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19 May 1973, Paul Simon released the single ‘Kodachrome’ named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome which became a No.2 hit in the US. It was not released as a single in Britain, because the BBC would not play the trademarked name. https://youtu.be/RGK19Pg6sB0 Simon & Garfunkel – Kodachrome / Mabellene (from The Concert in Central […]
20 April 1991, Steve Marriott leader of Small Faces and Humble Pie, died in a fire at his home in Essex. His work became a major influence for many 90s bands. Small Faces had the 1967 UK No.3 & US No.16 single ‘Itchycoo Park’, plus 1968 No.1 UK album ‘Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake’, Humble Pie, […]
Very sad to hear that Taylor Hawkins, drummer with Foo Fighters has died age 50. Hawkins was in Bogota, Colombia, to perform with the Foo Fighter’s headlining set at Lollapalooza Brazil on Sunday. Foo Fighters were formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl, after his previous group Nirvana disbanded following the suicide of lead singer Kurt […]
24 March 1966, Simon And Garfunkel made their UK singles chart debut with ‘Homeward Bound.’ Paul Simon is said to have written the song at Farnworth railway station, Widnes, England, while stranded overnight waiting for a train. A plaque is displayed in the station to commemorate this, although memorabilia hunters have stolen it many times. […]
28 Feb 1976, Paul Simon’s ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’ was named Best Pop Vocal Performance and Album Of The Year at the 18th annual Grammy Awards. In his acceptance speech, Simon told the audience “I’d like to thank Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album this year.” https://youtu.be/nnb0nrICb4k Simon & Garfunkel – Still […]
28 Dec 1983, Having made two successful dives below a friend’s yacht to find items he’d drunkenly thrown off his own boat three years before, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson took one last dive into the Pacific and never returned from the boat moored in Marina Del Rey, California. With the help of President Reagan he […]
Happy 80th birthday to Art Garfunkel, born 5 Nov 1941, singer, actor. With Paul Simon as Simon and Garfunkel they scored the No.1 hits ‘The Sound of Silence’, ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’ and ‘Mrs. Robinson’. The 1970 album Bridge Over Trouble Water spent 307 weeks on the UK chart. He scored the solo, 1979 UK […]