Stevie Wonder at the age of 13 years started a three-week run at No.1 on August 10, 1963, on the US singles chart with ‘Fingertips part II’, making him the youngest singer to lead the charts. Called a 12-year-old genius, Wonder remains to have this moniker to this day. Wonder was blind from childbirth and raised…
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August 8, 2007 The US National Musical Publishers’ Association joined other organizations in seeking to sue YouTube. They claimed musicians were not being properly paid when their music played on the site. They united the legal action with those of several other companies, including Viacom and Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Comedy Central. People change. I…
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Rock music should be gross: that’s the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers. Bruce Dickinson Happy Birthday to Bruce Dickinson, celebrating birthday 62! Bruce Dickinson is a singer and songwriter with the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The group had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and…
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The truth sets you free. It’s a very liberating thing when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It’s amazing. Geri Halliwell Happy Birthday, Ginger Spice! Geri Halliwell, (Ginger Spice), was born on August 6, 1972. She is an English recording artist, author, and…
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Debut album Appetite For Destruction Guns N’ Roses went to No.1 in the US. It spent 57 weeks on the US chart and sold over 5 million copies. Three singles from the album were the US top 10 hits. (‘Sweet Child O’ Mine,’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Paradise City’). Today, worldwide sales are over…
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Bass guitar is the engine of the band. Suzi Quatro Happy 73rd Birthday to Willie Weeks, one of the most in-demand session musicians. Weeks has also gained fame touring with many of rock‘s heavyweights throughout his career. In 2006–2007 he was most visible as the chosen bassist for Eric Clapton‘s house band, during his world tour with the Crossroads…
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Aerosmith signed to CBS Records for $125,000 after record company boss Clive Davis saw them play at Max’s Kansas City Club New York. “Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.” ~ Steven Tyler Steven Victor Tallarico (Steven Tyler) was born on March 26, 1948, in Manhattan, New York, and…
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Bands to watch! Additions to the buzzr playlist! New add – The Jailbirds ‘Dull My Brain’ [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLJXjHJz_GvRgpzY73Ae_QExIXk2yFPmoL&v=EG-YVc0V_iQ&layout=gallery[/embedyt]
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If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know. Louis Armstrong August 4, 1901, the world welcomed one of the music greats, Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a district so impoverished that they dubbed it “The Battlefield.” His father was a factory worker and deserted the family shortly…
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Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with Purple Rain. His sixth studio album which features the hits ‘When Doves Cry’ and ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, as well as the title track has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming the seventh best-selling soundtrack album of all time. ‘Purple…
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