@Pandora, again, thank you for such great kindness and recognition. Above and beyond anything that is deserving. Thank you, take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@superboy, I feel I would not be able to answer without being bias. The only Spiderman I saw was the one with Toby Maguire. I must say, I really did like it. But perhaps the other actors were just as good. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Pandora, thank you for your very generous and kind words as well. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@superboy, I thank you for your very kind and very generous words. You take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@AlvaroRivera565  I'm sorry it took me all week to see your post. Here is a playlist that was created just for the GSOTD (Genre Songs Of The Day) post. I hope you like it. And by the way, nice to meet you. Take care and stay safe.  https://pandora.app.link/DTzYqdlr8eb,  P.S The best part about this playlist is that it grows every day. Right now it is 10 songs south of 850. Enjoy the music, take care, and stay safe.  ... View more

@Awoken I will look this over this weekend, anything clean I will choose for the GSOTD post and playlist. Thanks for sharing. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@superboy I myself like Boston. I have some of their songs in my collection. I also may have this song already added to the GSOTD post and playlist. Although I must say, I'm not 100% sure about that. I will give it a look over if it is not already on the playlist, then be sure I will add it along with making mention of you for this selection. Thanks for sharing, take care and stay safe.  P.S @superboy I just looked over the GSOTD playlist, and Don't Look Back is not in the playlist. I will add this song tomorrow, and will of course make mention of you for the selection. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Listener001  nice playlist, I will be happy to add some of these to the GSOTD post and playlist. Have a great weekend, and a great week next week. Will be looking forward to your return the following week. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@dray6040 I first want to say, nice to meet you. And second, I thank you for sharing this. I will give this a look over, if there is nothing on the GSOTD playlist from this collection, then be sure I will add it to the post and playlist. I of course will also make mention of you for these selections. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@AlyssaPandora, @ShannonPandora, I will start going through your A-Z playlist, and choose your songs for the GSOTD post and playlist. Anything that is clean, and not on the playlist already, I will add. I will also make mention of you for every song I pick for the post and playlist. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@va thank you for your interest in this post. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@va, they are pretty good, if you have any favorites I will add them to the post and playlist. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@superboy, I will be sure to add that for tomorrow's post. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Listener001  you're so welcome, anytime. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@Awoken I'm listening to it now, I will pick two songs from this album and add them to the GSOTD clean post and playlist. I will also make mention of you for the songs. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more

Good Thursday morning. Here is what happened on This Day In History Of Music.  1961 - The Beatles: began a three-month residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, playing 92 straight nights. The group played for seven hours a night on weekdays and eight hours at weekends with a fifteen-minute break every hour. It was during this visit that Astrid Kirchherr cut Stuart Sutcliffe's hair into the style destined to become known as the "Beatle haircut" which The Beatles later adopted themselves. 1965 - The Who: recorded an appearance for Top Of The Pops at the Manchester television studio. The band then played a gig supporting Donovan at The Town Hall, Wembley, with Rod Stewart and the Soul Agents appearing at the bottom of the bill. 1966 - The Troggs: recorded 'Wild Thing' at Regent Sound Studio in London. The song went on to be a No.1 US and No.2 UK hit in June the following year. The track was recorded in one complete take (take two). 1966 - David Bowie: Pye Records released David Bowie's first solo single, 'Do Anything You Say. Despite featuring Bowie’s backing band at the time, The Buzz, the single was to be the first simply credited to David Bowie (which failed to chart). Bowie had previously recorded as David Jones and The Lower Third. 1966 - John Lennon: bought a copy of Timothy Leary's The Psychedelic Experience and The Tibetan Book Of The Dead, where he read near the beginning of the book's introduction; "When in doubt, relax, turn off your mind, float downstream," which captured Lennon's imagination and became the first line of 'Tomorrow Never Knows' which he recorded 5 days later. 1969 - Beach Boys: announced they were suing their record label Capitol for $2m in unpaid royalties. 1970 - Phil Spector: 50 musicians recorded the orchestral scores for The Beatles tracks 'The Long And Winding Road' and 'Across The Universe' for the Phil Spector produced sessions. The bill for the 50 musicians was £1,126 and 5 shillings, ($1.914). 1970 - The Rolling Stones: Earls Court in London received over one million postal ticket applications for The Rolling Stones' forthcoming six concerts as part of the group's European tour. 1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono: As an April Fool's joke, John Lennon and Yoko Ono issued a statement to the press that they were having dual sex change operations. 1975 - The Bay City Rollers: TV series Shang-A- Lang premiered on ITV in the UK. It featured the band in comedy sketches and performing their songs to a live studio audience made up of their teenage fans. This resulted in chaotic scenes at times as some members of the audience attempted to run onto the studio floor to meet their heroes. It ran for one 20-week series in 75. 1976 - AC/DC: Making their live debut in the UK, AC/DC played at The Red Cow in Hammersmith, London. 1976 - The Buzzcocks: played their debut live gig when they appeared at Bolton Institute Of Technology. The power was turned off after three numbers. 1984 - Marvin Gaye: was shot dead by his father at his parent's home in Los Angeles, California. The argument started after his parents squabbled over misplaced business documents, Gaye attempted to intervene and was killed by his father using a gun he had given him four months before. Marvin Sr. was sentenced to six years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Charges of first-degree murder were dropped after doctors discovered Marvin Sr. had a brain tumor. 1985 - Van Halen: David Lee Roth quit Van Halen shortly after releasing his version of The Beach Boys 'California Girls', (which featured Carl Wilson on background vocals). He was replaced by Sammy Hagar later in the year. 1989 - Madonna: scored her third UK No.1 album with 'Like A Prayer.' Also a US No.1 the album spent 70 weeks on the UK chart. 1989 - The Bangles: went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Eternal Flame', also a No.1 in the UK and the biggest selling single of 1989 in Australia. 2001 - Mel B: It was reported that Spice Girl Mel B had been advised to sell her £3.5m Buckinghamshire mansion because she couldn't afford to run it. The singer told friends she had to take out a £500.000 bank loan. 2004 - Paul Atkinson: guitarist with The Zombies died aged 58 due to liver and kidney disease. They scored the 1964 US No.2 & UK No.12 single 'She's Not There'. He later became an artist and repertoire executive, working for Columbia and RCA discovering and signing such bands as ABBA, Bruce Hornsby, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest, and Michael Penn. 2005 - U2: During the first leg of their Vertigo World tour, U2 appeared at the Arrowhead Sports Arena in Anaheim, Southern California, with Kings Of Leon as the opening act. By the end of the 131 date tour, 4,619,021 tickets had been sold with a total gross of $389 million. 2007 - Alanis Morissette: released a tongue-in-cheek cover of The Black Eyed Peas's 'My Humps', which she recorded in a slow, mournful voice, accompanied only by a piano. The accompanying YouTube video, in which she danced provocatively with a group of men received over 15m views. 2013 - The Beatles: A signed copy of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions for $290,500 (£191,000). The selling price far exceeded the $30,000 (£19,700) originally estimated for the rare LP record. The UK Parlophone copy of the album included a high gloss cover and vinyl gatefold sleeve. 2015 - Cynthia Lennon: the first wife of The Beatles' John Lennon died at her home in Spain following a short battle with cancer. At the height of The Beatles' early success, she was, at the insistence of the band's management, kept in the background so their legions of female fans were not aware of her existence. The couple divorced in 1968 after Cynthia discovered her husband's affair with Yoko Ono. 2017 - Bob Dylan: After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony. The academy, which awards the coveted prize, ended prolonged speculation as to whether the 75-year-old troubadour would use a concert stopover in Stockholm to accept the gold medal and diploma awarded to him back in October. 2019 - Ed Sheeran: wildlife pond was given the all-clear by inspectors despite neighbors complaining that it was actually a swimming pool. A Suffolk Coastal District Council team visited the pop star's estate and found "no evidence that it is not a wildlife pond". Sheeran was given planning permission for the development on the basis it was used for wildlife and not for swimming or any other recreational leisure activity. 2020 - Adam Schlesinger: American singer-songwriter, record producer, and guitarist Adam Schlesinger, best known for his work with Fountains Of Wayne, died at the age of 52 as a result of health complications caused by COVID-19. Fountains Of Wayne formed in New Jersey in 1995 and were named after a lawn ornament store in the state. Over his career, Schlesinger earned nominations for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, Tonys, Grammys, and Emmys, winning the latter two. Born On This Day In The Music World: 1939 - Rudolph Isley: from American group The Isley Brothers who first came to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, 'Shout', and then the 1962 hit 'Twist and Shout. The Isley Brothers also scored the hits 'This Old Heart Of Mine', 'Summer Breeze' and 'Harvest for the World'. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40. 1942 - Alan Blakley: who with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes had the UK 1963 No.1 hit 'Do You Love Me' and with The Tremeloes the 1967 UK No.1 & US No.11 single 'Silence Is Golden'. He died of cancer on 1st June 1996. 1942 - Phil Margo: from American male doo-wop-style vocal group The Tokens who had the 1961 US No.1 & UK No.11 single with its cover of Solomon Linda's 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight. 1945 - John Barbata: American drummer John Barbata from the American rock The Turtles who had the US No.1 single 'Happy Together, and with Jefferson Starship the 1987 UK & US No.1 single 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us'. Barbata also worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 1946 - Ronnie Lane: bass player and vocalist with Small Faces who had a 1967 UK No.3 & US No.16 single with ‘Itchycoo Park’ and a 1968 UK No.1 album with 'Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake'. As The Faces, they had a 1972 UK No.6 & US No.17 single with ‘Stay With Me. Ronnie then formed Slim Chance, who had a 1974 UK No.5 single with ‘How Come’. He died on June 4th, 1997, aged 51, after a 20 year battle with multiple sclerosis. 1947 - Robin Scott: English singer Robin Scott who as the founder of a music project he called M scored the 1979 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Pop Muzik' from the debut album New York, London, Paris, Munich. 1948 - Jimmy Cliff: Jamaican ska and reggae musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer Jimmy Cliff who had the 1969 UK No.6 & US No.25 single 'Wonderful World Beautiful People', and the 1970 UK No.8 hit with his version of Cat Stevens' 'Wild World'. He starred in the film The Harder They Come, which helped popularise reggae across the world. 1948 - Simon Cowe: guitarist with English group Lindisfarne who had the 1970s hit singles 'Meet Me on the Corner', 'Lady Eleanor and 'Run For Home'. Their album Fog on the Tyne became the biggest selling UK album in 1972. 1951 - Henry Gross: American singer-songwriter Henry Gross, best known as a member of Sha Na Na and for his hit song, ‘Shannon’. He was the youngest person, at age 18, to play on the main stage at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. 1954 - Jeff Porcaro: American drummer, songwriter, and record producer Jeff Porcaro, best known for his work with Toto. Porcaro is one of the most recorded session musicians in history - he came to prominence in the United States as the drummer on the Steely Dan album Katy Lied. He also worked with Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Joe Walsh, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and many other acts. Porcaro had fallen ill after spraying insecticide in the yard of his home and died that evening on 5th August 1992. 1961 - Susan Boyle: Scottish singer, debut 2009 album 'I Dreamed a Dream' was the biggest selling album in the world in 2009. 1961 - Mark White: guitarist with English pop band ABC who as part of the New Romantic movement had the 1982 UK No.4 & 1983 US No.18 'The Look Of Love'. Their 1982 debut album, The Lexicon of Love, was a UK No.1 and they achieved ten UK and five US Top 40 hit singles between 1981 and 1990. 1965 - Peter O'Toole: from Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers who scored the 1988 UK No.11 single 'Don't Go'. Their first album, People, released in 1988 became the most successful debut album in Irish history. It reached the No.1 slot in Ireland within a week and eventually reached No.2 in the UK Albums Chart. 1971 - Method Man: American rapper, record producer, and actor Clifford Smith, (Method Man), from Wu-Tang Clan who had the 1997 US & UK No.1 album Wu-Tang Forever. 1981 - Hannah Spearritt: Hannah Louise Spearitt, from English pop group S Club 7 who had the 1999 UK No.1 single 'Bring It All Back'. Their 2000 UK No.1 album 7 spent over a year on the UK chart. The group was formed in 1998 and quickly rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, Miami 7. 1986 - Hillary Scott: American country music singer-songwriter, Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum. Winner of seven Grammy Awards, seven Academy of Country Music Awards, and six Country Music Association awards. 1994 - Ella Eyre: English singer and songwriter best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK No.1 single 'Waiting All Night' which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and DJ Fresh on his single 'Gravity'. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

For GSOTD for today, we have two songs by special request. The first request comes from @superboy  with the song Enter Sandman by Metallica. The second request comes from the curator of GSOTD explicit only post, @Listener001, she has requested Daylight by Joji and Diplo. The last two will be from my own selection. Enjoy todays music.  Heavy Metal: Enter Sandman by Metallica. https://pandora.app.link/debm9iOp6eb   Lars Ulrich told Uncut: “‘Enter Sandman’ was the first thing we came up with when we sat down for the songwriting process in July 1990. The 10-minute, 12-tempo-changes side of Metallica had run its course. We wanted to streamline and simplify things. We wrote the song in a day or two. All the bits of ‘Enter Sandman’ are derived from the main riff. Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter: Daylight (clean) by Joji and Diplo.  https://pandora.app.link/erVQuF5p6eb   A snippet of the song accidentally leaked on July 15, 2020, after a user posted in a forum under the title “Alone.” On July 18, 2020, the song leaked in full. Its title was later confirmed to be “Daylight,” which was accompanied by an appearance from Diplo, by Shazam and YouTube ID system. Psychedelia/Folk/Raga rock: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The Beatles.  https://pandora.app.link/BUXam6nq6eb   " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written mainly by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. Folk rock/Pop: Kathy's Song by Simon & Garfunkle. https://pandora.app.link/unNWqJzq6eb   Kathy's Song was written by Paul Simon and appeared in the 1966 album Sound Of Silence by the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. It is a poignant and haunting love song inspired by Paul Simon's girlfriend Kathy who lived in the UK. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@GeneralCupcake and I hope all is well with you as well. Here is something for you, I hope you enjoy it. https://pandora.app.link/nzllhZqo6eb, take care and stay safe.  ... View more

@va  This part of the movie made me laugh so much. It is worth rewinding over and over.    and besides, I do love coffee as well. Take care and stay safe.   ... View more

@Listener001  this is a great post. You should get a great response from a lot of children from this. Take care and stay safe.  ... View more