhogs, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple, Fat Mattress, Yes, Caravan, The Strawbs, Black Sabbath, Wild Angles, Wishbone Ash, and Daddy Longlegs.   1973: Stevie Wonder was seriously injured when the car he was riding in crashed into a truck on I-85 near Winston-Salem, North Carolina leaving him in a coma for four days. The accident also left him without any sense of smell.   1974: ABBA scored their first US top 10 hits when 'Waterloo' went to No.6. 'Waterloo' was written specifically to be entered into the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, after the group finished third with 'Ring Ring' the previous year in the Swedish pre-selection contest. The original title of the song was 'Honey Pie'.   1977: The Police appeared at The Red Cow, Hammersmith Road in London, admission was 60p.   1977: This week's UK Top 5 singles: No.5 'Fanfare For The Common Man', ELP. No.4, 'Pretty Vacant, the Sex Pistols. No.3, 'Angelo' Brotherhood Of Man'. No.2, 'Ma Baker', Boney M and No.1, 'I Feel Love' Donna Summer.   1981: Stevie Nicks released her first solo album Bella Donna which contained four top 40 US hits. ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’, (with Tom Petty), ‘Leather and Lace’, (with Don Henley), ‘Edge of Seventeen’ and ‘After the Glitter Fades.’   1982: Pink Floyd's The Wall starring Bob Geldof opened in movie theatres in New York. The film was conceived alongside the double album by Pink Floyd's, Roger Waters.   1983: Klaus Nomi Avant-garde musician and former backing singer with David Bowie Klaus Nomi died at the age of 39 of Aids in New York City aged 38. Nomi was one of the first celebrities to contract AIDS.   1988: Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses debut album went to No.1 in the US, after spending 57 weeks on the chart and selling over 5 million copies. Singles from the album, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine,’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Paradise City’ were all US top 10 hits. Worldwide sales now stand in excess of 28 million and the album is the best-selling debut album of all-time in the US, beating Boston's debut album Boston, which has gone 17x platinum.   1988: Yazz and the Plastic Population started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Only Way Is Up'. The song was originally released as the title track to the 1982 album by soul singer Otis Clay.   1989: Adam Clayton of U2 was arrested in The Blue Light Inn car park in Dublin for marijuana possession and intent to supply the drug to another person. His conviction was waived in exchange for paying £25,000 to the Dublin Woman's Aid Centre.   1989: "Oh! Calcutta!" revival closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances, Broadway’s longest-running musical revue.   1994: Lisa Loeb started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Stay (I Missed You), a No.6 hit in the UK. Actor and friend Ethan Hawke had asked her to provide a song for the upcoming movie Reality Bites and 'Stay' was featured in the film.   1994: Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards booked into a private clinic to be treated for nervous exhaustion.   1996: Punk rock band the Ramones perform for the last time at the Palace in Hollywood.   1999: **ahem** Latvala died aged 56 after being in a coma caused by a heart attack. Latvala had worked with the Grateful Dead since the early 80s looking after their archives of live performances which became a series of '**ahem**'s Picks' albums.   2001: Whitney Houston became one of the highest-paid musicians in the world after signing a new deal with Arista Records, said to be worth more than $100m.   2004: Rick James was found dead at his Los Angeles home. Known as 'The King of Punk-Funk' James scored the 1981 US No.3 album ‘Street Songs’ and 1981 US No.16 single ‘Super Freak part 1’. In the late 60s, James worked as a songwriter and producer for Motown, working with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Addicted to cocaine, he once admitted to spending $7,000 a week on drugs for five years.  2007: Marilyn Manson was being sued by a former band member who said he was owed $20m (£9.8m) in shared profits. Stephen Bier, who played keyboards under the stage name Madonna Wayne Gacy, claimed he was not paid properly over a period of almost two decades. In legal papers filed in Los Angeles, Bier claimed Manson falsely told him the band was not making much money and used band money to buy a $2m (£980,000) home and collect Nazi memorabilia, including coat hangers used by Adolf Hitler.   2009: Willy DeVille died at the age of 58 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The band he formed, Mink Deville, appeared at the legendary CBGB club in New York in the 1970s and scored the 1977 hit 'Spanish Stroll.' Doctors discovered he had cancer earlier this year as he was preparing to undergo treatment for hepatitis C.   2012: Forbes declared Beyoncé and Jay-Z the highest-paid celebrity couple, with earnings of $78 million ($40 million for her, $38 for him).   2012: "Cruise" single released by Florida Georgia Line (Billboard Song of the Year 2013)   2019: Members of Korn, Tool, Judas Priest, Linkin Park, and several other bands signed a brief in support of Led Zeppelin, whose years-long copyright case over the opening guitar riff of 'Stairway To Heaven' was set to return to court. In response to the court order, 123 music-makers filed an amicus brief, aiming to “elucidate the effect of the panel’s decision… on all songwriters, composers, musicians, and producers in the United States and around the world”. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2014 by the estate of late Randy California, the singer/guitarist of Spirit and the composer of ‘Taurus’.   2020: British music producer and sound engineer Martin Birch died at age 71. He became renowned for engineering and producing albums recorded predominantly by British rock bands, including Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, and Iron Maiden.     2020: Wayne Fontana died from cancer at the age of 74. The English rock and pop singer is best known for the 1965 hit ‘The Game of Love’ with the Mindbenders. He took his stage name from Elvis Presley's drummer, D. J. Fontana.   Borb On This Day In The Music World:   1619: Barbara Strozzi, an Italian singer, and composer, was baptized in Venice (d. 1677)   1651: Johann Michael Zächer, an Austrian composer, was born in Vienna (d. 1712)   1664: Johann Christoph Schmidt, a German composer, was born in Ansbach, Bavaria (d. 1728)   1665: Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, a French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, was born in Paris, France (d. 1743)   1748: Bernhard Haltenberger, a German composer, was born in Schongau, Bavaria (d. 1780)   1858: Albert Fuchs, a Swiss-German composer, was born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1910)   1873: Mary Carr Moore, an American composer, was born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1957)   1875: Marcel Labey, a French conductor and composer, was born in Vésinet, France (d. 1968)   1883: Francesco Santoliquido, an Italian composer, was born in San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples, Italy (d. 1971)   1884: Arthur Fields [Abraham Finkelstein], an American singer-songwriter (Aba Daba Honeymoon), was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1953)   1886: Edward Ballantine, an American composer and music professor, was born in Oberlin, Ohio (d. 1971)   1888: Heinrich Schlusnus, a German baritone, was born in Braubach (d. 1952)   1896: Cyril Mockridge, a British composer for film and television (Miracle On 34th Street; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) starring John Wayne & Jimmy Stewart, was born in London (d. 1979)   1902: Michal Vilec, a composer. 1906: Vic Dickenson, an American trombonist (d. 1984)   1908: George Singer, a composer.   1908: Svend Erik Tarp, a Danish composer, was born in Thisted, Denmark (d. 1994)   1910: Friedrich Schroder, a composer.   1918: Norman Granz, an American record producer (Jazz at the Philharmonic; Verve Records), was born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)   1923: Jack Parnell, an orchestra leader (Englebert Humperdinck Show), was born in London, England.   1925: Leland Smith, an American composer, bassoonist, and computer coder who led music publishing into the digital age (SCORE), was born in Oakland, California (d. 2013)   1928: Andy Warhol, pop artist, and producer, was the founder of the Pop Art movement. Produced and managed The Velvet Underground, designed the 1967 Velvet Underground and Nico, 'peeled banana' album cover, and The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers album cover. Warhol died on 22nd February 1987 after a gall bladder operation.   1929: Mike Elliott, saxophonist from British soul band The Foundations who scored the 1967 UK No.1 single 'Baby Now That I've Found You' and the 1969 US No.3 single 'Build Me Up A Buttercup'. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a No.1 hit in the UK in the 1960s.   1930: Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], an African-American civil rights activist, jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress (Nothing But a Man), was born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)   1937: Baden Powell de Aquino, a Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)   1937: Paul Griffin, an American session musician, and pianist was born in Harlem, New York (d. 2000)  1937: Charlie [Charles Edward] Haden, an American jazz double-bassist (Liberation Music Orchestra; Quartet West), was born in Shenandoah, Iowa (d. 2014)   1938: Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok, a Belarusian composer and teacher, was born in Minsk, Belarus (d. 2018)   1939: Sonny Sanders was an American soul music singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He formed the Satintones in Detroit in 1957 becoming the first vocal group signed to Motown, and released their first record, 'Going to the Hop' / 'Motor City' in 1960. He later arranged strings on many hits including Jackie Wilson’s 'Higher and Higher' and 'I Get the Sweetest Feeling'. He died on October 12, 2016.   1941: Sorrel [Doris Ernestine] Hays, an American pianist, and composer (The Glass Woman) was born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2020)   1945: John Kongos, a South African singer and songwriter ("He's Gonna Step On You Again") was born in Johannesburg.    1946: Allan Holdsworth, a British guitarist, was born in Bradford (d. 2017)   1948: Allan Holdsworth, a British guitarist, and composer who was a member of Soft Machine, and played a variety of musical styles in a career spanning more than four decades, but is best known for his work in jazz fusion. Holdsworth died on 15 April 2017 at his home in Vista, California, at the age of 70.  1952: Pat McDonald an American musician and songwriter from Timbuk 3, had the 1987 UK No.21 single 'The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades'). He formed the duo with his wife, Barbara K. MacDonald. He has co-written songs recorded by Aerosmith, Cher, Jools Holland, Billy Ray Cyrus, Zucchero, Keith Urban, Imogen Heap, Stewart Copeland, and Peter Frampton.    1952: Ton Scherpenzeel, a Dutch rock keyboardist (Kayak, Earth & Fire), was born in Hilversum, The Netherlands.   1952: Vinnie Vincent [Cusano], an American rock guitarist (Kiss, 1982-84; solo - "Ashes to Ashes"), was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.   1954: Elma Miller, a Canadian composer, was born in Toronto, Ontario.   1958: Randy DeBarge singer from an 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'.   1959: Joyce Sims, an American R&B singer-songwriter ("All and All"; "Come into My Life"), was born in Rochester, New York.   1963: Jamie Kensit, from English group Eighth Wonder, (the brother of singer, actress Patsy Kensit), who had the 1988 UK No.7 single and European hit 'I'm Not Scared, which was co-produced and written by the Pet Shop Boys.   1965: Yuki Kajiura, a Japanese film, anime, and video game music composer was born in Tokyo, Japan.  1966: Regina Carter, American jazz and classical violinist, and composer was born in Detroit, Michigan.   1969: Elliot Smith, a US singer-songwriter, 1997 album 'Either/Or'. His song 'Miss Misery' saw him nominated for an Academy Award in 1997. Smith committed suicide on 22nd October 2003 aged 34. 1972: Geri (Horner) Halliwell, (Ginger Spice), vocals, the Spice Girls who scored the 1996 UK No.1 & 1997 US No.1 single 'Wannabe', plus seven other No.1 singles. She left the group on 7th June 1998 and her first UK solo No.1 single was 1999 'Mi Chico Latino'. Halliwell has scored more UK No.1's than any other female artist. 1980: Wilber Pan, a Taiwanese-American singer, rapper, and actor, was born in West Virginia. 1981: Leslie Odom Jr., an American actor, and singer (Hamilton) was born in New York City. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Friday morning, I will be adding six songs to the GSOTD post and playlist, three songs are coming from @XtremeJazz and they're playlist Xtreme Smooth Jazz playlist. 1). At Last by Ronnie Jordan 2). The Moment by Boney James 3). Remember Me by Marion Meadows. The last three songs are coming from the playlist Handpicked By Interns by @Pandora and the interns at Sirius and Pandora. 1). Pollyanna by Greenday. 2). Soul by Lee Brice. 3). Lorelei by Styx. Have a great Friday, enjoy the music.   Jazz: At Last by Ronnie Jordan At Last   Ronny Jordan (born Ronald Laurence Albert Simpson on November 29, 1962, in London, England) is a guitarist at the forefront of the acid jazz movement at the end of the twentieth century. Ronnie Jordan passed away in January of 2014, he was 51.  Smooth Jazz: The Moment by Boney James. The Moment   Over the years, James has racked up sales of more than three million records, four RIAA gold albums, four GRAMMY nominations, a Soul Train Award, nominations for two NAACP Image Awards, and 10 CDs atop Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. Smooth Jazz: Remember Me by Marion Meadows. Remember Me   Marion Meadows is an American saxophonist and composer, mainly in smooth jazz. He was born in West Virginia and grew up mainly in Connecticut. His first album as a leader was For Lovers Only in 1990. Alternative Rock//Power-pop: Pollyanna by Greenday. Pollyanna   Green Day has released their new song “Pollyanna.” The synth-driven power-pop song feels like a proper celebration after a year stuck in COVID. Armstrong is optimistic as he sings “We’re gonna take back the night/everything’s gonna be all right.” Country: Soul by Lee Brice. Soul  Lee Brice is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Curb Records. Brice has released five albums with the label: Love Like Crazy, Hard to Love, I Don't Dance, Lee Brice. and Hey World. He has also released seventeen singles, of which seven have reached number one on Billboard Country Airplay: "A Woman Like You", "Hard to Love", "I Drive Your Truck", "I Don't Dance", "Rumor", "I Hope You're Happy Now" and "One of Them Girls". He has also charted within the top 10 with "Love Like Crazy", "Parking Lot Party", "Drinking Class", and "That Don't Sound Like You". "Love Like Crazy" was the top country song of 2010 according to Billboard Year-End, and broke a 62-year-old record for the longest run on the country chart. Hard Rock: Lorelei by Styx. Lorelei  "Lorelei" is a song from rock band Styx. It is on their 1975 album Equinox and was released as a single in 1976. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.    ... View more