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re: Share A Bit Of Music Trivia
Posted on 3/28/21 at 10:37 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 3/28/21 at 10:37 am to Mizz-SEC
Harold Dorman was a Memphis singer who wrote and recorded the original version of "Mountain of Love" in 1959. Personally I prefer it to Johnny Rivers' cover.
Harold Dorman actually got on prime time TV during his 15 minutes of fame: Dick Clark's show on ABC. Unfortunately that episode is lost.
Other acts have sought-after TV appearances: The Velvet Underground on Upbeat, Little Willie John or The Maddox Brothers and Rose on anything. But Dorman's TV shot would be an extraordinary find, as even still photographs of him are very rare. Only two show up in a Google Image search.
Harold Dorman actually got on prime time TV during his 15 minutes of fame: Dick Clark's show on ABC. Unfortunately that episode is lost.
Other acts have sought-after TV appearances: The Velvet Underground on Upbeat, Little Willie John or The Maddox Brothers and Rose on anything. But Dorman's TV shot would be an extraordinary find, as even still photographs of him are very rare. Only two show up in a Google Image search.
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Posted on 3/28/21 at 11:14 am to Mizz-SEC
Joe Walsh plays all the slide guitar on Jay Ferguson’s Thunder Island.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 7:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
In 1996, Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese commercial for apple juice. “Ringo" means apple in Japanese.
Ringo Starr Japanese commercial
Ringo Starr Japanese commercial
Posted on 3/29/21 at 7:43 pm to Mizz-SEC
Billy Joel holds the lifetime record for most performances by any artist at Madison Square Garden.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:32 am to Perfect Circle
Not sure if anyone knows or remembers this but Billy Joel
Sucks
Sucks
Posted on 3/30/21 at 9:21 am to hogcard1964
While on the topic of Billy Joel...everyone remembers Uptown Girl with Christie Brinkley in the video. Joel's inspiration for the song was a famous supermodel, but it was actually Elle Macpherson, his girlfriend at the time.
Another songwriting tidbit...
Cyndi Lauper's top 40 song Money Changes Everything was a cover of a song originally by a small punk band in Atlanta. The songwriter was talking to his landlord and made the comment that "Money changes things." The landlord replied "Money changes everything."
Another songwriting tidbit...
Cyndi Lauper's top 40 song Money Changes Everything was a cover of a song originally by a small punk band in Atlanta. The songwriter was talking to his landlord and made the comment that "Money changes things." The landlord replied "Money changes everything."
Posted on 3/30/21 at 9:39 am to PJinAtl
quote:
Cyndi Lauper's top 40 song Money Changes Everything was a cover of a song originally by a small punk band in Atlanta. The songwriter was talking to his landlord and made the comment that "Money changes things." The landlord replied "Money changes everything."
the Brains were atleast big enough to have a wikipedia page
Posted on 3/30/21 at 11:05 am to Mizz-SEC
Naomi Watts of "The Ring" fame has a parent named Peter Watts who was a road manager and sound engineer for Pink Floyd. I think he died in the late 70's.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 11:08 am to randybobandy
quote:"a parent"
Naomi Watts of "The Ring" fame has a parent named Peter Watts
Do you mean her father?
Posted on 3/30/21 at 11:21 am to hogcard1964
quote:There are plenty of people in this thread I think suck. I personally don't give a flying frick about Rush, Nickelbag Norbert, or whoever.
Not sure if anyone knows or remembers this but Billy Joel
Sucks
But this thread is about trivia, not artistic opinions.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 11:41 am to Kafka
Jimmy Buffett, who was a friend of Jim Croce, credits his career surge in the mid-70's to the death of his friend, as ABC/Dunhill records then pegged Buffett as "the next Croce" and put more juice behind his promotion.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 11:55 am to parrotdr
The 8-track tape version of Pink Floyd's Animals combines Pigs on the Wing Parts I and II into a single song with a guitar solo in the middle.
Pigs on the Wing (Combined)
Pigs on the Wing (Combined)
Posted on 3/30/21 at 12:31 pm to Kafka
quote:
"a parent"
Do you mean her father?
Don't want to get banned for him/her,dad/mom ect....A little virtue signal for the flakes if you will.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 8:37 pm to ldts
quote:
CW McCall, the guy who did Convoy, was someone who worked in advertising. CW McCall started as a character he came up with to appear in commercials, before eventually getting into music.
Also ended up being the mayor of Ouray, Colorado.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 11:47 am to 88Wildcat
One I just learned about today...
Singer/actor Paul Williams (Little Enos Burdette in Smokey and the Bandit) wrote the lyrics to Rainbow Connection and The Love Boat theme song.
His brother Mentor Williams wrote Drift Away for Dobie Gray. His other brother, John Williams, was awarded NASA's distinguished service medal for his work on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Singer/actor Paul Williams (Little Enos Burdette in Smokey and the Bandit) wrote the lyrics to Rainbow Connection and The Love Boat theme song.
His brother Mentor Williams wrote Drift Away for Dobie Gray. His other brother, John Williams, was awarded NASA's distinguished service medal for his work on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 11:52 am to PJinAtl
quote:
Singer/actor Paul Williams (Little Enos Burdette in Smokey and the Bandit) wrote the lyrics to Rainbow Connection and The Love Boat theme song.
was a great guest on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast
Posted on 3/31/21 at 12:56 pm to PJinAtl
quote:
Singer/actor Paul Williams (Little Enos Burdette in Smokey and the Bandit) wrote the lyrics to
"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)", (#1 hit for Barbra Streisand - Billboard Hot 100)[33]
"I Won't Last a Day Without You", (#1 hit for Carpenters - Billboard Adult Contemporary)[34]
"Rainy Days and Mondays", (#1 hit for Carpenters - Billboard Adult Contemporary)[35]
"We've Only Just Begun" (#1 hit for Carpenters - Billboard Adult Contemporary)[36]
"The Family of Man" (Canadian #5 hit for Three Dog Night)
"Out in the Country" (#15 hit for Three Dog Night)
"Talk It Over in the Morning" (Canadian #1 hit for Anne Murray)
"You and Me Against the World" (US Easy Listening #1 hit for Helen Reddy)
"Rainbow Connection" (Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated song)
"Flying Dreams" (from The Secret of NIMH soundtrack)
"Let Me Be the One" (#18 U.S R&B chart hit for The Carpenters and Al Wilson)
"Someday Man" (The Monkees – 1969 – "A" Side of "Listen to the Band" single)
"Touch" (Daft Punk – 2013 – Random Access Memories)
"You're Gone" (US Country #4 hit for Diamond Rio)
Posted on 4/1/21 at 12:05 am to Mizz-SEC
Rob Zombie credits Beavis and Butthead for saving White Zombies careers.
After Thunder Kiss ‘65 music video aired on the show, La Sexorcisto: Volume 1 went from selling 500 copies a week to 30,000 copies. Album sold more than 2 million.
After Thunder Kiss ‘65 music video aired on the show, La Sexorcisto: Volume 1 went from selling 500 copies a week to 30,000 copies. Album sold more than 2 million.
This post was edited on 4/1/21 at 12:13 am
Posted on 4/1/21 at 10:01 am to Pisco
quote:I discovered several great songs from that show. I may have never learned about Pavement if not for them.
Beavis and Butthead
Posted on 4/1/21 at 10:33 am to Keep Stirring
quote:The Brains actually recorded two versions of the song - first as an indie single, then later on their debut album on Mercury (note the lyric change in the second verse).
Money Changes Everything
My band did a cover of this in our clubbing days at AU in ‘81, well before the Cyndi Lauper version hit it big - in fact I probably still have my copy of the LP somewhere. I always preferred the album version, but apparently Tom Gray still performs it with the original lyrics (here’s a recent acoustic solo performance). Not sure if he prefers it that way or if he just figures people only know the Lauper version.
BTW:
quote:Great possible band name
Nickelbag Norbert
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