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Please enjoy this edition of "This Day In Country and Rock Music History" that Marion and Jim have contributed for your enjoyment!!!!
ROCK HISTORY ON OCTOBER 31ST.....through the years................. Let's start with a trivia question......name the follow Tupelo Mississippian that Elvis helped get a recording contract for at SUN records.....tho, Sam Phillips didnt promote this new artist of his the way this singer wanted (Sam did that a few times....didnt he??) so he switched labels and in 1964 took this song (amid the "British invasion") took it nationally to an impressive #11....... anybody?? **************************************************** Pianist Johnnie Johnson hired 26 year old Chuck Berry as a guitarist in his band. While playing evening gigs in the St. Louis area, Berry kept his day job as a hairdresser for the next three years in 1952 The Quarry Men decided to change their name to Johnny and the Moondogs. The band were in Liverpool auditioning for the Carrol Levis show. The Quarry Men featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison in 1959. The Everly Brothers record "Ebony Eyes" in 1960 Ed Sullivan sees 50,000 fans cheer the Beatles at London's Heathrow Airport and books them for three appearances on his TV show for early the next year, 1963 BING BONG!!!!!!..............5 minutes after the big of of eleven o clock & it's "request time" this song goes out to.......well......she knows and.......I know......who it goes out to &........what were all of you doin when this song was popular??.....let's hear your stories and go ahead and sing along if you'd like!!!! enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOTzeJM9KQY Joan Baez comes onstage to sing three songs at a New York Bob Dylan concert in 1964 Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas marries actor Dennis Hopper (it barely lasts a week)in 1970 Elvis Presley's last recording session is held, in the Jungle Room at Graceland, in 1976 KISS kicked off its Psycho-Circus tour with a Halloween extravaganza in Los Angeles, CA. The Smashing Pumpkins were the opening act in 1998 (tell me these guys dont take Halloween to the next level??..........LOL) tho, they do put on a heck of a show!!!! Rod Stewart was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Stardust’ his third US No.1 album since 1971 2004 The white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album sold for $118,000 at an auction in Las Vegas. And an Austin Princess hearse driven by the late star in the documentary Imagine sold for $150,000 (A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the items went to Amnesty International) 2005 **************************************************** Answer to the trivia question & not bad for a Halloween song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrh-7PvbBM4 **************************************************** ROCK & ROLL NEWS IN 2009 "Let It Bleed" by the Rolling Stones, "Led Zeppelin IV," "Ziggy Stardust" from David Bowie and Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" are among the ten classic album covers which will become stamps from Britain's Royal Mail January 7. The Songwriters Hall of Fame announced its nominees for the Class of 2010 Saturday (October 17). In the writer/ performer category, they include Dion, David Gates, Tommy James, John Cougar Mellencamp, Lou Reed, Leon Russell, Cat Stevens and Earth, Wind & Fire. Among the writers nominated are Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Jackie DeShannon and Joe South (who are somehow not considered performers), as well as Mark James ("Suspicious Minds"), Luther Dixon ("Soldier Boy") and the teams of Jerry Ragavoy and Bert Burns ("Twist & Shout") and Paul Vance and Neil Pockriss ("Itsy Bitsy Bikini"). Two performers and three non-performers will be chosen and announced early next year. After two years of lobbying by the town of Wink, Texas, a monument was placed at the site of Roy Orbison's boyhood home there by the Texas Historical Commission this past week. The site is currently a vacant lot but the town hopes to place a surrogate home there for visitors. And open for discussion....the TOP 10 HALLOWEEN SONGS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMBqHqAaALQ **************************************************** And to start getting you ready for the upcoming Christmas season here are our friends The Fendertones with a Christmas favorite......these guys can really sing!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwcqNVZ6MM **************************************************** There we go......discuss....argue.....sing along with......whatever!!!!.....BUT ENJOY!!!! these "SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EDITIONS" OF......"THIS DAY IN ROCK & COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY"........MANY THANKS TO OUR MARION......as usual.....GOOD JOB!!!!  'Haggard.....you're the guy people think I am.'" ~J.R.Cash~ |
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GREAT!!! LOTS of facts!!
And "Haunted House" was on one of my collections of favorite songs on cassettes!! "Monster Mash" has always been my favorite Halloween song!!   SUPPORT JOHNNY CASH RADIO. BUY CASH "STUFF"AT THE WWW.JOHNNYCASH.COM STORE!! "May God give you...For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song and an answer for each prayer." ~ Irish Blessing Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Author Unknown - |
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Yes, remember those days Patsy??  Johnny and June first met in 1956, though they weren't married until 1968. "The story goes that my father walked up to her, and that the reason he came (to the Grand Ole Opry that night) was he wanted to meet her. And he said, 'I'm going to marry you one day' here between these walls, and she said, 'Sure.' They were both married (to other people) at the time. That's pretty unusual." CashandMe@comcast.net www.myspace.com/cashandme http://www.facebook.com/profil...25249134&ref=profile |
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Good stuff, Marion and Jim...and like Patsy, Monster Mash has always been my fav Halloween song, followed by Witchy Woman. In fact, I have both of them on my Ipod so I don;t have to wait until Halloween to listen to them!
"June was my solid rock. She was always there. She was my counselor, comforter, everything else. What a wonderful woman she was."....from the Final Interview with Kurt Loder in Bill Miller's book, Cash - An American Man. |
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thank you Jim…Just remember folks I had a good teacher!