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Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: "Mother's Pride" by George Michael

2011-09-30T04:49:00.000-07:00

One of the best songs you may not be aware of is this one from George Michael's masterpiece Listen Without Prejudice. The song did extremely well where played and was played often during the Gulf War. Absolutely brilliant lyrics on "Mother's Pride".

"Mother's Pride"

by George Michael

Words and Music by George Michael

Oh she knows
She takes his hand
And prays the child will understand
At the door they watch the men go by
In the clothes that daddy wore
Mothers pride
Baby boy
His father's eyes
He's a soldier waiting for war
Time will come
He'll hold a gun
His father's son

And as he grows
He hears the band
Takes the step from boy to man
And at the shore she waves her son goodbye
Like the man she did before

Mothers pride
Just a boy
His country's eyes
He's a soldier waving at the shore
And in her heart the time has come
To lose a son

And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone
They make no difference
No difference in the end
Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero
In the name of god and man

Mothers pride
Crazy boy
His lifeless eyes
He's a soldier now forevermore
He'll hold a gun till kingdom come

Bush - "The Sound Of Winter"

2011-09-30T04:38:00.000-07:00

Top Hits Music : Bush - "The Sound Of Winter" Video, Music Lyrics and Music Downloads

Top Rock Songs October 2011

Bush - "The Sound Of Winter" Lyrics

Mind strong, Body strong
Try to find equilibrium
Head straight, screwed on
Been screwed up for too long
I don’t want to lean on the waves
I watch the storm evaporate
I think of you in starry skies
I keep you so alive
Let’s walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands
It’s all in your face
I see you break
It’s like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You’ve got to hang on to yourself
It’s like the sound of winter

Medusa smiles, Judas lips
Open arms and finger tips
Love bites and recompense
I’ll be with you until the end
Let’s walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands
It’s all in your face
I see you break
It’s like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You’ve got to hang on to yourself
It’s all in your face
I see you break
It’s like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You’ve got to hang on to yourself
It’s like the sound of winter
Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself
It’s like the sound of winter
It’s all in your face
I see you break
It’s like the sound of winter
The bleeding love, the silent escape
You’ve got to hang on to yourself
It’s like the sound of winter
It’s like the sound of winter
Hang on to yourself
Hang on to yourself…

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Toby Keith - "Made In America"

2011-09-30T04:28:00.000-07:00

Top Hits Music : Toby Keith - "Made In America" Video, Music Lyrics and Music Downloads

Top Country Songs October 2011

Toby Keith - "Made In America" Lyrics

my old man's that old man,
spent his life livin' off the land,
dirty hands, and a clean soul.
breaks his heart seein' foreign cars,
filled with fuel that isn't ours
and wearin' cotton he didn't grow

he's got the red, white, and blue flyin' high on the farm
semper fi tattooed on his left arm
spends a little more at the store for a tag in the back that says u.s.a.
won't buy nothin' that he can't fix,
with wd40 and a craftsman wrench
he ain't prejudice he's just, made in america

his wife, she's that wife that decorates on the 4th of july
but says "every day's independence day"
she's golden rule, teaches school,
some folks say it isn't cool but she says the pledge of allegiance anyway.

got the red, white, and blue flyin' high on the farm
semper fi tattooed on his left arm
spends a little more at the store for a tag in the back that says u.s.a.
won't buy nothin' that he can't fix,
with wd40 and a craftsman wrench
he ain't prejudice he's just, made in america

born in the heartland, raised up a family
of king james and uncle sam

got the red, white, and blue flyin' high on the farm
semper fi tattooed on his left arm
spends a little more at the store for a tag in the back that says u.s.a.
won't buy nothin' that he can't fix,
with wd40 and a craftsman wrench
he ain't prejudice he's just, made in america

made in america
made in america

my old man's that old man,
he's made in america

america!

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New Featured Unknown/Underrated Song--"Cruisin'" by Michael Nesmith

2011-09-29T21:19:00.000-07:00

Michael Nesmith was the only member of the Monkees to achieve success after the group split. This is taken from the 1979 album Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma. It didn't even chart, but it made the Top 10 for those stations that did play it, proving it to be one of The Most Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*.

Lucy and Ramona cruisin' thru the jungles of L.A.

Hopin' to promote a dream somewhere along the way.

(They're) Rollin' thru the streets looking for a disco,

Passin' up the treats from a kid named Cisco

Trying to make connections

With their blemish-free complexions.

And just as fate would have it,

They ended up with Sunset Sam.

Sam was sellin' watches from a suitcase on a TV tray,

And Lucy and Ramona were tryin' to figure out if he was gay.

The three of them were standing staring at each other,

When the light behind their eyes blew each other's cover.

The ancient code was branded.

And each of them was handed

A ticket to their kingdom

'Cause they saw their brother Sunset Sam.

Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam

People on the streets tryin' to find a plan

People on the streets lookin' for the land

Lucy and Ramona and their brother Sunset Sam

Lucy was from Compton and she met Ramona at a zoo.

Ramona was from Brooklyn, but she left when she was twenty-two.

Sam was a native of the Arizona desert

But he split when he was slated for some governmental make-work.

Their differences subsided when the common bond was sighted:

They were all from the same place

That made the famous Sunset Sam.

Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam

People on the streets tryin' to find a plan

People on the streets lookin' for the land

Lucy and Ramona and their brother Sunset Sam

(Yes it is) Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam

People on the streets tryin' to find a plan

People on the streets just lookin' for the land

Lucy and Ramona and their brother Sunset Sam

This Day in Rock Music History: September 30

2011-09-29T20:30:00.000-07:00

1961: After hearing Bob Dylan play harmonica in the studio for Carolyn Hester, producer John Hammond signed Dylan and scheduled a recording session in October.
1963: Sid Bernstein contacted Beatles manager Brian Epstein, which eventually led to Bernstein promoting the famous Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in New York City.
1964: The Who were in concert at the Town Hall in Greenwich, South London.
1965: Donovan, the Hollies the Turtles and the Dave Clark 5 appeared on the television show Shindig!
1967: Paul McCartney and John Lennon appeared on The David Frost Show.
1967: "Funky Broadway" by Wilson Pickett set the pace on the R&B chart.

1967: Frank Sinatra remained at #1 on the Easy Listening chart for the fifth week with "The World We Knew (Over and Over)".
1968: Hunter Davies published The Beatles, the band's first biography.

1968: Cream released the single "White Room".

1968: Steppenwolf released the single "Magic Carpet Ride".

1969: The album Crosby, Stills & Nash went gold
1969: David Crosby's girlfriend Christine Gail Hinton was killed in an automobile accident.
1971: Yes began a tour in England with keyboardist Rick Wakeman aboard.

1972: The album Chicago V had been out nine weeks with six of those at #1. Never a Dull Moment by Rod Stewart was second followed by Big Bambu from Cheech & Chong. Leon Russell's Carney and Moods by Neil Diamond remained at 4 and 5, respectively. The rest of the Top 10: Trilogy from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Three Dog Night was next with Seven Separate Fools, Elton John edged up to 8 with Honky Chateau, Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! was #9 and Gilbert O'Sullivan-Himself took #10.
1972: Mac Davis spent a third week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me".

Ode to New York City from 1972 (LP version is only one on YouTube...)

1972: There was no doubt that Cashman & West had a hot song, moving from 90 to 63 with "American City Suite".

The Main Ingredient had a smash hit

1972: "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" by Mac Davis continued as the #1 song with Three Dog Night's "Black & White" and Chicago's "Saturday in the Park" behind. The O'Jays were persistent with "Back Stabbers" while Michael Jackson hit #5 with "Ben". The Main Ingredient's great song "Everybody Plays the Fool" was #6. The rest of the Top 10: The Raspberries moved to 7 with "Go All the Way", Bill Withers climbed into the list with "Use Me", Elvis Presley achieved his 38th and final Top 10 with "Burning Love" and Hot Butter were up to 10 with "Popcorn".
1974: Harry Chapin released one of The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era*--"Cat's In the Cradle".
1977: Foghat played a charity concert to raise money for the New York City Public Library to buy a collection of rare blues records.
1977: Mary Ford, who had a string of hits with husband Les Paul, including "Hummingbird" in 1955, died of cancer at the age of 53.
1978: Sonny Bono appeared on the popular ABC-TV series The Love Boat.
1978: Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta had the #1 song in the U.K. with "Summer Nights".
1978: Funkadelic moved into the #1 slot on the R&B chart with "One Nation Under a Groove".
1978: Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down the Line" returned to #1 on the Easy Listening chart.
1978: Foreigner moved from 67 to 38 with "Double Vision".

1978: The classic "Kiss You All Over" by Exile moved to #1, tapping "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey on the shoulder to move. Olivia Newton-John remained in the third position with "Hopelessly Devoted To You" and it had been six weeks since the Commodores were at #1 with "Three Times a Lady" but they were still at #4. The rest of the Top 10: "Summer Nights" by Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta, Boston's "Don't Look Back", Nick Gilder edged up with "Hot Child in the City", the Little River Band was up to 8 with "Reminiscing", John Paul Young reached the Top 10 with "Love Is in the Air" and Andy Gibb closed out the list with "An Everlasting Love".
1982: Roy Orbison filmed his upcoming cable television special "A Black & White Night", with Bruce Springsteen and Jackson Browne.
1987: Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits taped the television special A Black and White Night at Coconut Grove in Los Angeles.

1988: John Lennon received a star posthumously on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1989: The Rolling Stones filmed the video for "Rock and a Hard Pace" at Foxboro-Sullivan Stadium in Massachusetts.

1989: Neil Young performed "Rockin' in the Free World" on Saturday Night Live.
1989: Tina Turner was on top of the U.K. album chart with Foreign Affair.
1989: Cher topped the Adult Contemporary chart with "If I Could Turn Back Time".
1991: Guns N' Roses released the albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.
1993: Kate Pierson of the B-52's was arrested for her part in a sit-in at the offices of Vogue magazine in New York City. Pierson was protesting the use of fur in ads and clothing.
1993: David Crosby and George Harrison were on the season premiere of The Simpsons.
1994: Michael Stipe from R.E.M. inked a movie deal with New Line Cinema.
1995: "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey was the new #1 R&B song.
1995: Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish returned to #1 for the fifth time (and eighth week total), believed to be the only time in the Rock Era that this feat has occurred.

1997: Bob Dylan released the album Time Out of Mind.
1997: The Rolling Stones released the album Bridges To Babylon.
1998: Johnny Lang Slash of Guns N' Roses, Joey Ramone and Rick Nielson of Cheap Trick auditioned to be lead guitarist for the band in The Drew Carey Show.
2003: Dido released the album Life for Rent.

2003: Sting released the album Sacred Love.
2003: Elton John auctioned off items from his London home (including an oil painting and a 19th-century portrait of Lieutenant George Dyer) at Sotheby's.
2003: In today's Dangerous Inmates Run Rap Music feature, rapper C-Murder was fund guilty of second degree murder after a nightclub shooting and was sentenced to life behind bars. Next.
2004: Ciara had the #1 song with "Goodies".
2006: Isaac Hanson of the group Hanson married Nicole Dufresne in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2007: The Foo Fighters owned the top album in the U.K.--Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.
2009: Wanda Jackson ("In the Middle of a Heartache" from 1961) was honored with a street ("Wanda Jackson Way") dedicated to her by the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Born This Day:
1933: Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney, member of the Sweet Inspirations, the Drinkard Singers (with niece Dionne Warwick), and a backup singer with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and Chaka Khan, was born in Newark, New Jersey.

1935: Johnny Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas.
1935: Jill Corey ("Love Me to Pieces" from 1957) was born in Avonmore, Pennsylvania.

1940: Dewey Martin, drummer with Buffalo Springfield, was born in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada; found dead at his home in Van Nuys, California, believed to have passed away of natural causes on January 31, 2009.

1942: Frankie Lymon was born in Harlem, New York City; died February 27, 1968 from drugs.

1942: Gus Dudgeon, sound engineer with Bruce Channel, the Zombies ("She's Not There") and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and who was Elton John's main producer during his peak and also produced many other artists including the Beach Boys and Chris Rea, was born in Surrey, England; died July 21, 2002 in a car accident in which both Gus and his wife died.

1943: Marilyn McCoo of the 5th Dimension and later part of a duo with her husband Billy Davis, Jr., was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
1945: Mike Harrison of Spooky Tooth
1946: Sylvia Peterson of the Chiffons
1946: Moses Dillard, session guitarist for Al Green and James and Bobby Purify among others, was born in Greenville, South Carolina.
1947: Marc Bolan, outrageous lead singer of T. Rex, was born in Hackney, London, England; died September 16, 1977 in a car accident.
1952: John Lombardo, founding member and chief songwriter of 10,000 Maniacs was born in Jamestown, New York.
1954: Patrice Rushen ("Forget Me Nots") was born in Los Angeles, California.

1959: Basia ("Time and Tide") was born in Jaworzno, Poland.
1964: Elite Guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish was born in Fort Worth, Texas.
1984: Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes was born in London.
1964: Robby Takac, founding member and bassist of the Goo Goo Dolls, was born in Buffalo, New York.

Hits List: Police

2011-09-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

This trio was one of the top new wave acts. They put out some great music in their brief time together. Here is the complete Hits List for the Police:

1977: "Fall Out" (#47 U.K.)
1978: "Roxanne" (#32, #12 U.K., #21 Netherlands, #8 France, #22 Ireland)
           "Can't Stand Losing You" (#2 U.K., #9 Netherlands, #7 France, #7 Ireland)
           "So Lonely" (#6 U.K., #31 Netherlands, #10 France, #7 Ireland)
1979: "Message in a Bottle" (#74, #1 U.K., #2 Netherlands, #5 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Walking on the Moon" (#1 U.K., #9 Netherlands, #2 France, #1 Ireland)
1980: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (#10, #1 U.K., #3 Netherlands, #7 France, #1 Ireland)
           "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (#10, #5 U.K., #11 Netherlands, #9 France, #2 Ireland)
1981: "Invisible Sun" (#2 U.K., #4 France, #5 Ireland)
           "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (#3, #1 U.K., #1 Netherlands, #5 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Spirits in the Material World" (#11, #12 U.K., #6 Netherlands, #4 France, #6 Ireland)

1982: "Secret Journey" (#46, #29 Mainstream Rock)
1983: "Every Breath You Take" (#1, #1 Rock, #1 U.K., #3 Netherlands, #10 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (#8, #9 Rock, #7 U.K., #17 Netherlands, #6 France, #1 Ireland)
           "Synchronicity II" (#16, #9 Rock, #17 U.K., #12 Ireland)
1984: "King of Pain" (#3, #1 Rock, #17 U.K., #10 France, #7 Ireland)
1986: "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" (#46, #10 Rock, #24 U.K., #20 Netherlands, #11 Ireland)
1995: "Can't Stand Losing You" (live) (#27 U.K.)
1997: "Roxanne '97" (with Pras) (#59, #17 U.K., #38 Netherlands)
2000: "When the World Is Running Down" (#28 U.K.

That's 13 hits with six of those going Top 10 and of course the all-time smash "Every Breath You Take". The Ireland chart is particularly noteworthy--15 hits, with 12 Top 10 songs and 6 #1's.

Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: "If Everyone Cared" by Nickelback

2011-09-29T04:26:00.000-07:00

This great Canadian group came through with this amazing song--"If Everyone Cared". When so many people put out this message, you would think everyone would begin to figure it out--we all share the same planet. Nickelback gives us the next powerful song in The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era* feature.

10 Best Albums of 1984

2011-09-28T21:52:00.000-07:00

1984 was a great year for music that saw just five albums reach #1. FYI, Thriller is not included here since it was released in 1983 and was the #1 album of that year. The other four #1 albums were the Soundtrack to "Footloose", Sports by Huey Lewis & the News, Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen and Purple Rain from Prince. Those four are all included among the Top 10 Albums of 1984:

Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

Purple Rain by Prince

Sports by Huey Lewis & the News

Learning To Crawl by the Pretenders

"Footlose" Soundtrack

Private Dancer by Tina Turner

1984 by Van Lalen

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Heartbeat City by the Cars

Ride the Lightning by Metallica

Hits List: Kenny Loggins

2011-09-28T18:31:00.000-07:00

I had the distinct pleasure of seeing this amazing talent at Tamarack outside of McCall, Idaho. What a natural performer and he sounded as good as ever that night. Here's the Hits List for Kenny:

1977: "I Believe In Love" (#66, #37 Adult Contemporary)
1978: "Whenever I Call You Friend" (with Stevie Nicks) (#5, #9 AC)
1979: "Easy Driver" (#60)
           "This Is It" (#11, #17 AC, #19 R&B)--underrated
1980: "Keep the Fire" (#36, #40 AC)
           "I'm Alright" (#7)
1982: "Don't Fight It" (with Steve Perry" (#17, #4 Mainstream Rock)
1983: "Heart To Heart" (#15, #3 AC, #71 R&B)
           "Welcome To Heartlight" (#24, #17 AC)

1984: "Footloose" (#1)
           "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" (#22)
1985: "Vox Humana" (#29, #18 Mainstream Rock)
           "Forever" (#40, #5 AC)--underrated
           "I'll Be There" (#88, #33 AC)
1986: "Danger Zone" (#2, #7 Mainstream Rock)
           "Playing with the Boys" (#60)
1987: "Meet Me Half Way" (#11, #2 AC)
1988: "Nobody's Fool" (#8, #42 AC, #30 Mainstream)
           "I'm Gonna' Miss You" (#82)
1989: "Tell Her" (#76)
1991: "Conviction of the Heart" (#65, #9 AC)--highly underrated
1992: "The Real Thing" (#5 AC)
           "If You Believe" (#9 AC)
           "Now Or Never" (#34 AC)
1993: "This Is It" (live" (#31 AC)

1994: "Return to Pooh Corner" (#25 AC)
1997: "For the First Time" (#60, #1 AC)
           "I Am Not Hiding" (#21 AC)
2003: "With This Ring" (#22 AC)
2009: "There Is a Mountain"
           "Two of Us"

That's 22 hits for Loggins, with five Top 10's and one #1 and 19 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart with 8 of those going Top 10 and one #1.

This Day in Rock Music History: September 29

2011-09-28T17:55:00.000-07:00

1956: The Oh Susanna Show, a strange name for what actually was The Gale Storm Show, debuted on CBS-TV and would air for five seasons.
1956: Bill Haley owned five of the top songs in the U.K.--"Rockin' Through the Rye", "Saints Rock n' Roll", "Rock Around the Clock", "Razzle Dazzle"and "See You Later, Alligator".
1956: Elvis Presley's double-sided smash "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel" resumed the #1 position on the R&B chart.

1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded "Maybe Baby".
1958: "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards was the new #1 song.
1960: Ricky Valance rose to #1 on the U.K. chart with "Tell Laura I Love Her".

1962: "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals moved from 66 to 44 on this date.
1962: "Sherry" by the 4 Seasons continued to be the #1 song for the third week.
1963: The Rolling Stones began their first tour of the U.K. at the New Victoria in London, opening for Bo Diddley, Little Richard and the Everly Brothers.
1966: The Animals held auditions for a new guitarist at the Birdland club in London. Noel Redding jammed with a guitarist that Animals member Chas Chandler had discovered (Jimi Hendrix) before the two headed off to a pub. Hendrix invited Redding to play bass for the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

1967: Drummer Mickey Hart joined the Grateful Dead.
1967: The Rolling Stones parted ways with manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
1967: The Beatles mixed the song "I Am the Walrus", a tune made up of three songs that John Lennon had been working on.
1969: The Doors were in concert at the Lincoln Center's 7th Film Festival in New York City.
1971: Sweet, Dave Edmunds and Rockpile appeared in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, while Gilbert O'Sullivan made his live debut that night.
1972: Cat Stevens played at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
1973: Stevie Wonder posted his eighth #1 on the R&B chart--"Higher Ground".

1973: Brothers and Sisters by the Allman Brothers held the #1 spot on the album chart for the fourth week. We're an American Band by Grand Funk would settle for #2 with Killing Me Softly from Roberta Flack third. Los Cochinos from the hilarious Cheech & Chong was #4 and the great album Innervisions was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Let's Get It On from Marvin Gaye moved from 11-6, Deliver the Word from War, Long Hard Climb by Helen Reddy was stuck on 8, Chicago VI by Chicago and the epic Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon was in the final spot of the Top 10.

1973: Grand Funk celebrated their first #1 song--"Were An American Band". Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" was #2 with Cher looming next with "Half Breed". Paul Simon remained at #4 with "Loves Me Like a Rock" and Helen Reddy dropped to position #5 with "Delta Dawn". The rest of the Top 10: Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground", Tony Orlando & Dawn slipped with "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose", the Isley Brothers were up to #8 with "That Lady", B.W. Stevenson made the Top 10 with "My Maria" and the Allman Brothers scored the only Top 10 of their career with "Ramblin' Man".

1974: John Lennon was a guest DJ on WNEW-FM in New York.
1975: The Bee Gees released one of their great hits--"Nights On Broadway".
1976: Jerry Lee Lewis was charged with shooting a firearm within city limits. He was aiming to shoot a soda bottle at his birthday party but instead hit his bass guitarist, Norman Owens, twice in the chest.
1977: The band for James Brown walked out on him in Hallandale, Florida, complaining of being underpaid and overworked. Welcome to the club.
1979: The Police had the top song in the U.K. with "Message in a Bottle".

1979: Lobo reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love".
1979: Michael Jackson ruled the R&B chart for the fourth consecutive week with "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".

1979: On this date, 16-year-old France Joli had one of the fastest-rising songs (63-40) with "Come To Me". As it turned out, she would forever have one of The Most Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*.
1979: Foreigner had arrived. Their great third album Head Games debuted at #19 on the album chart.

LRB with one of their best albums

1979: In Through the Out Door had been out just four weeks but three of those were at #1 for their final classic album. The Knack was still at #2 with the impressive Get the Knack and Bob Dylan remained at 3 with Slow Train Coming. Supertramp's great Breakfast In America was #4. The rest of the Top 10: Risque by Chic, Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, a little Midnight Magic from the Commodores at #7, Earth, Wind & Fire held on to #8 with I Am, Candy-O from the Cars, and the Little River Band scored a Top 10 album with First Under the Wire.

1979: The Knack made it six weeks at #1 with "My Sharona".
1979: Prince advanced to #1 with "Let's Go Crazy", knocking John Waite from the top after a short stay with "Missing You". The Cars were up to 3 with "Drive" but Cyndi Lauper Born in the U.S.A. was "Cover Me".
1980: Kenny Rogers released the single "Lady".
1980: Pat Benatar released the single "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".
1980: Elvis Costello and the Stray Cats performed at the Rainbow in London.
1983: Andy Gibb appeared on the series Gimme' a Break on ABC-TV.

1984: Billy Ocean made it four straight weeks at #1 on the R&B chart with "Caribbean Queen".

1984: Prince owned the #1 single ("Let's Go Crazy") album (Purple Rain) and movie (Purple Rain) simultaneously, joining the Beatles as the only act to ever achieve the feat.
1986: Madonna released the single "True Blue".
1986: Wang Chung released "Everybody Have Fun Tonight".
1986: Billy Idol released the single "To Be A Lover".
1990: The album Listen Without Prejudice by George Michael debuted at #22.
1990: Prince topped the R&B chart for the seventh time in his career with "Thieves in the Temple".

George Michael from his masterpiece Listen Without Prejudice

1990: Nelson topped the chart with "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection". Maxi Priest closed to #2 with "Close To You" and the former #1 "Release Me" from Wilson Phillips was third. Jon Bon Jovi dropped to #4, George Michael was up strong with "Praying for Time" and Phil Collins was on the move with "Something Happen On the Way To Heaven".
1991: Metallica kicked off a tour at the Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois.
1992: Singer/songwriter Paul Jabara died from lymphoma related to the AIDS virus at age 44. Jabara wrote "Last Dance" for Donna Summer and "The Main Event/Fight" for Barbra Streisand.

1994: The Pointer Sisters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1996: Alanis Morissette wrapped up her first tour in Houston, Texas.
1997: Bobby Sheehan of Blues Traveler was arrested for possession of cocaine in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1997: United States President Bill Clinton awarded Don Henley with a National Medal of the Humanites.
1998: OutKast released the album Aquemini.
1998: R. Kelly released the double album R.
1998: The family of Frank Sinatra filed suit against Ross Stores, Inc. for copyright infringement, saying The Sinatra Collection of 75 songs was not authorized.
2002: Kelly Clarkson rode a wave to #1 with "A Moment Like This".
2004: The five-piece drum set for Keith Moon of the Who sold for $215,772 in London setting a auction record for a set of drums.
2004: Bono of U2 addressed the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, England about AIDS and world poverty.
2005: "Gold Digger" by Kanye West was the #1 song for the fourth week in a row.
2006: Weezer sued Miller Brewing Company, which used the band's image in print ads without permission.

Born This Day:

1935: Jerry Lee Lewis was born in Ferriday, Louisiana.
1939: Tommy Boyce, half of the duo Boyce & Hart, who had the hit "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight", also wrote "I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" and "Last Train To Clarksville" for the Monkees, was born in Charlottesville, Virginia; in later years he suffered from depression, experienced a brain aneurysm and committed suicide on November 23, 1994.
1943: Manuel Fernandez of Los Bravos; committed suicide May 20, 1967.

1944: Mike Post was born in Berkeley, California.
1944: Tommy Boyce of Boyce and Hart ("I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" from 1968) was born in Charlottesville, Virginia;

1948: Mark Farner, guitarist of Grand Funk, was born in Flint, Michigan.
1948: Mike Pinera, guitarist of Iron Butterfly, Alice Cooper and Blues Image ("Ride Captain Ride") was born in Tampa, Florida.
1965: Ian Baker, keyboardist of Jesus Jones ("Right Here, Right Now")
1968: Brad Smith of Blind Melon ("No Rain")
1969: Donald DeGrate, vocalist of Jodeci ("Freak 'N' You" from 1995), was born in Hampton, Virginia.

Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: "The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals

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To be fair, this song had been done before but you'd never know it from this performance as the Animals made it their own. Looking back 47 years later, it is still unbelievable the talent that this group of young men had (they were all in their early twenties at the time of this song.) Eric Burdon's piercing voice is amazing and Alan Price plays one of the best keyboard solos of the Rock Era. If this doesn't cause every man to look at lifestyle changes, it's only because they're ignorant of the message.

"The House of the Rising Sun"

by the Animals

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

[Organ Solo]

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

In Concert: Journey

2011-09-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

This isn't a concert, but still an incredible live performance on The Tom Snyder Show. When Journey added Jonathan Cain to their lineup, they were arguably the most talented act in the world. It was during this time that they released "Don't Stop Believin'", which featured Cain opening the tune on keyboards.

In Concert: Huey Lewis & the News

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I never had the privilege, but I have heard that this group is incredible live. Here's just a sample from Huey and friends:

In Concert: Styx

2011-09-27T21:49:00.000-07:00

Guitarist Tommy Shaw does an amazing job singing this fan favorite, the title track from the great album Crystal Ball.

Five Best Songs: Seals & Crofts

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This duo was part of the Champs from 1958-1965 before starting their own group, initially called the Dawnbreakers, in the late 1960's. Here are the Five Best from Jim Seals & Dash Crofts.

1. "Get Closer"
2. "Summer Breeze"
3. "Diamond Girl"
4. "I'll Play for You"
5. "Hummingbird"

Five Best Songs: Roxette

2011-09-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

Choosing the Five Best is tough for a group that had five songs reach either #1 or #2. They were red hot from 1989-1991.

1. "It Must Have Been Love"
2. "The Look"
3. "Listen To Your Heart"
4. "Joyride"
5. "Dangerous"

Hits List: Grand Funk (Railroad)

2011-09-27T18:42:00.000-07:00

All this band did was just put out great rock and roll music. They've had several songs that are among the top of the Rock Era--here is their complete Hits List:

1969: "Time Machine" (#47, #43 Canada)
           "Mr. Limousine Driver" (#97, #92 Canada)
           "Inside Looking Out"

1970: "Heartbreaker" (#72, #58 Canada)
           "Sin's a Good Man's Brother"
           "Closer To Home" (#22, #21 Canada)
           "Mean Mistreater" (#47, #30 Canada)
1971: "Feelin' Alright" (#54, #20 Canada)
           "Gimme Shelter" (#61, #49 Canada)
           "People, Let's Stop the War"
           "Footstompin' Music" (#29, #43 Canada)
1972: "Upsetter" (#73, #89 Canada)
           "Rock 'n' Roll Soul" (#29, #37 Canada)

1973: "We're An American Band" (#1, #4 Canada)
           "Walk Like a Man" (#19, #16 Canada)
1974: "The Loco-Motion" (#1, #1 Canada)
           "Shinin' On" (#11, #13 Canada)
1975:  "Some Kind of Wonderful" (#3, #6 Canada)
           "Bad Time" (#4, #3 Canada)
           "Take Me" (#53, #58 Canada)
1976: "Sally" (#69, #35 Canada)
           "Can You Do It"(#45, #75 Canada)
1977: "Just Couldn't Wait"
1981: "Y.O.U."
1982: "Stuck in the Middle"--one of the Most Underrated Songs of the Rock Era.

This Day in Rock Music History: September 28

2011-09-27T18:07:00.000-07:00

1953: Johnny Horton ("The Battle of New Orleans") married the widow of Hank Williams, Billie Jean.
1962: The Beatles performed at lunch at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, then gave a show aboard the MV Royal Iris on the River Mersey.
1963: Disc jockey Murray the K in New York City played "She Loves You" by the Beatles, believed to be the first time that a Beatles song was played in the United States.
1963: Bobby Vinton continued to set the pace with four weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart for "Blue Velvet".
1963: "Heat Wave" led the way on the R&B chart for Martha & the Vandellas.

1963: Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs moved from 65 to 19 with "Sugar Shack".
1963: "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton was the #1 song again. The Jaynetts owned #2--"Sally, Go 'Round the Roses", the Ronettes were up from 12 to 3 with "Be My Baby", Martha & the Vandellas came in #4 with "Heat Wave" and the Angels' former #1 "My Boyfriend's Back was #5.
1964: The Supremes released the single "Baby Love".
1964: Connie Stevens' television series Wendy and Me (with George Burns) debuts.
1965: Sonny & Cher performed at a private party for Jacqueline Kennedy at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
1968: Janis Joplin left Big Brother and the Holding Company.

1968: Dewey Phillips, a pioneer among rock & roll disc jockeys and who was the first DJ to play Elvis Presley's debut "That's All Right", died of heart failure at the age of 42.

1968: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 owned the Easy Listening chart with "The Fool on the Hill", four weeks at #1.
1968: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's duet "You're All I Need To Get By" was #1 on the R&B chart for a fifth week.
1968: Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits was the #1 album, taking over from Waiting for the Sun by the Doors. Feliciano! from Jose Feliciano came in third but Big Brother & the Holding Company moved from 13 to 4 with Cheap Thrills. The rest of the Top 10: Realization from Johnny Rivers, Wheels of Fire by Cream was #6, the Jimi Hendrix Experience remained at 7 with Are You Experienced?, Glen Campbell moved from 15-8 with Gentle on My Mind, the self-titled Steppenwolf and the Soundtrack to "The Graduate" was #10.

1968: The Turtles moved from 97 to 54 with "Elenore".

1968: "Hey Jude" became the Beatles' 16th #1 song. Jeannie C. Riley fell with "Harper Valley P.T.A." and the Rascals' former #1 "People Got To Be Free" came in third. Deep Purple's "Hush" was followed by "Fire" from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. The rest of the Top 10: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 with their version of "The Fool on the Hill", 1910 Fruitgum Company had "1,2,3 Red Light", the Bee Gees climbed to 8 with "I've Gotta' Get a Message To You", the O'Kaysions moved from 16 to 9 with "Girl Watcher" while Clarence Carter moved into the Top 10 with "Slip Away".
1972: David Bowie sold out Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1973: The Rolling Stones appeared on television in the United States for the first time on the show In Concert on ABC.

Stevie ridicules U.S. Republican Richard Nixon

1974: Stevie Wonder took over on the R&B chart with "You Haven't Done Nothin'".
1974: "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John was the #1 song on the Easy Listening chart for the third consecutive week.
1974: Carl Carlton moved from 87 to 63 with "Everlasting Love".

1974: Andy Kim had the new #1 song with "Rock Me Gently". Olivia Newton-John was one step closer with "I Honestly Love You" and Billy Preston was next with "Nothing From Nothing". Dionne Warwick and the Spinners combined for "Then Came You" and First Class were up big (12-5) with "Beach Baby". The rest of the Top 10: Stevie Wonder and "You Haven't Done Nothin'", the Guess Who had song #7 with "Clap for the Wolfman", Cat Stevens reached the Top 10 with "Another Saturday Night", Johnny Bristol and "Hang On In There Baby" and Lynyrd Skynyrd reached the Top 10 with "Sweet Home Alabama".
1974: Bad Company climbed to #1 with their debut album. Endless Summer from the Beach Boys was the runner-up with the previous #1--Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder falling to #3. Olivia Newton-John was beginning to break through with If You Love Me, Let Me Know and Caribou by Elton John rose from 12 to 5. The rest of the Top 10: Not Fragile by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Back Home Again by John Denver was #7, Chicago VII, Can't Get Enough by Barry White shot up from 22 to 9 and 461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton tumbled to #10.
1975: The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship performed for free before 40,000 at Lindley Park in San Francisco, California.
1976: Stevie Wonder released the landmark album Songs in the Key of Life.

1979: Jimmy McCulloch, formerly with Wings, was found dead in London at the age of 26.
1980: The Police had the #1 song in the U.K. with "Don't Stand So Close To Me".
1982: Dexy's Midnight Runners were live at St David's Hall in Cardiff, Wales.
1985: Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits remained #1 on the album chart.
1985: Kool & the Gang continued to top the Adult Contemporary chart with "Cherish".
1987: Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson were guests on the popular television show "$10,000 Pyramid".
1987: U2 played the first of two concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1989: Tales From Margaritaville, a book of short stories by Jimmy Buffett, was released.
1991: AC/DC was in concert at the Tushino Air Field outside Moscow, Russia.

1991: Bryan Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia.

1991: "I Adore Mi Amor" held down #1 on the R&B chart.
1991: Color Me Badd reigned at #1 with "I Adore Mi Amor", holding off "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch. Boyz II Men with "Motownphilly" was #3 while Mariah Carey joined the group at #4 with "Emotions". The rest of the Top 10: Firehouse and "Love of a Lifetime", C + C Music Factory with "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm....", Michael Bolton held steady at 7 with "Time, Love and Tenderness", Natural Selection moved from 16-8 with "Do Anything", Bonnie Raitt had her first Top 10 with "Something To Talk About" and R.E.M. moved up with "Shiny Happy People".
1991: Michael Bolton took over at #1 on the AC chart with "Time, Love and Tenderness".
1991: Ropin' the Wind debuted at #1 for Garth Brooks on the album chart.
1992: The Heights released the single "How Do You Talk To An Angel".
1996: Bob Dylan was nominated by Professor Gordon Ball of Virginia Military Institute for the Nobel Literature Prize.

1996: The count was up to nine for weeks at #1 for "Macarena" by Los Del Rios. "Where Do You Go" by No Mercy was the only new song in the Top 10.
1999: The members of the band All Saints had casts made of their hands for the "Wall of Hands" exhibit at Madame Tussaud's Rock Circus in London.
2000: Radiohead played at Glasgow Green in Scotland.
2002: The City of Nutbush, Tennessee named a portion of State Highway 19 the "Tina Turner Highway". Turner lived in Nutbush (about 50 miles northeast of Memphis) until she was 17.
2003: Muse had the #1 album in the U.K. with Absolution.
2003: John Mayer owned the top album in the United States with Heavier Things.
2004: A tribute concert in Beverly Hills, California to honor Ray Charles raised $15 million for Morehouse College Center for the Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. Bill Cosby hosted the event with performances by Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, James Ingram and Patti Austin. Charles had died on June 10.
2005: Disturbed led the way on the album chart with Ten Thousand Fists.
2007: The John Lennon Northern Lights Festival, named after the popular star, was held in Durness, Scotland. Lennon spent holidays between the ages of nine and 13 in the village.

Born This Day:

1902: Ed Sullivan, who hosted numerous rock acts including the Beatles, whose appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964 drew an estimated 73 million viewers, was born in New York City; died October 13, 1974.

1938: Ben E. King, lead singer of the Drifters and a solo star ("Stand By Me") was born in Henderson, North Carolina.
1943: Nick St. Nicholas, bass guitarist of Steppenwolf, was born in Hamburg, Germany.
1950: Paul Burgess, drummer of 10cc, was born in Manchester, England.
1953: Keni Burke of the Five Stairsteps ("O-o-h Child") and bassist with Sly & the Family Stone and Diana Ross, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1955: George Lynch, guitarist of Dokken, was born in Spokane, Washington.
1957: Alannah Currie of the Thompson Twins was born in Auckland, New Zealand.

1960: Jennifer Rush was born in Queens, New York.
1966: Kenny Wilson, drummer with Marilyn Manson
1977: Young Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Jenkins, was born in Columbia, South Carolina.
1984: Melanie Thornton of the Pussycat Dolls was born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in a plane crash near Bassersdorf, Switzerland November 24, 2001.
1987: Hilary Duff was born in Houston, Texas.

Hits List: Paul Simon

2011-09-27T15:28:00.000-07:00

Paul Simon is without question one of the top songwriters of the Rock Era. His work with Art Garfunkel made them one of the top duos of the Rock Era. Here is what Paul has done as a solo artist:

Songs released before 1965 were released by Simon under various names.

1958: "True or False"
1959: "Anna Belle"
           "Don't Take the Stars"
1960:  "Just a Boy"
           "Just a Boy" (re-release)
           "All Through the Night"
           "Swanee"
1961: "I Wish It Weren't In Love"
           "Play Me a Sad Song"
           "Motorcycle"
1962: "Express Train"
           "Cry, Little Boy, Cry"
           "The Lone Teen Ranger"
           "Cards of Love"
1965: "I Am a Rock"

1972: "Mother and Child Reunion" (#4, #4 Adult Contemporary, #5 U.K., #4 Canada, #6 Netherlands)
           "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" (#22, #6 AC, #15 U.K., #19 Canada, #26 Netherlands--underrated
           "Duncan" (#58, #30 AC)
1973: "Kodachrome" (#2, #2 AC, #1 Canada, #15 Netherlands)
           "Loves Me Like a Rock" (#2, #1 AC, #39 U.K., #5 Canada, #27 Netherlands)
           "American Tune" (#35, #8 AC)
           "Take Me To the Mardi Gras" (#7 U.K.)
           "Something So Right"
           "St. Judy's Comet"
1974: "The Sound of Silence" (live)
1975: "Gone At Last" (with Phoebe Snow) (#23, #9 AC)
           "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" (#1, #1 AC, #23 U.K., #1 Canada)
1976: "Still Crazy After All These Years" (#40, #5 AC)--underrated
           "Have a Good Time"

1977: "Slip Slidin' Away" (#5, #4 AC, #36 U.K., #2 Canada)
1978: "Wonderful World" (with Art Garfunkel and James Taylor) (#17, #1 AC, #5 Canada)
           "Stranded In a Limousine"
1980: "Late in the Evening" (#6, #7 AC, #58 U.K., #5 Canada, #11 Netherlands)
           "One-Trick Pony" (#40)
1981: "Oh, Marion"
1983: "The Blues" (with Randy Newman) (#51, #48 Netherlands)
           "Allergies (#44, #26 AC, #47 Netherlands)
1984: "Think Too Much"

1986: "You Can Call Me Al" (#23, #15 AC, #4 U.K., #5 Netherlands)
           "Graceland" (#81, #98 U.K., #79 Netherlands)--underrated
1987: "The Boy in the Bubble" (#86, #26 U.K., #16 Netherlands)--highly underrated
           "Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes" (#77 U.K., #85 Netherlands)
1990: "The Obvious Child" (#92, #15 U.K., #12 Netherlands)
           "Proof" (#89 U.K.)
           "Born at the Right Time"
1991: "Still Crazy After All These Years" (live)
1995: "Something So Right" (with Annie Lennox) (#44 U.K.)
2000: "Old"
           "You're the One"
2003: "Father and Daughter"
2006: "Father and Daughter"
           "That's Me"
           "Outrageous"
2010: "Getting Ready for Christmas Day"
2011: "The Afterlife"

That's one #1, six Top10 hits and 19 hits, three #1's and 11 Top 10 songs on the Adult Contemporary chart, three Top 10's in the U.K., two # 1 songs and seven Top 10's in Canada and seven Top 10 songs in the Netherlands.

This Day in Rock Music History: September 27

2011-09-27T03:21:00.000-07:00

1963: Cilla Black made her live debut on Ready Steady Go! on British television singing "Love of the Loved".
1963: The Merseybeats opened for the Rolling Stones at the Floral Hall Ballroom in Morecambe, Lancashire, England.
1964: Ringo Starr and Beatles manager Brian Epstein were judges at a talent show to benefit the Oxfam charity.
1964: The Beach Boys performed "I Get Around" on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1965: Bob Dylan released the single "Positively 4th Street".
1965: Fontella Bass released "Rescue Me".

1967: The Beatles recorded "I Am the Walrus" and worked on "Fool on the Hill" at Abbey Road Studios in London.
1968: The Jackson 5 opened for Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight at a concert in Gary, Indiana.
1969: A new American band first hit the scene on this date, as Grand Funk Railroad (as they were first known) released their first single "Time Machine". Whether they were on the railroad or off of it, Grand Funk was "some kind of wonderful".
1971: Led Zeppelin appeared at the Shiei Taikukan Hall on Hiroshima, Japan.
1972: Rory Storm of the Hurricanes (Ringo Starr's former band) committed suicide.
1975: "Do It Any Way You Wanna'" by People's Choice was the new #1 on the R&B chart.

1975: George Harrison had a hot song moving up the charts with "You", up from 75 to 49 on this date.
1975: John Denver hit #1 with "I'm Sorry".

1975: Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship took a turn at #1 on the album chart. Honey from the Ohio Players was #2 but the Eagles were on their way back up with One of These Nights. Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run came in fourth while Janis Ian's former #1 album Between the Lines fell to 5. The rest of the Top 10: The Heat Is On from the Isley Brothers, Elton John's epic Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, the Allman Brothers Band rose from 43 to 8 with Win, Lose Or Draw, the Spinners were at 9 with Pick of the Litter and Fleetwood Mac entered the Top 10 for the first time with their self-titled release.
1976: Rod Stewart released the single "Tonight's the Night".
1978: Eric Clapton sponsored a West Bromwich Albion UEFA cup-tie vs. Galatasery of Turkey. Following the match, Clapton presented each player with a copy of his album Slowhand.
1979: Elton John collapsed onstage at the Universal Amphitheatre in Hollywood, California due to exhaustion brought on by the flu. After ten minutes, John returned and finished the show.

1979: Blondie released the album Eat to the Beat.
1979: The Police released Regatta de Blanc.
1980: Queen remained at the top of the album chart for a second week with The Game.
1980: George Benson's "Give Me the Night" held on to #1 for a third week on the R&B chart.

Air Supply captured fans from the release of their first song

1980: Diana Ross remained on top with "Upside Down", the #1 song for a fourth week. In many markets, however, Australia's Air Supply's "All Out of Love" was #1. Queen trailed those two with "Another One Bites the Dust". George Benson moved up with "Give Me the Night" while Johnny Lee was "Lookin' for Love". The rest of the Top 10: Paul Simon's "Late in the Evening", Eddie Rabbitt hopped up with "Drivin' My Life Away", Irene Cara's "Fame" was at #8, Larry Graham remained at 9 with "One In a Million You" and Kenny Loggins reached the Top 10 with "I'm Alright".
1986: Lionel Richie took over at #1 on the album chart with Dancing On the Ceiling.
1986: Twenty-two years after its release, "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles re-entered the chart after being featured on the soundtracks to Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Back to School.

1986: Cliff Burton of Metallica was killed at the age of 24 when the group's bus crashed in Sweden.
1987: Dolly Parton's television series Dolly debuted on ABC.

1990: Marvin Gaye was given a star posthumously on the Hollywood Walk of fame.
1995: Time Warner Records cut ties with rap label Interscope.
1997: Bob Dylan performed at the World Eucharistic Congress in Bologna, Italy to an audience including the Pope.

Third Eye Blind with their biggest career hit

1997: Mariah Carey's "Honey" was #1 for a third week while Boyz II Men debuted at #2 with "4 Seasons of Loneliness". Usher stayed at 3 with "You Make Me Wanna...", LeAnn Rimes had "How Do I Live" and the Backstreet Boys slipped with 'Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)". The rest of the Top 10: "Mo Money Mo Problems" from the Notorious B.I.G. with Puff Daddy & Mase, the Puffman was the big star of the time with Faith Evans and 112 on "I'll Be Missing You", the Spice Girls slipped with "2 Become 1", new group Third Eye Blind and "Semi-Charmed Life" and Jewell was at 10 with her double-sided hit "Foolish Games"/"You Were Meant For Me".

1999: Atlanta, Georgia declared today ZZ Top Day after the Texas band.
2000: U2 played from the rooftop of the Clarence Hotel in Dublin, Ireland (which they own). Over 4,000 fans gathered below them to listen.
2001: Jonathan King ("Everyone's Gone To the Moon" from1965) was sentenced to seven years in prison for the sexual assault of under-age boys.
2002: Vince Neil of Motley Crue pled guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge for attacking a record producer in West Hollywood on April 28, 2002.
2003: Carly Simon sued the Dakota building in New York City, alleging she was denied application to live there but was not refunded her $99,000 down payment.
2004 Producer Phil Spector was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of actress Lana Clarkson.
2006: Jamie Lyons, lead singer of Music Explosion ("Little Bit O' Soul" in 1967), died of a heart attack at the age of 57.
2006: In today's Inmates Run Rap Music segment, Snoop Dogg was arrested at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California for possessing a firearm.
2007: Dale Houston of Dale & Grace ("I'm Leaving It Up To You") died of congestive heart failure at the age of 67.
2008: Bryan Morrison, manager of Pink Floyd and music publisher of the Bee Gees, Elton John, Wham! T-Rex and Syd Barrett, died after being in a coma for two years. Morrison was in a polo accident at the Royal Berkshire Polo Club in England in 2006 and suffered severe brain injuries.
2008: George Jones, lead singer of the Edsels ("Rama Lama Ding Dong") died of cancer.
2008: Metallica owned the #1 album with Death Magnetic.
2010: Tickets to what was to be the tour This Is It by Michael Jackson went on sale.

Born This Day:

1936: Don Cornelius, host and producer of the long-running television show Soul Train, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1941: Don Nix, saxophonist for the Mar-Keys ("Last Night") and producer of albums for Jeff Beck and Freddie King, was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

1943: Randy Bachman, guitarist of the Guess Who and co-founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1947: Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) was born in Dallas, Texas.
1953: Greg Ham, saxophone player of Men At Work, was born in Melbourne, Australia.
1953: Robbie Shakespeare, session bass guitarist for Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh

1959: Shaun Cassidy, actor, singer, songwriter and producer, was born in Los Angeles.
1966: Stephan Jenkins, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Third Eye Blind, was born in Indio, California.
1970: Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd
1975: Lee Brennan
1978: Bradley Kirk Arnold of 3 Doors Down
1982: Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1984: Avril Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans

2011-09-27T03:06:00.000-07:00

When you come out with a futuristic record such as this one, do you predict the future instead of trying to change it? Let's face it--the concepts that Zager & Evans talk about here are not positive ones. They sing of a world doomed by its passive acceptance of technology, of a nightmarish vision of the future as man is dehumanized. The song struck a chord in 1969 and it continues to do so. Some of these things are already coming true and the time capsule won't arrive for another 514 years. Whoa-u-whoa indeed!

"In the Year 2525"

by Zager & Evans

Words and Music by Rick Evans

In the year 2525
if man is still alive
if woman can survive
they may find...

In the year 3535
ain't gonna need to tell the truth tell no lies
everything you think do and say
is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545
ain't gonna need your teeth won't need your eyes
you won't find a thing to chew
nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
your arms are hanging limp at your sides
your legs got nothing to do
some machines doing that for you

In the year 6565
ain't gonna need no husband won't need no wife
you'll pick your son pick your daughter too
from the bottom of a long glass tube

In the year 7510
if God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
maybe he'll look around himself and say
"guess it's time for the Judgement Day''

In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head
he'll either say "I'm pleased where man has been''
or tear it down and start again

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man's gonna be alive
he's taken everything this old earth can give
and he ain't put back nothing...

Now it's been 10,000 years
man has cried a billion tears
for what he never knew
now man's reign is through

But through the eternal night
the twinkling of starlight
so very far away
maybe it's only yesterday...

In the year 2525
if man is still alive
if woman can survive
they may find...

In the year 3535
ain't gonna need to tell the truth tell no lies
everything you think do or say
is in the pill you took today

Songs That Changed the World: The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era--"Peace Train" by Cat Stevens

2011-09-26T04:45:00.000-07:00

One of the causes that people of the sixties generation believed in was peace and that theme rings often in this feature. Here, Cat Stevens pleads for us to get aboard the "Peace Train".

"Peace Train"

by Cat Stevens

Words and Music by Cat Stevens

Now I've been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Something good's bound to come

For out on the edge of darkness
There runs the peace train
Peace train take this country
Come take me home again

Peace train sounding louder
Ride on the peace train
Hoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ah
Come on the peace train
Peace train's a holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Hoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ah
This is the peace train

Get your bags together
Come bring your good friends too
Because it's getting nearer
Soon it will be with you
Come and join the living
It's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer
Soon it will all be true

Peace train sounding louder
Ride on the peace train
Hoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ah
Come on the peace train

I've been crying lately
Thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating?
Why can't we live in bliss?

For out on the edge of darkness
There rides the peace train
Peace train take this country
Come take me home again

Peace train sounding louder
Ride on the peace train
Hoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ah
Come on the peace train

Come on, come on, come on the peace train...

This Day in Rock Music History: September 26

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1955: Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher married.
1956: The city of Tupelo, Mississippi declared Elvis Presley Day in honor of its native son.
1957: The Monotones recorded "Book of Love".
1957: The classic musical West Side Story opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
1961: Bob Dylan opened for the Greenbriar Boys at Gerde's Folk Club in New York's Greenwich Village.

1964: The British continued to come over in waves. On this date, we first heard a new British band, the Kinks, on their first single release "You Really Got Me".

1965: Queen Elizabeth II awarded the Beatles with the Order of the British Empire.
1968: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones was arrested for possession of marijuana.

1969: The Beatles released the album Abbey Road, the last album they recorded as a group.
1969: Rock promoter Bill Graham opened The Fillmore West in San Francisco, California.

1970: Tamla-Motown Records released news that the Jackson 5 had sold 10 million singles worldwide in nine months since their debut, officially a world record.
1970: Pink Floyd performed at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened in theaters. Movie-going would never be the same.
1976: Marvin Gaye performed at the London Palladium.
1979: The Clash released the single "I Fought the Law", their remake of the Bobby Fuller Four hit.
1980: U2 had a concert in the Cedar Ballroom in Birmingham, England.
1981: Bruce Dickinson became the lead singer of Iron Maiden.
1981: Genesis moved to #1 on the U.K. album chart with Abacab.

1994: Paul Anka received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1984: Prince released the single "Purple Rain".
1989: Paul McCartney played several Lennon/McCartney songs live for the first time as a solo artist at the Drammenshallen in Dramen, Norway.
1992: Paul Simon, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Jimmy Buffett performed at a concert in Miami, Florida to raise money for victims of Hurricane Andrew.
1992: Belinda Carlisle owned the top U.K. album with The Best of Belina Carlisle, Volume 1.

1996: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead unveiled his new line of awesome ties at an art gallery in New York City.

1997: The initial 300,000 units of Elton John's single "Candle in the Wind 1997" sold out in Japan on the first day of release.
1998: Prince slipped and pulled a ligament onstage in Atlantic City, New Jersey, forcing a postponement of the remainder of his U.S. tour.
1998: Melanie B rose to #1 with her solo hit "I Want You Back".
1999: Kenny Rogers put his 360-acre Beaver Dam Farms estate in Georgia up for auction.
1999: The Dixie Chicks landed at #1 on the album chart with Fly.

2003: Robert Palmer, solo star and lead singer with Power Station, died of a heart attack at the age of 54 in Paris, France.

2004: Green Day ruled the U.K. album chart with American Idiot.
2007: A charity group set up by Shakira raised $40 million to help victims of recent natural disasters.

Born This Day:

1925: Marty Robbins ("El Paso") was born in Glendale, Arizona.
1926: Julie London ("Cry Me a River") was born in Santa Rosa, California; died October 18, 2000.
1931: George Chambers of the Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today") was born in Flora, Mississippi.
1941: Joseph Bauer, drummer of the Youngbloods, was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1943: Georgie Fame ("The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" from 1968) was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England.

1945: Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music was born in Washington, England.
1947: Lynn Anderson, who gave us the great song "Rose Garden", was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

1948: Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England.
1951: Stuart Tosh of the Alan Parsons Project who also toured with 10cc and Pilot ("Magic" from 1975) was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.

1954: Ace guitarist Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Starship and later Cusco
1954: Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos was born in Hermosillo, Mexico.
1962: Tracey Thorn of Everything But the Girl was born in Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
1965: Cindy Herron of En Vogue was born in San Francisco, California.

1972: Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1981: Christina Milian, actress and singer ("Dip It Low" from 2004), was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Hits List: Animals

2011-09-25T16:33:00.000-07:00

The Animals were formed in Newcatle-upon-Tyne, England. They were originally called the Alan Price Combo but keyboardist Price left his own group in May of 1965 and was replaced by Dave Rowberry. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. One of the best groups of the 1960's, here is the Hits List of the Animals:

1964: "Baby, Can I Take You Home" (#15 U.K.)
"The House of the Rising Sun" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #3 Netherlands)
"Gonna' Send You Back To Walker) (#57, #25 Canada)
"I'm Crying" (#19, #8 U.K. #44 Netherlands)
1965: "Boom Boom" (#43, #14 Canada)
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (#15, #3 U.K., #5 Canada, #26 Netherlands)
"Bring It On Home To Me" (#32, #7 U.K., #7 Canada, #3 Netherlands)
"We Gotta' Get Out of This Place" (#13, #2 U.K., #33 Canada, #12 Netherlands)
"It's My Life" (#23, #7 U.K., #16 Netherlands)
1966: "Inside-Looking Out" (#34, #12 U.K., #24 Netherlands)
"Don't Bring Me Down" (#12, #6 U.K., #3 Canada, #16 Netherlands)

Promoted as Eric Burdon & the Animals:
"See See Rider" (#10, #1 Canada)
"Help Me Girl" (#29, #14 U.K., #33 Canada)
1967: "When I Was Young" (#15, #40 U.K., #7 Netherlands)
"San Franciscan Nights" (#9, #7 U.K., #1 Canada, #6 Netherlands)
"Good Times" (#20 U.K.)
"Monterey" (#15, #3 Canada, #35 Netherlands)
"Anything" (#80)
1968: "Sky Pilot" (#14, #40 U.K., #7 Canada)--underrated song
"White Houses"/"River Deep - Mountain High" (#67)
1972: "House of the Rising Sun" (#25 U.K.)
1982: "House of the Rising Sun" (#11 U.K.)

Promoted as the Animals:
1983: "The Night" (#43, #34 Mainstream Rock)
"Love Is For All Time)

This Day in Rock Music History: September 25

2011-09-25T12:14:00.000-07:00

1954: Elvis Presley performed "Blue Moon of Kentucky" live at the Grand Ole Opry.
1954: Elvis recorded his second single on Sun Records--"Good Rockin' Tonight".
1956: "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley became the first single in history to sell a million copies before its release.

Barry Mann from one of the funnest times to be alive

1961: Bobby Vee continued to set the pace on the singles chart with "Take Good Care of My Baby". Dick & DeeDee moved from 15-2 with "The Mountain's High" and "Michael" from the Highwaymen came in third. Roy Orbison saw "Crying" latch on to position #4 while the novelty "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On the Bedpost Over Night)" by Lonnie Donegan was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Elvis Presley moved into the list for the 26th time with "Little Sister", Barry Mann moved up 10 with "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)", the Jive Five had song #8--"My True Story", Johnny Tillotson's "Without You" and Elvis Presley also had #10 with "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame".
1964: The Temptations began recording of the song that would become their biggest hit--"My Girl".
1964: Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, refused an offer of 3 1/2 million pounds to sell his management contract.

1965: The Beatles cartoon premiered on ABC-TV. The show would run until September 7, 1969.
1965: James Brown had the top R&B song for an eighth week--"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".

Dylan had himself a Top 10 album

1965: For the third week, Help! by the Beatles was the #1 album, well ahead of #2 Look At Us from Sonny & Cher. The amazing Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" was third, followed by The In Crowd from The Ramsey Lewis Trio and Out of Our Heads by the Rolling Stones. The rest of the Top 10: Herman's Hermits On Tour, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) from the Beach Boys, the Soundtrack to "Mary Poppins" at #8, Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan and Beatles VI at #10.
1965: "You Were On My Mind" by We Five was #1 for the fourth week on the Easy Listening chart.
1965: Barry McGuire's plea was not ignored--"Eve of Destruction" became the #1 song on this date.

1967: The Beatles recorded "Fool on the Hill" at Abbey Road Studios in London. No, it wasn't about Congressman John Boehner.
1967: Strawberry Alarm Clock released the single "Incense and Peppermints".
1968: Mary Hopkin's memorable song "Those Were the Days" topped the U.K. chart.
1969: John Lennon recorded "Cold Turkey", his autobiographical song about breaking an addiction to heroin, with help from Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Yoko Ono and Klaus Voorman.
1970: Janis Joplin recorded "Me and Bobby McGee".
1970: Ringo Starr released the album Beaucoup of Blues.
1970: The Partridge Family series debuted on television.
1971: America and David Bowie performed at Friars in Aylesbury, England.
1971: Deep Purple topped the U.K. album chart with Fireball.
1971: Joan Baez ruled the Easy Listening chart for a fourth week with "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

Beware of the handshake!

1971: Billboard had Donny Osmond's "Go Away Little Girl" #1 for a third week, when I can tell you that most stations had other songs at #1. Rod Stewart was officially #2 with "Maggie May", Bill Withers remained at 3 with "Ain't No Sunshine", Joan Baez had #4 with "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and Aretha Franklin's great song "Spanish Harlem" was on its way down. The rest of the Top 10: Paul & Linda McCartney's former #1 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" was now 6, the Undisputed Truth had "Smiling Faces Sometimes", the Carpenters moved into the Top 10 with "Superstar", the Dramatics told us "Whatcha' See is Whatcha' Get" and Rare Earth were at #10 with "I Just Want to Celebrate".

1971: Stanley, Idaho's Carole King spent a 15th and what would be last week at #1 with her monumental album Tapestry. That was three weeks shy of the Rock Era record at the time held by More of the Monkees.
1972: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes released the single "If You Don't Know Me By Now".
1975: Jackie Wilson collapsed while singing "Lonely Teardrops" at the Latino Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The heart attack Wilson suffered that day caused brain damage at the age of 41 and he died nine years later after spending the rest of his life in hospitals.

Venice, Italy--one of the great cities of the world--help save it!

1976: Wings played a charity concert to raise money for the restoration of art treasures that had suffered water damage in St. Marks Square in Venice, Italy.
1976: "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" drove K.C. and the Sunshine Band to #1 for a third week.
1976: "If You Leave Me Now" from Chicago was the new #1 on the Easy Listening chart.

Ronstadt was becoming a superstar

1976: Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton stood alone at the top of the album chart for the eighth week. Silk Degrees from Boz Scaggs was a strong second with Linda Ronstadt's Hasten Down the Wind close behind. The self-titled Fleetwood Mac was now moving back up after 61 weeks of release. The rest of the Top 10: Wild Cherry, War with their Greatest Hits package, Spirit from John Denver at #7, Spitfire by Jefferson Starship, All Things in Time by Lou Rawls at #9 and Chicago X.
1978: Al Stewart released the single "Time Passages".
1979: The Eagles released the landmark album The Long Run.

1980: John Bonham of Led Zeppelin died of asphyxiation on his own vomit due to a drinking binge. The legendary group broke up after deciding that Bonham could not be replaced.
1981: The Rolling Stones recorded a concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that would later be released on the DVD Let's Spend the Night Together.
1982: Queen performed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Under Pressure" on Saturday Night Live on NBC-TV.
1982: "Love Will Turn You Around" by Kenny Rogers topped the Adult Contemporary chart.

Don't allow your radio station to play the short version of this great Alan Parsons song!

1982: "Abracadabra" completed Steve Miller's comeback by being crowned #1. John Cougar (Mellencamp) was up to #2 with "Jack & Diane". The previous #1 "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" from Chicago preceded Survivor's former #1 "Eye of the Tiger". Melissa Manchester remained at 5 with "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" and the Alan Parsons Project had one of their biggest hits with "Eye In the Sky". The rest of the Top 10: The debut hit from Men At Work--"Who Can It Be Now?" moved from 12 to 7, Jackson Browne entered the list with "Somebody's Baby", John Cougar (Mellencamp) also had #9 with "Hurts So Good" and Donna Summer earned the 12th Top 10 of her career with "Love Is In Control (Finger on the Trigger)".
1982: American Fool by John Cougar (Mellencamp) was #1 on the album chart for a third week.
1989: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville released their version of the great Bill Medley song "Don't Know Much".
1990: The city of Macon, Georgia named Little Richard Boulevard in honor of the 50's star.
1990: Drummer Dave Grohl joined Nirvana.
1993: Nirvana's In Utero was #1 on the U.K. album chart.

1993: Sisters With Voices (SWV) remained at #1 on the R&B chart with "Right Here"/"Human Nature".
1993: In Pieces by Garth Brooks was #1 on the album chart.

Mariah back in much better times

1993: "Dreamlover" by Mariah Carey was #1 for a third week.
1994: Offspring debuted in the U.K. with a concert at the Charlotte in Leicester.
1999: Stephen Canady of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils was killed when a vintage World War II plane he was riding in rolled and crashed into a tree.
2000: Bono of U2 met with the president of the World Bank in Prague, Czechoslovakia to discuss his plan for debt relief of the third world.
2001: Ryan Adams released the album Gold.

2003: Shania Twain began a world tour.
2004: Thom Yorke of Radiohead spoke at the "No to Star Wars" rally (the weapons defense system, not the movie) outside an Air Force base in Yorkshire, England.

Born This Day:
1933 Erik Darling, a member of the Weavers, the Tarriers and the Rooftop Singers, was born in Baltimore, Maryland ; died August 3, 2008.
1933: Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia and writer of the song "Four Strong Winds" for the Brothers Four in 1963, was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
1939: Jesse Russell of the Persuasions and also worked with Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Don McLean, was born in Henderson, North Carolina.
1940: Wade Flemons, pianist with Earth, Wind & Fire, was born in Coffeyville, Kansas.
1943: Gary Alexander, guitarist and vocalist of the Association, was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1943: John Locke, keyboardist of Spirit, was born in Los Angeles.
1945: Onnie McIntire of the Average White Band was born in Lennox Town, Scotland.
1946: Jerry Penrod, bassist for Iron Butterfly, was born in San Diego, California.
1947: John Fiddler of Medicine Head was born in Darlaston, Staffordshire, England.
1955: Zucchero, an Italian rock singer who collaborated with Eric Clatpon, Randy Jackson of the Jackson 5, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Cocker and Miles Davis
1955: Steve Severin, bassist and keyboard player of Siouxsie & the Banshees, was born in London.

1968: Will Smith, superstar actor, rapper and all-around great guy, was born in Wynnefield, Pennsylvania.
1974: Richie Edwards, bass guitarist of the Darkness, was born in Lichfield, England.
1980: T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
1985: Diana Ortiz of Dream

Songs That Changed the World: The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era--"Luka" by Suzanne Vega

2011-09-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

There's perhaps an ever more powerful song about child abuse that is coming later in our feature. This one certainly raised consciousness about the evil act by helping us realize that the victim might be as close as upstairs. Suzanne Vega is spotlighted today with "Luka".

"Luka"

by Suzanne Vega

Words and Music by Suzanne Vega

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes i think you've seen me before
If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight

Just don't ask me what it was (3x)

I think it's 'cause i'm clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it's because i'm crazy
I try not to act too proud
They only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why

You just don't argue anymore (3x)

Yes i think i'm okay
I walked into the door again
If you ask that's what i'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess i'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don't ask me how i am (3x)

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes i think you've seen me before
If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight

Just don't ask me what it was(3x)

They only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why

You just don't argue anymore (3x)

Songs That Changed the World: The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era--"Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone

2011-09-24T08:45:00.000-07:00

A song from the volatile 60's is next in our very special feature of The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era*. It is a plea for peace and racial equality between the races and social groups. A powerful message, especially for the times, it was presented in such a fun way that Sly & the Family Stone made it "cool" to get along.

"Everyday People"

by Sly & the Family Stone

Words and Music by Sly Stone

Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and thenMakes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeahThere is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha - we got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee

I am everyday people.

This Day in Rock Music History: September 24

2011-09-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

1955: Elvis Presley performed on The Louisiana Hayride at the Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, broadcast on KWKH-TV.
1955: Chuck Berry was on top of the R&B chart for the eighth straight week with "Maybellene".
1957: Disc jockey Alan Freed's movie Mister Rock and Roll, featuring footage of Chuck Berry, Clyde McPhatter, Frankie Lymon and Little Richard, debuted at the Paramount in New York City.
1958: The Platters recorded the song "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" in Paris, France.
1958: The Kingston Trio released the single "Tom Dooley".
1958: Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen were guests on the premiere of The Donna Reed Show on ABC-TV.
1966: Jimi Hendrix and new manager Chas Chandler, formerly of the Animals, arrived in London. On the flight across the pond, Hendrix changed his first name from Jimmy to Jimi.
1966: The Temptations took over the R&B chart with "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep".
1966: Roger Williams topped the Easy Listening chart for the sixth week with "Born Free".

Los Angeles band the Association gave us one of The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era*

1966: The Association reached #1 for the first time with the song "Cherish". The Supremes fell back with "You Can't Hurry Love", Donovan had song #3 with "Sunshine Superman" and the Beatles were submersing with "Yellow Submarine". The rest of the Top 10: The Hollies and "Bus Stop", the Temptations entered the Top 10 with "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep", Los Bravos made an 18-7 move with "Black Is Black", ? & the Mysterians were up from 25 to 8 with "96 Tears", the Beach Boys with "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and the Four Tops were up from 26-10 with "Reach Out (I'll Be There)".
1966: Revolver by the Beatles was the #1 album for the third straight week. Going Places by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass crept back in the Top 10 after 49 weeks of release.
1967: The Beatles continued filming Magical Mystery Tour at West Malling Air Station in Maidstone, Kent with the ballroom finale of "Your Mother Should Know.

1968: The Vogues were awarded a gold record for the song "Turn Around, Look At Me".
1971: John Lennon was a guest on The Dick Cavett Show.
1971: The Jackson 5 appeared on the cover of Life magazine.
1973: Chicago released the single "Just You 'N Me".
1973: Charlie Rich released the single "The Most Beautiful Girl".
1975: Rod Stewart had the #1 U.K. song with "Sailing".
1977: The first Elvis Presley convention was held in Memphis, Tennessee.
1977: The #1 Easy Listening song was "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon for the third week.

Newcomer Foreigner was anything but cold

1977: The Emotions returned to #1, making it five weeks for "Best of My Love". The Floaters had to settle for #2 with "Float On" while another hit from Rumours--"Don't Stop" kept Fleetwood Mac in the limelight. K.C. & the Sunshine Band were up with "Keep It Comin' Love" and the Brothers Johnson were at 5 with "Strawberry Letter 23". The rest of the Top 10: Andy Gibb's previous #1 "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" tumbled, ELO moved up with "Telephone Line", Meco's instrumental "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" moved from 13-8, Shaun Cassidy had a hit with the Eric Carmen song "That's Rock 'N' Roll" and Foreigner cracked the list with "Cold As Ice".

1977: Rumours by Fleetwood Mac was #1 for a record 20th week. It wasn't done yet.
1979: The Commodores released the single "Still".
1980: As mixing of the upcoming Double Fantasy album was being wrapped up at Record Plant East in New York City, John Lennon gave one of his last interviews to Lisa Robinson of 97-FM in Buffalo, New York.
1983: UB40 picked up the #1 album in the U.K. with Labour of Love.
1983: Billy Joel earned his second #1 song with "Tell Her About It", holding off Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart". Men Without Hats were a solid 3 with "The Safety Dance" while the former #1 "Maniac" from Michael Sembello found itself now at #4. The rest of the Top 10: Air Supply enjoyed their eighth Top 10 song out of 10 releases with "Making Love Out of Nothing At All", the Eurythmics fell with the former #1 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", Michael Jackson's "Human Nature", Taco stabilized at #8 with "Puttin' On the Ritz", the Stray Cats entered the Top 10 with "(She's) Sexy + 17" and Asia was at 10 with "Don't Cry".

1983: "Tell Her About It" was the new Adult Contemporary #1 song for Billy Joel.
1983: Synchronicity continued to battle Thriller as the Police owned the #1 album for the 11th week. The Soundtrack to "Flashdance" was third followed by Def Leppard's Pyromania and An Innocent Man from Billy Joel.
1984: Hall & Oates released the single "Out of Touch".
1984: Culture Club reached #1 in the U.K. with "Karma Chameleon".
1988: James Brown was arrested in Georgia after eluding police in a two-state car chase. He was convicted of illegal possession of firearms and drugs and failure to stop for police and sentenced to six years in jail.
1988: The Hollies owned the #1 song in the U.K. with "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother", which had picked up new popularity after being featured in a beer commercial.

1988: Bobby McFerrin took over at #1 with his positive song "Don't Worry Be Happy". Guns N' Roses slipped to 2 with "Sweet Child O' Mine" and Taylor DayneLeppard had their third Top 10 song from Hysteria--"Love Bites". The rest of the Top 10: Huey Lewis & the News with "Perfect World", Peter Cetera from Sun Valley, Idaho with "One Good Woman", the New Edition dropped with "If It Isn't Love", Kenny Loggins had the #9 song--"Nobody's
1988: Peter Cetera owned the top Adult song with "One Good Woman", #1 for the fourth straight week.
1988: Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses returned to #1 on the album chart, displacing the great album Hysteria by Def Leppard, which was spending its 58th week on the chart.
1989: Prince performed on the 15-year anniversary of Saturday Night Live.
1990: M.C. Hammer released the single "Pray".
1991: Nirvana released the album Nevermind.
1994: Boyz II Men presided over the #1 song on the R&B chart for the sixth week with "I'll Make Love To You".

1994: II by Boyz II Men remained at #1 on the album chart, ahead of Soundtracks to "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump". Green Day was up to 4 with Dookie while Stone Temple Pilots held down #5 with Purple. The rest of the Top 10: Offspring with Smash, The 3 Tenors In Concert 1994 from Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti, the debut from Candlebox, Counting Crows and August and Everything After at #9 with Sweden's Ace of Base wrapping up the list with The Sign.
1994: Boyz II Men remained at #1 for the fifth straight week with "I'll Make Love To You" while Lisa Loeb remained at #2 for the fifth week after dropping from the top spot with "Stay (I Missed You)".
1997: Larry Hall ("Sandy" from 1959) died of cancer at the age of 57.
2000: Madonna was on top of the U.K. album chart with Music.

2003: The Dave Matthews Band performed in front of 100,000 at a charity concert in New York City's Central Park. The concert was recorded and later released as a live album.

2003: Gordon Lightfoot was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Born This Day:
1933: Mel Taylor, drummer of the Ventures
1936: Jim Henson, creator and voice of the Muppets on "Rubber Duckie" and "Rainbow Connection", was born in Greenville, Mississippi; died May 16, 1990.
1940: Barbara Allbut of the Angels was born in Orange, New Jersey.

1941: Linda McCartney of Wings was born in Scarsdale, New York; died April 17, 1998.

1942: Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers was born in Liverpool, England.
1942: Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut of the Angels was born in Orange, New Jersey.
1944: Rosa Lee Hawkins of the Dixie Cups was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1946: Carson Osten, guitarist with Todd Rundgren in Nazz and Utopia
1946: Jerry Donahue, guitarist of Fairport Convention
1971: Marty Cintron III, who has sold over eight million albums with No Mercy
1971: Peter Salisbury, drummer of the Verve, was born in bath, England.

Leona Lewis / Avicii - "Collide"

2011-09-23T07:27:00.000-07:00

Top Hits Music : Leona Lewis / Avicii - "Collide" Video, Music Lyrics and music Downloads

Top Dance songs October 2011

Leona Lewis / Avicii - "Collide" Lyrics

I’ll pick you up when you’re down
Be there when no one’s around
When you’re in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life’s changes
I’m in tune with how you feel
Everything bout this is real
When you’re in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life’s changes
You’re all I want, yeah
I know you’re the one, yeah
You’re all I want, yeah
I know you’re the one, yeah
Crash into me
At full speed
Crash into me
We can collide
We can collide
Crash into me
At full speed
We can collide
We can collide
We can collide
We can collide
When you’re in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life’s changes
Know that you’re never alone
In me you can find a home
When you’re in unfamiliar places
Count on me through life’s changes
You’re all I want, yeah (yeah)
You’re all I want (oh), yeah (yeah)
You’re all I want, yeah (you are the one)
I know you’re the one, yeah (you are)
Crash into me
At full speed
We can collide
We can collide
We can collide
We can collide
Crash into me
We can collide

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Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: "You Found Me" by the Fray

2011-09-23T01:47:00.000-07:00

Everyone has to come to terms with their own identity and the meaning of life in their own way. Today's featured song on The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era* is "You Found Me" from the Fray.

"You Found Me"

by the Fray

Written by Isaac Slade and Joe King

I found God
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking his last cigarette
I said, "Where you been?"
He said, "Ask anything".

[Verse 2]
Where were you
When everything was falling apart?
All my days
Were spent by the telephone
That never rang
And all I needed was a call
That never came
To the corner of First and Amistad

[Chorus 1]
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin' on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

[Verse 3]
In the end
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one who's ever known
Who I am
Who I'm not, who I wanna be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me

[Chorus 2]
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin' on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

[Bridge]
Early morning
The city breaks
I've been callin'
For years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
Ya never send me no letters
You got some kinda nerve
Taking all I want

[Chorus 3 and outro]
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin' on the floor
Where were you? Where were you?
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin' on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Why'd you have to wait?
To find me, to find me

Top Hits Music October 2011 : Hip-Hop and R&B, Latin ,Dance/Club Play

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Top Hits Music October 2011

Here the list of Top Hits Music October 2011 , Week of October 01, 2011 base on billboard charts:

Top Hits Music : Top Hip-Hop and R&B Songs October 2011

1. DJ Khaled Featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne - "I'm On One"
2. Lil Wayne - "How To Love"
3. Jay Z Kanye West Featuring Otis Redding - "Otis"
4. Beyonce - "Best Thing I Never Had"
5. Miguel - "Quickie"
6. Drake - "Headlines"
7. Kelly Rowland Featuring Lil Wayne - "Motivation"
8. Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & Roscoe Dash - "Marvin & Chardonnay"
9. Lil Wayne Featuring Drake - "She Will"
10. Drake - "Marvins Room"

Top Hits Music : Top Latin Songs October 2011

1. Don Omar - "Taboo"
2. Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer - "Give Me Everything"
3. Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda - "Olvidame"
4. Pitbull Featuring Marc Anthony - "Rain Over Me"
5. La Original Banda el Limon de Salvador Lizarraga - "Di Que Regresaras"
6. La Adictiva Banda San Jose de Mesillas - "Te Amo y Te Amo"
7. Wisin & Yandel - "Tu Olor"
8. Shakira Featuring Pitbull Or El Cata - "Rabiosa"
9. Alejandra Guzman - "Dia De Suerte"
10. Romeo Santos Featuring Usher - "Promise"

Top Hits Music : Top Club Play & Hot Dance Songs October 2011

1. Leona Lewis / Avicii - "Collide"

2. David Guetta Featuring Taio Cruz & Ludacris - "Little Bad girl"
3. Luciana - "I'm Still Hot"
4. Gloria Estefan - "Wepa"
5. LMFAO Featuring Natalia Kills - "Champagne Showers"
6. Dev - "In The Dark"
7. INXS Featuring Tricky - "Mediate"
8. Rihanna - "California King Bed"
9. Nicola Fasano Featuring Kat Deluna - "Tonite"
10. Mayra Veronica - "Freak Like Me"

Top Hits Music October 2011 : Pop, Rock, Country

2011-09-22T21:09:00.000-07:00

Top Hits Music October 2011

Here the list of Top Hits Music October 2011 , Week of October 01, 2011 base on billboard charts:

Top Hits Music: Top Pop Songs October 2011

1. Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"
2. Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars - "Lighters"
3. Britney Spears - " I Wanna Go"
4. Katy Perry - "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)"
5. Nicki Minaj - "Super Bass"
6. LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - "Party Rock Anthem"
7. Foster The People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
8. Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine - "Stereo Hearts"
9. Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer - "Give Me Everything"
10. Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi - "You Make Me Feel..."

Top Hits Music : Top Rock Songs October 2011

1. Foo Fighters - "Walk"
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - " The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie"
3. Foster The People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
4. Bush - "The Sound Of Winter"
5. Staind - "Not Again"
6. Blink-182 - "Up All Night"
7. Seether - "Tonight"
8. Foo Fighters - "Rope"
9. Seether - "Country Song"
10. Theory Of A Deadman - "Lowlife"

Top Hits Music : Top Country Songs October 2011

1. Rodney Atkins -"Take A Back Road"
2. Toby Keith - "Made In America"
3. Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter - "You And Tequila"
4. Jake Owen - "Barefoot Blue Jean Night"
5. Keith Urban - "Long Hot Summer"
6. George Straith - "Here For A Good Time"
7. Trace Atkins - "Jush Fishin'"
8. Blake shelton - "God Gave Me You"
9. Brad Paisley Duet With Carrie Underwood - "Remind Me"
10. Eli Young Band - "Crazy Girl"

This Day in Rock Music History: September 23

2011-09-22T17:52:00.000-07:00

1956: Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees first appeared on television on "Circus Boy" on NBC-TV.

16-year-old Canadian crooner with one of the early classics of the Rock Era

1957: "Diana" by Paul Anka took over at #1 on the R&B chart.
1960: The early Beatles with Stu Sutcliffe aboard recorded "Fever", "Summertime" and "September Song" in Hamburg, Germany.
1961: Another famous date here as on September 24,1961, Stevie Wonder auditioned for Motown Records.
1961: The Shadows' self-titled debut album was #1 on the U.K. album chart.
1965: The Walker Brothers owned the #1 U.K. song--"Make It Easy On Yourself".
1967: The Mothers of Invention made their debut in the U.K. at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The Box Tops reached the top with "The Letter"

1967: An example of what made 1967 one of the best years in the Rock Era--the progression of #1's from "Respect", "Groovin'", "Windy", "Light My Fire", "All You Need Is Love", "Ode to Billie Joe" and on this date, the Box Tops took over the coveted position with "The Letter". That's heavy duty competition, something you always want to evaluate when looking at music. All are members of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*. The Association had another clear winner as "Never My Love" jumped from 15-5 to enter the Top 10.
1967: The album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles had been out 14 weeks with 13 of those at #1. Even the Doors' solid debut could not topple it. Flowers from the Rolling Stones was #3.
1968: Mary Hopkin released her single "Those Were the Days".
1970: Mick Jagger met Bianca Rose Perez Moreno de Macias after a Rolling Stones concert at the Paris Olympia. The two would later marry.
1972: Helen Reddy was beginning to roar as "I Am Woman" moved from 87 to 65.

1972: Country star Mac Davis crossed over to #1 with "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me". Three Dog Night slipped with "Black & White" while Chicago was up to 3 with "Saturday in the Park". The O'Jays had song #4--"Back Stabbers" while the classic "Alone Again (Naturally)" from Gilbert O'Sullivan was still at #5. The rest of a solid Top 10: "Ben", the first big solo hit for Michael Jackson, moved from 13-6 on this date, Main Ingredient was up strongly (16-7) with "Everybody Plays the Fool", Elton John edged up with "Honky Cat", the Raspberries entered the list with "Go All the Way" and Gary Glitter tumbled with "Rock and Roll Part 2".
1974: John Lennon released the single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night".
1974: Robbie McIntosh of the Average White Band died of drugs at the age of 24.
1977: Steely Dan released the best album of their career--Aja.
1978: Sonny Bono made an appearance on the popular ABC-TV show Fantasy Island.
1978: Chris Rea remained at #1 on the Easy Listening chart for a third week with "Fool If You Think It's Over".

1978: Earth, Wind & Fire rose to #1 on the R&B chart with their remake of the Beatles' hit "Got To Get You Into My Life".
1978: Donna Summer was on the move with her remake of the Richard Harris song "MacArthur Park", up from 75 to 50.

Nick Gilder gave us this great song from 1978

1978: "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey amazingly held on to #1 for a third week, but only for the moment. On its heels was "Kiss You All Over" by Exile while Olivia Newton-John scored her 18th career hit with "Hopelessly Devoted To You". Behind that trio, the Commodores' former #1 "Three Times a Lady", Andy Gibb's "An Everlasting Love" and yet another hit from Grease--"Summer Nights" from John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John. The rest of the Top 10: Boston's new release "Don't Look Back", "Hot Blooded" from Foreigner, Canada's Nick Gilder entered the Top 10 with "Hot Child in the City" and the Little River Band were up from 15-10 with "Reminiscing".
1978: Grease returned to #1 on the album chart after a one-week occupancy by Boston's Don't Look Back. That gave one of the last great musicals its eighth week at the top. Foreigner's Double Vision was third followed by Some Girls from the Rolling Stones.

1980: David Bowie replaced Phillip Anglim in the title role for the play "The Elephant Man" in New York City.
1982: Brenda Lee was inducted into the Georgia Hall of Fame.
1986: James Brown, Freddie Jackson and Melba Moore headed an anti-crack rally at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
1989: The Eurythmics owned the #1 U.K. album with We Two Are One.

Cher was back in a big way with this Diane Warren song

1989: The public chose "Girl I'm Gonna' Miss You" by Milli Vanilli to be #1 which speaks volumes as to the quality out at the time. Warrant held down #2 with "Heaven" while Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" was at #3. Skid Row came in next with "18 and Life" while Madonna's "Cherish" was moving up. The rest of the Top 10: Gloria Estefan registered her 10th hit ("Don't Wanna' Lose You", with seven of those going Top 10, Surface slipped up with "Shower Me With Your Love", Janet Jackson was up from 15-8 with "Miss You Much", New Kids on the Block were down with "Hangin' Tough" and Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted" closed out the list.
1989: A better representation of what was really popular was the Adult Contemporary chart as the Bee Gees remained at #1 with "One".
1991: Izzy Stradlin left Guns N' Roses.

1995: Michael Jackson made it four weeks atop the R&B chart with "You Are Not Alone".

Sophie B. Hawkins made it into a loaded Top 10

1995: The great song "Gangsta's Paradise" from CoolioRayvon on the double-sided "Boombastic"/"Summer Time", Luniz was at 8 with "I Got 5 On It", Hootie & the Blowfish with "Only Wanna' Be With You" and Sophie B. Hawkins cracked the Top 10 with "As I Lay Be Down".

1996: Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA published her autobiography "As I Am".
1997: MCA Records re-released the debut album Show Your Hand by the Average White Band to commemorate the group's 25th anniversary.
1997: Elektra Records released the album The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne.
1997: The Rolling Stones were in concert at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.

1999: Shirley Manson of Garbage unveiled her line of lip gloss.
2001: Kylie Minogue reached #1 in the U.K. with "Can't Get You Out of My Head".
2001: Jay-Z had the #1 album with The Blueprint.
2002 Sting won an Oscar for Best Musical Performance for Sting In Tuscany...All This Time.
2003: Outkast released the two-album set of solo releases Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
2003: Dave Matthews released a solo album Some Devil.
2004: In today's episode of Dangerous Inmates Run Rap Music, the bodyguard for Lil' Kim was sentenced to 12 years in prison after firing 20 times in a shoot-out with a rival gang.
2006: The #1 album was B'Day by Beyonce.
2007: James Blunt went to #1 on the U.K. album chart with All the Lost Souls.
2010: The Ray Charles Memorial Library opened in Los Angeles.

Born This Day:

1930: Soul superstar Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia; died June 10, 2004.
1939: Guitar ace Roy Buchanan was born in Ozark, Alabama; died August 14, 1988 by hanging himself while in police custody.

1943: Julio Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain.
1943: Steve Boone, bass guitarist of Lovin' Spoonful, was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
1943: Wallace Scott of the Whispers was born in Fort Worth, Texas.
1943: Walter Scott of the Whispers was born in Fort Worth, Texas.
1943: John Banks of the Merseybeats
1945: Paul Petersen, actor who had several hits including the Top 10 "My Dad" in 1962, was born in Glendale, California.
1947: Jerry Corbetta, founder, keyboardist and lead singer of Sugarloaf ("Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" and Green-Eyed Lady") was born in Denver, Colorado.
1947: Neal Smith, drummer with Alice Cooper, was born in Akron, Ohio.

1949: Bruce Springsteen was born in Freehold, New Jersey.

1959: Martin Page, who has written many songs such as "We Built This City" for Starship and "These Dreams" for Heart as well as his own "In the House of Stone and Light", was born in Southampton, England.

1959: Lita Ford, lead guitarist for the Runaways and a solo star, was born in London.

1970: Ani DeFranco was born in Buffalo, New York.
1972: Jermaine Dupri, rapper, songwriter and producer, was born in Asheville, North Carolina.
1979: Erik-Michael Estrada of O-Town was born in Bronxville, New York.
1985: Diana Ortiz of Dream

Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: The Next Ten

2011-09-22T11:29:00.000-07:00

There's still much more to come in our very special feature saluting Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era. Earlier in the month, we included the first 12 together. Here are the next Ten (Click on the song title to go to that specific page):

"Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen

"Pride (In the Name of Love)" by U2

"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Johnny Rivers

"Sing" by the Carpenters

"If Today Was Your Last Day" by Nickelback

"Everything I Own" by Bread

"The Fear" by Lily Allen

"Put Your Hand in the Hand" by Ocean

"The Message" by Grandmaster Flash

"Just a Girl" by No Doubt

Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: "Just a Girl" by No Doubt

2011-09-22T01:41:00.000-07:00

In this song, No Doubt blasts the traditional gender roles that show condescension towards women and constitute a glass ceiling for females. This is "Just a Girl".

"Just a Girl"

by No Doubt

Words by Gwen Stefani, Music by Tom Dumont

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed
And it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know
Exactly where I stand
This world is forcing me
To hold your hand
'Cause I'm just a girl, little 'ol me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights

Oh...I've had it up to here!
The moment that I step outside
So many reasons
For me to run and hide
I can't do the little things I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things
That I fear

'Cause I'm just a girl I'd rather not be
'Cause they won't let me drive
Late at night I'm just a girl,
Guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare
With their eyes

I'm just a girl,
Take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype

Oh...I've had it up to here!
Oh...am I making myself clear?
I'm just a girl
I'm just a girl in the world...
That's all that you'll let me be!
I'm just a girl, living in captivity
Your rule of thumb
Makes me worry some

I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?
What I've succumbed to Is making me numb
I'm just a girl, my apologies
What I've become is so burdensome
I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum there's no comparison

Oh...I've had it up to!
Oh...I've had it up to!!
Oh...I've had it up to here!

This Day in Rock Music History: September 22

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1956: We were first introduced to a great new act as the first single by the Coasters--"One Kiss Led To Another" debuted on this date.
1958: With permission from the United States Army, Elvis Presley gave one last press conference at the Military Ocean Terminal in Brooklyn, New York before joining his 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall on the way to Bremerhaven, Germany.

1958: Connie Francis had the top U.K. song with "Carolina Moon, Stupid Cupid".

1958: Tommy Edwards had one of the great early songs of the Rock Era with "It's All in the Game", which on this date reached #1 on the R&B chart.
1960: The Beatles performed at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg, West Germany.
1962:  Bob Dylan first appeared at Carnegie Hall.

1962: "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MG's returned to #1 on the R&B chart.
1964: Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway in New York City, the first of 3,242 performances.
1964: Herman's Hermits reached #1 in the U.K. with a song written by Carole King of Sun Valley, Idaho with her husband Gerry Goffin--"I'm Into Something Good".
1965: The Supremes recorded "I Hear a Symphony".
1965: The San Francisco group Great Society, which included Grace Slick and her husband Darby, made their live debut at the Coffee Gallery in North Beach, California.
1965: The Who began a tour of Scandinavia in which lead singer Roger Daltrey was nearly kicked out of the band for punching drummer Keith Moon.

1967: The Beatles were featured on the cover of Time Magazine.
1969:  The 5th Dimension released the single "Wedding Bell Blues".
1969: Diana Ross was a guest on the popular television show Laugh In on NBC.
1969: Stevie Wonder, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Cass Elliot and Tom Jones performed on the new weekly television show The Music Scene, which debuted on ABC.
1972: David Bowie began his first tour of the United States.
1973: The Rolling Stones topped the album chart in the U.K. with Goat's Head Soup.
1973: Soul group Tavares made its debut on the chart with their first single "Check It Out".
1973: Brothers and Sisters by the Allman Brothers Band was the top album for a third week.
1973:  Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" took over at the top of the R&B chart.

1973: The great song "My Maria" from B.W. Stevenson took over at #1 on the Easy Listening chart.

Stevie was at his creative peak

1973: Marvin Gaye took over at #1 with "Let's Get It On".  Grand Funk was up nicely to #2 with "We're an American Band" and the former #1 "Delta Dawn" from Helen Reddy dropped to 3.  Paul Simon had the #4 song--"Loves Me Like a Rock". The rest of the Top 10: Tony Orlando & Dawn with "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose", the Stories were still at 6 with their former #1 "Brother Louie", Cher moved from 11-7 with "Half Breed", Stevie Wonder had his 32nd hit and 15th Top 10 with "Higher Ground" and the Isley Brothers catapulted into the Top 10 with "That Lady".
1974: The Sonny Bono Comedy Revue Show debuted on television.
1975: The Captain & Tennille released the single "The Way I Want To Touch You".
1978: Leif Garrett dabbled in acting when he starred in dual roles on the ABC-TV show Wonder Woman.
1979: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Chaka Khan performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City for two anti-nuclear benefit concerts.
1979: Gary Numan owned the #1 U.K. song--"Cars".
1979: "Rise" by Herb Alpert was the #1 Adult Contemporary song.

  Led Zeppelin was still #1 with one of The Top 100 Albums of the Rock Era*

1979:  Led Zeppelin remained the owners of the #1 album with In Through the Out Door. The former #1 Get the Knack from the Knack was still at 2 while Bob Dylan moved from 14-3 with one of his best career albums Slow Train Coming.  Supertramp was still at 4 with Breakfast in America. The rest of the Top 10: Chic & Risque, Michael Jackson's Off the Wall at #6, the Commodores brought Midnight Magic, Earth, Wind & Fire had #8--I Am, the Cars rolled down with Candy-O and Robin Williams was at #10 with Reality...What a Concept.
1979:  Kenny Rogers had a hot song with "You Decorated My Life", which moved from 60 to 37.

They don't get much better than "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"

1979: The Knack had one of The Top Songs of the Rock Era* as "My Sharona" spent a fifth week at #1.  Earth, Wind & Fire remained at #2 with "After the Love Has Gone". The Charlie Daniels Band by this time had reached #1 in a few cities with "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Herb Alpert's big comeback song "Rise" moved from 12-4 and Maxine Nightingale had Song #5--"Lead Me On". The rest of the Top 10: Robert John's first hit since his remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"--"Sad Eyes", the Little River Band was at 7 with "Lonesome Loser", Dionne Warwick remained at 8 with "I'll Never Love This Way Again", the Commodores were back with "Sail On" and ELO dropped with "Don't Bring Me Down".
1980: David Geffen formed Geffen Records. John Lennon was one of the first to sign and would release the final album of his career on that label.
1980: Hall & Oates released their remake of the classic Righteous Brothers hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling". It was actually pretty good as remakes of classics go.

1981: Songwriter Harry Warren, who wrote over 800 songs including "I Only Have Eyes For You", "That's Amore'" for Dean Martin and "Chattanooga Choo Choo", died at the age of 88.
1983: The Everly Brothers reunion tour stopped at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
1984: Billy Ocean ruled the R&B chart for the fourth week with "Caribbean Queen".

1984: Former Babys lead singer John Waite hit #1 with his solo hit "Missing You".

1984: Survivor had one of the fastest-rising songs as the great track "I Can't Hold Back" moved from 85 to 64.

The Pointer Sisters had the biggest album of their career

1984: Prince made it eight weeks at #1 on the album chart with Purple Rain, holding off Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. again.  Huey Lewis & the News were still at #3 after 51 weeks with Sports.  Tina Turner remained at 4 with Private Dancer and the Cars' great album Heartbeat City was at #5. That is as fine a Top Five as you'll ever see. The rest of the Top 10: Julio Iglesias with 1100 Bel Air Place, Lionel Richie and Can't Slow Down at #7, Ratt's Out of the Cellar, the Soundtrack to "Ghostbusters" at #9 and the Pointer Sisters entered the list with Break Out.
1985: Boston released the single "Amanda".

1985: The first Farm Aid concert was in Champaign, Illinois, The concert featured John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Neil Young and Willie Nelson and raised $10 million for farmers in the United States. It was such a success that Farm Aid became an annual event.
1989: Songwriter Irving Berlin, whose "White Christmas" is one of the top-selling singles of all-time, died at the age of 101 in New York City.
1990: Nirvana performed at the Motor Sports International Garage in Seattle, Washington.

Phil Collins employed the great horns of Earth, Wind & Fire for this great song

1990: Wilson Phillips remained at the top with "Release Me". Jon Bon Jovi's solo hit "Blaze of Glory" would have to settle for #2. Two new entries in the Top 10--Phil Collins with "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" at #7 and George Michael moved from 18-8 with "Praying for Time".
1991: Bryan Adams set a U.K. record when "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" remained at #1 for a 12th week.
1995: Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System announced a $7.5 million merger.
1997: Boyz II Men released the single "4 Seasons of Loneliness".

1999: Bono of U2 met the pope at the Vatican to discuss his initiative for ending Third World debt.
1999: Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of the Clash attended the premiere of the Clash documentary Westway to the World in London.
2000: The Red Hot Chili Peppers closed out a successful tour in Seattle, Washington.
2000: Liam Gallagher of Oasis and his wife were divorced in London.
2000: In today's segment of Dangerous Inmates Run Rap Music, Stanley Howse of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was sentenced to 12 years in jail for pulling an AK-47 on two men.

2003: Jon Bon Jovi and bandmate Richie Sambora became co-owners of the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.
2004: Nelly owned the top two spots on the album chart with Suit and Sweat.
2004: In today's second segment of Dangerous Inmates Run Rap Music, Lil' Kim's bodyguard was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his involvement in a 2001 shootout.
2005: Jimmy Page was made an honorary citizen of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for his work with Casa Jimmy (Jimmy's House). Page opened the house in 1998 which had supported 300 street children.
2006: The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson--"Chantilly Lace") was posthumously saluted with a marker in his honor in his hometown of Beaumont, Texas.
2007: Paul Rodgers, classic lead singer of Free, Bad Company and the Firm, married former Miss Canada Cynthia Kereluk.
2010: Eddie Fisher ("Heart" from 1955) died of complications from hip surgery.

Born This Day:
1930: Joni James ("How Important Can It Be?") was born in Chicago, Illinois.

1943: Toni Basil ("Mickey") was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1951: David Coverdale, singer/songwriter of Deep Purple and Whitesnake, was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England.
1953: Richard Fairbrass of Right Said Fred ("I'm Too Sexy" from 1991) was born in Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, England.

1956: Debby Boone was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.
1957: Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

1960: Joan Jett of the Runaways and leader of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts was born in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
1975: Mystikal ("Stutter" from 2001) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Five Best: Barry White

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The soul great puts out music that certainly "heats things up" and Barry's just fun to listen to! Here are his Five Best:

1. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"
2. "You're the First, the Last, My Everything"
3. "It's Ecstacy When You Lay Down Next To Me"
4. "I'm Gonna' Give You Just a Little More Baby"
5. "Never, Never Gonna' Give You Up"

Hits List: Santana

2011-09-21T15:22:00.000-07:00

I've gotta' say that Santana is at the top of my list to see live. I think anyone with the chance to see one of the elite guitarists of all-time should take advantage. He has had so much great music that isn't released as singles, but here is just the Hits List of Santana:

1969: "Jingo" (#56, #44 Netherlands, #39 Germany) --highly underrated.
           "Evil Ways" (#9, #59 Australia, #13 Netherlands)
1970: "Soul Sacrifice" (#16 Netherlands)
           "Black Magic Woman" (#4, #29 Australia, #14 Germany)
1971: "Oye Coma Va" (#13, #55 Australia, #16 Netherlands, #29 Germany)--underrated.
           "Hope You're Feeling Better"
           "Everybody's Everything" (#12)
           "Nobody To Depend On" (#36) --highly underrated.
1973: "Samba Pa Ti" (#11 Netherlands, #43 Germany)
1974: "Song of the Wind"
1976: "Europa" (#29 Netherlands)
           "Let It Shine" (#77, #60 Australia)
           "Dance Sister Dance"
           "Let the Children Play"
           "Revelations"

1977: "She's Not There" (#27, #19 Australia, #3 Netherlands) --underrated.
           "I'll Be Waiting" (#18 Netherlands)
1978: "Well All Right" (#69, #20 Australia, #16 Netherlands)
1979: "Stormy" (#32, #99 Australia)
           "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)" (#59)
           "Open Invitation"
           "You Know That I Love You" (#35, #89 Australia)
           "Aqua Marine"
1980: "All I Ever Wanted"
1981: "Changes" (#45 Rock)
           "Searchin'" (#26 Rock)
           "Winning" (#17, #2 Rock, #88 Australia)
           "The Sensitive Kind" (#56)
           "I Love You Much Too Much"

1982: "Hold On" (#15, #17 Rock, #34 Adult Contemporary, #64 Australia, #22 Netherlands) --one of The Top Unknown/Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*.
           "Nowhere To Run" (#66, #13 Rock)
           "Night Hunting Time" (#34 Rock)
1985: "Say It Again" (#46, #15 Rock, #39 Australia, #33 Netherlands)
1987: "Veracruz" (#21 Rock)
1990: "The Healer" (with John Lee Hooker) (#9 Netherlands)
1992: "Somewhere In Heaven"

1999: "Smooth" (with Rob Thomas) (#1, #10 Rock, #11 AC, #4 Australia, #40 Netherlands, #21 Germany)
           "Maria Maria" (with Product G&B) (#1, #49 Australia, #2 Netherlands, #1 Germany)
           "Put Your Lights On" (with Everlast) (#8 Rock, #32 Australia, #92 Germany)
2000: "Love of My Life" (with Dave Matthews)
           "Corazon Espinado" (with Mana) (#89 Netherlands, #64 Germany)
2001: "Primavera"
2002: "The Game of Love" (with Michelle Branch) (#5, #1 AC, #21 Australia, #40 Netherlands, #46 Germany)
           "You Are My Kind" (with Seal)
2003: "Nothing At All" (with Musiq)
           "Feels Like Fire" (with Dido)
           "Hoy Es Adios"
           "Why Don't You and I" (with Alex Band) (#8, #16 AC, #76 Germany)
2005: "I'm Feeling You" (with Michelle Branch and the Wreckers) (#55, #5 AC)
           "Just Feel Better" (with Steven Tyler) (#37 Rock, #28 AC, #7 Australia, #58 Netherlands, #44 Germany)
           "Cry Baby Cry" (with Sean Paul & Joss Stone) (#63 Netherlands, #47 Germany)
2007: "Into the Night" (with Chad Kroeger) (#26, #20 AC, #4 Australia, #19 Germany)
2010: "Ya Yo Me Cure"
           "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (with India.Are and Yo-Yo-Ma) (#24 AC)
           "Photograph" (with Chris Daughtrey) (#30 Rock)

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2011-09-21T08:51:00.001-07:00

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Songs That Changed the World--The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era: "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash

2011-09-20T23:51:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it helps to better understand people if we know where they come from and their life experiences. They call the United States the "Land of Opportunity", but Grandmaster Flash reminded us with this powerful song that not everyone shares that opportunity.

"The Message"

by Grandmaster Flash

Written by Clifton Chase, Edward Fletcher, Melvin Glover and Sylvia Robinson

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

Broken glass everywhere
People pissin' on the stairs, you know they just don't care
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far
'cuz a man with a tow truck repossessed my car

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
Uh huh ha ha ha
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

Standin' on the front stoop hangin' out the window
Watchin' all the cars go by, roarin' as the breezes blow
Crazy lady, livin' in a bag
Eatin' outta garbage pails, used to be a fag had sex and
danced the tango, skip the life and dango
A Zircon princess seemed to lost her senses
Down at the peep show watchin' all the creeps
So she can tell her stories to the girls back home
She went to the city and got so so sadity
She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
Uh huh ha ha ha

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

My brother's doin' bad, stole my mother's TV
Says she watches too much, it's just not healthy
"All My Children" in the daytime, "Dallas" at night
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
The bill collectors, they ring my phone
and scare my wife when I'm not home
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station
Neon King Kong standin' on my back
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac
A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane
Sometimes I think I'm goin' insane
I swear I might hijack a plane!

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

My son said, Daddy, I don't wanna go to school
'cuz the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool
And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper
if I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper
Or dance to the beat, shuffle my feet
Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps
'cuz it's all about money, ain't a damn thing funny
You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey
They pushed that girl in front of the train
Took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again
Stabbed that man right in his heart
Gave him a transplant for a brand new start
I can't walk through the park 'cuz it's crazy after dark
Keep my hand on my gun 'cuz they got me on the run
I feel like a outlaw, broke my last glass jaw
Hear them say "You want some more?"
Livin' on a see-saw

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
Say what?

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smilin' on you but he's frownin' too
Because only God knows what you'll go through
You'll grow in the ghetto livin' second-rate
And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate
The places you play and where you stay
Looks like one great big alleyway
You'll admire all the number-book takers
Thugs, pimps and pushers and the big money-makers
Drivin' big cars, spendin' twenties and tens
And you'll wanna grow up to be just like them, huh
Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
Pickpockets, peddlers, even panhandlers
You say I'm cool, huh, I'm no fool
But then you wind up droppin' outta high school
Now you're unemployed, all non void
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
Turned stick-up kid, but look what you done did
Got sent up for a eight-year bid
Now your manhood is took and you're a Maytag
Spend the next two years as a undercover fag
Bein' used and abused to serve like hell
'til one day, you was found hung dead in the cell
It was plain to see that your life was lost
You was cold and your body swung back and forth
But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song
Of how you lived so fast and died so young so...

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
Uh huh huh huh huh

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
Huh, uh huh huh huh huh
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
Huh, uh huh huh huh huh

This Day in Rock Music History: September 21

2011-09-20T17:40:00.000-07:00

1957: Elite guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black quit as backup musicians for Elvis Presley after a salary dispute with Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker.
1959: "Shout" by the Isley Brothers was their first single release and it debuted on this date in history.
1959: "I Want to Walk You Home" from Fats Domino topped the R&B chart.
1959: The instrumental "Sleep Walk" from Santo & Johnny moved to #1. The Browns slipped after four weeks at the top with "The Three Bells". Lloyd Price remained at 3 with "I'm Gonna' Get Married" while the Everly Brothers scored their 14th hit and sixth Top 10 with "('Til) I Kissed You". The rest of the Top 10: Phil Phillips and "Sea of Love", another instrumental--"Red River Rock" from Johnny & the Hurricanes, the classic "Mack the Knife" moved up to 7 for Bobby Darin, Sarah Vaughan had song #8--"Broken-Hearted Melody", Fats Domino said "I Want to Walk You Home" and Paul Anka shot up from 29 to 10 with "Put Your Head On My Shoulder".
1961: The busy Beatles played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England by day and the Litherland Town Hall in Liverpool by night.

1963: Bobby Vinton made it three weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "Blue Velvet".
1964: Elvis Presley was appointed "special deputy sheriff" in Shelby County, Tennessee.
1965: The Kinks released the single "You Really Got Me".
1965: The Moody Blues performed at Royal Albert Hall in London.
1968: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell stayed at #1 for a fourth week on the R&B chart with "You're All I Need to Get By".

1968: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown roared up the chart from 60 to 15 with "Fire".

1968: The Bee Gees had the hottest song within the Top 10 as they went up from 23-9 with "I've Gotta' Get a Message To You".
1970: Santana released the album Abraxus.
1970: Freda Payne rose to #1 in the U.K. with "Band of Gold".
1972 - ABC-TV debuted "In Concert." Alice Cooper appeared in the first episode.
1974: Carl Douglas had the top song in the U.K. with "Kung Fu Fighting".
1974: Barry White remained at #1 for the third week on the R&B chart with "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe".
1974: Olivia Newton-John had the top Easy Listening song for the second week with "I Honestly Love You".

1974: Barry White enjoyed his first #1 with "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe". Andy Kim moved to challenge with "Rock Me Gently" but Olivia Newton-John was close behind with "I Honestly Love You", which moved from 12 to 3. Billy Preston was up with "Nothing From Nothing" while Eric Clapton fell badly with "I Shot the Sheriff". The rest of the Top 10: Dionne Warwick & the Spinners and "Then Came You", Paul Anka's former #1 "(You're) Having My Baby" was down to 7, the Guess Who had their 20th career hit with "Clap for the Wolfman", Stevie Wonder entered the Top 10 with "You Haven't Done Nothin'" and Johnny Bristol had song #10--"Hang On In There Baby".
1974: Stevie Wonder remained at #1 on the album chart with Fulfillingness' First Finale. Bad Company's debut was in the #2 slot.

1974: Guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joined the Doobie Brothers.
1974: Walter Brennan ("Old Rivers") died of emphysema.
1976: The Bee Gees released the album Children of the World.
1979: Earth, Wind & Fire saluted this date in their 1979 hit "September"..."Do you remember the 21st night of September?"
1980: The Michael Schenker Group made their British debut at Bristol's Colston Hall.
1980: Elton John signed a six-year deal with Geffen Records.
1981: Adam and the Ants had the # song in the U.K. with "Prince Charming".
1985: Madonna had the #1 album in the U.K. with Like A Virgin.

Madonna had another Top 10 hit

1985: Dire Straits reached #1 with "Money for Nothing". Madonna made it seven Top 10 songs in a row as "Dress You Up" moved from 14-10.
1985: Kool & the Gang registered a fifth consecutive week at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with their classic "Cherish".

Heart made a huge comeback

1985: Dire Straits continued to hold on to #1 on the album chart with Brothers in Arms. Sting was stuck at 2 with The Dream of the Blue Turtles while Tears For Fears owned #3--Songs From the Big Chair. Bruce Springsteen was in his 66th week with Born in the U.S.A. and Bryan Adams' Reckless was still at #5 after 44 weeks of release. The rest of a great Top 10: Phil Collins and No Jacket Required, Billy Joel with Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II, Whitney Houston's debut at #8, the self-titled Heart at 9 and Motley Crue was bringing up the rear with Theatre of Pain.

1986: Dionne Warwick was honored for her "exceptional service" in the fight against AIDS by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
1987: This isn't the best way to go out. Jaco Pastorius, bass guitarist for Blood, Sweat & Tears, died after trying to break into the Midnight Club in Fort Lauderdale and being beaten up.
1988: While on their 232-date world tour, Def Leppard played at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
1989: The Bangles broke up.
1989: U2 played at the Perth Entertainment Center in Perth, Australia.
1991: Status Quo ("Pictures of Matchstick Men") set a world record when they played four arenas in England in 11 hours.
1991: Dire Straits had the #1 album in the U.K. with On Every Street.

1991: Curtis Stigers from Boise, Idaho had the week's fastest-rising song--"I Wonder Why", which moved from 81 to 60.

1991: Color Me Badd moved up to the #1 spot with "I Adore Mi Amor". Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch with Loleatta Holloway was up from 6-2 with "Good Vibrations" and Boyz II Men reached the third position with "Motownphilly". C + C Music Factory had song #4--"Things That Make You Go Hmmmm...". The rest of the Top 10: The previous #1 from Paula Abdul--"The Promise of a New Day", Bryan Adams and his former #1 "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Michael Bolton was stuck with "Time, Love and Tenderness", Cathy Dennis was facing "Too Many Walls" at #8, Firehouse had their one and only Top 10 with "Love of a Lifetime" and Rod Stewart and the Temptations joined forces for "The Motown Song" at #10.

1991: Metallica's "Black Album" was #1 for the fourth week, holding off Unforgettable With Love from Natalie Cole and Rush, which debuted at #3 with their great album Roll the Bones.
1991: Bryan Adams reigned for an eighth week on the Adult Contemporary chart with "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You".
1993: Nirvana released the album In Utero.
1996: Noel Gallagher of Oasis walked out on the band in the middle of a tour.
1996: The Fugees were at #1 on the singles chart in the U.K. with "Ready Or Not".
1996: R.E.M. owned the top album in the U.K. with New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

1996: "Macarena" by Los Deo Rio spent an eighth week at #1. Donna Lewis remained at #2 with one of the top #2 songs of the Rock Era--"I Love You Always Forever"--it was now in its fifth week as the bridesmaid.
1999: Alanis Morissette and Everlast performed on the new live music show "Reverb" on HBO-TV.

2000: Bono of U2 testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. in an effort to get aid approved for third world nations.
2000: The Red Hot Chili Peppers filmed a concert in Portland, Oregon for later inclusion on a DVD.
2000: Melissa Auf Der Maur left the group Hole and joined the Smashing Pumpkins.

2001: Superstars joined forces to help raise money for families of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of September 11. "America: A Tribute to Heroes" was shown on 35 broadcast and cable networks and raised over $150 million in pledges.
2002: Pink scored the #1 U.K. song with "Just Like A Pill".
2003: Duran Duran was in concert at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.
2004: How far they sink. Cat Stevens, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam, was denied entry into the United States after his name was on an anti-terrorist watch list because of ties to the loser group Hamas.

Born This Day:
1923: Jimmy Young, who had a hit with his version of "Unchained Melody" in 1955
1932: Don Preston, singer, songwriter and guitarist of Mothers of Invention, was born in Flint, Michigan.

1936: Dickey Lee, who had a hit with "Patches" in 1962, was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1944: Jesse Ed Davis, session guitarist for John Lennon, Neil Diamond and Eric Clapton, was born in Norman, Oklahoma; died June 22, 1988.

1947: Don Felder, ace guitarist of the Eagles, was born in Gainesville, Florida.
1954: Phil Taylor, drummer of Motorhead, was born in Chesterfield, England.
1959: Corinne Drewery of Swing Out Sister was born in Nottingham, England.

1967: Faith Hill was born in Jackson, Mississippi.
1967: Timmy T ("One More Try" from 1991) was born n Fresno, California.
1967: Tyler Stewart, drummer of Barenaked Ladies, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1968: Trugoy (David Jude) of De La Soul was born in Brooklyn, New York.

1972: Liam Gallagher, former frontman of Oasis, was born in Burnage, Manchester, England.
1972: David Silveria of Korn was born in San Leandro, California.
1973: Jimmy Constable of 911
1977: Sam Rivers, bassist of Limp Bizkit, was born in Jacksonville, Florida.