Singles

PINK FLOYD Released 4th Single ‘IT WOULD BE SO NICE’ 45 Years Ago Today (And They Hated It)

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19 April 2023

Influential sound-crusaders PINK FLOYD (1965–1994, 15 studio LPs)
released their 4th single named IT WOULD BE SO NICE 45 years
ago today, on 19 April 1968.

The song was written by the late Richard Wright, co-founder of the band.
It was the first single – part lullaby, part psych pop ditty featuring guitarist
David Gilmour following the departure of the late Syd Barrett. Drummer Nick
Mason and songwriter/singer Roger Waters hated the song.

Mason: “Fucking awful. At that period we had no direction. We were being hustled
about to make hit singles. There’s so many people saying it’s important you start to
think it is important.”

Waters: “Live bookings seem to depend on whether or not you have a record
in the Top Ten. I don’t like ‘It Would Be So Nice.’ I don’t like the song or the way
it’s sung.”

Judge for yourself, folks.

PINK FLOYD: Bio – Discography – Instagram

‘Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky’ – THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Released ‘PURPLE HAZE’ 56 Years Ago Today

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17 March 2023

On 17 March 1967, this day 56 years ago the late genial guitar hero
(27 Nov 1942 – 18 Sept 1970) JIMI HENDRIX and his experienced tandem,
bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell released their second
single, the rad classic called PURPLE HAZE.

Hendrix about the song: “The song we had named ‘Purple Haze’ had about a thousand, thousand words. I had it all written out. It was about going through, through this land. This mythical land, because that’s what I like to do is write a lot of mythical scenes. You know,
like the history of the wars on Neptune.”

“Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don’t seem the same
Actin’ funny but I don’t know why
‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky”

Studio version.

Live version.

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE: Story

Classic Debut Single ‘I’M STRANDED’ By Australian Punks THE SAINTS -1976

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27 February 2023

Band: The Saints
Active: 1973-2013

Single: I’m Stranded  
Written by: guitarist Ed Kuepper
and frontman Chris Bailey
who passed away last year in April, aged 65. R.I.P.

No, they were not from New York City, not from London, they were
from Brisbane, Australia, but had the same punk impact in the mid-70s.

Original clip.

THE SAINTS: Bio – Discography

7-Inch History – JOHN LENNON Topped The UK Singles Chart This Day In 1981 – 2 Months After His Death

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8 February 2023

Artist: JOHN LENNON
9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980

Single: WOMAN
Score: Topped the UK Singles Chart 42 years ago today,
on 8 February 1981, two months after he was killed.

Album: Double Fantasy

John Lennon: “‘Woman’ came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda,
it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although
I was thinking in those personal terms… but any truth is universal. What dawned on me
was everything I was taking for granted. Women really are the other half of the sky, as
I whisper at the beginning of the song. It’s a ‘we’ or it ain’t anything.”

R.I.P. John…

JOHN LENNON: Facebook

TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS No 1 In The US This Day In 1969

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1 February 2023

Band: TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS
Who: Pop-rock group from Niles (Michigan), led
by Tommy James who’s still active at 75.

Song: CRIMSON & CLOVER
Written by James and drummer Peter Lucia Jr.

The combination of unknown meaning came to James as he was waking up,
comprising his favorite color – crimson – and his favorite flower – clover. There
is also a species of clover native to Europe called the crimson clover.

It topped the US Singles Chart on this day in 1969.

Original video.

TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLES: Bio – Discography

STEVIE WONDER Topped US Singles Chart 50 Years Ago Today With ‘SUPERSTITION’

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27 January 2023

Last year soul/funk virtuoso STEVIE WONDER (aged 72) celebrated
the 50th anniversary of his masterpiece LP Talking Book last year.

The biggest hit on the album was SUPERSTITION. The master blaster
track topped the US Singles Chart 50 years ago this day, on 27 Jan 1973.

Very superstitious,
Writing’s on the wall,
Very superstitious,
Ladders bout’ to fall,
Thirteen month old baby,
Broke the lookin’ glass
Seven years of bad luck,
The good things in your past

When you believe in things
That you don’t understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way

STEVIE WONDER: Bio – Discography – Instagram

7-INCH HISTORY – JOHN FRED AND HIS PLAYBOYS – 55 Years Ago Today

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20 January 2023

Band: JOHN FRED AND HIS PLAYBOY BAND
Their first name was Johnny and The Playboys
Who: Swamp pop/rock band from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana led by John Fred Gourrier

Single: JUDY IN DISGUISE (WITH GLASSES)
Written: by Fred and bandmate Andrew Bernard

Score: It reached No.1 on the US singles Chart
55 years ago today

JOHN FRED: Bio

Austalian Heroes MEN AT WORK Topped US Charts 40 Years Ago Today With Huge Hit ‘DOWN UNDER’

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15 January 2023

Australian rock/pop heroes MEN AT WORK (1978–1986, 1996–2002, 2019–present)
scored their biggest – worldwide – hit with DOWN UNDER (more than 519 million
streams on Spotify).

The single reached the top of the US singles chart 40 years ago today,
on 15 January 1983 and kept its position for 4 straight weeks.

MEN AT WORK: Bio – Discography