Music Is Music
13 May 1941. Popular singer, Joe Brown, was born in Swarby, Lincolnshire. He rose to fame in the early 1960s, with UK hits, including: A Picture of You, It Only Took A Minute, and That's What Love Will Do. He was voted voted NME magazine’s Top UK Vocal Personality for 1962. pic.twitter.com/e1ktMLd0w7
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 13, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1975, musician, songwriter ("San Antonio Rose", "Faded Love", "Stay a Little Longer"), bandleader of the Texas Playboys, the King of Western Swing, Bob Wills died; Fort Worth, Texas; stroke, aged 70. Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma https://t.co/KkWKgn8ChB pic.twitter.com/ULhZ4THNwe
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) May 13, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 2012 bass guitarist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, session musician for Stax Records), record producer, songwriter, Donald "Duck" Dunn died in his sleep on tour in Tokyo, aged 70. Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis https://t.co/KkWKgn8ChB pic.twitter.com/aJpItmPXWu
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) May 13, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1967: The Supremes - The Happening https://t.co/tQml4nJ9mM via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 13, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1986: Falco- Rock Me Amadeus https://t.co/PxAcghhtgH via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 13, 2023
"The exuberance, the excitement, we were all still teenagers, more or less: I'd just turned 18 in January '79. There's a youthfulness for that album alone. I think, by the next album, Hypnotised, we'd kind of grown up a little bit more" #DamianONeil#TheUndertones #punkrock #punk pic.twitter.com/WWKSUL9vyG
— G.U.Mass (@GeorgiosMasman2) May 13, 2023
“Don’t just do what other people think you should be doing.”#OnThisDay #HappyBirthday to the glamorous gold chameleon Alison Elizabeth Margaret #Goldfrapp one of the most thrilling, visionary and slightly off-kilter pop icons.#HBD @alisongoldfrapp pic.twitter.com/adrcBMjvIS
— G.U.Mass (@GeorgiosMasman2) May 13, 2023
#OnThisDay May 13, 1⃣9⃣8⃣5⃣ #NewOrder released their 3rd studio album, 'Low-Life'.
"the first New Order album that sounds like an album" @uncutmagazine#80smusic #80s #postpunk #synthpop pic.twitter.com/UwgYc7STlu— G.U.Mass (@GeorgiosMasman2) May 13, 2023
14 May 1952. Singer-songwriter, David Byrne, was born in Dumbarton, Scotland. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the new wave band, Talking Heads. pic.twitter.com/33humx9AP9
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 14, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1998, iconic singer and actor; Academy & Grammy winner, member of the Rat Pack, Ol’ Blue Eyes, The Chairman of the Board, The Voice, Frankie, Frank Sinatra died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, age 82. Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City CA https://t.co/cTMKTLkUXN pic.twitter.com/9z1iGQ04zJ
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) May 14, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 2015, blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, The King of the Blues, B. B. King died in Las Vegas from congestive heart failure and complications from diabetes, age 89. B.B. King Museum, Indianola, Mississippi https://t.co/cTMKTLkUXN pic.twitter.com/8ub8NGvosj
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) May 14, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1977: Leo Sayer - When I Need You https://t.co/UhzWBIchKx via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 14, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1988: Fairground Attraction - Perfect https://t.co/GfE0Kf4z9F via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 14, 2023