79...Ian Hunter (lead singer, songwriter of Mott the Hoople) was born Ian Hunter Patterson in Shropshire, to a Scottish father in 1939...
Josephine Baker, an internationally famous entertainer who becomes the first black woman to star in a major film, 1934's ZouZou, was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906... She was also invoved in the Civil Rights Movement and was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Rosette de la Résistance for her work with the French Resistance in WWII...
44...Kelly Jones (lead singer and songwriter of Stereophonics) was born in Cwmaman, Wales in 1974... Their early material was so promising...
50...Saffron (lead singer and songwriter of Republica) was born Samantha Marie Sprackling was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1968...
62...Danny Wilde (of The Rembrandts) was born Daniel Thomas in Houlton, Main in 1956... I wonder if they ever released anything else?.....
A great day to have a birthday This lady is older than me but growing up I always knew we shared a birthday so Happy Birthday Suzi Q
Wellll it's a birthday, so posting this song is obligatory!......Many happy returns Whiteley... Here's the lovely Claire...
74...Folk pop singer Michelle Phillips (of The Mamas & The Papas) was born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California in 1944, she is the mother of Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips...
Gordon Waller (of Peter & Gordon) was born in Braemar, Scotland, (d. 2009)... This is very seasonal...
Looking at the punk posts on here bought back this recent memory.At a party with a great rock band playing stuff from the 60's through to now. When they played this, a young bloke simply gawped and muttered "Punk before it was punk. Awesome." Can't disagree. Best British band ever for a white working class bloke growing up in the early 60's. Good to know it still resonates.
Ah the Mamas and The Papas, what great songs they made. I've already posted one of my alltime favourites in California Dreamin' so let's try something else. I used to think this was a romantic, happy song until I checked out the lyrics.
Here's another one from my childhood by Cliff Bennett (1964) And another song from a young IOAG's distant memory, Chris Farlowe (1966)
Saints Alive Got to say that if you are going to pick a version of this tune, you should have gone from this fabulous version by the criminally under-rated pianist Hampton Hawes which continues to impress me nearly 35 years after I first stumbled upon this record. The whole disc is pretty sensational and, in my opinion, the best he made. Shame his incarceration for narcotics offences robbed him of his best years and led to him becoming not as well known as he should be. Once discovered, once people end up being converted to his playing. I love Steve Ellington and Monk Montgmery's playing on this which sounds really open.
If we are going to have some Curtis Mayfield, what about something from Albert Ayler's foray in to soul?
