Musical titbits and items of interest

** ‘Gangnam Style’ by South Korean musician Psy became the first YouTube video to reach a BILLION views.
By the end of 2012, the song had topped the music charts of more than 30 countries.

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*** Pink Floyd performed under various monikers in their early years, including
Tea Set,
Sigma 6,
The Screaming Abdabs
Leonard’s Lodgers (after their landlord Mike Leonard).
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FATHER AND SON:

Only one father and son combination has ever topped the UK charts each in their own right.
  • Julio Iglesias topped the chart with ‘Begin The Beguine’ in 1981.
  • Twenty-one years later his son, Enrique hit number 1 with ‘Hero’.
 

Factoid
Zager and Evans are considered to be the archetypal one-hit wonder artists.


Despite the success of ‘2525’, the follow-up single, ‘Mr. Turnkey’, failed to chart in the US and UK, as did subsequent releases.
  • They remain the only act to have a chart-topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic and never have another chart single on Billboard or the UK.
 
My first job - Eric Clapton
= Temporary postman
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My first job - Ali Campbell, UB40
= Fence builder
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My first job - Bono
= Petrol pump attendant
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My first job - Marilyn Manson
= Music journalist
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My first job - Fats Domino
= Bedmaking factory assistant
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For the "Sledgehammer" music video Gabriel laid under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while filming the video one frame at a time.
For each frame of one ten-second sequence, clouds were painted across Gabriel’s face to create the illusion of moving clouds.

  • According to Time magazine, "Sledgehammer"’s music video is the all-time most played music video on MTV.
 
I fought the Law

In 1980, Whispers singer Leaveil Degree was given a two-year prison term for his part in a gem heist.
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In 1988, James Brown was arrested after being involved in a car chase.
- It was the singers fifth arrest in ten months. He was charged with resisting arrest and possession of illegal weapons.
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In 1990, The Stone Roses were each fined £3,000 after being found guilty of criminal damage at their former record companies offices.
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In 1991, Randy Jackson of The Jacksons was given a 30 day jail sentence by a Los Angeles court for violating a probation order.
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In 1995, INXS singer Michael Hutchence pleaded guilty to punching photographer Jim Bennett outside a London hotel.
He was fined £400 and ordered to pay £1,875 costs.
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Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ric Grech and Ginger Baker saw their debut album, "Blind Faith" banned by several retailers, this was because the cover showed a naked 11 year old girl. ( Mariora Goschen )
Atco Records was forced to issue two different covers, although the 'clean' version doesn't sell nearly as well.

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  • Mariora Goschen,
 
Quote - "I was the ugly duckling that became a swan, I was very undeveloped as a kid."
- Toni Braxton 1997
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Quote - "I didn’t spit or swear or sleep around.
- I’ve always maintained I’m the most radical rock n roll singer Britain has ever seen."
= Sir Cliff Richard 2009
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Quote - "Love Songs? Yeah I like Love songs - provided they’re about beer."
= Lars Ulrich, Metallica
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Quote - "I could be unbelievably horrible and stupid on tours. I remember looking out of my room at the Inn on the Park one day and saying
..... "Its too windy. Can someone please do something about it.""
= Elton John

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In 2004, while American singer Teena Marie was sleeping in a hotel room, a large picture frame fell and struck her on the head.

The blow caused a serious concussion that would result in momentary seizures for the rest of her life.

On the afternoon of December 26, 2010, Teena Marie was found dead by her daughter, Alia Rose, in her Pasadena home.

On December 30, 2010, an autopsy was performed by the coroner of Los Angeles County, who found no signs of apparent trauma or a discernible cause of death, and concluded she had died from natural causes.

She had suffered a generalized tonic–clonic seizure a month before.

A memorial service for Teena Marie was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery on January 10, 2011.
--- Among those in attendance were Stevie Wonder, Deniece Williams, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, LisaRaye, Sinbad, Tichina Arnold, Shanice, and Berry Gordy
 
Quote - "People think David Bowie gave me all his dresses, but he didn’t. I get all my dresses from Edna Everage."
= Boy George 1984
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Quote - "I don’t know much about Morrissey, apart from the fact that he brings out records with the greatest titles in the world, which somewhere along the line he neglects to write songs for."
= Elvis Costello 1989
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Quote - "For years I wanted to be a girl. Not in a sexual way. But everything about men just turned me off. I didn’t want to be a man."
= Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins 1993.
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Quote -"I shudder to think that I might still be playing in stadiums when I’m 51, like the Stones."
= Michael Stipe 1994
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Quote -"Justin Hawkins is a funny guy. I presume he’s not being serious."
= Bono
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Quote - "The greatest threat to the career of this band, or any other band, is financial success."
= The Edge, U2
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Quote - "I consider myself to be one of the most blessed men that ever lived."
= Smokey Robinson
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Quote - "Among my friends and family, I’m the square one."
= Bjork
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Quote:- "From when I was very young, I just knew that being a girl and being charming in a feminine sort of way could get me a lot of things, ....

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..... and I milked it for everything I could"
= Madonna 1985
 
- As a child Sophie Ellis Bexter appeared on children’s TV show Blue Peter modelling a dress made out of dustbin liners

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  • Her mum was a presenter on the show.
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*** Joe Walsh ran for President of the United States in 1980 on top of his music career as a mock campaign.

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He promised to make ‘Life’s Been Good’ the new national anthem if he won, and ran on a platform of ‘Free Gas For Everyone.’
Though Walsh was not old enough to actually assume the office, he wanted to raise public awareness of the election.
  • --- He then ran again for vice president in 1992.
 
*** In 1983, biologist Ferdinando Boero named a Californian jellyfish Phialella zappai, after Frank Zappa, noting that he had ‘pleasure in naming this species after the modern music composer’.

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Phialella zappai - Wikipedia

And in 1994, Belgian biologists named a Cameroonese spider, Pachygnatha zappa because ’the ventral side of the abdomen of the female of this species strikingly resembles the artist’s legendary moustache.

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Pachygnatha zappa - Wikipedia
 
*** Eminem was forced to change his name from M&M to Eminem in 1995 after the manufacturers of M&M sweets threatened to sue.

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***** Some of the aliases Sir Elton John has used checking into hotels include:
  • Binky Poodleclip,
  • Bobp Latrine,
  • Brian Bigbun,
  • Fanny Beaver Snatchclit,
  • Judas Fart,
  • Prince Fooboo,
  • Sir Henry Poodle,
  • Sir Horace Pussy
  • Sir Humphrey Handbag,
  • Lillian Lollipop,
  • Lord Choc Ice,
  • Lord Elpus and
  • Marquis of Minge
And all of this from a Knight of the realm 🙄
 
My first job - Noddy Holder
= Window cleaner
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My first job - John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
= Bricklayer
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My first job - Mariah Carey
= Coat attendant
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My first job: - Coolio
= Fireman
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My first job: - Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin guitarist
= Lab assistant
 

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