Band: THE FOUR TOPS
Who: Motown stars from Detroit
Single: REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE
It topped the US Singles Chart 55 years ago, for two
weeks, starting 15 October 1966.
I just love these 60s singles sleeves…
The Motown Sound in full swing…
Artists: French couple JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG
Single: JE T’AIME MOI NON PLUS
The controversial song topped the UK Singles Charts this day 52 years ago,
on 11 October 1969 despite the fact that many radio stations didn’t want to
play it because of its sexual lines and sounds. Even historic BBC music show
Top Of The Pops refused to air the No. 1 hit.
More than 32 million views on YouTube…
JANE BIRKIN: Facebook
17 September 2021
Artist: PJ HARVEY
Single: GOOD FORTUNE
Album: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
The original video clip…
PJ HARVEY: Facebook
16 September 2021
Band: THE CRAMPS
Single: BIKINI GIRLS WITH MACHINE GUNS
From 1989 album Stay Sick!
Shoot, Ivy…
THE CRAMPS: History
15 September 2021
Band: THE HUMAN LEAGUE
Single: BEING BOILED
From 1979 debut LP Reproduction
THE HUMAN LEAGUE: Facebook
13 September 2021
Band: THE DAMNED
Single: NEAT NEAT NEAT
From their 1977 awesome-debut-punk
longplayer Damned Damned Damned
THE DAMNED: History
12 September 2021
Artist: LOU REED
Single: DIRTY BLVD.
From his 1989 virtuoso album New York
Take a walk on the Dirty Blvd side, Lou…
LOU REED: History
11 September 2021
Band: RAMONES
Single: BONZO GOES TO BITBURG
From their 9th LP Animal Boy
Only released as a single in the UK, June 1985. The song is an emotionally charged commentary on the Bitburg controversy from earlier that year, in which U.S. president Ronald Reagan had paid a state visit to a German World War II cemetery where numerous Waffen-SS soldiers were buried.
RAMONES: History
9 September 2021
Band: BEASTIE BOYS
Single: NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
More than 91 million spins on Spotify
Album: Their debut Licensed To III – 1986
R.I.P. Adam ‘MCA’Yauch and John Berry (original guitarist)…
BEASTIE BOYS: Website
8 September 2021
Band: RADIOHEAD
Single: KARMA POLICE
More than 278,000,000 spins on Spotify
Album: OK Computer (1997)
“This is what you get when you mess with us”…
RADIOHEAD: Facebook
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