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#U2 - ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ from the album ‘The Joshua Tree’ and released as a single today in 1987
‘I want to run
I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls that hold me inside
I wanna reach out and touch the flame…’https://t.co/cnqEFu1Lmy via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/JdTlLu8yPP— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) August 31, 2023
"Standing in Blackheath w/my mates when I became conscious of the fact that a lot of people were looking at me. ... I had to get out. I'd never experienced anything like it before & it was a horrible feeling." #OnThisDay #HappyBirthday to #GlennTilbrook pic.twitter.com/OfvAmaetoa
— G.U.Mass (@GeorgiosMasman2) August 31, 2023
Happy Birthday to Gina Schock of the Go-Gos! Did you ever see Gina play in person? Gina was one of the first to carve the path for other girls who wanted to play drums and showed them this was all right to do! Here's Gina performing "Get up and Go" with the Go-Go's back in 2012! pic.twitter.com/1F9Jha3goo
— Drum Talk TV (@DrumTalkTV) August 31, 2023
1 September 1854. Classical composer, Engelbert Humperdinck (right), was born in Siegburg (now in Germany). The pop singer, Gerry Dorsey (left), adopted his name in the 1960s. pic.twitter.com/yEVqVcNbOc
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 1, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1912 composer (three cantatas on the epic poem Song of Hiawatha) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor died from pneumonia in Holborn, London at the age of 37. Bandon Hill Cemetery, Wallington, Surrey (London Borough of Sutton) https://t.co/dXbKX53urh pic.twitter.com/nqLQE7JfFp
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) September 1, 2022
1 September 1946. Barry Gibb was born in Douglas, Isle of Man. He was co-founder of the Bee Gees, and co-writer of their greatest hits. He’s best known for his high-pitched falsetto voice. Guinness World Records ranks him 2nd most successful songwriter, behind Paul McCartney. pic.twitter.com/ZMV0HrsUZp
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 1, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1977 singer ("Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "His Eye Is on the Sparrow") actress Ethel Waters died; uterine cancer; Chatsworth CA aged 80. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale https://t.co/OTV700R4HW pic.twitter.com/azYO7WXiND
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) September 1, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 2008 singer, guitarist, songwriter ("Guitar Man", "When You're Hot, You're Hot"), actor (Smokey and the Bandit) Jerry Reed died in Nashville of complications from emphysema, aged 71. Cross Mausoleum in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville https://t.co/dXbKX53urh pic.twitter.com/y0F1L6MpyE
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) September 1, 2022
1 September 2012. Hal David (right) died (aged 91). He was lyric writer of numerous classic songs, with music by Burt Bacharach (left). His lyrics were simple, concise and poetic, expressing universal sentiments. The Bacharach-David songwriting team split up in the early 1970s. pic.twitter.com/Uf1VsR45E0
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 1, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1961: John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me https://t.co/jerGnRHOmj via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 1, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1984: Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It https://t.co/RFcvHimOW6 via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 1, 2023
2 September 1946. American singer-songwriter and keyboard player, Billy Preston, was born in Houston, Texas, USA. He played on The Beatles album Let it Be. His own hits included: That’s the Way God Planned It, Outa-Space, Will It Go Round in Circles, and With You I’m Born Again. pic.twitter.com/FMj1U3UFG1
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 2, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1972: Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well https://t.co/NBPExEjnWo via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 2, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1986: Steve Winwood - Higher Love https://t.co/OhqK1ArHro via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) September 2, 2023