Clem Snide - Fill Me With Your Light
Quote: Horseradish @ 6th December 2013, 10:19 AM GMTSolomon Linda and the Evening Birds - Mbube
Thanks - fascinating.
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Happy 39th to Nicole Appleton -
All Saints - Pure Shores
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D1nLBjJcgQ
....and it's 59 today for Mike Nolan -
Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe
Tomorrow's Jim Morrison's birthday, so an early Happy Birthday from me:
a nice tribute song by Crosby, Pevar & Raymond:
Quote: George Kaplan @ 6th December 2013, 11:34 AM GMTChecking it out now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdbKN9Fq00
Like it.
Her voice sends shivers down my spine
Very goth!
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 7th December 2013, 10:38 AM GMTTomorrow's Jim Morrison's birthday, so an early Happy Birthday from me:
a nice tribute song by Crosby, Pevar & Raymond:
Nice. I'm only doing Saturday birthdays. You've got me for seven years.
Edmundo Ros : 7 December 1910 - 21 October 2011
Edmundo Ros was born in Trinidad. His mother Luisa Urquart was a teacher, thought to be descended from indigenous Caribs, and his father, William Hope-Ross, was Scottish. From 1927 to 1937 his family lived in Venezuela where he played euphonium and drums in the Military Academy Band and Symphony Orchestra.
From 1937 to 1942, Ros studied at the Royal Academy of Music, recorded with Fats Waller and formed his own rumba band. It played very regularly at the Coconut Grove club in Regent Street and in the posh Bagatelle Restaurant. At the Bagatelle, Princess Elizabeth danced in public for the first time to his music.
Ros became a Mason, a freeman of the City of London and an OBE. He often played at Buckingham Palace. But in 1975, his band's shop steward arranged venues behind his back. Ros responded with a "celebratory" dinner where he destroyed the music sheets and ended the band's existence. He died in 2011 aged 100.
Edmundo Ros - Perfidia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dWI4whm3vk
Harry Chapin - 7 December 1942 - 16 July 1981
The great story teller Harry Chapin. Chapin focused on social activism, seeing hunger and poverty as an insult to America. He was a co-founder of World Hunger Year and raised 3 million dollars in the last six years of his short life. Harry wouldn't save money. He always said "money is for people" and then he gave it all away - to 17 relatives, 14 associations, 7 foundations and 82 charities. Sadly he died in a car accident in 1981 but he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1987 for his humanitarian work.
Cats In The Cradle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etundhQa724
Primal Scream - It's Alright, It's Ok.
I saw them live once and they were superb.
Quote: Ben @ 7th December 2013, 8:59 PM GMTPrimal Scream - It's Alright, It's Ok.
I saw them live once and they were superb.
Yes - they are very good indeed.
And the headline birthdays today -
The brilliant Tom Waits who may or may not be 64 -
I Don't Wanna Grow Up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qw2LGSZ9FY
Louis Prima who was born in 1910 and died in 1978 -
I Wanna Be Like You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9cWkUhZ8n4
Marc Bolan- Hot Love
http://youtu.be/--EcVz-KaVU
The Justice Collective - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
http://youtu.be/2h8loYnNlZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvZa46xb3M
yazoo only you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1dfoTV_z4
Starship- Nothing gonna stop us now
Quote: Horseradish @ 7th December 2013, 7:21 PM GMTHarry Chapin - 7 December 1942 - 16 July 1981
The great story teller Harry Chapin. Chapin focused on social activism, seeing hunger and poverty as an insult to America. He was a co-founder of World Hunger Year and raised 3 million dollars in the last six years of his short life. Harry wouldn't save money. He always said "money is for people" and then he gave it all away - to 17 relatives, 14 associations, 7 foundations and 82 charities. Sadly he died in a car accident in 1981 but he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1987 for his humanitarian work.
Cats In The Cradle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etundhQa724
Good shout - the BBC documentary on Elektra Records from a couple of years back ended with a moving section on Harry, with Jac Holzman clearly still very affected by his loss all these years later; it also included a clip of my favourite of his songs - 'Mercenaries', which the beeb later played in full to my delight!