Happy 64th Birthday to the pride of Downey, CA — Richard Carpenter. As one of (and later 2/3 …) of The Carpenters with his sister Karen, they made easy listening even easier. Nixon loved ’em, millions mocked ’em, and well … judge for yourself 🙂
John Lennon’s 70th Birthday…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #413B
September Song…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #2204
On this day in 1976, the #1 song in the U.S. was “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart” by Elton John and Kiki Dee. Surprisingly, this was Elton’s first #1 single in the U.K. and his last until “Sacrifice” topped that charts 14 years later.
“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” was also Elton’s first duet with Miss Piggy…
Happy 70th Ringo (Wow…)
Happy Birthday Sir Paul McCartney
RockGeek Fact of the Day #601
Today would’ve been Nelson Riddle’s 89th birthday. As the arranger/conductor for “the” musicians of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, he defined the sound of the time. Here’re a few of the folks Nelson Riddle wrote arrangements for: Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat “King” Cole, Kate Smith, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, and Linda Rondstadt, and hundreds of...
RockGeek Fact of the Day #0514
RockGeek Fact of the Day #5470
40 years ago today, at Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30. Other students...