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LITTE RICHARD 90 Today – A BOP BOP A LOOM OP A LOP BOP BOOM

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5 December 2022

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Richard Wayne Penniman known to the world as
LITTLE RICHARD was born 90 years ago today, 5 December 1932, in
Macon, Georgia, U.S. Happy birthday to a unique, phenomenal artist.

Richard passed away on 9 May 2020

With A-Bop Bop A Loom Op A Lop Bop Boom, the fantastic cry-out intro
millions immediately knew/know what song and artist are coming up. It
was John Lennon‘s introduction to rock ‘n roll, the rest is history as we
know it. go bonkers.

TUTTI FRUTTI was released in 1955.

Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
A wop bop a loo bop a lop ba ba

LITTLE RICHARD: Bio – Discography

7-Inch History – THE JAM 40 Years Ago With Their Final Single ‘BEAT SURRENDER’

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4 December 2022

Band: The Jam
Song: Beat Surrender 

There were two formats available. A double 7″ and a 12″ single version
featuring cover versions of The Chi-Lites‘ ‘Stoned Out of My Mind‘, Curtis
Mayfield‘s ‘Move on Up’ and Edwin Starr‘s ‘War’.

Beat Surrender was The Jam‘s final single.
It topped the charts in the UK on 4 Dec 1982,
40 years ago today.

Turn up the beat…

THE JAM: Biography

7-INCH HISTORY – THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND No 1 In The US This Day in 1966

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3 December 2022

Band: THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND
Who What started as a studio group from London centred
around Geoff Stephens turned into a real pop beat band.

Single: WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL
Score: It reached the top 10 in their home country while
the song topped the Charts in the US this day in 1966.

THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND: Bio – Discography

7-Inch History – THE BEATLES No 1 In The US With Double A-Side Single This Day In 1969

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29 November 2022

The Fab Four scored their 18th number-one hit in the US with double
A-side single COME TOGETHER / SOMETHING this day in 1969.

Lennon was, lyrically, inspired by Timothy Leary‘s campaign for governor
of California titled “Come together, join the party” against Ronald Reagan
and sonically by Chuck Berry‘s 1956 rocker You Can’t Catch Me

’Something’ was the first George Harrison written
track which appeared as a Beatles A-side.

THE BEATLES: Bio – Discography – Website

7-Inch History – The Anti-Christ And The SEX PISTOLS This Day In 1976

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26 November 2022

The SEX PISTOLS released their controversial debut single ‘ANARCHY IN THE U.K.‘,
one of the fiercest punk anthems ever, on 26 November 1976, 46 years ago today.

It was originally issued in a plain black sleeve and peaked at #38 on the UK Singles
Chart although it was either ignored or negatively received by the music press.

Their label EMI dropped the band a few months later, in January 1977.

Their manager at the time, the late Malcolm McLaren said the song was
“a call to arms to the kids who believe that rock and roll was taken away from
them. It’s a statement of self rule, of ultimate independence.”

Here’s the American has been-antichrist and Trump voter Johnny Bloody Rotten.

Oh I am an anti-Christ
And I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want
But I know how to get it
I want to destroy your passion boy
‘Cause I, I want to be, anarchy
In this fuckin’ city

SEX PISTOLS: Facebook

Happy 80 To The Spirit In The Sky NORMAN GREENBAUM

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20 November 2022

Artist: Norman Greenbaum
Born 20 November 1942 in Malden,
Massachusetts.

Happy 80!

Single:  Spirit In The Sky  
B-side: Milk Cow 

Released: January 1970 in the US – 50 years ago
In the UK the single came out a couple of months earlier
Score: The single reached #3 in the US and #1 in the UK,
Canada and Australia.

When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that’s the best
When I lay me down to die
Goin’ up to the spirit in the sky

NORMAN GREENBAUM: Facebook

50 Years Ago HAWKWIND Released Classic Cracker ‘SILVER MACHINE’ – R.I.P. NIK TURNER

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18 November 2022

Band: HAWKWIND
Who: British space rock legends feat. the
late metal punk icon Lemmy (Motörhead)
Active: 1969-present / 34 studio LPs
with this year’s LP Somnia as the
most recent one.

Co-founder Nik Turner passed
away a week ago, aged 82. R.I.P.

Single: SILVER MACHINE
Released: 9 June 1972 – 50 years ago
Score: #3 in the UK, #6 in Germany,
#1 in Switserland

A solid gold masterstroke…

HAWKWIND: Bio – Discography

7-Inch History – NAZARETH 1974 – R.I.P. Dan McCafferty

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10 November 2022

Band: NAZARETH
Famous Scottish hard rockers
from Dunfermline, Scotland
Active: 1968-present

Original frontman Dan McCafferty left the band in 2013 due
to health problems. He passed away 2 days ago, on 8 November.
R.I.P.

The Scots scored big time with their 1975 LP HAIR OF THE DOG,
the one with their memorable cover of Love Hurts (more than
150 million streams on Spotify). The song was written in 1960
by country-soul singer-songwriter Boudleaux Bryant.

But the album’s title track was a hit single too (covered
by Guns ‘n Roses iN 1993). Do you know the banger?

“Now you’re messin’ with a son of a bitch”

Okay, I surrender, here’s Love Hurts

NAZARETH: Bio – Discography

LEONARD COHEN (Who Passed Away 6 Years Ago Today) With SUZANNE

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8 November 2022

Yes, it’s been already six years today since that singer-songwriter
giant LEONARD COHEN passed away, at the age of 82.

In memory here’s one of his most famous songs. SUZANNE (almost 110 million streams
on Spotify) was released as a single in 1967 – inspired by Cohen’s platonic relationship with dancer Suzanne Verdal – taken from his debut album Songs Of Leonard Cohen .

Studio original

Touching live version

COHEN: Bio – Discography