Kelsey Mae in the Middle
Hi there…Here’s some stuff…
Big Birthdays
~ 1942 Johnny Rivers born in NYC, still touring and recording (www.johnnyrivers.com) Just look at this partial list of Top 40 hits!!…”Memphis”, “Mountain of Love”, “Midnight Special”, “Seventh Son”, “Secret Agent Man”, “(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water”, “Poor Side of Town”, “Baby I Need Your Lovin”, “The Tracks of My Tears
“, “Summer Rain”, “Rockin’ Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu”, “Swayin’ To The Music (Slow Dancin’).
~1943 Joni Mitchell Alberta Canada, singer/songwriter/painter (Clouds)
Interesting Firsts for This Date
~1874 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast
~1942 1st US President to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French
Fab Four Fact Fix
~1967, The Beatles finished recording ‘Blue Jay Way’, ‘Flying’ and ‘Magical Mystery Tour.’ The Beatles have only six songs, not enough for an album so decided to issue a double-EP. Capitol Records didn’t think the double-EP format would be acceptable for the US market, so they decide to put out an album instead. The six “Magical Mystery Tour” songs with five of the six songs from The Beatles’ 1967 singles went on side two.
Deeep Thoughts
~”I am not a vegetarian because I love animals. I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.”-A. Whitney Brown
~”I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve immortality by not dying.”-Woody Allen
~”I had a lovely evening. Unfortunately, this wasn’t it.”-Groucho Marx
Late Night Humor
(Leno)
~Secretary of State Hillary Clinton scolded Pakistan leaders for not going after al-Qaida and just pretending they didn’t see a problem that everyone else in the world could see. Ouch! Imagine Hillary Clinton lecturing you on turning a blind eye to a problem that the rest of the world could see.
(Conan)
~Walt Disney Theme Parks have started giving visually impaired visitors a hand-held device that describes the attractions they are seeing. Apparently it’s a tape-recorder that keeps repeating, “You are standing in a line of 300 people.”
(Ferguson)
~I’ve never understood Japanese dining. I always thought it was a put-on. “Let’s see if we can get these people to eat raw fish with sticks . . . and then get them to drink hot wine . . . and then we’ll make them sit on the floor without shoes . . .”
~The largest cruise ship ever built set sail for the first time from Finland to Miami…The ship has a park, golf courses, a shopping mall . . . all the things you can do on land with the added excitement of possibly sinking.
Lots in Music Notes
~1967, Reg Dwight (Elton John) and his song writing partner Bernie Taupin signed to DJM publishing, their signatures had to be witnessed by their parents because they were both under 21 years of age. Taupin answered an advertisement for a lyric writer placed in the New Musical Express, the pair have since collaborated on over 30 albums.
~1974, Ted Nugent won a National Squirrel-shooting contest after picking off a squirrel at 150 yards. The heavy metal guitarist also shot dead 27 other mammals during the three day event.
~1981, Hall and Oates started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Private Eyes’, the duo’s third US No.1,
~1987, Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Tunnel Of Love.’
~1987, Tiffany became the youngest act to score a US No.1 since Michael Jackson (‘Ben’, in 1972) with ‘I Think we’re Alone Now’.
~1995 The Captain and Tennille (Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille), hitmakers from the 1970s, renew their wedding vows in Virginia City, Nevada. It is their 20th anniversary.
1992 “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men logs its 13th and final week at No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The previous longest-running hit of the rock era was Elvis Presley’s two-sided “Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog,” which topped the chart for 11 weeks in 1956. The record stands for just three months as Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” logs its 14th week at No. 1 on Feb. 20, 1993. In 1995, Boyz II Men ties Houston’s record with “I’ll Make Love to You.”
~1979 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Pop Muzik,” M. The performer’s real name is Robin Scott. This is his only song to make the Hot 100.
1976 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright),” Rod Stewart.
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~A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.”-Christopher Morley
~1930 Doris Roberts born in St Louis MO, actress (Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983)
“Karate Kid” Series, “My Cousin Vinny”, “Crossroads”; and has done semi-regular appearances on “Entourage”, “Ugly Betty”, and “Head Case”.
thday in SnJ Music
~”When I got to the top of Everest, I was tired.” -Aracelli Segarra
…..BREAKING IN SMOOTH NEWS…..
~1952 Roseanne Barr Arnold born Salt Lake City
winning American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, sports commentator, and television and radio personality.”
~1956 “Wizard of Oz” 1st televised (CBS-TV)
Music Notes
~1938 Patrick Buchanan, conservative political columnist, born in Washington,D.C. Love to watch him on “Morning Joe”. 
My Inspiration. Harp says the CD is more of a traditional jazz album that he’s done before, which is why he titled the CD First Love. “Over the last year and a half,” he says, “the live playing I have done has been interlaced with some mainstream jazz gigs … in Europe and Southeast Asia, giving me the opoortunity to play with some incredible musicians in a variety of venues. All of which led me, inexorably, to this recording. With First Love I was given the opportunity to explore some of the elements of jazz that made me crave to learn more about this wonderful music.”
first time we’ve confirmed the presence of feral pigs in the park,” Brad Whitcomb, manager of the park, said this morning. He was not aware a park visitor had taken a photo of three feral swine the day before. “Where they came from, how long we’ve had them here, or are they just passing through the area, who really knows?” Mr. Whitcomb said. A survey of people around the perimeter of the 65,000-acre state park did not turn up any people who keep swine, he said. The state Department of Environmental Conservation “is quite concerned,” he added. “It’s almost an invasive species. We certainly don’t want them to take up residence in the park. They are a real problem in some Southern states.”
lp/cd lists from over the years…certain albums that just took a hold on you, introduced you to something new…and you couldn’t help but gravitate towards it…thought about a few more…
~1939 Grace Slick born in Chicago, rock vocalist (The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship)-”In 2006, Grace suffered from diverticulitis. After initial surgery, she had a relapse requiring further surgery and a tracheotomy. She was placed in an induced coma for two months and then had to learn to walk again…After retirement from the music business—and after a devastating house fire, divorce, and bad break-up—Slick began drawing and painting animals, mainly to amuse herself and because doing so made her happy during a difficult period in her life.” She also wrote a memoir “Somebody to Love? A Rock-and-Roll Memoir”, and is involved in creating art of her own-”Slick isn’t faithful to any specific style or medium in her production of visual art and has no interest in developing one. She uses acrylic paints (she says oil takes too long to dry), canvas, pen, ink, scratchboard, pastels, and pencil. M
any of her works are mixed media.”
NuGroove Records, won’t be released until January 19th. In traditional stores, that is. But fans who want to get a digital download can head on over to ITunes, where the entire CD is now available ahead of time.
Ready,” “As You Like It,” “Say My Name,” “Tenderly” and “The Gospel Truth,” among others. Musicians include guitarists Paul Brown – who also mixed the CD – and Jubu Smith, pianists Tracy Carter and Joel Campbell, bassists Cornelius Mims, Alex Al and Roberto Vally, drummer Oscar Seaton and percussionist Lenny Castro. Philippe Saisse arranges strings on three tracks, while Michael Egizi plays the Hammong B3 organ on the title track and Dax Reynosa is featured on lead vocals on “Yes.”
~1970, Hotlegs made their live debut supporting The Moody Blues at the Festival Hall, London. Their only hit ‘Neanderthal Man’ made No. 2 (in the UK) in July 1970. The members from the group went on to become 10cc.
(What a groovy song, right?)
Soul Train Awards, which announced its nominees on Thursday, October 22. Maysa got the nod in the Soul Approved/Underground category. Maysa, whose latest CD Metamorphosis features smooth jazz stars Najee and Nick Colionne, frequently performs and records with the U.K.-based group Incognito. In November, Maysa will join Colionne on a special holiday tour, Nick Colionne’s Cool Yule Christmas.
US No.3 “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”) in Wilmington, North Carolina. Charlie organized the first in the series of Volunteer Jam concerts, worked as a studio musician for Dylan, Marshall Tucker Band, and Hank Williams, Jr. Charlie also went to Iraq several times to play for the troops. On his fourth visit he recorded an album, Charlie Daniels Band live in Iraq (2007 Blue Hat Records).
~There is actually a not-so-smooth jazz genre that has been labeled “metallic free jazz”…check it out here…but be careful…
Monday morning (October 26) when he appeared on Wake Up With Al on the Weather Channel. The show is hosted by Al Roker, weather personality for NBC’s Today show. Wake Up With Al airs weekdays at 6 a.m. ET.
Top 40 hit and first No.1.
Thanks ever-so for coming by today. A lot of things just don’t matter to me anymore…but your visit sure does.
in the world and is the first Queen of Gospel Music. She recorded about 35 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen “golds”—million-sellers. She had a contralto voice range.” Mahalia was a 4-time Grammy winner; her signature song was “Take My Hand, Precious Lord”, and back in the late 40’s, she sold over 8 million copies of “Move On Up A Little Higher”. She passed away on January 27, 1972 of heart failure and
diabetes complications.
~1947 Hilary Rodham Clinton born in Chicago. 
“Private Dancer,” “Proud Mary” and “Better Be Good to Me.”
Brown, Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy’s Rubber Band. “Collins’ bass playing is driving, rhythmic and groovy, and has been very influential in the development of funk. His characteristic juicy sound, produced by envelope filters (for example the Mutron), is one of his distinguishing traits as a bass player. He also uses highly syncopated 16th note patterns combined with a very strong slap technique, highly influenced by Larry Graham.
