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Posted by Just_A_Guy (My Page) on Mon, Jul 11, 05 at 21:20
| On this day in 1969, The Rolling Stones released "Honky Tonk Women."
On this day in 1969, David Bowie's single, "Space Oddity", was released to coincide with the first lunar landing. Producer Tony Visconti (who also worked with T. Rex and later The Moody Blues) disliked the song so much, he refused to produce it for his friend David. Instead Elton John's producer, Gus Dudgeon, stepped in and turned it into a classic.
On this day in 1970, The Who released their version of "Summertime Blues."
On this day in 1975, Gary Wright released his "The Dream Weaver" album as Fleetwood Mac released their first with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, the "Fleetwood Mac" album. One of those albums went on to sell millions and millions of copies.
On this day in 1979, Neil Young's concert film "Rust Never Sleeps" debuted at the Bruin Theatre in Westwood as the album of the same name was released nationwide.
On this day in 1981, "Urgent" by Foreigner entered the charts.
On this day in 1987, "Alone" by Heart peaked at #1 on the charts.
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| Interesting information. I remember the lunar landing and Space Oddity but didn't realize they happened at the same time. Saw Bowie perform that in concert and he was really good. Saw him on the street once and though he's not as tall as I had thought he looked nice in person. When he noticed that we recognized him he smiled and winked. Today is also the birthday of Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) and Suzanne Vega, for what it's worth. |
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| All good releases.There something about hearing a new lp or cd for the first time, on a hot july night. |
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| If we are still talking about July 11th, we cannot Alan Freed. He had been playing classical music for years. On July 11, 1951 he became Moondog on WJW in Cleveland and started playing R&B tunes. The rest is history. Today - July 12th - marks 43 years the Stones have been around. Yup, they first performed publicly at London's Marquee Club on July 12th, 1962. Ric |
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Here is a link that might be useful: Early Stones Gigs
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Talking about the Stones, rambling, didn't you slyly mention their 'Rock & Roll Circus' the other day by invoking the memory of Dirty Mac? I can't find it.
Ric |
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