Music Is Music
19 October 1944. Reggae legend, Peter Tosh, a key member of Bob Marley & The Wailers, was born in Jamaica. On 11 September 1987, he was shot and killed in his home in Jamaica by two members of a 3-man gang, who came to his house on motorcycles demanding money. pic.twitter.com/1G93I0PcPA
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 19, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1988 Delta blues singer, slide guitarist, songwriter ("Preachin' the Blues", "Walking Blues") Son House died from cancer of the larynx in Detroit aged 86. Mt. Hazel Cemetery, Detroit https://t.co/KMZzlhKgfb pic.twitter.com/Dwt07ufw1v
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) October 19, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1979: Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough https://t.co/Lx9DdOBdxu via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 19, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1981: Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party https://t.co/Jqc2q2OCX9 via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 19, 2023
#TheSpecials - ‘It Doesn't Make It Alright’ from their brilliant eponymous debut album released today in 1979
‘Just because you’re a black boy
Just because you’re a white
It doesn’t mean you’ve got to hate him
It doesn’t mean you’ve got to fight’https://t.co/eqCOwNGBw8 pic.twitter.com/Wm98jyqlh4— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 19, 2023
#Madness - ‘My Girl’ from their debut album ‘One Step Beyond…’ released today in 1979https://t.co/glIWmnrQLV via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/VvLJhu9vVY
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 19, 2023
#U2 - ‘Sweetest Thing’ originally the b-side to ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’ in 1987, it was re-recorded & included on the compilation album ‘The Best of 1980-1990’ and released as a single today in 1998https://t.co/0aSm6SJZrV via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/DEV073ehdr
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 19, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1977, lead singer, primary lyricist of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Freebird,Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man,That Smell), Ronnie Van Zant died in a plane crash near Gillsburg, Louisiana, aged 29. Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida https://t.co/6ttAuNPEhq pic.twitter.com/B2kLSarUzM
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) October 20, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 1983 singer, songwriter ("Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon"), innovative guitarist, Merle Travis died of a heart attack at his Tahlequah, Oklahoma home, aged 65. Cremated remains scattered Ebenezer Cemetery, Ebenezer, Kentucky https://t.co/6ttAuNPEhq pic.twitter.com/oMLxZRwrG5
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) October 20, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1973: Rolling Stones - Angie https://t.co/E1TRjFbzGn via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 20, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1983: Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me https://t.co/qd3ulF9wXP via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 20, 2023
Remembering #ArianeForster aka #AriUp who died today in 2010 aged 48.#TheSlits ‘Typical Girls’https://t.co/xn4AmyFXet via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/m5ceMLuoE5
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 20, 2023
#Galaxie500 - ‘Blue Thunder’ from the album ‘On Fire’ released today in 1989https://t.co/hHbYyTtCik via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/sX9qlyoX0T
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) October 20, 2023