MUSIC HISTORY & TRIVIA - Friday, September 27, 2002 
            "A look at what happened in years 
                past on this day in music" 
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Hello Music Lovers!

Well it is FRIDAY! Here is the list of songs that make our 
musical family either "fall in love" all over again, or get 
us "in the mood." Enjoy and have a great weekend!

1. "From This Moment On" - Shania Twain and Brian White 
2. "Here and Now" - Luther Vandross 
3. "Cherish" - The Association
4. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - Beatles
5. "The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" - Gladys Knight 
    and the Pips
6. "What Might Have Been" - Little Texas
7. "What's Your Fantasy" - Ludacris
8. "Crazy" - Patsy Cline
9. "Someone to Watch Over Me" - George Gershwin
10. "Your Song" - Elton John
11. "Celeste" - Donovan
12. "Sometimes When we Touch" - Dan Hill
13. "When Rita Leaves" - Delbert McClinton
14. "If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher
15. "I Melt With You" - Modern English
16. "When I Need You" - Rod Stewart 
17. "Feel Like Making Love" - Bad Company 
18. "The Stroke" - Billy Squire 
19. "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" - Aerosmith
20. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
21. "Unchained Melody" - Righteous Brothers 
22. "In the Still of the Night" - Five Satins
23. "I Do It For You" - Bryan Adams
24. "I Want You Now" - Depeche Mode
25. "Oh Baby, Baby" - Smoky and the Miracles

By the way, it is unanimous! The song Barbara and her listener are 
looking for is Billy Ray Cyrus' "Words By Heart." Pats on the back 
and three "hazaah's" for my "music guru's!"

~*~ Peace, Love and Music ~*~

Willow

Questions...comments...e-mail me at willow@gophercentral.com
 
 

       *------------ TODAY'S MUSICAL QUIZ! --------------*

 1) Shaun Cassidy once was a regular on what 
    daytime soap opera?

 2) What "love" song are the following lyrics to?
      "Do you remember all the nights we spent 
  in silence
       Every single breath you took was mine"                 

       *------------- Answers At The End ----------------* 
 

Today's birthdays include:
 

Late jazz pianist and composer Bud Powell, who was born in 
1924

Bar-Keys singer-turned-producer Don Nix in 1941 (age 61)

Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and also Bachman-Turner 
Overdrive in 1943 (age 59)

Meat Loaf, whose real name is Marvin Aday, in 1947 (age 55)

Robbie Shakespeare and Men at Work's Greg Ham, both in 1953 
(age 49)

Pop singer/actor Shaun Cassidy in 1958 (age 44)

Third Eye Blind's Stephen Jenkins in 1965 (age 37)
 

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In 1935, a 13-year-old Judy Garland signed her first contract 
with MGM.

In 1962, Martha and the Vandellas' first single "I'll Have to 
Let Him Go" was released. 

In 1963, British pop singer Cilla Black's first single, "Love 
of the Loved," was released. The song was written by John 
Lennon and Paul McCartney. That same day, Black made her TV 
debut on the British show "Ready, Steady, Go."

In 1972, Rory Storme, of Rory Storme and the Hurricanes, died 
of an overdose of sleeping pills. His real name was Alan 
Caldwell. Ringo Starr had played drums with the group before 
joining the Beatles in 1962.

In 1979, a flu-stricken Elton John collapsed onstage at the 
Universal Amphitheater in Hollywood. He returned after a 10-
minute break to finish his set.

Also in 1979, Scottish guitarist Jimmy McCullough was found 
dead in his apartment. He'd just left Paul McCartney's group 
Wings. McCullough was 26.

In 1980, the Stray Cats, led by Brian Setzer, signed with 
Arista Records. 

In 1983, reggae artist Prince Far I (eye) was killed by 
gunmen at his home in St. Catherine's, Jamaica. The motive 
behind his murder was unclear.

Also in 1983, "Chorus Line" became the longest running Broadway 
musical in history on this date with its 3,389th performance.
 

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In 1984, Culture Club released five versions of its single 
"The War Song" -- with vocals in English, French, German, 
Spanish and Japanese.

In 1986, Metallica bass player Cliff Burton was killed when 
the band's tour bus flipped over on ice in Sweden. He was 24.

In 1990, as hundreds of fans looked on, Marvin Gaye was 
posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

In 1991, funkster Rick James pleaded innocent to charges he 
and his girlfriend tortured a woman at his Hollywood Hills 
home in July.

Also in 1991, Vanilla Ice, a.k.a. Robert Van Winkle, pleaded 
no contest in a Los Angeles courtroom to charges of pulling 
a gun on a man who'd tried to sell him some jewelry in a 
Studio City, Calif., parking lot the previous June. The 
rapper was sentenced to two years probation.

In 1993, a spokesperson for Madonna said the pop star would 
stay at a hotel in Jerusalem while in Israel because she 
wanted to be near the holy sites. However, she ended up 
staying in Tel Aviv.

In 1994, Metallica sued Elektra Records to break its 10-year
-old contract with the label. The band said it wasn't getting 
paid enough in royalties.

In 1995, stung by criticism of rap label Interscope, Time Warner 
severed its ties with Interscope rather than release Tha Dogg 
Pound's first album, which soon debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 
200.

In 2000, U2 performed two songs from its upcoming album on the 
roof of Dublin's Clarence Hotel, a property owned by the band. 
The performance of the single "Beautiful Day" and album track 
"Elevation" was videotaped for an Oct. 6 episode of the U.K. 
music show "Top Of The Pops."
 

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TODAY'S MUSICAL QUIZ: 

1) Shaun Cassidy once was a regular on what daytime soap opera?

ANSWER: “General Hospital”

2) What "love" song are the following lyrics to?
     "Do you remember all the nights we spent in silence
 Every single breath you took was mine"

ANSWER: "Endless Summer Nights" - Richard Marx
 

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