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]

Today, in Musical History, November 20th, 1955: Bo Diddley makes his network debut on The Ed Sullivan Show (five months ahead of Elvis), and enrages Ed by playing "Bo Diddley" instead of a cover of "16 Tons", earning him a lifetime ban from the show.

Didn't matter; "Bo Diddley" put the hook in, and American audiences got one of their earliest exposures to rock n' roll.

[Snagg]

So long, Mr. Snider....

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Ain;t That Peculiar" (Smokey Robinson), # 8 _0-, 11/20/1965 , Marvin Gaye

Cover by Peter Gabriel, recorded live at the Roxy, Los Angeles, 4/9/77

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, November 21st, 1955: RCA purchases Elvis' contract from Sam Phillips, for the unheard-of sum of 35 grand, plus 5 grand for bank royalties. What a steal.

Don't feel bad for ol' Sam, though; He took that money and invested it in a local hotel chain, a start-up called "Holiday Inn". He did alright.

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Controversy", # 3 R&B, 11/21/1981 - One of Prince's early singles, before he ruled the world.

Cover by Low Cut Connie, from their 2017 album, "Dirty Pictures, Pt, 1"

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, November 22nd, 1963, 1968, & 1974:

What a day for "Classic Rock"; 1963: The Beatles release "With The Beatles" in the UK; 1968: the Beatles release "the White Album", the Kinks release The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society", and Bob Dylan releases "All Along The Watchtower"; and, 1974: Genesis release "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway".

But, most fun of all: 1967: The BBC bans "I Am The Walrus", because of the lines "pornographic priestess" and "Boy, you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down".

[Snagg]

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Cover Of The Day:



"Tom Dooley"

Based on a poem written around 1870 by Thomas Land; Nobody knows who composed the music, or set the poem to it. First known recording was by G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter in 1929, with at least five different versions after that, none with much success - 

Until the KIngston Trio took it to No.1 (!), 11/22/1958, with dozens of covers after that, becoming an American folk standard.

(What an....unpleasant bit of Appalachian lore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dooley_(song))

Steve Earle and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts' version comes from the first volume of "The Executioner's Last Songs", several various-artist compilations in the early 2000's, with all proceeds going towards abolishing the death penalty in Illinois.

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, November 23rd, 1889:

The world's first jukebox is installed at the Palais Royal hotel, in San Francisco, CA.

Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" remains in constant rotation. 

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Cover Of The Day:



"I Can Help", # 1 Pop, 11/23/1974, Billy Swan - His only Top Ten song.

The Replacements and Tom Waits - Who saw that one comin' ? (Waits and the 'Mats got together - just one time, they swear - in 1988, and jammed on a few songs; Here's a nice bit of background: https://stereogum.com/2059561/the-replacements-tom-waits-unreleased...)