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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2022 22:43:39 GMT
born 4 Feb 1948 American singer, songwriter Alice Cooper, (Vincent Furnier), who formed the Earwigs, and then the Alice Cooper Band, who had the 1972 UK No.1 & US No.7 single 'School's Out', the 1972 hit 'Elected' and the 1973 US & UK No.1 album Billion Dollar Babies. Cooper's live shows featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords. Cooper is now also a radio presenter.
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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2022 22:51:09 GMT
born 4 Feb 1951 Phil Ehart, from American rock band Kansas, who scored the 1978 US No.3 single 'Dust In The Wind', and the 1978 hit single 'Carry On Wayward Son'. which was the second-most-played track on US classic rock radio in 1995 and No.1 in 1997.
- great cover b0252
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Post by rodders on Feb 3, 2022 23:14:44 GMT
4 Feb 1978 'Up Town Ranking' by Althia and Donna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. It was the Jamaican duo's only hit, making the teenagers One Hit Wonders. I often wonder if the words "I'm strictly roots " is or was racist
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Post by rodders on Feb 4, 2022 11:55:16 GMT
4 Feb 1978 'Up Town Ranking' by Althia and Donna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. It was the Jamaican duo's only hit, making the teenagers One Hit Wonders. I often wonder if the words "I'm strictly roots " is or was racist Anyone got any thoughts on this?
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Post by admin on Feb 4, 2022 13:47:49 GMT
I often wonder if the words "I'm strictly roots " is or was racist Anyone got any thoughts on this? Never thought about it that deeply to be honest. Why would that be racist?
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Post by rodders on Feb 4, 2022 14:46:09 GMT
Seem quite clear that they are saying they will only dance with Black People!! Turn it the other way round and it would be incendiary.
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Post by Hodgy on Feb 4, 2022 15:02:32 GMT
Seem quite clear that they are saying they will only dance with Black People!! Turn it the other way round and it would be incendiary. According to Mr Google. It doesn’t appear as racist. I’ve heard the song many times and never understood most of the words. "Up town top ranking;" means being the best - 'up town' is the best area of a town, 'top ranking' is the best of whatever is being described. "Wind up me waist" means to dance, - "Gimme little bass let me ..." - bass is the esseintail ingredient in regaae, producing an instict to move to the sound. "Nah pop no style, I strictly roots..." refers to the ladies being true to their Rastafarian origins, pop music is scorned for lack of substance. The phrase " and ting..." is just a conveesational emphisis used in patois. In addition - "See me in me (h) 'alter back, say me giya 'eart attack" refers to the girls' rebellion in wearing halter back tops, showing bare backs and arms which are deemed unsuitable exposure for Rasta women, and would provoke the "'eart attack" in an older devout Rasta who saw them. "See me in me Benz and ting ..." refers to the image of the girls in a Mercedes, driving down Constant Spring, a main thoroughfare in Kingston.
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Post by admin on Feb 4, 2022 22:05:35 GMT
5 Feb 1972 T Rex were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Telegram Sam', the group's third UK No.1 which was taken from their album The Slider. The song is also known for bringing the term "main man" into popular culture. (whereas in 2022 using the term "main man" will drive the lefty woke pronoun brigade to blow a fuse!)
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Post by admin on Feb 4, 2022 22:20:28 GMT
5 Feb 1983 Def Leppard's album 'Pyromania', started a 92 week run on the US charts, it never reached No.1 but sold over 6 million copies in the US alone.
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Post by admin on Feb 4, 2022 22:27:39 GMT
born 5 Feb 1964 Duff McKagan, bassist with Guns N’ Roses who had the 1998 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.6 single 'Sweet Child o' Mine'. He is also a member of Velvet Revolver who had the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.11 album Contraband.
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Post by admin on Feb 4, 2022 22:30:20 GMT
born 5 Feb 1935 Scottish rock and blues musician Alex Harvey with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band who had the 1975 UK No.7 single 'Delilah, and the 1975 album 'Next'. During the 60s he was the leader of Alex Harvey's Big Soul Band. Harvey died of heart failure on February 4th 1982. 4 Feb 1982 Scottish singer Alex Harvey died of a heart attack while waiting to take a ferry back to shore after performing a concert with his new band, the Electric Cowboys. In an ambulance on the way to the hospital, he suffered a second heart attack, this one fatal. It occurred on the day before his 47th birthday, in Zeebrugen, Belgium. Formed Alex Harvey Big Soul Band in 1959 and then mid 1960s band Tear Gas. Had the 1975 UK No.7 single with Sensational Alex Harvey Band 'Delilah' and 1973 album 'Next'.
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Post by admin on Feb 5, 2022 22:41:00 GMT
6 Feb 1982 The J Geils Band started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Centrefold', the bands only US No.1. A No.3 hit in the UK. The bands album 'Freeze- Frame' started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart on the same day.
- aah, the good old days!
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Post by admin on Feb 5, 2022 22:49:31 GMT
6 Feb 1998 Austrian singer Falco (Johann Holzel) was killed in a road accident after his car collided with a bus. He scored the 1986 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Me Amadeus' making him the first-ever Austrian act to score a UK and US No.1 hit single.
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Post by admin on Feb 5, 2022 23:01:19 GMT
born 6 Feb 1966 Rick Astley, singer who had the 1987 UK & US No.1 single 'Never Gonna Give You Up', which became the UK biggest seller of 87. Astley scored 7 other UK Top 10 hits, and the 1987 UK No.1 album 'Whenever You Need Somebody' spent 34 weeks on UK chart..
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Post by admin on Feb 5, 2022 23:10:39 GMT
born 6 Feb 1962 American singer, songwriter, Axl Rose, (born William Bruce Rose), lead singer with Guns N' Roses who had the 1987 US No.1 album Appetite For Destruction which spent 158 week's on the UK chart and the 1988 US No.1 & 1989 UK No.6 single 'Sweet Child o' Mine'. Rose has been the lead singer of AC/DC since 2016. - that's some cover
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Post by Hodgy on Feb 6, 2022 11:54:26 GMT
born 6 Feb 1966 Rick Astley, singer who had the 1987 UK & US No.1 single 'Never Gonna Give You Up', which became the UK biggest seller of 87. Astley scored 7 other UK Top 10 hits, and the 1987 UK No.1 album 'Whenever You Need Somebody' spent 34 weeks on UK chart.. One of the greatest songs ever written. Here’s a very different version. Follow this guy on FB. He can really play. Another classic.
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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2022 22:59:59 GMT
7 Feb 1981 Kool & The Gang started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Celebration' the group's first No.1 and 8th top 40 hit, a No.7 hit in the UK.
- in memory of some of the great victory parades!
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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2022 23:02:48 GMT
7 Feb 1987 George Michael and Aretha Franklin were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)'. Written by Simon Climie it gave Aretha her first UK No.1 almost 20 years after her first hit.
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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2022 23:11:48 GMT
born 7 Feb 1960 Steve Bronski (born Steven William Forrest (7 February 1960 – 7 December 2021)), from English group Bronski Beat who had the 1984 UK No.3 single 'Smalltown Boy'.
Bronski had a stroke in 2018 which limited his mobility. He died from smoke inhalation in a fire at his home in Soho, London, on 7 December 2021, at the age of 61 - didn't know that. Sad end!
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Post by rodders on Feb 6, 2022 23:17:47 GMT
Recently re watched a documentary re Billy Fury what a great singer and icon. To bore you further one of the songs that always comes into my mind is the old Hank Williams composition "I can't help it if I'm still in love with you" Arguably best version by Patsy Cline. Another singer I would recommend
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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2022 23:26:44 GMT
born 7 Feb 1983 Sam Martin, American musician, singer, songwriter. He rose to fame in 2014 for not only writing, but being a featured artist on David Guetta's No.1 singles ‘Lovers on the Sun’ and ‘Dangerous’.
- as for a Guetta track, I love this b0252
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Post by admin on Feb 6, 2022 23:33:07 GMT
7 Feb 1959 Buddy Holly was buried in Lubbock, Texas. His tombstone reads "Holley", the correct spelling of his given surname and includes pictures of a guitar. On Feb 3rd 1959, after a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and the pilot, an infamous milestone in rock history known as The Day the Music Died.
- Please try the fish!
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Post by admin on Feb 7, 2022 21:23:07 GMT
8 Feb 1986 Billy Ocean started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going', as featured in the film 'The Jewel Of The Nile.' The video was banned in the UK because it featured non-musician union members. Boyzone took the song to No.1 in 1999.
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Post by admin on Feb 7, 2022 21:40:52 GMT
born 8 Feb 1961 Vince Neil, singer from American heavy metal band Motley Crue. Their highest-selling album, 1989's Dr. Feelgood established the quartet as one of the biggest hard rock/metal bands of the '80s.
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Post by admin on Feb 7, 2022 21:42:52 GMT
born 8 Feb 1968 Tjinder Singh, guitarist from British indie rock band Cornershop, who had the 1998 UK No.1 single 'Brimful Of Asha'.
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