Phonostalgia 242 - 26.05.2008.

28.03.1992 ANNIE LENNOX - WHY - UK 5
Annie Lennox (r 25.12.1954) is a Scottish musician, vocalist, and Academy Award-winning songwriter.[1] She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by members of the rock industry on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999. Both as a solo artist and with Eurythmics, Lennox has sold 80 million records.

2/16 ukup.singl; Why; Album (1): Diva, 28.04.1992. (UK1 - 4x Platinum (1.2 million); US23 - 2x Platinum (2 million)
Prvi singl s albuma
"Why (UK5; US34; IT1) is the first solo single by Annie Lennox and was from her debut solo album Diva (1992). It reached number five in the United Kingdom and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Lennox performed a piano-only version of the song for an NBC telethon to support the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Diva is the first album solo album by Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album entered the UK album chart at no.1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum[1]. It was also a success in the U.S. where it was a top 30 hit and has sold in excess of 2 million copies there[2].
A special video album was also released at the same time, directed by Sophie Muller who had worked with Lennox during her years with Eurythmics. The video album featured promotional videos for nine of the album's eleven tracks (the video for the single "Little Bird" had not yet been made at this time, and no video was made for the album track "Stay By Me").
In 1993 the album was included in Q magazine's list of the "50 Best Albums Of 1992". Rolling Stone magazine (6/25/92, p.41) described the album as "...state-of-the-art soul pop..." and it is included in Rolling Stone's (5/13/99, p.56) "Essential Recordings of the 90's" list. Several songs from the album were released as singles with "Why", "Walking on Broken Glass" and "Little Bird" being the most successful.
A bonus track "Step by Step" appeared on the Mexican and Japanese editions of the album and was also included as the B-Side on the "Precious" single. The song was later recorded by Whitney Houston for the 1996 film soundtrack The Preacher's Wife and subsequently became a hit single.

19.05.1985 WHAM - EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - US 1 - 2
Wham su osn ranih 80’tih, George Michael s vokalima i tekstovima i Andrew Ridgeley na gitari; suradnja je trajala do ’86; Andrew se kasnije bavio auto utrkama, pa se oprobao u solo karijeri ’90
Ovo je treći US#1 singl (Wake me up before, Careless Whisper); From the 2nd album "Make It Big" ’84 (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Everything She Wants, Heartbeat, Like A Baby, Freedom, If You Were There, Credit Card Baby, Careless Whisper)
B strana Last Christmas
ALBUMI:Fantastic - 1983; Make it big - 1984; Music From The Edge Of Heaven; Wham! The Final - 1986; 12 Inch Mixes - 1992;

Nakon hitova Wake me up before you go go i Careless Whisper, britanski duet Wham koji su činili George Michael i Andrew Ridgeley, na današnji se dan, 19.05.1985., po treći puta našao na vrhu američke top ljestvice. Uspjelo im je to sa singlom Everything She Wants, koji je, poput malo prije spomenutih hitova, također skinut s drugog studijskog albuma Make It Big, objavljenog 23.10.1984., albuma koji je bio na #1 s obje strane Atlantika.
Singlica "Everything She Wants", na vrhu se zadržala 2 tjedna, a objavljena je kao dupla A strana. Na toj tzv. «drugoj A strani» nalazila se pjesma "Last Christmas", koja će potom postati sastavnim dijelom božićnog repertoara glazbenih urednika. Obje je napisao George Michael.

07.04.1985 HAROLD FALTERMEYER - AXEL F - US 3 - 12
Harold Faltermeyer (r 05.10.1952 in Munich) is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer.
He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores. Best known for the "Axel F" electronic theme for Beverly Hills Cop and the Top Gun Anthem from the soundtrack for Top Gun - both often imitated, highly influential instrumental hits that to some extent practically redefined action film scoring in the 80s.
As a session musician, arranger and producer, Faltermeyer has worked with several international pop stars including Donna Summer, Amanda Lear, Patti LaBelle, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Frey, Blondie, Laura Branigan, Billy Idol, Jennifer Rush, Alexis, Cheap Trick, Sparks, Bob Seger, Chris Thompson, Bonnie Tyler and the Pet Shop Boys.
He has won two Grammy Awards: the first in 1986 for Best Album of original score written for a motion picture or television special, as a co-writer of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack; and the second in 1987 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with guitarist Steve Stevens for Top Gun Anthem from the soundtrack.

1/1 UK,US Top40; Axel F

"Axel F" is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop performed by Harold Faltermeyer. The title comes from the main character's name, Axel Foley (played by Eddie Murphy), in the film. It topped musical charts in 1985 and remains a popular remix track. Mixes of "Axel F" topped European pop charts in 2003 and again in 2005 as the Crazy Frog song.

Soundtracks, as composer:

Didi - der Doppelgänger (1983) (with Arthur Lauber) (LP)
Thief of Hearts (1984) (with Giorgio Moroder)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Fletch (1985) (LP)
Top Gun (1986) (with Giorgio Moroder)
Fire And Ice / Feuer und Eis (1986) (with Hermann Weindorf, one song)
Fatal Beauty (1987) (one song)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) (one song)
Running Man, The (1987)
Starlight Express (1987)
Formel Eins / Formula One (1986)
Blaues Blut / Blue Blood (1989) (with Hermann Weindorf)
Tango & Cash (1989, released 2006)
Fire, Ice & Dynamite / Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990)
Kuffs (1992)
White Magic (1994)
Zeit der Sehnsucht (1994)
Asterix Conquers America (1994)
Frankie (1995)
Der König von St. Pauli (1997)
Jack Orlando (1997) (computer game score)
Wake Up (2002)
Two Worlds (2007) (computer game score) (Collector's Edition inclusion)

20.11.1984 KOOL AND THE GANG - FRESH - UK 11 - 10
R&B grupa osn ’64 u Jersey City, New Jersey; osnivač basista Robert “Kool” Bell; prvi naziv Jazziacs; studijski glazbenici do ’69 kada su načinili prve snimke za Dee-Lite etiketu; vodećeg vokala Jamesa JT Taylora pridružili 1979; Kasnije su usljedile još promjene članova;
18/22 Top40; Fresh, Album: Emergency, 15.11.1984. (US13)(hitovi: Fresh, Misled, Cherish,...)

Emergency (15.11.1984.) is a hit album released by the funk band Kool & the Gang in 1984. The album brought a first for the band: three number one R&B singles from a single album. The songs "Misled" (Pop #10), "Fresh" (Pop #9), and "Cherish" (Pop #2) all hit the top spot in 1985. In addition, the title track was also released as a single, and reached the top twenty.

25.05.1985 SANDY MARTON - CAMEL BY CAMEL - IT 18

Sandy Marton, pseudonimo artistico di Aleksandar Marton (Zagabria, r 04.10.1959) è un cantante spagnolo di origini croate. Le sue produzioni possono essere inserite nel genere della "Disco music"
In 2005, Sandy Marton has participated to the reality show "L' Isola Dei Famosi" on italian TV
PRIJATELJ ALKE VUICA I AUTOR HITA »PEOPLE FROM IBIZA« U TALIJANSKOM REALITYJU »OTOK SLAVNIH«
U trećem izdanju popularnog talijanskog reality showa »Otok slavnih«, a čija gledanost raste iz dana u dan, sudjeluje i jedan rođeni Zagrepčanin. Riječ je Aleksandru Sandyju Martonu, popularnom pjevaču koji je osamdesetih godina bio idol brojnih djevojaka i žena, a vrh top ljestvica zauzeo je s hitom »People from Ibiza«.

6/7 ukup.singl; Camel by Camel, 1986

04.04.1971 JACKSON 5 - NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - US 2 - 11
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet (and briefly a sextet and quartet) from Gary, Indiana. The group, fully active from 1966 to 1990, consisted of brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, who played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, funk, and later disco. Considered "one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music"[1] during the early 1970s, the Jackson 5 are also notable for launching the careers of their lead singers Jermaine and Michael.

Signed to the Motown label from 1968 to 1975, and to Epic/CBS Records (as "The Jacksons") from 1975 until their disbanding in 1990, the Jackson 5 were one of the most popular groups of the era and became the first recording act to have their first four major label singles ("I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There") reach the top of the American charts. Several future singles, among them "Mama's Pearl", "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Dancing Machine", were Top 5 pop hits and number-one hits on the R&B singles chart. Most of the early hits were written and produced by a specialized songwriting team known as "The Corporation"; later Jackson 5 hits were crafted chiefly by Hal Davis.

Significantly, they were the first black teen idols to appeal equally to white audiences. Upon their departure from Motown for CBS in 1975, the Jacksons were forced to change their name and replace Jermaine (who remained at Motown) with younger brother Randy. The group took control of their songwriting, production, and image, and their success continued into the 1980s with hits such as "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" and "State of Shock", and the highly successful Victory Tour. The Jacksons officially disbanded in 1990, after the commercial underperformance of their 1989 album 2300 Jackson Street, recorded mostly without Michael and Marlon.

6/18 US Top10; Never Can Say Goodbye (US2, R&B#1); Album (4): Maybe Tomorrow, travanj 1971.

Never Can Say Goodbye, prvi su 1971. otpjevali The Jackson 5 za kuću Motown, točnije otpjevao ju je majmlađi član 12-godišnji Michael Jackson. Iako, je riječ o ozbiljnom tekstu i nije baš bilo prijereno da ju pjeva 12-godišnje dijete, pjesma je polučila veliki uspjeh i bila je na #2 Billboard Pop Singles i #1 na Billboard Black Singles Chart. Pjesmu su potom obrađivali Isaac Hayes, The Sandpipers, The Communards, Yazz i Vanessa Williams. Druga najuspješnija verzija te pjesme snimljena je 1974. u disco produkciji otpjevala ju je Gloria Gaynor i postala je jednom od najvećih hitova disco ere.

Maybe Tomorrow was the fourth regular studio album released by The Jackson 5 in 1971. Released after the success of the hit ballad "I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. Maybe Tomorrow includes the hit singles "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Maybe Tomorrow". While not as financially successful as the Jackson 5's first three outings, Maybe Tomorrow contains some of the most often-sampled and covered material in the group's catalogue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5#Studio_albums

22.05.1971 PETER NOONE - OH YOU PRETTY THING - UK 12
Peter Noone (r Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone, 05.11.1947, at Park Hospital, Davyhulme, near Manchester) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits. He is of mostly Irish and Scottish ancestry, with some Welsh roots

Early in his career, he used the stage name Peter Novak. At the age of 15, he became the lead singer, spokesperson, and frontman of Herman's Hermits. As "Herman", the photogenic Noone graced the cover of nearly every international publication, including Time Magazine.

"Oh! You Pretty Things" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. It is a pop tune opening with only Rick Wakeman's piano and Bowie's vocal, before entering the catchy refrain. The simple piano style is often compared to Paul McCartney's "Martha My Dear".[1][2] Thematically, the song has been seen as reflecting the influence of occultist Aleister Crowley and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche,[1][3] and heralding "the impending obsolescence of the human race in favour of an alliance between arriving aliens and the youth of the present society".

Cover versions:

Harvey Danger – Live version released on the 2006 EP Little Round Mirrors.
Amorette – On the tribute album .2 Contamination: A Tribute to David Bowie (2006)
Seu Jorge – Portuguese version for the 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Peter Noone – Single on which Bowie played piano. It become a #12 hit in mid-1971. Noone replaced Bowie's line "The Earth is a bitch" with "The Earth is a beast", in a performance that NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray called "one of rock and roll's most outstanding examples of a singer failing to achieve any degree of empathy whatsoever with the mood and content of a lyric".

06.06.1971 HONEY CONE - WANT ADS - US 1 - 1
Ženski soul trio iz L.A. osn ’69 od strane producenata Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier i Eddie Holland koji su upravo bili napustili legendarnu kuću Motown gdje su producirali hitove za Dianu Ross i Supremes, Four Tops; nakon što su osnovali vlastitu etiketu “Invictus” i Honey Cone su im bili prvi projekt, a sastavljene su od redovitih back vokala raznih grupa Carolyn Willis, Edna Wright, Shellie Clark; Denis Mills nasljedila Willis;

1/1 US1; Want Ads;

Najpoznatije, upravo, po ovom koji je na Hot100 pojavio 10.04. i 9 tjedana kasnije postao #1; i singlu "Stick-Up"#11 (1971)

23.05.1971 OSMONDS - DOUBLE LOVIN' - US 14 - 7
Obiteljski bend, Ogden, Utah; Alan (r 22.06.1949.), Wayne (r 28.08.1951), Merrill (r 30.04.1953), Jay (r 02.03.1955) i Donny Osmond (r 09.12.1957); počeli kao kvartet 1959; nasupali u TV showu Andya Williamsa od 1962 – 1967; dio benda se početkom okupio u country projektu The Osmond Brothers;

2/24 ukup.singl; Double Lovin' (US14), Album (2): Homemade 1971. (Singles: Double Lovin', Chilly Winds)


05.06.1961 ROY ORBISON - RUNNING SCARED - US 1 - 1
«The Big O»; Roy Kelton Orbison r 23.04.1936. Vernon, Texas umro od srčanog udara 06.12.1988. u Madisonu, Tennessee; pohađao North Texas State University s Patom Boonom; prve snimke napravio ’56 kao lider benda Teen Kings; na turneji s Beatlesima ’63; supruga poginula na motociklu u prometnoj nesreći 07.06.66.; dva sina poginula u požaru ’68; ponovo se vraća na scenu ’85; u Rock’N’Roll Hall ’87; član Traveling Wilburysa ’88

Prvi #1, nakon čega su usljedili Top10 singlovi Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) i Blue Angel
06.06.Claudette Orbison, wife of Roy, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1966.

1/2 US1; 4/23 Top40; Running Scared; Album (2): Crying, 1962.

"Running Scared" is a 1961 American pop song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad, the song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song also appears on Orbison's 1962 album titled Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.
Noted for being a song written without a chorus, the verse builds to a climax that, without vibrato, demonstrates the power of Orbison's clear, full voice. It is written in the bolero style; Orbison is credited with bringing this to the rock genre.
The song was covered by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the album Kicking Against the Pricks.
John Peel, the famous British BBC Radio DJ who died in 2004, listed "Running Scared" by Roy Orbison as one of the songs to be played at his memorial service.

Crying is a record album released in 1962 by Roy Orbison. It was his second album on the Monument Record label. The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name that in 2002 was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2004, the song ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazines "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

29.05.1961 RICKY NELSON - TRAVELLIN' MAN - US 1 - 2
Eric Hilliard Nelson, 08.05.1940.; poginuo u zrakoplovnoj nesreći 31.12.85. u DeKalbu, Texas; sin glazbenika Ozzia i pjevačice Harriet; osn ‘69 Stone Canyon Band; nastupio u nekoliko filmova, uklj. Rio Bravo; jedan od prvih teen idola u Rock eri; u Rock’n’Roll Hall od ’87.
Singl s albuma “Rick Is 21” objavljenog u svibnju ’61 (posljednja na A strani, dok smo pjesmu koja je posljednja na B strani slušali – Hello Mary Lou)

Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940 –December 31, 1985), was an American singer, musician, and Golden Globe-nominated actor. With more than 50 Hot 100 hits, Nelson was second only to Elvis Presley as the most popular rock and roll artist of the 1950s and 1960s.

23/35 Top40; 2/2 US1; Travelin' Man (UK2)

"Travelin' Man" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song in late-May 1961 by Ricky Nelson. It was written by songwriter Jerry Fuller.The short film made to promote the single has been claimed as the first music video.

The song details the loves of a traveling man. They were: a "pretty senorita" in Mexico, an eskimo in Alaska, a fraulein in Berlin, a china doll in Hong Kong, and a Polynesian in Waikiki. There were others mentioned but only once during the opening.

03.04.1961 GENE MCDANIELS - A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY - US 3 – 12
Eugene B. McDaniels, 12.02.1935. Kansas City; ranih 40-tih pjevao u zborovima; ranih 50’s osn vlastiti bend; pojavio se u filmu It’s trad, Dad ’62; snimao kao Universal Jones ’72. Njegov hit iz 1961. Tower of Strength (Music by Burt Bacharach i Lyrics by Bob Hilliard), prepjevao je na talijanskom pod nazivom Stai lontana da me, 1962. snimio je Adriano Celentano.

1/6 Top40; A Hundred Pounds Of Clay, Album: 100 Pounds of Clay (1961);
Pjesmu A Hundred Pounds Of Clay, čiji su autori Bob Elgin, Luther Dixon i Kay Roger, prvi je optjevao i snimio upravo Gene McDaniels, a potom su nastale brojne obrade, i to redom:
pod nazivom A Hundred Pounds of Clay snimili su je The Cleftones (1961), Craig Douglas (1961), Dee Dee Sharp (1962), Arthur Alexander (1962), Jumping Jewels (1962), Freddie Scott (1964), Gary Lewis & the Playboys (March 1966), The Royals [1] (1969), Gary Lucas (17.03.1998), Bobby Womack (27.07.1999), Li'l Willie Johnson (2000),
a na francuskom pod nazivom Avec une poignée de terre su je snimili Johnny Hallyday (1961), Richard Anthony (1961), Dalida (1962).

22.05.1961 ELVIS PRESLEY - I FEEL SO BAD - US 5 - 7
Kralj Rock’n’Rolla, r 08.01.1935. Tupelo, Mississippi, umro na svom posjedu Graceland u Memphisu 16.08.1977. u 42g. od srčanog udara izazvnog konzumacijom droge i alkohola i prekomjerne težine. Pobjedio na natjecanju talenata s 8 godina pjevajući pjesmu Old Shep; preselio u Memphis 1948; prve snimke za etiketu Sun, 1954; 22.11.1955. potpisuje ugovor s RCA Records; zahvaljujući dobrom izgledu, bluesy vokalu, sjajnom bendu (Bill Black bas, Scott Moore gitara, DJ Fontana bubnjevi), vokalnom potporom skupine The Jordanaires, i menadžeru Tomu Parkeru, Elvis je postao #1 Rock’n’roll zvijezda svih vremena; debi nastup na TV je imao 28.01.1956. u “Stege Showu”; glumio u 31 filmu (počevši od Love Me Tender 1956); u braku s Priscillom Beaulieu od 01.05.1967 – 11.10.1973; Priscilla počela glumiti tijekom 80’ih počevši u TV seriji Dallas; u Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame 1986; prva je rock zvjezda čiji je lik tiskan na poštanske marke u SAD.

42/114 Top40; I Feel So Bad; obrada R&B #8 hita Chuck Willisa iz 1954. Album (18): Elvis Golden Records Vol 3 (compilation), rujan 1963.

02.06.1956 CHORDETTES - BORN TO BE WITH YOU - US 5 - 17
The Chordettes were a female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella, and specializing in traditional pop music.
The group organized in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 1946. The original members of the group were Janet Ertel (1913-November 4, 1988), Carol Bushman (her sister-in-law), Dorothy Schwartz, and Jinny Osiborn (or Lockard) (April 25, 1928-May 19, 2003). In 1952, Lynn Evans replaced Schwartz, and in 1953, Margie Needham replaced Osborn (who was having a baby), though Osborn later returned to the group. Nancy Overton also was a member of the group at a later time. Originally they sang folk music in the style of The Weavers, but eventually changed to a harmonizing style of the type known as barbershop harmony. Part of this change seems to be influenced by Osborn's father.
Jinny Osborn was born in Seattle, Washington. She was born Virginia Cole, the daughter of O. H. "King" Cole, who was president of the Barbershop Harmony Society (then known as SPEBSQSA), and Katherine Flack.
After performing locally in Sheboygan, they went on Arthur Godfrey's radio program Talent Scouts in 1949. They held feature status on Godfrey's daily program, and then recorded for Columbia Records.
In 1953, Godfrey's music director and orchestra leader, Archie Bleyer, founded Cadence Records. He signed a number of Godfrey regulars and former regulars, including the Chordettes, who had a number of hit records for Cadence.
Their biggest hit was Mr. Sandman in 1954. Archie Bleyer himself is on that record along with the group, Bleyer stripping the sound down the better not to clutter the girls' voices. They also hit #2 with 1958's Lollipop," and also charted with a vocal version of the themes from television's Zorro (1959) and the film Never on Sunday (1961). Other hits for the girls included "Eddie My Love," "Born to Be With You," "Lay Down Your Arms" in 1956, and "Just Between You and Me" in 1957.
Janet Ertel married Bleyer in 1954. Her daughter Jackie married another Cadence recording star, Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers. She died of cancer in 1988.
The Chordettes appeared on American Bandstand August 5, 1957, the first episode on the ABC Television Network.
In 1961, Jinny Osborn left the group, and they were unable to find a replacement with whom they were happy, leading to a breakup.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001.
Jinny Osborn (by that time Jinny Janis) died in 2003.

Ženska vokalna skupina osn 1946. u Sheyboygan, Wisconsin; Janet Ertel (Buschman, bas), zatim njena polusestra Carol Buschman, bariton; Lynn Evans vodeći vokal koju je 1953. zamijenila Dorothy Scwartz; i Margie Needham, tenor, koju je zamijenila Jinny Lockard 1953; nastupale s Arthurom Godfrey-em od 1943-’53; Janet Ertel se udala za Archiea Bleyera 1954, a njena kći Jackie se udala za Phila Everlya iz Everly Brothersa; Janet Ertel je umrla 22.11.1988. od raka.

2/8 Top40; Born to Be with You

"Born to Be with You" is a popular song written by Don Robertson. It was published in 1956.
The biggest hit version was by The Chordettes in 1956. Sonny James revived the song as a Number one country hit in the 1960s.

05.05.1956 DON ROBERTSON - THE HAPPY WHISTLER - US 6 - 14

Donald Irwin Robertson (r 05.12.1922, Beijing, China) was a songwriter, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US top ten with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956.
1/1 Top40; The Happy Whistler

02.06.1956 BIG JOE TURNER - CORRINE, CORRINA - CB 34
Blues-jazz glazbenik, začetnik rock'n'rolla; Joseph Vernon Turner, r 18.05.1911. Kansas City, Missouri – umro 24.11.1985. Inglewood, CA.; nakon prerane smrti oca, da bi se prehranio s 15. godina je počeo pjevati lokalnim klubovima udruživši se s pijanistom Pete Johnsonom, a suradnja će potrajati sljedećih 40 godina. Nakon WWII nastavio je snimati izvrsne jazz blues ploče za nezavisne izdavačke kuće; 13-godišnju suradnju s Atlantic records potpisuje 1951., najprije nastaju blues balade "Chains Of Love" i "Sweet Sixteen", a 1954. izdaje singl "Shake Rattle And Roll", koji će postati rock'n'roll klasikom u obradama Billa Haleya, Elvisa Presleya i Arthura Conleya (1967); krajem 1950'ih pionir rock'n'rolla u svoje pjesme ubacuje zborove i sinfonijske orkestre; Njegova smrt 24.11.1985. rezultat je 74-godišnjeg napornog života, napornog pjevanja i teškog alkoholizma, a sprovod je okupio brojna eminentna glazbena imena poput Ette James i Barbare Morrison.

Big Joe Turner - "Corrine, Corrina" - 1956 † (the fourth million seller...with adaption by J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish and Bo Chatmon in 1932. This disc was #41, and spent 10 weeks in the Billboard chart).

"Corrina, Corrina" is a traditional folk/blues song, it has been recorded by many artists and recorded in many styles but is traditionally in a 12 bar blues in the AAB form.
It has always been a dance number and whatever name this tune goes by, it has been a popular song among British and African-American musicians for as long as anyone can remember.
The spelling of the first name in the song varies from recording to recording, with the variant spelling "Corrine" most frequently used by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Ray Peterson, and Bill Haley & His Comets.

The original song "Corrina, Corrina" was written in 1928 by Bo Chatmon of the Mississippi Sheiks, Mitchell Parish and J. Mayo Williams and issued on the 'race music' label, Brunswick Records.

Some artists who have recorded "Corrina, Corrina":

Chet Atkins
Brooks & Dunn
The Carter Sisters
Bo Carter
Mississippi Sheiks - recorded as "Sweet Maggie".
Charlie McCoy - recorded as "Sweet Alberta"
Eric Clapton - recorded as "Alberta Alberta"
Bob Dylan - on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
Bill Haley & His Comets
Mississippi John Hurt
Jimmy Witherspoon
Leo Kottke
Jerry Lee Lewis
Taj Mahal
Moon Mullican
Bill Monroe
Merrill Moore
Ray Peterson
Steppenwolf
Big Joe Turner
Muddy Waters
Doc Watson
Lawrence Welk
Bob Wills
The Rolling Stones
Big Joe Turner
Led Zeppelin - their version of "You Shook Me" includes the "I have a bird that whistles, I have a bird that sings" verse of "Corrina, Corrina", though the last line lyric is changed to "buy me a diamond ring".

07.04.1956 BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS - ROCK - US 16 - 5
William John Clifton Haley Jr. r 06.07.1925.; umro 09.02.1981 od srčanog udara u 55.g. (alkohol) u Harlingenu, Texas; karijeru počeo kao pjevač s New England country bendom “Down Homers”; osnovao Four Aces of Western Swing 1948; osn skupinu “Saddlemen” 1949; za Deccu potpisuje 1954, a originalni Comets-i su ga pratili u rock klasiku Rock Around The Clock (koji snimljen 12.04.1954., prodana u više od 20 milijuna kopija, pjesma je od 1982. u Grammy Hall Of Fame, tema iz filma Blackboard Jungle, s Glenom Fordom u gl.ulozi). Bill Haley je u R’N’R Hall Of Fame od 1987.

26/89 ukup.singl; 8/13 Top40; The Saint's Rock 'n' Roll (US18)/ B: R-O-C-K (US16) (Decca 29870)
Dvostruka A strana singlce

10.04.1948 KEN GRIFFIN & V. JERRY WAYNE - YOU CAN'T BE TRUE, DEAR - US 1 (7) - 23 – 187
Ken Griffin (r 28.12.1909 – umro 11.03.1956. Chicago, Illinois, u 47. godini) was an American organist.
Griffin was born in Columbia, Missouri. His biggest hit was You Can't Be True, Dear, which he recorded in 1948, which was first released as an instrumental, and later that year re-released with a vocal by Jerry Wayne dubbed in. Both versions became extremely popular, selling over 3.5 million copies. He also starred in a television series, "67 Melody Lane" filmed in color in Chicago. He recorded on a variety of labels including Columbia Records and Rondo Records.

1/6 Top40; 1/1 US1; You Can't Be True, Dear (vokal Jerry wayne)

"You Can't Be True, Dear" is a popular song.
It was originally written as a German language song, "Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein," by composer Hans Otten and lyricist Gerhard Ebeler. English language lyrics and title were written by Hal Cotten.
In 1948, Ken Griffin recorded the song, first released as an instrumental and later with vocalist Jerry Wayne dubbing the lyrics, both of which became popular in releases by an independent company, Rondo Records. A number of other versions were also recorded that year.
The recording by Ken Griffin and Jerry Wayne was released by Rondo Records as catalog number 228. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on April 2, 1948 staying at #1 for seven weeks. The instrumental recording by Ken Griffin was released by Rondo Records as catalog number 128. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 2, 1948 peaking at #2. Both the vocal and solo organ versions charted for 23 weeks and sold an estimated 3,500,000 copies. [1] Note that this version was recorded and released first, but charted after the vocal version.
The recording by Dick Haymes was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24439. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 28, 1948 and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9. [1] Both sides of this recording were cover versions of bigger hits, but both charted; the flip side was Nature Boy, a major hit for Nat King Cole.
The recording by The Sportsmen was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15077. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 28, 1948 and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #11. [1] The flip side, "Toolie Oolie Doolie," also charted.
The recording by The Marlin Sisters was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38211. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 4, 1948 and lasted 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #19. [1] The flip side, "Toolie Oolie Doolie," also charted (oddly enough, in both The Sportsmen's and the Marlin Sisters' version, the same song was the flip side and in both cases, both sides made the charts).
The recording by Dick James was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-2944. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 25, 1948 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #19. This was his only charting hit. [1]
Two artists in the United Kingdom also recorded the song at about the same time. Vera Lynn recorded the song on March 10, 1948, which was released by the UK Decca label under catalog number F-8883, and Dolores Gray made a recording on August 13, 1948, released by the UK Columbia label under catalog number DB 2451.
Vera Lynn's recording also charted in the United States. This recording was released by London Records as catalog number 202. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 21, 1948 and lasted 7 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14. [1]
A revival of the song by Patti Page (Columbia Records catalog number 4-44345) became popular in 1965, spending 8 weeks on the Billboard Easy listening music chart, peaking at #11.

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1993

17.05.1993 Otkriven je novi Intelov Pentijum procesor.
18.05.1993 Talijanska policija uhitila mafijaškog bossa Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
19.05.1993 Juventus osvaja 22. Kup UEFA u Torinu.

01.05.1993 QUEEN/G. MICHAEL/L. STANSFIELD - FIVE LIVE {EP} (SOMEBODY TO LOVE - US BIGGEST MOVER) - UK 1 – 3

57/71 ukup.singl; 5/6 UK1; Five Live E.P., 19.04.1993. (US30)

Somebody to Love, gospelom inspirirana pjesma koju je, prema tvrdnjama Briana Maya, s milslima na Arethu Franklin, napisao Freddie Mercury, a skupina Queen je snimila 1976. za album A Day at the Races. Bio je to njihov prvi singl s albuma (UK2, US13). Freddie Mercury, Brian May i Roger Taylor su multipricirali su svoje glasove u studiju kako bi dobili efekt gospel zbora.
Na Freddie Mercury Tribute Concertu održanom 20.04.1992. izveo ju je George Michael, da bi snimka potom bila objavljena 1993. kao prva pjesma Five Live EP-a.
Postoji i talijanska verzija, pod nazivom "Un uomo per me" ("A man for me") prepjevala ju je Mia Martini i objavila na albumu Per amarti ("To love you").

Five Live EP objavljen je 1993. s pet, odnosno šest pjesama koje su izveli George Michael, Queen i Lisa Stansfield. Somebody to Love i These Are the Days of Our Lives snimljene su na Freddie Mercury Tribute Concertu priređenom 20.04.1992. na Wembleyu.

Tu se našla i kraća verzija medleya pjesama Killer i Papa Was a Rollin' Stone koju je George Michael izveo na Wembleyu, te Calling You iz filma, odnosno soundtracka "Bagdad Café" (Calling You je s manje uspjeha obradio i Paul Young). Sve su pjesme odsvirali Queenovci.
Kao EP se pojavio na vrhu britanske top ljestvice singlova, dok je u SAD vođen kao album pa se po prodaji našao na US30 mjestu top ljestvice albuma. Bez obzira tretirali ga singlom ili albumom ostaje činjenica da je prodan u više od 5 milijuna primjeraka.

1989

14.05.1989 Vođa peronista Karlos Menem postao je predsjednik Argentine, pobjedivši na izborima kandidata vladajuće Radikalne stranke Eduarda Angelosa. ///
16.05.1989 Automobilom-bombom u Bejrutu ubijen su libanski vjerski vođa šeik Hasan Halid i još 21 osoba. //
16.05.1989 Sovjetski predsednik Mihail Gorbačov i kineski lider, Deng Hsijaoping (Xiaoping), sreli su se u Pekingu na Prvom kinesko-sovjetskom samitu, čime je i formalo, nakon 30 godina, okončan "tihi hladni rat" između dvije najveće komunističke države. /
17.05.1989 Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart
17.05.1989 Van Gogov "Portret dr Gašea" prodan je na aukciji slika za 82,5 miliona dolara.
19.05.1989 Tijekom studentskih demonstracija u Pekingu smenjen generalni sekretar Komunističke partije Kine Džao Cijang jer se usprotivio izvanrednim mjerama i primjeni sile protiv studenata. /
20.05.1989 Various Artists - Ferry Cross The Mersey - UK 1 - 3
14.05.1989 Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl - US 1 - 2

26.03.1989 CHER & PETER CETERA - AFTER ALL - US 6 – 11

32.ukup.singl za Cher; After All (US6; UK84) (prodan u 1,5 mil); Album (20): Heart of Stone, 19.06.1989. (US10; UK7); soundtrack: Chances Are (1989 romantic comedy)

After All je ljubavna, Oscarom nominirana, tema iz filma, romantične komedije, Chances Are, ali i prvi singl s njezinog 20. albuma Heart of Stone (singl US6, UK 84). Zanimljivo da se Cher i Peter nisu uopće sreli prilikom snimanja dueta, svaki je svoj dio snimao samostalno, a isto tako nikad je nisu zajedno uživo ni izveli, iako ju je solo Cher izvodila na svojim Heart Of Stone i Love Hurts turnejama, dok je na Believe i Farewell turnejama umjesto Petera upao njezin klavijaturist Paul Mirkovich.

Heart of Stone je 20. studijski album objavljen 19.06.1989. i drugi za Geffen Records, na kojem su kao i na prethodnim svoj obola dali Cher, Peter Asher, Jon Bon Jovi, Diane Warren, Guy Roche i Desmond Child, a Bonnie Tyler je zajedno s Michaelom Boltonom otpjevala prateće vokale na pjesmi Emotional Fire.
Cher je album posvetila svojoj tadašnjoj ljubavi Robu Camillettiju, s kojim je bila tada 3 godine u vezi, a njezini ga fanovi smatraju njenim najboljim alumom.
Heart of Stone je prodan u više od 11 milijuna primjeraka diljem svijeta, samo u SAD- u 4 milijuna.

15.10.1988 ELTON JOHN - A WORD IN SPANISH - US 19 – 6
Engleski glazbenik, pjevač, kompozitor i pijanist, Sir Elton Hercules John (r Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25.03.1947. Bogati tenor koji je s vremenom postao bariton, peterostruki dobitnik Grammya i jednog Oscara, jedna od najdominantinijih figura popularne glazbe u posljednjih 40 godina s prodanih više od 250 milijuna albuma i 100 milijuna singlica. Imao je više od 50 Top40 singlova, sedam US1 albuma, i devet #1 singlova. Rolling Stone ga je uvrstio na 49. mjesto 100 greatest artists of all time, osobito zaslužan za popularizaciju klavira u rock'n'rollu. Autor velike većine pjesama je Bernie Taupin. Elton John je uvršten u Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1994. U viteški red kraljica Elizabeta II. uvela ga je 1998. godine (pa mu se od tada obraćate sa Sir). (Aktivan u predsjedničkoj kampanji Hillary Clinton).

75. ukup.singl; A Word in Spanish (US19; UK91); Album (21): Reg Strikes Back (US16; UK18), 4 milijuna primjeraka

A Word in Spanish, treći singl s 21. studijskog albuma Reg Strikes Back. Na albumu posljednji put svoj obol daje basist Dee Murray, koji je umro 1992. Elton John je na njemu prvi puta zasvirao Roland RD-1000 digital piano, koji je ostao njegovim instrumentom do 1994.

22.04.1989 SIMPLE MINDS - THIS IS YOUR LAND - UK 13
Simple Minds, bend iz južnog dijela Glasgowa, koji je osobitu popularnost uživao sredinom 1980-ih i početkom 1990ih. Osnivači su bili Jim Kerr (vocals) i Charlie Burchill (guitar), te su zajedno s bubnjarom Melom Gaynorom činili temelj grupe.

25. ukup.singl; This Is Your Land (UK13) / Saturday Girl (10.04.1989.); Album (9): Street Fighting Years (UK1); Treći singl s albuma.

Street Fighting Years je politički najnabrijaniji album benda (UK1), čiji je uspjeh započeo najavnim singlom Belfast Child, a kritika Q magazina ga je ocijenila s rijetkih 5 zvijezdica.
No, ni ta činjenica, ni doprinos bivšeg bubnjara skupine Police i Lou Reeda, Stewarta Copelanda, ni sjajna produkcija Trevora Horna, bivšeg člana skupine Yes nisu pripomogli u postizanju zamjetnijeg uspjeha na američkom tlu.

Singlovi s albuma Street Fighting Years: (Belfast Child UK1; Mandela Day; This Is Your Land UK13; Take A Step Back; Kick It In; Let It All Come Down UK 18).

28.05.1989 MICHAEL DAMIIAN - ROCK ON - US 1 – 1
Američki glumac, pjevač, producent i redatelj, Michael Damian, r San Diego, California. Najpozantiji po ulozi u nekad #1 američkoj sapunici The Young and the Restless (u kojoj je glumila i tada nepoznata Eva Longoria).
Tijekom broadwayske karijere snimio je 5 albuma i imao 8 Top40 hitova.

1/8 Top40; 1/1 US1; Rock On – ovaj svojevrsni homage začecima rock'n'rolla i općenito kulturi mladih tog vremena s posebnim naglaskom na Jamesa Deana je obrada hita Davida Essexa iz 1974. (US5; UK3), objavljenog 1973. na albumu Essex, a iste je godine korištena je u filmu That'll Be the Day, u kojem je Essex glumio. Mogla se čuti 2000. godine u filmu Sunset Strip.

U izvedbi Michaela Damiiana postala je jedinim njegovim #1 hitom i prvim singlom sa zlatnom tiražom, a korištena je u tinejdžerskom filmu Dream a Little Dream 1989.
Obradili su je još: The English hard-rock band Def Leppard na albumu Yeah!, 2006.
The Smashing Pumpkins

1978

17.05.1978 Donna Summer/Village People movie "Thank God It's Friday" debuts in L.A.
18.05.1978 Italy legalizirala abortus
18.05.1978 Konačno je na jednoj oranici u Švicarskoj pornađen ukradeni lijes legendarnog glumca i redatelja Charlija Chaplina. Lopovi, koji su ukrali lijes iz njegova gorba u švicarskom mjestu Veveyu (Veveju), zatražili su od njegove udovice 600.000 $ za otkup posmrtnih ostataka, no, kako je policija sudjelovala u tajnim pregovorima, ubzo su dvojica ucjenjivača uhićena. Vječni skitica se ponovo vratio u grob, ovog puta, zaštićen debelom betonskom pločom.
18.05.1978 The Buddy Holly Story movie premieres in Dallas, Texas, 1978
20.05.1978 SAD lansira svemirsku sondu Pioneer 1, koja ulazi u putanju oko Venere.
14.05.1978 Paul McCartney & Wings - With A Little Luck - US 1 - 2

20.05.1978 PATTY PRAVO - PENSIERO STUPENDO - IT 2
Patty Pravo, simbol žena 1960-ih, popularna talijanska pjevačica i tv zvijezda vlastitog 1970-ih popularnog showa Bravo-Pravo , visokoobrazovana plavuša dobrog izgleda i pravog imena Nicoletta Strambelli, r 09.04.1948. u Veneciji, nakon smrti djeda seli u London, a apotom i u Rim, gdje započinje pjevačku karijeru u klubu Piper. Njena prva pjesma Ragazzo Triste (Sad Boy), prva je pop pjesma koju je pustio Radio Vatikan, što joj je donijelo veliku popularnost, a riječ je o obradi hita Sonnya Bona "But You're Mine".
Uslijedili su hitovi: "La Bambola" bit će rasprodan u više od 9 milijuna kopija širom svijeta. "Sentimento" (Feeling, 1968), "Tripoli '69" (1969), "Il Paradiso" (The Heaven, written by Lucio Battisti in 1969), "Pazza Idea" (Crazy Idea, 1973) and "Pensiero Stupendo" (Stupendous Thought, 1978).
1994. je album Ideogrammi snimila u Kini, a 2004. je izdala 4 albuma.

"Pensiero Stupendo" (Stupendous Thought, 1978), Album: Miss Italia, 1978.

11.06.1978 ANDY GIBB - SHADOW DANCING - US 1 - 7
Andrew Roy Gibb, r 05.03.1958 u Manchesteru, Eng. umro u 30. godini 10.3.88. u Oxfordu, bio je najmlađi brat The Bee Geesa (Barry, Robin, Maurice).
10.03.1988., od upale srčanog mišića, miokarditisa, pet dana nakon navršenih 30 godina umro je najmlađi i po mnogima najtalentiraniji član popularne obitelji Gibb i pripadajuće skupine The Bee Gees, Andy Gibb. Prvi se iz benda otisnuo u solo vode, te je već 1977. imao dva singla na vrhu američke top ljestvice, a početkom 1978. i treći. Uz uspješnju glazbenu karijeru prilično dobro se snašao i kao televizijski voditelj.

Treći Top40 singl i treći #1, Shadow Dancing, Album (2): Shadow Dancing, 1978 (US #7)
Singl je to s njegovog drugog samostalnog albuma, također nazvanog «Shadow Dancing», s kojeg su još skinuta dva singla, Don't Throw It All Away i An Everlasting Love.

US 1- prije su bile I just want to be your everything ’77, Love is thicker than water’77.

20.05.1978 SMOKIE - OH CAROL - UK 5
Engleski glam rock bend Smokie, osobito popularan u Europi tijekom 1970-ih.
Osnovani su 1965. Heatonu, Bradford, osnivač pjevač, gitarist i pijanist Chris Norman, prvotnog naziva The Yen, zatim The Sphynx, pa Essence

10/13 UK Top40; Oh Carol; Album (6): The Montreux Album, 1978.

20.05.1978 MANHATTAN TRANSFER - ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE - UK 20
The Manhattan Transfer je američka skupina nazvana po romanu Johna Dosa Passosa, Manhattan Transfer, a odnosi se na njihove njujorške korijene. Osnovani su u New Yorku 1969. i razišli se prvi puta nakon albuma Jukin' (1971). Drugi pokušaj sastavljanja benda uslijedio je 1972. i aktivni su još danas.

5/8 UKTop40; On a Little Street in Singapore; Album (3): Pastiche, 19.01.1978. (US66, UK10)
On a Little Street in Singapore je jazz pjesma koju potpisuju Peter De Rose i Billy Hill, popualrna tijekom 1930-ih i 1940-ih, snimili su je Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey i mnogi drugi.
Manhattan Trasfer su je objavili na albumu Pastiche, 19.01.1978.

1962

14.05.1962 Ex-President Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years
14.05.1962 Grčka princeza Sophia udaje se Don Juan Carlos iz Španjolske
15.05.1962 US marnici dolaze u Laos
17.05.1962 B. Bumble & Stingers - Nut Rocker - UK 1 -
19.05.1962 U Murnau umrla njemačka slikarica Gabriele Munter. Desetljeće je provela u profesionalnoj i privatnoj vezi sa slikarom i grafičarem Vasilijem Kandinskim (čak su se 1903., dok je Kandinski još uvijek bio vjenčan s prvom suprugom, tajno zaručili). Gabriele Munter rođena je u Berlinu 19. veljače 1877. Najpoznatije su joj slike "Crna maska s ružom", "Ptičji doručak", "Dijete s loptom"...
20.05.1962 Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore - US 1 - 5

04.03.1962 KETTY LESTER - LOVE LETTERS - US 5 – 11 (UK4-19.04.1962)
Američka pjevačica i TV glumica, Ketty Lester, pravim imenom Revoyda Frierson, r 16.08.1934. Hope, Arkansas. Vjerojatno publici najpoznatija po hitu s obje strane Atlantika, Love Letters iz 1962. Kasnije će te 1962. zajednos američkom R&B pjevačicom snimiti album dueta Betty Everett & Ketty Lester.
Tijekom 1970-ih bila je popularnija kao TV glumica.

1/1 UKTop40; 1/1 US hit; Love Letters
U verziji Katty Lester David Lynch ju je koristio u svom filmu Blue Velvet, 1986.

Love Letters je popularna pjesma iz 1945. koju potpisuju Victor Young i Edward Heyman (tekst), koja je u instrumentalnoj verziji korištena u istoimenom filmu, a bila je i nominirana za Oscara. Snimili su je: Dick Haymes, 1945; Ketty Lester, 1962; Elvis Presley, 1966; Alison Moyet, 1987; Cilla Black 1965. na albumu «Cilla»; Sandie Shaw 1965. na albumu Sandie; Sinéad O'Connor 1992. na albumu «Am I Not Your Girl?», Etta James 2001 na albumu Blue Gardenia; The Lettermen na njihovom albumu A New Song for Young Love, 1966.

10.05.1962 BRIAN HYLAND - GINNY COME LATELY - UK 5
Američki pop glazbenik, pjevač i producent, Brian Hyland r 12.11.43. Queens, N.Y.; s 12 godina osnovao grupu Delphis; od 1970. u produkcijskoj suradnji s Del Shannonom.

3/6 UK Top40; Ginny Come Lately

12.04.1962 DANNY WILLIAMS - WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE YOUNG - UK 8
Danny Williams, rođen je 07.01.1942. u Južnoj Africi, a 1960.se preselio u Englesku; Umro 06.12.2005.
Šezdesetih godina popularni južnoafričko - britanski glazbenik Danny Williams umro je 06.12.2005., od raka u 64. godini. Iz Južnoafričke Republike u kojoj je rođen 1942. u Port Elizabethu, s 18 godina preselio se u Veliku Britaniju gdje je proveo ostatak života, a publiku je posebice osvojio baladama. Na vrhu britanske top ljestvice bio je krajem 1961. s obradom klasika Henrya Mancinija, Moon River, iz poznatog filma Blakea Edwardsa Doručak kod Tiffanya.

3/5 UK Top40; Wonderful World Of The Young

03.05.1962 BILLY FURY - LAST NIGHT WAS MADE FOR LOVE - UK 4
Krajem 1950-ih i početkom 1960-ih popularni liverpoolski britanski glazbenik i povremeno glumac, pjevač i skladatelj, Billy Fury, r 17.04.1940 – umro 28.01.1983. Poznat po dobrim brojnim albumima. Nikad u karijeri nije imao #1 hit.
Nakon početnih hitova i napuštanja pratećeg benda The Blue Flames (u kojem je bio i Georgie Fame), Billy Fury priređuje audiciju na kojoj je po prvi puta pod nazivom the Silver Beatles pojavljuju buduću Beatlesi, no nisu prihvatili ponudu os 20 funta tjedno, ali se i Fury više koncentrirao na mainstream balade, a manje ga je zanimao rock'n'roll. Umro je od srčanog udara 28.01.1983. a na njegov grob oboavatelji i danas svakodnevno donose svježe cvijeće. Na Albert Docku u Liverpoolu od 2003. nalazi se kip Billy Furya, djelo liverpoolskog majstora Toma Murphya.
Hitovi: "It's Only Make Believe" i "I Will" (written by Dick Glasser), I Will je bila kasnije veliki hit Deana Martina 1965., odnosno Ruby Winter 1977.
Njegova pjesma "A Wondrous Place" mogla se čuti u reklami za Toyotu 1999.

Filmovi:
Play It Cool,1962. modelled on the Elvis movies. It featured Helen Shapiro, Danny Rivers, Shane Fenton (aka Alvin Stardust) and Bobby Vee who appeared with the Vernons Girls.
That'll Be The Day, 1973. (David Essex i Ringo Starr)

14/48 ukup.singl; Last Night Was Made For Love / A King For Tonight

1955

14.05.1955 Osnovan Varšavski pakt, kao odgovor na priključenje Zap. Njemačke NATO-u. Uključuje 7 istočnoeuropskih zemalja:Albanija, Bugarska, Čehoslovačka, Ist. Njemačka, Mađarska, Poljska i Rumunjska uz SSSR, čime dobivaju unificirnu vojnu strukturu sa sjedištem u Moskvi i stalne naoružane postrjbe SSSR-a u svakoj zemlji članici.
14.05.1955 U Varšavi je potpisan ugovor o osnivanju Varšavskog pakta. Ugovor su potpisale Albanija, Bugarska, Mađarska, DDR, Poljska, Rumunjska, SSSR i Čehoslovačka. /
15.05.1955 U Beču je potpisan Austrijski državni ugovor kojim je okončana desetogodišnja saveznička okupacija, a Austrija postala nezavisna republika u granicama od 1. siječnja 1938. /
20.05.1955 Argentine parliament odvaja crkvu od države
14.05.1955 Georgia Gibbs - Dance With Me Henry - US 1 - 3

15.05.1955 JO STAFFORD - YOUNG AND FOOLISH - CB 40
Jo Stafford (Jo Elizabeth Stafford, r 12.11.1917, in Coalinga, California
Jedna od najpopularnijih pjevačica 40s i 50s, studirala ozbiljnu glazbu i namjeravala započeti karijeru sopranistice ali nakon 5 godina napornog rada pridružila se svojim dvjema sestrama country, kasnije se pridružuje Tommyu Dorseyu, a 1942 i započinje samostalnu karijeru za Capitol R., s velikim hitovima "Candy" (s Johnny Mercer), "That's For Me", "Serenade Of The Bells", "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Tennessee Waltz". 1950 prelazi u Columbia R, nastavljajući s uspjesima singlovima "Make Love To Me", "Shrimp Boats", "Keep It A Secret", "Jambalaya" i najprodavanijim "You Belong To Me". Vrlo je bitno da je te uspjehe producirao i aranžirao njezin suprug, proslavljeni Paul Weston. (str 405)

Bila je jedna od začetnica moderne glazbene parodije osvojivši pritom i Grammya za Best Comedy Album 1961. pod nazivom Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris, snimljen sa suprugom Paulom Westonom,

Nije u 78. pjesma koji su bili na Billboardovoj top ljestvici u Top40, ali je na Cash Boxu

Young and Foolish je popularna pjesma koju potpisuju Albert Hague i lyrics by Arnold B. Horwitt, objavljena je 1954. a predstavljena je te godine u mjuziklu Plain And Fancy.
Snimio ju je, među ostalim i Ronnie Hilton (US17 – 1956).

25.02.1955 NAT KING COLE - A BLOSSOM FELL - UK 3

63/91 Top40; A Blossom Fell / B: If I May (Nat King Cole & The Four Knights)

A Blossom Fell je popularna pjesma iz 1954. čiji su autori: Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius, i Dominic John.
A cover version by Ronnie Hilton, also recorded in 1955, charted in the United Kingdom, reaching #10 on the UK Singles Chart.
British singer Dickie Valentine's version appeared on Variety's juke box listing.
The song also featured in Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands.

25.06.1955 SAMMY DAVIS JR. - LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME - US 20 – 1

4/10 US Top40; Love Me Or Leave Me

Love Me Or Leave Me; Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Gus Kahn; tema iz broadwayske predstvave Whoopee! Prvi ju je puta snimila 17.12.1928. Ruth Etting za Columbia Records; US#2 1929 by Ruth Etting, čija je verzija 2005. je uvrštena u a GRAMMY Hall Of Fame; Pjesmu je snimio i Benny Goodman u dva navrata 1934. i 1936.
Doris Day ju je snimila 1955. za film “Love me or leave me” o životu jedne od najvećih pjevačica svih vremena Ruth Etting, u kojem baš Doris igra glavnu uloge velike pjevačice. Top je bio drugi film koji je Doris snimila s glumce m Jamesom Cagneyem;

14.05.1955 GEORGIA GIBBS - DANCE WITH ME HENRY - US 1 – 3
Popularna američka pjevačica Georgia Gibbs, pravim imenom Frieda Lipschitz, r 17.08.1919 Worcester, Massachusetts – umrla 09.12.2006.u New Yorku od leukemije u 88. godini (u New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center).

“Her Nibs, Miss Gibbs” Kako ju je prozvao Garry Moore na čuvenom radijskom showu kojeg je vodio s Jimmyjem Durante-om; pravo ime Freda Gibbons; Worcester, Massachusetts; od 1937-38 pjevala u Lucky Strike Radio Show; surađivala s mnogim zvijezdama 40’tih poput Artie Showa 1942;
Obrada pjesme The Mindightersa iz R&B#1 iz ’54 “Work with me Annie” i Ette James R&B#1 iz ’55 “The Wallflower”. Slušali smo 'Tweedle Dee' (obrada hita LaVern Baker) US#2

2/2 US1; Dance With Me Henry;
Pjesma The Wallflower poznata i pod nazivom "Roll With Me Henry" i "Dance with Me, Henry", nastala je kao odgovor na pjesmu "Work With Me Annie". Autori su Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard i Etta James, koja ju je i snimila pod nazivom "The Wallflower", i koja je 2008. godine uvrštena u Grammy Hall of Fame.
Georgia Gibbs ju je prepjavala pod nazivom Dance With Me Henry.

1941

14.05.1941 3,600 pariških Židova uhićeno
16.05.1941 Parlament Islanda ukinuo je ugovor s Kraljevinom Danskom iz 1814. po kojem je zemlja bila pod danskom dominacijom i proglasio nezavisnost. Nezavisna Republika Island proglašena je 17.lipnja 1944. nakon referenduma.
16.05.1941 Talijanska postrojba pod zapovjedništvom Aosta predala se Britancima u Amba Alagi Ethiopia
18.05.1941 Umjetnički život je težak i mučanm no ne bih drugo zvanje odabrala, rekla je pred smrt Milka Trnina, glasovita hrvatske i svjetska operna umjetnica. Kritičari su je ocjenili najboljom Toscom (Puccini je izjavio da se nijedna Tosca ne može usporediti s Trninom), i jednom od najvećih vagnerijanki svih vremena. Na vrhuncu umjetničke zrelosti 1906. Trnina se povukla s pozornice zbog bolesti posvetivši se odgoju mladih talenata u Zagrebu. Nažalost, njezin sjajni sopran nije sačuvan na gramafonskim pločama. Rodila se 19.12.1863. u Vezišću kraj Ivanić Grada.
18.05.1941 Ustaški poglavnik Ante Pavelić stavio je potpis na Rimske ugovore kojima je Italija dobila dijelove Hrvatskog primorja i Gorskog kotara te Dalmaciju, kolijevku hrvatske državnosti i kulture. Istru, Rijeku i Zadar Jugoslavija je već otprije prepustila talijanskoj upravi. Pregovora nikakvih nije ni bilo, Rim je samo odstupio od prvotne zamisli o carinskoj uniji i podčinjavanju oružanih snaga NDH. Pavelić je tajio dogovor i u najužem krugu istomišljenika. Mučan dojam pojačala je i činjenica da je vojvoda od Spoleta određen za "hrvatskog kralja" pod imenom Tomislav II, čime se uspostavljala personalna unija s Italijom. Sramotni rimski ugovori izazvali su krajnju ogorčenost u hrvatskom narodu, čak i u onm dijelu koji je NDH ispočetka vidio ostvarenje hrvatske samostalnosti. Poslije kapitulacije Italije antifašistički ZAVNOH donio je odluku o povratku matici zemlji svih otetih hrvatskih krajeva.
20.05.1941 Hitler je uoči napada na SSSR, zračno-desantnim snagama, počeo napad na otok Kretu, posljednje britansko uporište u grčkim vodama. Njegove snage su zauzele otok, ali su pretrpjele tolike gubitke da ih Njemačka više nije mogla koristiti u velikim ratnim operacijama.
20.05.1941 Italija u WWII pripojila Boku Kotorsku s dijelom dubrovačkog kotara i nazvala je Pokrajina Boka Kotorska. /
20.05.1941 Njemačka je spuštanjem padobranaca počela invaziju Krete, koju su u višemjesečnim borbama uspjeli zauzeti.

15.03.1941 JIMMY DORSEY V/BOB EBERLY /HELEN O'CONNELL - AMAPOLA - US 1 (10) – 17

37/100 US hit; 6/12 US1; Amapola

Amapola popularna pjesma španjolskog kompozitora Josepha LaCallea nastala 1924., dok je autor teksta na engleskom Albert Gamse. Gotovo 20 godina je trebalo da postane popularnom ponajprije zahvaljujući Jimmyu Dorseyu koji ju je za Deccu snimio 1941. sa svojim orkestrom uz Helen O'Connell i Boba Eberlya na vokalima (US1-10).
Instrumentala verzija našla se u gangsterskom filmu Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

Phonostalgia 241 - 20.05.2008.

01.05.1993 QUEEN/G. MICHAEL/L. STANSFIELD - FIVE LIVE {EP} (SOMEBODY TO LOVE - US BIGGEST MOVER) - UK 1 – 3

57/71 ukup.singl; 5/6 UK1; Five Live E.P., 19.04.1993.

"Somebody to Love" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and performed by English rock band Queen featured on the 1976 album A Day at the Races.
Like "Bohemian Rhapsody", the major hit from Queen's previous album, "Somebody to Love" has a complex melody and deep layering of vocal tracks, this time based on a gospel choir arrangement. It was the first single off the album A Day at the Races. It is a rock ballad on which band members Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor multitracked their voices to create the impression of a 100-voice gospel choir. The lyrics, especially combined with the gospel influence, create a song about faith, desperation and soul-searching; the singer questions both the lack of love experienced in his life and the role and existence of God. Staying true to Queen's guitar-driven style, it was also filled with intricate harmonies and a notable guitar solo by Brian May, and it went to number 2 on the UK charts and number 13 on the U.S. singles chart.
At the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert held at Wembley Stadium, the song was performed by George Michael, and this was later rereleased in 1993 as the lead track of an EP called Five Live which went to #1 in the UK. This version is also available on Greatest Hits III, released in 1999.
During American Idol season 5, Brian May, while working with Elliott Yamin, said this song was written with Aretha Franklin in mind.

In 1977 there was an Italian version, "Un uomo per me" ("A man for me"), performed by Mia Martini with the chorus "I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni". It's included on Martini's album Per amarti ("To love you").

Five Live, released in 1993, features five (in some countries, where it is considered to be a reduced-length long-playing album, six) tracks, performed by George Michael, Queen, and Lisa Stansfield. Somebody to Love and These Are the Days of Our Lives (both also availbale on video) were recorded at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held on 20.04.1992, at Wembley Stadium. In particular, the live performance of the opener gave Michael a lot more credibility as an adult artist, making him one of the few acts of the evening to be praised for fitting Freddie's hard, controversial shoes.
All proceeds from the sale of the EP benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Sales of the record were in fact very strong throughout Europe, where it debuted at Number One, in the UK Singles Chart, and several European countries, either considered as a single, an extended play, or an LP. Chart success in the U.S. was far less spectacular, but the EP still peaked at Number 30 on the Billboard 200.
An edited shorter version of Killer and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, a live medley already (performed by George at the Wembley Arena, as Calling You was, from the "Bagdad Café" soundtrack, also previously, but less successfully covered, by Paul Young), was released by George Michael as a further independent single, in some territories only. The singer also shot a video for it, where he did not appear personally though (it was during the time when the artist refused to exploit his outward look, which he though would distract the audience from the music, his main concern).
While These Are the Days of Our Lives, played by Queen, is actually a duet between George Michael and Lisa Stansfield's extremely soulful voices, the sixth optional track is represented by a short performance by Queen, entitled Dear Friends, originally sung by Freddie Mercury himself. Recorded in 1974, this constitutes the one studio recording on the record.
Usually, countries where the six-track work is distributed consider it to be as a short LP, whereas those where the five-track (hence, its title) work is available generally tend to see it as an EP or even (if Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone was not marketed independently in those same territories) as a particularly long or content-rich single. However, no matter its status, whether an EP, a short album or a long single, the work as a whole sold an estimated 5 million copies worldwide

26.03.1989 CHER & PETER CETERA - AFTER ALL - US 6 – 11

32.ukup.singl; After All (US6; UK84) (prodan u 1,5 mil); Album (20): Heart of Stone, 19.06.1989. (US10; UK7); soundtrack: Chances Are (1989 romantic comedy)

"After All" is a ballad performed as a duet by American singer and actress Cher and American singer Peter Cetera, released in 1989. It was used as the love theme for the movie Chances Are and was also the first US single release from Cher's 28th album Heart of Stone.
The single peaked at number six in the United States and Canada, the only two countries where the song was officially released. However, it did manage to enter some European charts due to airplay, including Ireland, where it peaked at 24, and the United Kingdom, where it made it made to 84.
"After All" also became Cher's first number one hit on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States. Although the song found strong success in the United States, no video was ever made.

Side Note: Cher and Peter never recorded in the same studio. Each track was recorded separately then mixed together.
There is no footage of Cher and Cetera ever performing this song live together.

Cher did perform a solo version of the song during her Heart Of Stone and Love Hurts tours. She then performed it with her keyboardist/musical director, Paul Mirkovich, for her Believe and Farewell tours. These particular performances would accompany a video montage of Cher in film, which would start before the song begins.


Heart of Stone was released on June 19, 1989 and was the second for Geffen Records. Like on her previous album, Cher, Peter Asher, Jon Bon Jovi, Diane Warren, Guy Roche and Desmond Child performed songwriting and/or producing duties, Bonnie Tyler did backing vocals with Michael Bolton in Emotional Fire.
The album was recorded in late 1988/early 1989, during the third year of Cher's relationship to Rob Camilletti. She dedicated the album to him. The record is still regarded by many fans as one of her best.
The album was originally released with cover artwork featuring Cher sitting in front of a heart made of stone, creating the illusion of a skull (see picture below). The artwork was changed shortly after its release, making copies with the original artwork collector's items.
Heart of Stone became her biggest selling album at that time peaked at #7 in UK and #10 in U.S. having sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
Cher recorded two other songs for the album "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" and "Some Guys" but neither made the final cut. A remixed version of "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" was included on the Geffen compilation album If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits. The reissue of the album, however, does not include the song. A demo version of "Some Guys" was included on the "If I Could Turn Back Time" 7 and 12 inch single.
"Heart of Stone" and "If I Could Turn Back Time" were both slightly remixed and included those versions on the single. The "Heart of Stone" remix is available on CD on the compilation If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits issued by Geffen Records.

Chances Are is a 1989 romantic comedy film written by Perry & Randy Howze and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, and Mary Stuart Masterson. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre. The film's tagline is: "Alex has a lifetime full of wonderful memories. Unfortunately, they're not his."
The movie soundtrack included the Billboard's Top 10 single hit song "After All" (composed by Tom Snow and lyrics by Dean Pitchford) performed by Cher and Peter Cetera. This was nominated for Academy Awards Best Original Song.

Album: Heart of Stone - Sales worldwide: 11+ million[2]
Sales Flag of the United States: 4.0 million [3]
4× Platinum (08/10/98)
Sales Flag of the United Kingdom: 0.3 million [4]
Platinum (02/01/90)

15.10.1988 ELTON JOHN - A WORD IN SPANISH - US 19 – 6

Sir Elton Hercules John (r Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist.
In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums[citation needed] and over one hundred million singles,[3] making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums, 59 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, 4 #2 hits, and nine #1 hits.[4] He has won five Grammy awards and one Academy Award. His success has had a profound impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #49 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.[5]
Some of the characteristics of John's music are his ability to quickly craft melodies for the lyrics of songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, his former rich tenor (now baritone) voice, his classical and gospel-influenced piano, the aggressive orchestral arrangements of Paul Buckmaster among others and the flamboyant fashions and on-stage showmanship, especially evident during the 1970s.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s and was knighted in 1998. He entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005 and continues to be a champion for the LGBT social movements. On April 9, 2008 Elton John held a benefit concert for the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, and raised $2.5 million.

75. ukup.singl; A Word in Spanish (US19; UK91); Album (21): Reg Strikes Back (US16; UK18), 4 milijuna primjeraka

A Word in Spanish, treći singl s albuma Reg Strikes Back

Reg Strikes Back is the twenty-first studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1988. It was his self-proclaimed comeback album, and his own way of fighting back against bad press. The "Reg" in Reg Strikes Back refers to Elton John's birth name, Reginald Kenneth Dwight. This is the last album that bassist Dee Murray would appear on. He died in 1992. The tracks "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That" and "A Word In Spanish" peaked at #2 and #19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.
Elton John does not play a grand piano on this album, replacing it with a Roland RD-1000 digital piano, a mainstay of the Elton sound until 1994.

22.04.1989 SIMPLE MINDS - THIS IS YOUR LAND - UK 13
Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, which had its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work.

Simple Minds have secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being its number one worldwide hit single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.
Founding members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar), along with drummer Mel Gaynor, are the core of the band, which currently features Mark Taylor / Andy Gillespie on keyboards and Eddie Duffy on bass guitar.


25. ukup.singl; This Is Your Land / Saturday Girl (10.04.1989.); Album (9): Street Fighting Years (UK1); Treći singl s albuma.

"This Is Your Land" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds from their album Street Fighting Years. The song came #13 on the U.S. Pop.

Street Fighting Years is an album by Simple Minds, released in 1989. It was a major stylistic departure from the previous album, 1985's Once Upon A Time, and contained the band's most overtly political lyrics. The album reached Number 1 in the UK on the success of the chart-topping single "Belfast Child", and was well-reviewed, receiving a rare five-star review in Q Magazine. Despite contributions from Lou Reed and ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland, as well as production by Yes member Trevor Horn, the album performed poorly in the USA and produced no hit singles.

Singlovi s albuma Street Fighting Years: (Belfast Child UK1; Mandela Day; This Is Your Land UK13; Take A Step Back; Kick It In; Let It All Come Down UK 18).


28.05.1989 MICHAEL DAMIIAN - ROCK ON - US 1 – 1
Michael Damian is an American actor, singer and producer, known mainly for his eighteen-year run on the #1-rated daytime drama, The Young and the Restless.
Born in San Diego, California, Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry Marshall-directed comedy Young Doctors in Love. Later followed a recurring role for two seasons on NBC's The Facts of Life. He is married to Janeen Best, a former Solid Gold dancer and the daughter of the actor James Best (The Dukes of Hazzard).
After leaving "The Young and the Restless," Damian landed the starring role in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The production became the highest grossing revival in Los Angeles history, before hitting Broadway, where it continued to break box office records as well as earning Damian a Grammy nomination.
In addition to his Broadway career, Damian has released 5 albums and has had 8 top 40 hits including his #1 single "Rock On", which earned him his first gold record. He also won a BMI Song-writing Award for his hit single, "Was It Nothing At All".
Damian made his feature film directorial debut with the award winning indie comedy Hot Tamale[1], which he co-wrote and produced with his wife, Janeen. He went on to write and direct the family dramedy Moondance Alexander, to be released by Fox in April 2008.
Damian reprised the role of "Danny Romalotti" on "The Young and the Restless" in March 2008, as part of the show's 35th anniversary celebration.

"Rock On" is a song that was composed and sung by English singer/songwriter David Essex. In March of 1974, it was a Top 5 song (reaching the #5 position) on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop-music chart. It was Essex's only Billboard Top 40 hit. The song also reached the #3 spot on the UK Singles Chart. "Rock On", which also appeared on the eponymous album by Essex in 1973 (see 1973 in music), also appeared in the movie That'll Be the Day, a 1973 release in which Essex had a starring role. The song can still frequently be heard on oldies radio stations.
Essex's song is also the opening song for the 2000-release movie Sunset Strip.

The song features a slow-tempo, soulful vocal delivery sung in a minor key, along with a minimalist, heavily-bass-driven instrumental accompaniment to Essex's vocals. The lyrics pay homage to early rock and roll and its surrounding youth subculture, and notably mentions to 1950s iconic rebel James Dean. The vocals are punctuated with distortion and echo effects to add to the soulful, hip, "power delivery" of Essex's lyrics. Still further adding to the song's emotion-laden, slightly-haunting feel is a heartbeat-sounding percussive hook at the beginning of the song, an atonal string glide in the middle of the song, a very brief duet with a very-soulful-sounding, deep-voiced backup singer towards the end of the song, and muffled-sounding, staccato percussive riffs interspersed throughout the song.

"Rock On" was covered by soap opera star and singer Michael Damian in 1989 (see 1989 in music) and featured in the teen film, Dream a Little Dream. Damian's version reached the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, thus outperforming Essex's original version.

The English hard-rock band Def Leppard covered the song on their 2006 album, Yeah!, which features cover versions of 1970s rock hits. It was released as the second single from the album.
The American alternative-rock group The Smashing Pumpkins included a live cover version of "Rock On", performed during their Sacred and Profane tour, on their 2001-release album Judas Ø, a bonus disc (containing B-sides and rarities) which accompanied the group's greatest hits album Rotten Apples.

20.05.1978 PATTY PRAVO - PENSIERO STUPENDO - IT 2
Patty Pravo is the stage name of Italian pop singer Nicoletta Strambelli, born in Venice on 9 April 1948.
She studied at the conservatory institute Benedetto Marcello and has known American poet and writer Ezra Pound and the pope Angelo Roncalli (Pope John XXIII).
Irrepressible and adventurous, at age 15 she left home to live in London and then Rome.
In Rome she began her career singing in the night club called Piper Club. In 1966 she made her first single, "Ragazzo Triste" (Sad Boy), the highly successful Italian version of the song "But You're Mine" by Sonny Bono.
Patty followed that by recording numerous songs, the most popular being "Qui e là" (Here and There), "Se Perdo Te" (If I Lose You, 1967), "La Bambola" (The Doll, 1968), "Sentimento" (Feeling, 1968), "Tripoli '69" (1969), "Il Paradiso" (The Heaven, written by Lucio Battisti in 1969), "Pazza Idea" (Crazy Idea, 1973) and "Pensiero Stupendo" (Stupendous Thought, 1978).
She is featured on many Italian television programs and in 1970 she hosted her own program called Bravo-Pravo!, broadcast on French television. She became a symbol for women of the 60s, exemplifying their evolution from more established conservative roles. Patty is blonde, lithe and striking in appearance, yet she has a deep voice, ideally suited for rock and dramatic musicals. In 1978, she appeared on a TV show called Stryx, wearing very strange and provocative clothing which had many heads turning.
She became more prolific, and by 1994 was traveling to China to record her album Ideogrammi. In 1995 she returned to Italy and re-emerged in 1997 singing "E Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire", written by Vasco Rossi.
She seems to have discovered a new-found creativity, releasing four albums in 2004 alone.

Album: Miss Italia, 1978.

Popularna plavuša jako dobrog izgleda, Nicoletta Strambelli, rođena u Veneciji, nakon smrti djeda seli u London gdje će biti zapažena u vrućem spotu Piper. Njena pjesma Ragazzo Triste, prva je pop pjesma koju je pustio Radio Vatikan, što joj je donijelo veliku popularnost. Singl "La Bambola" bit će rasprodan u više od 9 milijuna kopija širom svijeta. Zatim slijede hitovi "Qui e la", "Il paradiso" and "Tripoli iz 1969. Pazza Idea iz ’73, Pensiero Stupendo ’78.

11.06.1978 ANDY GIBB - SHADOW DANCING - US 1 - 7
Andrew Roy Gibb, r 05.03.1958 u Manchesteru, Eng. umro u 30. godini 10.3.88. u Oxfordu, bio je najmlađi brat The Bee Geesa (Barry, Robin, Maurice).
10.03.1988., od upale srčanog mišića, miokarditisa, pet dana nakon navršenih 30 godina umro je najmlađi i po mnogima najtalentiraniji član popularne obitelji Gibb i pripadajuće skupine The Bee Gees, Andy Gibb. Prvi se iz benda otisnuo u solo vode, te je već 1977. imao dva singla na vrhu američke top ljestvice, a početkom 1978. i treći. Uz uspješnju glazbenu karijeru prilično dobro se snašao i kao televizijski voditelj.

Treći Top40 singl i treći #1, Shadow Dancing, Album (2): Shadow Dancing, 1978 (US #7)
Singl je to s njegovog drugog samostalnog albuma, također nazvanog «Shadow Dancing», s kojeg su još skinuta dva singla, Don't Throw It All Away i An Everlasting Love.

US 1- prije su bile I just want to be your everything ’77, Love is thicker than water’77.

20.05.1978 SMOKIE - OH CAROL - UK 5
Smokie are an English glam rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe in the 1970s.
Originally called The Yen, then The Sphynx and later Essence, the band was formed in 1965 at St. Bede's Grammar School in Heaton, Bradford. It comprised of Chris Norman (vocals/guitar/piano) born Christopher Ward Norman, 25 October 1950, Redcar, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire),

10/13 UK Top40; Oh Carol; Album (6): The Montreux Album, 1978.

20.05.1978 MANHATTAN TRANSFER - ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE - UK 20
The Manhattan Transfer is the name of two incarnations of an American vocal group, with Tim Hauser being the only link between the two groups. The group's name comes from John Dos Passos' 1925 novel Manhattan Transfer and reflects their New York origins.
The first group, established in New York City in 1969, disbanded after producing a single album, Jukin' (1971). The second line-up (on which this article focuses) was set up in 1972 and is still together as of 2007. It is famous for mixing jazz, big band, and popular music styles.

5/8 UKTop40; On a Little Street in Singapore; Album (3): Pastiche, 19.01.1978. (US66, UK10)

On a Little Street in Singapore is a jazz song written by Peter De Rose and Billy Hill. Though now obscure, it had some measure of popularity in the 1930s and 40s, marked by a number of high-profile performances. Artists to cover the song included Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey among others. Manhattan Transfer covered it again in 1972. The song features a haunting, lazy hook in a minor key, with numerous diminished chords. The overall impression is both languid and wistful.

Pastiche was released by The Manhattan Transfer on January 19, 1978, It was re-issued on the Rhino on November 15, 1994. This was the last studio album recorded with Laurel Massé, who left the group later that year.

04.03.1962 KETTY LESTER - LOVE LETTERS - US 5 – 11 (UK4-19.04.1962)
Revoyda Frierson, r 16.8.34. Hope, Arkansas; ’55 seli u L.A. Nastupila u nekoliko fimova i TV emisija.

Ketty Lester (born Revoyda Frierson, 16 August 1934, Hope, Arkansas) is an American singer and television actress, who is probably best known for her 1962 hit single, "Love Letters", which reached the Top 5 of the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
Lester began her singing career after studying music at San Francisco State College and performed in the city's Purple Onion club in the early 1950s. Later she would join Cab Calloway's orchestra on a European tour. After a brief stint in an off-Broadway production entitled Cabin in the Sky, she was signed to Era Records which released "Love Letters". The song would become a big seller in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and reach Number #2 on the Billboard R&B chart.
Also in 1962, Lester would collaborate with American R&B singer Betty Everett, and the duo released the album, Betty Everett & Ketty Lester.
Lester would later establish herself as a television actress in the 1970s and 1980s. She played the roles of 'Helen Grant' in the soap opera, Days of Our Lives from 1975 to 1977, and 'Hester-Sue Terhune' on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie from 1978 to 1983.

1/1 UKTop40; 1/1 US hit; Love Letters

"Love Letters" is a 1945 popular song with music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman. The song appeared, without lyrics, in the movie of the same name, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for 1945.
The song has been performed many times, but the best-known versions were made by Dick Haymes (in 1945), by Ketty Lester (in 1962), by Elvis Presley (in 1966) and by Alison Moyet (1987). The song has also been recorded by Cilla Black for her 1965 album Cilla, Sandie Shaw for her 1965 album Sandie, Sinéad O'Connor for her 1992 album Am I Not Your Girl? and Etta James, for her 2001 album Blue Gardenia.
A version by The Lettermen appeared on their 1966 album A New Song for Young Love. It was also released as the b-side of their single "I Only Have Eyes for You."
David Lynch used Ketty Lester's version in the soundtrack of his 1986 film, Blue Velvet.

10.05.1962 BRIAN HYLAND - GINNY COME LATELY - UK 5
Bio zajedno s Del Shannonom u produkcijskoj kompaniji ’70; r 12.11.43. Queens, N.Y.; s 12 godina osn grupu Delphis; od 1970. u produkcijskoj suradnji s Del Shannonom

Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943, in Woodhaven, Queens, New York) is an American pop recording artist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s.

3/6 UK Top40; Ginny Come Lately

12.04.1962 DANNY WILLIAMS - WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE YOUNG - UK 8
Danny Williams, rođen je 07.01.1942. u Južnoj Africi, a 1960.se preselio u Englesku; Umro 06.12.2005.
Šezdesetih godina popularni južnoafričko - britanski glazbenik Danny Williams umro je na današnji dan, 06.12.2005., od raka u 64. godini. Iz Južnoafričke Republike u kojoj je rođen 1942. u Port Elizabethu, s 18 godina preselio se u Veliku Britaniju gdje je proveo ostatak života, a publiku je posebice osvojio baladama. Na vrhu britanske top ljestvice bio je krajem 1961. s obradom klasika Henrya Mancinija, Moon River, iz poznatog filma Blakea Edwardsa Doručak kod Tiffanya.
28.12.1961 Danny Williams - Moon River - Uk 1

3/5 UK Top40; Wonderful World Of The Young

03.05.1962 BILLY FURY - LAST NIGHT WAS MADE FOR LOVE - UK 4

Billy Fury (born Ronald William Wycherley, 17 April 1940 - 28 January 1983), was an internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which damaged his heart, contributed to his death.
Born at Smithdown Hospital (now Sefton General Hospital), Smithdown Road, Liverpool, Ronnie Wycherley first attended a gig in Liverpool run by impresario Larry Parnes, in the hope of interesting established artiste Marty Wilde in some of the songs he had written. Instead, in an episode that has become pop music legend, Parnes pushed young Wycherley up on stage right away. He was such an immediate success that Parnes signed him, added him to the tour, and renamed him "Billy Fury".
He released his first hit for Decca, "Maybe Tomorrow", in 1959. By March 1960, he hit UK Number 9 with his own composition "Collette", followed by "That's Love" and his first album The Sound Of Fury (1960), which featured a young Joe Brown on lead guitar, with backup vocals by The Four Jays.
After further hits and sacking his band The Blue Flames—which included keyboardist Georgie Fame—auditions were held for a new group and held by Parnes in Liverpool. Among those who failed were the pre-fame Beatles, who for the first time called themselves The Silver Beetles. They were offered the job for £20 a week on condition that they sacked bass guitar player Stuart Sutcliffe. John Lennon refused and the band left after Lennon had secured Fury's autograph. The Beatles were salvaged, however, by being sent on a tour of Scotland with Johnny Gentle and Duffy Power, who were a couple more of Parnes' acts.
Fury concentrated less on Rock 'n' Roll and more on mainstream ballads, such as "Halfway to Paradise" and "Jealousy" (both 1961, each of which reached number 2 in the British Singles Chart). This was Decca's decision to mould Fury into a teen idol after his last self-penned song, "My Christmas Prayer", had failed to chart. The years 1962 and 1963 were Billy Fury's best years chartwise. However, he was not a typical teen idol; there was too much sexuality in his performances and his renditions were never lightweight in the mould of some singers like Craig Douglas or Jimmy Justice. Fury's fans and contemporaries in music knew he was a rocker and the real thing musically.
In 1962 Fury appeared in his first film Play It Cool, modelled on the Elvis movies. It featured Helen Shapiro, Danny Rivers, Shane Fenton (aka Alvin Stardust) and Bobby Vee who appeared with the Vernons Girls. The hit single from the film was "Once Upon a Dream". In the film Fury did not get the girl but stayed with his friends. There are notable performances by many well-known British actors and performers such as Richard Wattis, Lionel Blair and Dennis Price. The music highlight of the film is Fury's singing of the title track.
Billy Fury was known for excellent albums. His We Want Billy (released 1963, with The Tornados) was one of the first live albums in British rock history and featured renditions of his major hits and covers of several classic R&B songs such as "Unchain My Heart" by Ray Charles. "Turn Your Lamp Down Low" (recorded in 1965 with backing band The Gamblers) was one of the earliest examples of a British act recording a track in the reggae style (with the emphasis on the second and fourth beats of each bar).
In 1965 he appeared in the film I've Gotta Horse, which featured the band The Bachelors. The movie was not a success but it seemed more real, and there are many interesting references to the British seaside towns of the 1960s. A few of the minor roles are notable for appearances by Michael Medwin and Jon Pertwee of Doctor Who fame. The album from the film is available in stereo.
Having had more UK hits, such as "It's Only Make Believe" and "I Will" (written by Dick Glasser, not to be confused with the Paul McCartney song), both in 1964, and "In Thoughts of You" in 1965, Fury began a lengthy absence from the charts in 1967, and underwent surgery for heart problems caused by rheumatic fever which led to his abandoning touring. Despite spending many weeks on the charts, Billy Fury never achieved a number one single, but he remained popular even after his hits stopped. Fury's song "I Will" would become a US hit for Dean Martin in 1965 and would later be a US hit for Ruby Winters in 1977.

In 1973, Fury came out of retirement to play rock 'n' roller "Stormy Tempest" in the film That'll Be The Day. The film, starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, was roughly based on the early days of The Beatles. Ringo Starr was from the same Dingle area of Liverpool as Fury, and had originally played drums for Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, who the Stormy Tempest group were said to be modelled on.
In 1981 and 1982, Fury was signed to Polydor Records by A&R man Frank Neilson and recorded a comeback album, The One And Only (released posthumously) with Shakin' Stevens' producer Stuart Colman and several singles. Because of his health, Fury did little touring to promote the new album. His last public appearance was at the Sunnyside, Northampton, in December 1982. He recorded a live performance for the television show Unforgettable featuring six of his old hits. At the request of his mother, only four were transmitted, however, as the two others had such great emotional attachment for her.
Fury lived with Lee Middleton from 1959 to 1967, married Judith Hall in May 1969 and lived with the property heiress Lisa Rosen from 1971 until his death on 28 January 1983 at Paddington, West London.
The song "A Wondrous Place" which was a great favourite of Fury's (so much so that he recorded it at least four times during his career) later received much airplay on British television when it was used as the theme for a Toyota Yaris car advertisement in 1999 and 2000.
Billy Fury was a keen amateur birdwatcher.
He is buried at the Paddington District Cemetery, Milespit Hill, Mill Hill, London NW7, and his grave is always well maintained, with fresh flowers and messages from fans.

14/48 ukup.singl; Last Night Was Made For Love / A King For Tonight

Billy Fury statue at Albert Dock, Liverpool, by Tom Murphy, a Liverpool sculptor, in 2003. The sculpture was donated to National Museums Liverpool by 'The Sound of Fury' fan club. Picture taken 2008-03-08. Birkenhead and the River Mersey in the background.

15.05.1955 JO STAFFORD - YOUNG AND FOOLISH - CB 40
Nije u 78. pjesma koji su bili na Billboardovoj top ljestvici u Top40, ali je na Cash Boxu

"Young and Foolish" is a popular song.
The music was written by Albert Hague, the lyrics by Arnold B. Horwitt. The song was published in 1954.
The song was introduced in the musical Plain And Fancy.
It has been recorded by many singers. A cover version by Ronnie Hilton reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart in 1956.

25.02.1955 NAT KING COLE - A BLOSSOM FELL - UK 3

63/91 Top40; A Blossom Fell / B: If I May (Nat King Cole & The Four Knights)

"A Blossom Fell" is a popular song.
It was written by Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius, and Dominic John and published in 1954.
The best-known version was recorded by Nat King Cole. The recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 3095. The B-side was "If I May." The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 27, 1955 and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. [1] (Note that in this era, Billboard combined data for both sides of two-sided hits, so the #2 status applies to the combination of "A Blossom Fell" and "If I May").
A cover version by Ronnie Hilton, also recorded in 1955, charted in the United Kingdom, reaching #10 on the UK Singles Chart. British singer Dickie Valentine's version appeared on Variety's juke box listing.
The song also featured in Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands.

25.06.1955 SAMMY DAVIS JR. - LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME - US 20 – 1

4/10 US Top40; Love Me Or Leave Me

Love Me Or Leave Me; Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Gus Kahn; tema iz broadwayske predstvave Whoopee! Prvi ju je puta snimila 17.12.1928. Ruth Etting za Columbia Records; US#2 1929 by Ruth Etting, čija je verzija 2005. je uvrštena u a GRAMMY Hall Of Fame; Pjesmu je snimio i Benny Goodman u dva navrata 1934. i 1936.
Doris Day ju je snimila 1955. za film “Love me or leave me” o životu jedne od najvećih pjevačica svih vremena Ruth Etting, u kojem baš Doris igra glavnu uloge velike pjevačice. Top je bio drugi film koji je Doris snimila s glumce m Jamesom Cagneyem;


14.05.1955 GEORGIA GIBBS - DANCE WITH ME HENRY - US 1 – 3
“Her Nibs, Miss Gibbs” Kako ju je prozvao Garry Moore na čuvenom radijskom showu kojeg je vodio s Jimmyjem Durante-om; pravo ime Freda Gibbons; Worcester, Massachusetts; od 1937-38 pjevala u Lucky Strike Radio Show; surađivala s mnogim zvijezdama 40’tih poput Artie Showa 1942;
Obrada pjesme The Mindightersa iz R&B#1 iz ’54 “Work with me Annie” i Ette James R&B#1 iz ’55 “The Wallflower”. Slušali smo 'Tweedle Dee' (obrada hita LaVern Baker) US#2

2/2 US1; Dance With Me Henry;

"The Wallflower" (also known as "Roll With Me Henry" and "Dance with Me, Henry") is a popular song. The song was written as one of several answer songs to "Work With Me Annie" and has the same 12-bar blues melody.
It was written by Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, and Etta James. Etta James recorded it, with uncredited vocal responses from Richard Berry, under the title "The Wallflower" and it became a rhythm and blues hit, popularly known as "Roll With Me Henry".
In 2008, Etta James received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for her 1955 recording.
The song is a dialogue between "Henry" and the singer:
Hey baby, whatta I have to do to make you love me too?
You've got to roll with me Henry.
The context is the dance floor. The Midnighters also recorded an "answer to the answer": "Henry's Got Flat Feet (Can't Dance No More)".
The song was covered for the pop market, with the title, "Dance With Me Henry", as sung by Georgia Gibbs. Under that title, it charted in 1955.
The song was featured in the Abbott and Costello film Dance with Me Henry,Sister Act and also Back to the Future. Etta James no longer performs the song.

15.03.1941 JIMMY DORSEY V/BOB EBERLY /HELEN O'CONNELL - AMAPOLA - US 1 (10) – 17

37/100 US hit; 6/12 US1; Amapola

Amapola is a popular song, written by Spanish composer Joseph LaCalle with Spanish lyrics although the English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse.
Though the song was published in 1924, the most popular recorded version was made nearly two decades later by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with vocalists Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly. The recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 3629. The record first reached the Billboard charts on March 14, 1941 and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.
An instrumental version of the piece formed an important leitmotif in the gangster film Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

Phonoslatgia 240 - 13.05.2008. (hrvatski)

1991

08.05.1991 U posljednjem finalu jugo-kupa na stadionu JNA u Beogradu, golom Alena Bokšića, Hajduk je s 1-0 porazi Crvenu Zvezdu. Veliki prijelazni pehar, dar Josipa Broza Tita, stigao je na Poljud, ali nikad nije stavljen u vitrine Trofejne sobe. Bio je skriven sve do 2005.

17.03.1991 ROD STEWART - RHYTHM OF MY HEART - US 5 – 14
Za sebe će reći da je škotski rock pjevač, Rod Stewart, tijekom karijere u Britaniji imao je 62 singla na top ljestvicama, od toga 24 u Top10, i šest na #1. Ukupno je u kraijeri prodao 250 milijuna nosača zvuka,
Roderick David Stewart, r 10.01.1945. London; bio folk pjevač ranih 60-ih. Nastupa s Hoochie Coochie Men, Steampacket i Shotgun Express; bio s Jeff Beck Group od 1967-1969; s Faces od 1969–1975; u prosincu 1975 napušta Faces i potpuno se posvećuje već otprije započetoj solo karijeri; dobitnik Grammya Living Legend 1989, R’N’R Hall 1994; u braku s glumicom Alanom Hamilton 1979-84 (bivšom suprugom Georgea Hamiltona IV); sa supermodelom Rachel Hunter od 15.12.1990. do siječnja 1999.

33. UKTop40; Rhythm of My Heart (UK3, US5); Album (16): Vagabond Heart, 26.03.1991.

Rhythm of My Heart, autori: Mark T. Jordan i John Capek, najavni singl 16. studijskog albuma Roda Stewarta.

Vagabond Heart is the 16th studio album album by the singer-songwriter Rod Stewart, released in 1991. The album reached #10 in the US, and reached #2 in the UK. The album featured five singles, among them a cover for Robbie Robertson's song "Broken Arrow" (#20 in the U.S.) and Van Morrison's song "Have I Told You Lately" which would turn out to be Rod Stewart's last Top Five solo hit in the US and the UK. The two biggest hits from the album were "Rhythm of My Heart" (#5 in the U.S.) and "The Motown Song" (#10 in the U.S.).

1983

11.05.1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
11.05.1983 Njemački Stern počeo je objavljivati Hitlerov dnevnik čiju su vjerodostojnost potvrdili i neki povjesničari. No, riječ je bila o velikoj prevari. Vješto imitirajući rukopis, galerist Konrad Kujau ispisao je 63 bilježnice lažnog dnevnika te "svoj nalaz" masno prodao naivcima iz Sterna uz pomoć novinara Gerda Heidemanna. Dvojica prevaranata završila su u zatvoru.
12.05.1983 Meat Loaf files for bankruptcy

12.02.1983 MUSICAL YOUTH - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP - UK 6
Musical Youth, britansko-jamajkanska pop/reggae skupina, osnovana 1979. u Birminghamu, England, a činili su je dva para braće, Kelvin i Michael Grant, te Junior i Patrick Waite (čiji je otac Frederick Waite bio članom jamajkanske skupine The Techniques. Najpozantiji po Grammyjem nominiranom hitu "Pass the Dutchie" 1982.

3/6 Top40; Never Gonna Give You Up; Album (1): The Youth of Today, listopad 1982.

The Youth of Today is the first album from the musical group Musical Youth. The album includes the # 1 UK hit "Pass the Dutchie" which also hit number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. Other singles from the album include "Youth of Today" and "Rockers".
This album is sometimes confused with the single album for "Youth of Today." The title of the single differs by omitting the initial "The".
The catchy follow-up, "Youth Of Today", reached number 13 in the UK singles chart, and early in 1983, "Never Gonna Give You Up", climbed to UK Number 6.

Track listing:

1. "Pass the Dutchie" (Freddie Waite) - 3:25
2. "Children of Zion" (Musical Youth/Freddie Waite) - 3:03
3. "Rockers" (Musical Youth) - 3:28
4. "Youth of Today" (Musical Youth/Freddie Waite) - 2:55
5. "Young Generation" (Musical Youth) - 3:18
6. "Mirror Mirror" (Freddie Waite) - 2:37
7. "Heartbreaker" (Freddie Waite) - 3:55
8. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Musical Youth/Freddie Waite) - 3:06
9. "Schoolgirl" (Musical Youth) - 3:26

07.05.1983 DARIO BALDAN BEMBO & CATERINA CASELLI - AMICO E' - IT 6
Talijanski glazbenik Dario Baldan Bembo (Milano, r 15.03.1948), pjevač i pijanist.
Talijanska glazbenica i glimica Caterina Caselli (r 10.04.1946. Sassuolo), bivša pjevačica i glazbena producentica. Debitirala je 1965. na San Remu, s najvećim i jedinim kasnije talijanskim #1 hitom Nessuno mi può giudicare (12.02.1966 - IT 1-11)

10/13 IT; 1/1 IT#1; Dario Baldan; 2/2 Caterina Caselli (12.02.1966 Nessuno mi puo` giudicare - IT 1-11)

07.05.1983 HOT CHOCOLATE - WHAT KINDA BOY YOU LOOKING FOR GIRL - UK 10
Hot Chocolate, birtanski pop bend osnovan 1970. u Lonodnu; popularan tijekom 1960'ih, 1970'ih i 1980'ih, osnivač Errol Brown. Prvi puni naziv benda bio je The Hot Chocolate Band, autor imena je Mavis Smith iz izdavačke kuće Beatlesa Apple, za koju su snimili i prve pjesme.

23. UK Top40; What Kinda Boy You Looking For (Girl) (UK 10)

27.02.1983 GREG KIHN BAND - JEOPARDY - US 2 – 14
Američki bedn, The Greg Kihn Band kojeg je osnovao čuveni radijski voditelj, glazbenik i kniževnik Greg Kihn i basist Steve Wright, ostali su se članovi tijekom godine mijenjali, i dalje su povremeno aktivni, a 2005. im se pridružio Gregov sin Ry (ime po Cooderu).
Najveći hitovi: Break-up song i Jeopardy.
Greg Kihn (r 10.07.1949 in Baltimore, Maryland) je napisao četiri romana (Horrow Show, Shade of Pale, Mojo Hand i Big Rock Beat), te je objavio i zbirku kratkih priča poznatih rock glazbenika pod nazivom Carved In Rock (na kojoj su se našli radovi Ray Manzarek of The Doors, Pete Townshend of The Who, Joan Jett, i Ray Davies of The Kinks, itd.)
Uvršten je 2007. u San Jose Hall of Fame.
Njegova radijska postaja iz San Josea (California), KUFX-FM (nazivana 98.5 K-Fox), gdje je on jutarnji voditelj, od 2001. organizira godišnje koncerte «Kihncert», na čijim otvorenjima nastupa Greg Kihn Band.

6. ukup.singl; 3. Top40; Jeopardy; Album (8): Kihnspiracy, US15, 1983.
Prvi i jedini Top10 singl benda.

1973

08.05.1973 U Južnoj Dakoti, u SAD, okončana je pobuna Indijanaca koji su 10 tjedana u opsadi držali malo prerijsko naselje. ///
11.05.1973 Uspostavljeni su diplomatski odnosi Savezne Republike Njemačke i Demokratske Republike Njemačke, čime je okončano razdoblje nepriznavanja DR Njemačke kao suverene države. ///
13.05.1973 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - US 1 - 1

14.04.1973 DAVID BOWIE - DRIVE-IN SATURDAY - UK 3
Engleski glazbenik, glumac, producent, aranžer, 5 desetljeća aktivan, David Bowie (David Robert Jones, r 08.01.1947).

5. UK Top40; Drive-In Saturday / Round and Round (06.04.1973.); Album (6): Aladdin Sane, 13.04.1973. (1. UK1 album; US 17)

Drive-In Saturday je pjesma Davida Bowiea (koji je odsvirao sintisajzer i saksofon), nastala pod utjecajem doo-wopa 1950-ih, a objavljena tjedan prije izlaska šestog albuma Aladdin Sane, 1973. A bavi se postapokaliptičnim svijetom koji je zaboravio kako se obavlja reprodukcija, pa su mu, za podsjetnik, potrebni stari porno filmovi.
U pjesmi spominje Jaggera ("When people stared in Jagger's eyes and scored"), model Twiggy ("She'd sigh like Twig the wonder kid"), Carla Junga ("Jung the foreman prayed at work").
Album Aladdin Sane bio je njegov prvi britanski broj 1 album, a Rolling Stone ga je uvrstio na 277. mjesto 500 greatest albums of all time.

Aladdin Sane is a 1973 album by David Bowie. The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide pop star. While many critics agree that it contains some of his best material, opinion as to its overall quality has often been divided. NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray called the album "oddly unsatisfying, considerably less than the sum of the parts",[1] while Bowie encyclopedist Nicholas Pegg describes it as "one of the most urgent, compelling and essential" of his releases.[2] It was one of six Bowie entries in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (at #277) and ranked #77 on Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.

14.04.1973 DON MCLEAN - EVERYDAY - UK 38
Američki glazbenik, pisac poeta, r 02.10.1945. New Rochelle, N.Y.

3/5 UK Top40; Everyday, Album (4): Playin' Favorites, 1973.

05.05.1973 DETROIT EMERALDS - YOU WANT IT YOU GOT IT - UK 12
The Detroit Emeralds, američka R&B vokalna skupina, najuspješnija početkom 1970-ih.
Osnovani prvotno kao The Emeralds (smaragdi), vokalna skupina u Little Rocku (Arkansas), a činili su je četvero braće obitelji Tilmon (Ivory, r 14.09.1941, Abrim (Abe Tilmon, r 12.01.1945 – 06.07.1982), koji je bio autor svih hitova, Cleophus i Raymond. Nakon što su ih Cleophus i Raymond napustili, pridružio im se prijetelj iz djetinstva James Mitchell, preselili su se u Detroit i postali trio Detroit Emeralds, koji su prvi upsjeh na top ljestvica ostvarili 1968. s hitom «Show Time».
U Detroitu su radili s poznatim glazbenikom Williem Mitchellom (produkcija i prateći vokali), što je urodilo R&B Top10 hitovima: "If I Lose Your Love", "Do Me Right", "You Want It, You Got It", "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)". Danas ih je možda najviše pamti po hitu "Feel The Need In Me" (US#22-1973). Razišli su se 1974. Abe Tilmon je osnovao novi bend istog imena Detroit Emeralds, a James Mitchell je osnovao kasnije poznatu skupinu The Floaters.
Abe Tilmon je umro u svom domu, 06.07.1982. u 38. godini od srčanog udara u Southfieldu, Michigan.

2/4 UK Top40; You Want It, You Got It, Album (2): You Want It, You Got It, 1972. (US 78)

03.06.1973 BETTE MIDLER - BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY - US 8 – 11
Četfverostruka dobitnica Grammya, trostruka dobitnica Emmya, te jednog Tonya, to je američka pjevačica, glumica, komičarka, Bette Davis Midler (r 01.12.1945. Honolulu, Hawaii), fanovima poznata i kao The Divine Miss M. Trenutno angažirana u Las Vegasu u novom showu programu «The Showgirl Must Go On» hotela Caesars Palace.
Rođena je na Havajima, u Honolulu, gdje joj je otac kao soboslikar radio u vojnoj bazi. Roditelji su inače iz Patersona, New Jersey.

2 ukup. i 2. Top40; Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; Album (1): The Divine Miss M, 07.11.1972. (US9, platinum)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy drugi singl s albuma (prvi je bio Do You Want to Dance? – US 17)

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy je popularna pjesma o virtuozu na trugi iz Drugog svjetskog rata, koju je proslavila skupina Andrews Sisters.
Autori su Don Raye i Hughie Prince, a snimljena je prvi puta u Deccinom hollywoodskom studiju 02.01.1941., dakle prije ulaska SAD-a u rat. Andrews Sisters su je predstavile u filmu Arthura Lubina «Buck Privates», 1941. Nominirana je za Oscara za najbolju pjesmu te godine.
Inače, pjesma je nastala prema jednom ranijem istog autorskog dvojica Raye-Prince "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" koja je bavila virtuoznim boogie-woogie pijanistom.
Bette Midler ju je snimila 1973. (US8), otrgnula je zaboravu i objavila na prvom albumu The Divine Miss M.
Christina Aguilera je u pjesmu "Candyman" koristila dijelove Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy hita, ali je malo modernizirala tekst (album Back to Basics, 2007.)
Korištena je u Disneyjevu animiranom filmu The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man"


Album «The Divine Miss M» je debut album Bette Midler, objavljen 07.11.1972., koproducent je bio Barry Manilow, US 9, prodan u milijun primjeraka, a donio joj je i Grammya za debitanta godine.
Na njemu se nalaze standardi poput "Do You Want To Dance", "Chapel of Love", "Hello In There", "Friends" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy".

Side A
1. "Do You Want to Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) - 2:44
2. "Chapel of Love" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) - 2:55
3. "Superstar" (Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell) - 5:11
4. "Daytime Hustler" (Jeff Kent) - 3:34
5. "Am I Blue" (Jarry Akst, Grant Clark) - 5:25

Side B
1. "Friends" (Mark Klingman, Buzzy Linhart) - 2:50
2. "Hello In There" (John Prine) - 4:17
3. "Leader of the Pack" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, George Morton) - 3:30
4. "Delta Dawn" (Larry Collins, Alex Harvey) - 5:18
5. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (Don Raye, Hughie Prince) - 2:25
6. "Friends" (Reprise) (Mark Klingman, Buzzy Linhart) - 2:54

1966

11.05.1966 Real Madrid postao prvakom Europe, pobijedivši u finalu beogradski Partizan 2-1
11.05.1966 U Helsinkiju umro Alvar Hugo Aalto, vodeći finski arhiket čije je inovativno djelo osvojilo svijet. Aalto je zagovarao humanizirano stanovanje u manjim jedinicama, okružen zelenilom, a razglasio je i finski dizajn zaobljenim oblicima namještaja u uporabnih predmeta.
13.05.1966 Rolingstonsi su izdali album "Paint it Black".

17.03.1966 VAL DOONICAN - ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY - UK 5
Irska glazbena i televizijska zvijezda, Val Doonican (Michael Valentine Doonican, r 03.02.1927, in Waterford, Irish Free State). Često uspoređivan s Perryem Comom, iako je kao svoj uzor uvijek isticao Binga Crosbya. Poznat po svojem The Val Doonican Showu koji se na BBC-u išao od 1964-1986. a na kojem su uz Vala nastupale i brojne druge glazbene zvijezde. Uz to, od 1964-1973 imao je nekoliko hitova u Velikoj Britaniji poput: "Walk Tall", "The Special Years", "What Would I Be", "If The Whole World Stopped Loving" i "Morning"; ali i uspješnih albuma: 13 Lucky Shades of Val Doonican i Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently. Pjevao je naslovnu temu u filmu Ring of Bright Water.
I dalje je povremeno aktivanm, ali ipak najviše vremena provodi na golfu u Španjolskoj (i po tome je sličan Bingu crosbyu, koji je na golf terenu u Španjolskoj i umro op.a.), gdje je stvorio drugi dom.

4/12 UK Top40; Elusive Butterfly;
Na američkoj top ljestvici 06.02.1966 Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly - Us 5 – 9
Bob Lind - folk rock pjevač, r 25.11.44. u Baltimoru. Jednini Top40 singl.
(elusiv-lukav, neuhvatiljiv)

24.03.1966 SEEKERS - SOMEDAY ONE DAY - UK 11
Australski pop folk kvartet, Seekers; vokal Judith Durham (Athol Guy: double bass, vocals; Keith Potger: twelve string guitar, banjo, vocals; Bruce Woodley: guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals); Osnovani u Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1962. Bili su prvi australska pop skupina kojoj se uspjelo probiti na top ljestvice u Velikoj Britaniji i SAD-u (ukupno su imali 9 hitova samo tijekom 1960-ih, koje su Seekersi izvodili na mnogim velikim događajima, poput Expo'88, ili Paraolimpijskih igara). 1970. gitarist Keith Potger je osnovao skupinu New Seekers.
Seekersi su i autori hita «I Am Australian» (potpisuju je Bruce Woodley i Dobe Newton), koja je postala neslužbenom australskom himnom.

4/8 UK Top40 (Seekers, kasnije još 13 UKTop40 kao New Seekers); Someday One Day;

24.03.1966 CLIFF RICHARD - BLUE TURNS TO GREY - UK 15
Sir Cliff Richard, pravim imenom Harry Rodger Webb, r 14.10.1940. Lucknow, India; glumac, pjevač i gitarist. S obitelji preselio u Englesku ’48; Cliff Richard je u kolovozu 1958. prilikom potpisivanja ugovora s kućom EMI, predstavljen kao 18-godišnji «britanski odgovor» na Elvisa Presleya; Nastupao s The Drifters (promjenili ime u Shadows), koji su se razišli ’69; Velika britanska zvijezda s više od 80 hitova na ljesticama; od čega 10 UK#1; glumio u britanskim filmovima Express Bongo, The Young Ones; Summer Holiday; Wonderful Life. 2003. godine svečano je proslavio 50 godina rada.
Tijekom karijere u šest desetljeća, prema podacima s njegove web stranice, prodao je više od 250 milijuna ploča, a u Top20 je imao više od 120 ulaza, što singlica (oko 80), što albuma, i EP-a.

38/116 UK Top40 (solo, 121 s duetima); Blue Turns to Grey / Somebody Loses, (objavljen 18.03.1966.);
Prvi singl koji je Cliff Richard objavio te 1966.

Blue Turns to Grey je pjesma koju potpisuju Mick Jagger i Keith Richards. U isto vrijeme, u u veljači 1965. objavili su se pozanti američki duet Dick and Dee Dee i The Mighty Avengers. Rolling Stonesi su je objavili kasnije te godine na svom albumu December's Children (And Everybody's). U Velikoj Britaniji bila je hitom u izvedbi Cliffa Richarda & the Shadowsa (objavljen 18.03.1966.)

Dick and Dee Dee were well-known American musical entertainers. Dick St. John (r Richard St. John Gosting, 1940 – umro 27.12.2003), was the male half of the duo, and Dee Dee Sperling (real name Mary) was the female half. First working together in school, the duo were not romantically linked.
They teamed up in the 1950s, but their first major hit was the rock and roll song "The Mountain's High" (1961). It reached the number two spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks in runner-up position, held out of number one by Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care of My Baby."
Their recordings were created with four voice tracks. Each of them sang two separate harmony lines. Dick sang the highest and lowest parts including the falsetto, and Dee Dee sang in the middle notes. It was a unique and popular sound.
The duo recorded three Rolling Stones tracks in 1964 including "Blue Turns to Grey" and Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind" penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In an interview with the BBC, recorded in 2006, Dee Dee Sperling revealed that their singing was overdubbed onto backing tracks recorded by the Stones, with Mick Jagger's vocals removed.
Their other hits included "Turn Around", "Tell Me", "Thou Shalt Not Steal" (their second-biggest hit, reaching #13 in 1965), and "Young and in Love".
By 1969, both singers had married other people and the duo disbanded.
Dick St. John died in 2003 after falling from the roof of his home.[2] In 2006, Dee Dee Sperling published a book about her experiences as half of Dick and Dee Dee, entitled Vinyl Highway.

24.04.1966 YOUNG RASCALS - GOOD LOVIN' - US 1 – 1
Američka soul i rock skupina The Young Rascals, kasnije samo The Rascals)

1. Top40; Good Lovin' / Mustang Sally (21.02.1966.); Album (1): The Young Rascals, 28.03.1966. (US10)
Good Lovin' je pjesma koju potpisuju Rudy Clark i Arthur Resnick.
Prva ju je snimila R&B skupina The Olympics, 1965. no, ne s većim uspjehom (US 81). Priča se ju je član Rascalsa Felix Cavaliere čuo na njujorškoj radio postaji i odmah ju je njegov bend uvrstio na svoj koncertni repertoar. Ubrzo je postala njihov prvi veliki hit.
Good Lovin' je uvrštena Rock and Roll Hall of Fame među 500 pjesama koje su oblikovale Rock and Roll, te na 325. mjesto 500 Greatest Songs of All Time magazina Rolling Stone.
Književnik Dave Marsh ju je smjestio na 108. mjesto 1989. godine objavljene knjige The Heart of Rock and Soul.
Snimili su je mnogi: Bobby McFerrin, Herbie Mann and The Who, The Grateful Dead
Album: The Young Rascals is the debut album by rock band The Young Rascals. The album was released on March 28, 1966 and rose to #10 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.

1954

07.05.1954 Doris Day - Secret Love - UK 1 -
07.05.1954 Francuske postrojbe prisiljene na predaju u Dien Bien Phuu u Vijetnamu
07.05.1954 Vijetnamske trupe potukle su Francuze kod Dijen Bijen Fua, čime je okončana francuska dominacija u Indokini. /
07.05.1954 Zapovjednik Francuske Indokine general Navarre upao je u vlastitu klopku. U dolinu Dien Bien Fua pokušao je privući Ho Ši Minove gerilce, a zatim ih protunapadom uništiti. Poslije 55 dana krvavih borbi 7. svibnja 1954. posada se predala oslobodilačkim snagama. Ta je katastrofa prisilila Francusku da se iste godine odrekne kolonijalnih posjeda u Indokini.

10.04.1954 PERRY COMO - WANTED - US 1 - 8
Pierino Como, 18.12.1912 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; jedan od najpopularnijih izvođača 40-tih, 50-tih godina, ujedno i velika televizijska zvijezda s vlastitim emisijama nagrađenih s 5 Emmya;
Napustio posao u brijačnici svog rodnog grada, kako bi pjevao u lokalnom bendu Freddiea Carlonea; nakon 4 godine dobiva poziv teda Weemsa, čiji se bend raspada ’42, Perry odlazi na lokalnu CBS radio postaju čime počinje njegov nezaustavljiv uspjeh.

11/14 US#1; ukupno 94. hit na US ljestvicama; na B strani pjesma Look Out The Window (and see how I’m standing in the rain)

"Wanted" is a popular song written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele. The most popular recorded version, by Perry Como, reached #1 on Billboard magazine's charts in 1954. The song also reached #1 on the Cash Box chart in the same year. Al Martino also had a top 10 hit with the song in the United Kingdom.

13.02.1954 FRANK SINATRA - YOUNG AT HEART - US 2(1) - 22

96. US hit; Young at Heart, povratnički hit Franka Sinatre nakon nekoliko sušnih godina, čijoj popularnosti svjedoči i da je po njoj i film dobio naziv.
Jedan od najboljih Sinatrinih filmova, Young at Heart, 1954. ujedno i prvi od pet koje će s njim u glavnoj ulozi režirati Gordon Douglas. Točnije, riječ je o remakeu filma Four Daughters iz 1938., a u glavnim ulogma uz Sinatru pojavljuje se Doris Day, zatim Ethel Barrymore i dr.

27.02.1954 PATTI PAGE - CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE - US 2 (4) - 21
Clara Ann Fowler, r 08.11.1927. (77g.) Muskogee, Oklahoma; ukupno ih je bilo 11-tero braće i sestara odrasli u Tulsi; kao Ann Fowler nastupala s Al Klauser & His Oklahomas kasnih 40-tih na radiju KTUL; druga pjevačica koja je pjevala na istoj postaji nosila je ime Patti Page i nastpala u emisiji pod pokroviteljstvom Page Milk Company, a nakon što je odustala od nastupa u toj emisiji njezino mjesto i ime preuzima Ann. ’47 nastupa s Jimmy Boy bendom i pjeva na radiju u Chicagu. Ona od ’47 na svojim snimkama koristi multi voice efekte. Pojavljuje se u filmu Elmer Gantry ’60.

36/>42 US hit; Cross Over The Bridge / B: My Restless Lover;

"Cross Over the Bridge" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1945.
The best-selling version of the song was recorded by Patti Page in 1954. It was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70302, with the flip side "My Restless Lover," and first entered the Billboard chart on February 17, 1954, staying on the chart for 23 weeks and peaking at position #2.
Cross Over The Bridge was also a 4-player board game from 1970 by Kohner. The objective was to get all the marbles of your colour to the center of the board. Players use one of two pop-o-matic dice machines, and then move the number of spaces indicated by the dice. Hitting a green bridge would allow you to move closer to the center, whereas a red bridge would send you back.

13.03.1954 JO STAFFORD - MAKE LOVE TO ME - US 1 – 4
Jedna od najpopularnijih pjevačica 40s i 50s, studirala ozbiljnu glazbu i namjeravala započeti karijeru sopranistice ali nakon 5 godina napornog rada pridružila se svojim dvjema sestrama country, kasnije se pridružuje Tommyu Dorseyu, a 1942 i započinje samostalnu karijeru za Capitol R., s velikim hitovima "Candy" (s Johnny Mercer), "That's For Me", "Serenade Of The Bells", "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Tennessee Waltz". 1950 prelazi u Columbia R, nastavljajući s uspjesima singlovima "Make Love To Me", "Shrimp Boats", "Keep It A Secret", "Jambalaya" i najprodavanijim "You Belong To Me". Vrlo je bitno da je te uspjehe producirao i aranžirao njezin suprug, proslavljeni Paul Weston.

72. Top40; Četvrti US#1; Pjesma je nastala na jazz instrumentalu Tin Roof Blues iz 1923.

1949

08.05.1949 Stvorena je Savezna Republika Njemačka, u čiji sastav su ušle dotadašnje zone pod američkom, britanskom i francuskom kontrolom, uspostavljene nakon WWII i poraza nacista. Formirana je privremena vlada na čelu sa Konradom Adenauerom. /
09.05.1949 U Hicksvilleu, Long Island, NY, rođen pjevač, pijanist i skladatelj Billy Joel, dobitnik je Grammy nagrade za Living Legend 1990, ali i Billboard Century Award 1994.
09.05.1949 r Billy Joel Hicksville Long Island NY, singer/songwriter/piano player (Pianoman, Captain Jack, Bridge)
11.05.1949 Glasovanjem 37 za i 12 protiv, Izrael postao 59. članicom Ujedinjenih naroda.
11.05.1949 Na američkom tržištu pojavila se prva Polaroid kamera po cijeni 89,95 $
11.05.1949 Sijam je promenio ime u Tajland; Izrael je primljen u UN. /
12.05.1949 SSSR objavljuje kraj blokade Berlina, te dopušta konvojima Zapadnih saveznika korištenje autoputeva preko Istočne Njemačke.
12.05.1949 Službeno okončana sovjetska desetomjesečna blokada Berlina tijekom koje je grad snabdjevan iz Savezne Republike Njemačke zračnim mostom. /
13.05.1949 Prvi britanski mlazni avion "Kanbera" izvršio prvi probni let. ///

05.03.1949 RUSS MORGAN - CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER - US 1 (7) – 22
Trombonist, pijanist, pjevač, bandleader; r 29.04.1904. u Scranton; umro 08.08.69.u 65.g.; radio aranžmane za Fletcher Hendersona, Dorsey Bros. i dr. Bio je vrlo uspješan skladatelj (Somebody else taking my place; You’re nobody till somebody loves you; So tired,..)

3/4 US1; Cruising Down the River / Sunflower
Njegov najveći hit je #1 iz 1949. “Cruising down the river”, ujedno treći US#1 singl; zanimljivo da se na B strani singla nalazila pjesma Sunflower, koja je postala himnom Kansasa, a sudski je dokazano da se pjesma Hello Dolly iz 1964. bazirala upravo na toj pjesmi.

Cruising Down the River is a 1949 popular recording song.
Words and music were by Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton, two middle-aged women who wrote the song in 1945. It became the winner of a public songwriting competition held in the UK.
The recording by Russ Morgan was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24568. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 18, 1949 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The song became one of the biggest hits of his career, as well as one his signature songs. The recording was actually a two-sided hit, as the flip side, "Sunflower," also reached #10 on the chart.
The recording by Blue Barron was released by MGM Records as catalog number 10346. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 21, 1949 and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.
The recording by Jack Smith was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15372. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 25, 1949 and lasted 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14.
The recording by Primo Scala and the Keynotes was released by London Records as catalog number 356. It reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 4, 1949 at #27, its only week on the chart.
The recording by Frankie Carle was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38411. It reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on April 22, 1949 at #28, its only week on the chart.
It has been redone numerous times by various artists.