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Born on this day ... - CRAZY-HORSE - 05-04-2015
One of my favourite bands ever....
Don't you think "long cool woman...." has a distinct CCR feel to it?????
Born on this day ... - SteveO - 05-04-2015
I am going to check out Agnetha! Thanks Ruby!
Ruby Wrote:Agnetha Fältskog was born on 05 April 1950. She was already a well-known name in Sweden before ABBA, and had been writing songs and performing since her late teens. Sheâs released 12 studio albums and 43 singles of her own in addition to the ABBA releases of 8 studio albums and 73 singles (compilations and live albums excluded).
In 2004, after a 17 year hiatus, she released an album of covers of the songs sheâd listened to in her teens My Colouring Book. Canât believe that was eleven years ago â I remember the occasion well, since an Agnetha-crazy friend had pre-ordered the CD. He played it incessantly for a while â she has loyal fans!
Itâs sensitively done, IMO â great song choices and nice clean production. Cilla Blackâs âIf I Thought Youâd Ever Change Your Mindâ is my pick although her rendition of âSealed With a Kissâ is lovely too - I like hearing the key changes on that.
[video=youtube;JimNwp8jm5Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JimNwp8jm5Q[/video]
Born on this day ... - SteveO - 05-04-2015
I can't edit either all of a sudden! I didn't realise that Ms.Fältskog is a formidable artist in her own right!
Born on this day ... - jazzboCR - 06-04-2015
Indeed SteveO though I've always liked Frida better. Anyway, that song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl-aFOV6eAc
Born on this day ... - Music Head - 06-04-2015
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:One of my favourite bands ever....yes
Don't you think "long cool woman...." has a distinct CCR feel to it?????
Green River is all over it
[video=youtube;L5V9nK7-OkM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5V9nK7-OkM[/video]
Born on this day ... - Music Head - 06-04-2015
Merle Haggard - born on this day in 1937 in California
that makes him 78
3 Grammy Awards
15 ACM Awards
6 CMA Awards
CMHOF in 1994
Kennedy Center Honor in 2010
his first of 30 #1 country singles
[video=youtube;ejmDQp13YII]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmDQp13YII[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 06-04-2015
Gordon Giltrap was born on this day in 1948, in the âgarden of Englandâ â Kent. He learnt to play the guitar at the age of twelve and was never formally tutored, which some might speculate, led to the development of his distinctive style.
He started out on the London folk scene along with contemporaries such as Bert Jansch, John Renbourn who sadly passed on 26 March this year â wonderful guitar player, and Mike Oldfield, but by 1976 had broken away from the singer/songwriter stance to a more proggy direction, releasing Visionary, a concept album based on the art and poetry of William Blake â itâs magnificent IMHO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRpwZBWadr8.
He really crosses over when it comes to genre though, so no absolute pigeonholing for him â heâs even done some theatre and orchestral work, composing, as well as playing (he was the musical narrator in Cliff Richardâs musical Heathcliff and had a part in composition for the production). Giltrap is primarily an acoustic guitarist and composer and most of his work, and thereâs a lot of it, is instrumental. People fling the âunderratedâ label around a lot; in this instance, I think itâs well justified. This is his website which is probably the most accurate source of information - http://www.giltrap.co.uk.
His most recent album is on my âto purchaseâ list â Ravens & Lullabies, with Oliver Wakeman (who seems just as proficient a piano player as his esteemed father!), and in deference to those whose tastes differ, this clip is not instrumental.
mile:[video=youtube;ZNHVjxVBCa8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHVjxVBCa8[/video]
Born on this day ... - Music Head - 07-04-2015
Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) - born on this day in 1951 in NYC
that makes her 64
2 Grammy Awards
#3 US hit in 1975 with this
I felt her pain on the basketball line
[video=youtube;lhFnOAwr96o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhFnOAwr96o[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 07-04-2015
^This is what I think of - the first song of hers I heard, - "Fly too High" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyo_1zyj5eQ
Simon Climie, born this day in 1957. Singer/songwriter and formerly one half of short-lived pop duo Climie Fisher. He and Rob Fisher started out as a session musicians at Abbey Road and together, managed to produce a couple of internationally creditable singles. When Climie Fisher disbanded after a mere two albums, Simon continued to fly â he has some serious song-writing and production skills, it would seem. He has had a hand in writing and producing songs for BB King, Michael McDonald, Zucchero, etc and some of his songs have been big hits for Aretha Franklin/George Michael and Amy Grant amongst others. He has worked fairly extensively with Eric Clapton, co-producing a number of Grammy Award winning albums. He and Clapton co-produced The Breeze, the tribute to JJ Cale. An impressive CV, indeed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Climie
This, from 1987, was a fairly big hit - âLove Changes (Everything)â â sounds vaguely like Rod Stewart, sounds like it ought to be Rod Stewart ...
[video=youtube;b8dy8tfUCEg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8dy8tfUCEg[/video]
Born on this day ... - SteveO - 08-04-2015
One of the greatest names in jazz, Billie Holiday, vocalist and song writer born on this day 100 years ago in 1915! Her jazz vocal styling has an undisputed influence on many jazz singers and musicians. One of her seminal performances...... the unforgettable Strange Fruit!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO4QCesRLc ,,here's her story!
Last TV appearance in February 1959...she would die five months later at the young age of 44.
[video=youtube;Szxi-u52Dkg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szxi-u52Dkg[/video]