One of the earliest uses of the Fairlight digital synthesiser (for the "smashing glass" effect), but who cares about that? Another one with the lovely Kate (and a great song by Mr Gabriel) -
The late Co-Singer, Bassist and Co-Songwriter of New Wave band The Cars, Ben Orr was born on this day in Ohio in 1947. Here are two of their best that he sang lead on....
Cracking Group . Funnily enough I was going to post one of theirs on here later . This one . also this solo from Rik Ocasek . Not a big hit , but I really rate it .
And the late, great Country legend, Patsy Cline was born on this day in Winchester, Virginia in 1932....
Saw them in their original line up at Totton College in 1970. Second on the bill to Arrival, who they blew off the stage. Me and my mate Geoff reckoned they might be quite good and had a chat afterwards with Eric Bell and Phil Lynott. Nice guys .....
One of my all time favourites. Embarrassingly, my karaoke choice after a hard night on the Carlsberg in Copenhagen. Luckily no one videoed it
I really liked Suzanne Vega and Miss Lauper, who always seemed like a girl who just wanted to have fun.