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Britpop Legends BLUR Released Their ‘PARKLIFE’ Single 25 Years Ago…

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21 August 2019

Band: BLUR
Song: PARKLIFE
Released: 22 August 1994 – 25 years ago
Note: It was the title track of their triumphant third LP ‘Parklife’  that became a number one album in the UK. Singer/songwriter Damon Albarn revealed that the track was inspired by the park he lived close by. “I was living on Kensington Church Street (London), and I used to come into the park at the other end, and I used to, you know, watch people, and pigeons.” The hit is also famous for the spoken word part of actor Phil Daniels
Score: It peaked a #10 in the UK

Now, let’s go have fun in the park…

BLUR: Facebook – All Singles

Disco Legends CHIC Topped US Singles Chart 40 Years Ago Today With ‘GOOD TIMES’…

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18 August 2019

Band: Chic
Song: Good Times
Album: Risqué
History: The single hit the top spot of
the US Singles Chart on 18 August 1979,
40 years ago today. It was the band’s 2nd
number one hit after ‘Le Freak‘ the year before

Shake your booty here…


NILE RODGERS: Facebook

‘VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN)’ By JIMI HENDRIX – 50 Years Ago Today At Woodstock Festival…

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17 August 2019

Band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Song: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Released as a single in England in 1970,
after his death
Album:  Electric Ladyland – 1968
Live: 50 years ago today, on 17 August 1969, the late great guitar hero
played the brilliant track at the legendary Woodstock Festival

Woodstock 50 years ago today – genius at work…

JIMI HENDRIX: Facebook


An album of Hendrix’s Woodstock performance was released in 1994 – stream it here

‘I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues’ – The Debut Single By LITTLE STEVIE WONDER Released 57 Years Ago…

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16 Augustus 2019

Only 12! That was STEVIE WONDER‘s age when he released his debut single ‘I CALL IT PRETTY MUSIC BUT THE OLD PEOPLE CALL IT THE BLUES‘. He didn’t write the song himself and it wasn’t a hit but this shaking little gem displayed the legend’s talent for the very first time, 57 years ago, on 16 August 1962. The start of an incredible career. Here’s that phenomenal kid…

STEVIE WONDER: Biography – Facebook

THE WHO Released ‘WHO’s NEXT’ Album 48 Year Ago – Here’s Single’ WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN’…

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14 August 2019

Band: The Who
Song: Won’t Get Fooled Again
Album: Who’s Next – Released 14 August 1971, 48 years ago today
Note 1: The single peaked at #9 in the UK / at #15 in America
Note 2: Despite the fact that frontman Roger Daltrey is a fervent Brexit fan – well,
he was never the smartest Who member – I’m sure Great-Britain is fooled again
with Boris ‘Me Myself And I’ Johnson, an English 21st Century politician who thinks
the Great British Empire still exist. Talking about a nationalistic fool!

Now back to history/the present…

THE WHO: Website – Discography

ISAAC HAYES Passed Away 11 Years Ago Today – Here’s ‘THEME FROM SHAFT’ To Remember The Soul Man

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10 August 2019

Today 11 years ago, on 10 August 2008, soul icon, actor and producer ISAAC HAYES passed away, only 65. He was a big force behind Stax Records, the famous Southern
Soul label. His brilliant, extensive, multifaceted work and multiple top achievements
were highly praised. The legend was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. To remember him here’s that all time funky classic that made him world famous. Here’s ‘THEME FROM SHAFT‘…

The short version…

The full version…

ISAAC HAYES: Facebook – Biography – Discography

SMALL FACES Entered UK Singles Chart 52 Years Ago With ‘ITCHYCOO PARK’…

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9 August 2019

This day 52 years ago British beat legends SMALL FACES entered the UK Singles Chart with ‘ITCHYCOO PARK‘ written by the late greats Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. One of
the band’s biggest hits peaking finally at #3 in Great-Britain, at #16 in the US and #1 in Canada. Here we go…

What will we do there? – We’ll get high
What will we touch there? – We’ll touch the sky
But why the tears there? I’ll tell you why
It’s all too beautiful, It’s all too beautiful

SMALL FACES: Facebook

SMALL FACES Released Splendid Debut Single ‘WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT’ 54 Years Ago…

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6 August 2019

This day 54 years ago, on 6 August 1965, THE SMALL FACES released
their splendid debut single ‘WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT‘. It peaked
at #14 on the UK Singles Chart. Key members Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane
wrote the song’s melody, which was inspired by Solomon Burke‘s hit Everybody
Needs Somebody To Love.

Here we go, back in history…

SMALL FACES: Biography – Facebook

Warming Up For PATTI SMITH’s Concert In Belgium Tonight -Here’s ‘GLORIA’…

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5 August 2019


(pic by Turn Up The Volume!)

As PATTI SMITH will play my home country Belgium again tonight I will see her perform for the 5th time in the past 12 years. And every single time was a special event as Smith‘s ardent eagerness and ebullient intensity on stage is always omnipresent. To warm up for tonight my choice goes to a live rendition of the timeless Van Morrison classic ‘GLORIA‘.

A song Smith covered in her own special blistering way on her awesome debut LP Horses, a song which gets always a different forceful dimension when performed as I experienced before. See you tonight, Patti.

Here’s a historic 1979 live rendition from a German gig…

PATTI SMITH: Facebook

‘HIGHER GROUND’ By STEVIE WONDER – 1973…

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3 August 2019

This day 46 years ago, on 3 August 1973, soul and funk legend STEVIE WONDER released his 16th studio album, the highly praised Innervisions. One of the many highlights was ‘HIGHER GROUND’, a song about reincarnation. It was released as a single and reached number four on the Billboard Singles Chart and #1 on the US R&B Singles Chart. Here’s a vivid live version…

Here’s the LP version…

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STEVIE WONDER: Facebook