This was released 40-ish years ago this month. I say 'ish' because I haven't been able to find the actual release date. Anyway, it's a searing slice of punk that has a great singalong chorus, catchy riff and meaninful lyrics. It was also the first ever release on Good Vibrations, the label that spawned Teenage Kicks. Rudi never matched this with subsequent releases but no matter, this is one of my all-time favourite songs.
Two top Singers in their respective genres were born on this day, firstly "The Prince of Motown", Soul Legend, Marvin Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. in Washington D.C. As well as Singing, he was a Songwriter, Musician and a Record Producer... This is appropriate for the 50th year anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination on the 4th of April...
Happy 71st Birthday to Country and Bluegrass Singer/Songwriter and Guitarist, Emmylou Harris who was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1947... This is magical, with the great Albert Lee on Lead Guitar of course...
Multiple genre Singer/Songwriter and Musician who has sessioned for some of the biggest selling artists of all time, Such as Sinatra, Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and The Beach Boys, Leon Russell was born on this day in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1942... This is one of his own...
The woman voted the sexiest women by me and my mates back in about 1984!, Keren Woodward of Bananarama (she is the darkest haired one) is 57 today..., having been born in Bristol in 1961...
Happy 69th Birthday to one of the greatest Guitarists of all time IMHO, Richard Thompson of Folk Rockers, Fairport Convention, Richard & Linda Thompson, a long Solo career and much session work with other artists, who was born on this day in Notting Hill Gate in 1949. He is a Singer and a prolific Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist. Here's what Wiki says about his playing style... Thompson makes use of the "pick and fingers" technique (sometimes referred to as "hybrid picking") where he plays bass notes and rhythm with a pick between his first finger and thumb, and adds melody and punctuation by plucking the treble strings with his fingers. He also makes use of different guitar tunings, such as (low to high) CGDGBE, DADGBE, DADGAD, and more. This enables him to adapt traditional songs, as on Strict Tempo! and 1000 Years of Popular Music. Thompson occasionally makes use of a thumb-pick, playing in fingerstyle, the most notable example being on the motorcycle ballad "1952 Vincent Black Lightning." Here is one his early songs that he wrote with Fairport Convention...
This concert perfectly showcases his playing and Songwriting, watch it if you have a spare hour or so, you won't regret it!...
Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Musician of The Band, Richard Manuel was born on this day in 1943.... He commited Suicide in 1986 aged 42.
Wholesome '50s Hollywood Actress and Singer, Doris Day is 96 years young today, having been born on this day in Cincinatti in 1922....
