Wembley Stadium, 1972. Dirty Leeds beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final. Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley performed at the London Rock and Roll Show...
After a holiday season where I didn't travel (because it's really f$#king cold and won't stop snowing)
Happy 59th Birthday to Bassist and Songwriter for one of my favourite Girl Bands, Go-Go's, Kathy Valentine who was born in Austin ,Texas on this day in 1959... She wrote this one..
Happy 73rd Birthday to Singer/Songwriter and Guitarist of Strawbs, Dave Cousins who was born on this day in Hounslow in 1945...
Paul Revere, Keyboardist for Garage Rockers Paul Revere & the Raiders was born Paul Revere Dick on this day in Harvard, Nebraska in 1937...
Love it Woolstonian, Grand Prix is in my all time top ten albums, I guess all eastside of the Itcheners have good taste...
Two absolute giants in the history of modern popular music (both sadly departed) were born on this day. You can take your pick as to who you think is the biggest icon. I'm going for David Bowie whose sheer imagination and creativety and brilliant Songwriting and one of the best performers ever to stand in front of a microphone make him number one. He also happens to be the artist that made me fall in love with music. He was born David Robert Jones in Brixton. I could post countless number of his songs, but they are so well known i'll only post a couple of personal faves... One from that album that made me fall in love with music...
And in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi a King was born as Elvis Aaron Presley and "shook up" the establishment in cozy mid 50's America... My personal preference is for his early stuff here are a couple...
Happy 81st Birthday to Dame Shirley Bassey who was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff on this day in 1937.. Here she is performing the definitive Bond theme...
I'm a long-time Go-Gos fan and this is my favourite Kathy song, an updated version of one she wrote in her previous band The Textones.