Blast IT

[caseyjo]

Whats the last song, Tv Vid, or on-line tune you listened to?..If you cant remember, what do you feel like listening to & if you dont feel like listening to anything, what is one of your all time favorite tunes?..Take your pic.....It's Blast it  time in the old TBd music room tonight.... So hit it peeps This is what I just listened to......It's actually on my profile right now.

[Snagg]

Cover of the Day, July 5th:

"Long Black Veil", #6 Country, 7/6/59 (Lefty Frizzel)

Although many think the song is an old Appalachian death ballad, it was actually composed in the late '50's by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin. Dill said he wanted to write an "instant folk song"; he also said that one of his inspirations were newspaper stories of a mysterious woman in a black veil who routinely visited Rudolph Valentino's grave.

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Today in Musical History, July 6th:

1957: A 16-year-old John Lennon is introduced to a 15-year-old Paul McCartney at a Quarrymen gig, in a garden at Liverpool's St. Peter's church. Hijinks ensue.

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Cover of the Day, July 6th:

"Skunk (Sonically Speaking)", the MC5, originally released 7/6/1971, on "High Time"

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Today in Musical History, July 7th:

1917: Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine, b. Charleston, W VA

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Cover of the Day, July 7th:

"I'm Not Like Everybody Else", b of "Sunny Afternoon", No.1 UK, 7/7/66, the Kinks

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Today in Musical History, July 8th:

1958: The Recording Industry Association of America issues its first Gold Record; The recipient: The soundtrack to "Oklahoma !"

Which is not actually the FIRST "gold record" - "Oklahoma !" was just the first ALBUM recognized BY THE RIAA to have sold a million dollars' worth of units. (the FIRST "gold record" was a publicity stunt by RCA, when Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" single sold more than a million COPIES in 1942; RCA simply took a copy of the single, spray painted it gold, and handed it over to Miller while photographers snapped pictures.)

ALL record companies were allowed to do that kind of stuff, until the RIAA horned in and standardized everything - in its typical arbitrary fashion: A SINGLE has to sell a million COPIES to be designated as "gold", but an ALBUM has to sell over a million DOLLARS' worth of copies; Remember, this was started at a time when the typical 12-inch album cost $3.98 to $4.98, instead of $25.00 or higher - Ya gotta move a lot less units to sell a million bucks in copies these days. It's kinda hard NOT to go gold, in fact... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_certification

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Cover of the Day, July 8th:

"Fight The Power", #20 Black Singles, 7/8/89, Public Enemy

[Angharad]

The name of the channel that posted this on YT says it all--Soulspazm. 

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Today in Musical History, July 9th:

1929: The inscrutable Barton Lee Hazlewood, b. Mannford, OK. Singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, disc jockey, label owner - Hazlewood was seen by some as a mystic, by some as a Svengali, but he was always mysterious - and not in a cornball, showbiz way; He just did everything different. Starting out writing hits for Duane Eddy, Hazlewood was soon asked by Frank Sinatra to help out Nancy's career, so Hazlewood wrote "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", and told her that she couldn't sing it like Little Miss Nice Girl - she had to sing it "for the truckers", and, Boom - One of the classic '60's hits. Hazlewood and Sinatra remained a team for several years, with him writing and producing her song with Dad, "Somethin' Stupid", and signed Gram Parsons first group, the International Submarine Band...