Thank Canada…for Gordon Lightfoot, Eh
Lest we forget the great Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer/songwriter who turns 74 today. Here's a reminder of his influence.
Lest we forget the great Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer/songwriter who turns 74 today. Here's a reminder of his influence.
Today would have been John Winston Ono Lennon's 72nd birthday. The lyrics to "Gimme Some Truth" were written as a protest during the Vietnam War period, but they're more relevant today than ever. Love you and miss you, Johnny!
While dance clubs around the globe were blasting "Kung Fu Fighting," I was fighting Kung Fu blasting. This early disco hit, which topped the U.K. charts on this date in 1974, was recorded in ten minutes and took singer Carl Douglas a mere two takes to complete. Here's a look at three funny, funky cover versions of the song.
Anyone remember a Beatle-esque British band that scored a number of hits in the 1970s, including "No Matter What," "Day After Day," and "Baby Blue"? Their name was Badfinger, and in 1968 they became one of the first groups signed by The Beatles' new Apple records label. But how did they get that weird name?
All the Beatles smoked. But then, who didn't have a ciggie 'tween their fingers in those days? Keith Richards of The Stones was simply incapable of playing guitar without a cigarette dangling from his lips. But John Lennon obviously cursed his cigarette habit. In two of his Beatles' songs he makes references to the evil cancer sticks.