All Those Years Ago by George Harrison Album: Living In England Date: 1981 U.S. Chart: 2 U.K. Chart: 13 Lyrics: View Lyrics George Harrison Ringtones   Listen/Buy @ Amazon

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Songfacts:  You can leave comments about the song at the bottom of the page. This is tribute to John Lennon, who was shot and killed the year before. Harrison remained friends with Lennon after The Beatles broke up. Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney played on this along with Denny Laine from McCartney's band Wings. Long time Beatle producer George Martin produced this for Harrison. Geoff Emerick, one of The Beatles sound engineers, also had a hand in this tune. (thanks, chet - saratoga springs, NY, for above 2) Get Artistfacts for George Harrison More songs by George Harrison More songs that are tributes to friends who died More songs with famous guest musicians

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"All Of Me" is one of those songs you hear in hotel lounges a lot lately, but really should be getting more recognition. A great vocal piece in its own right, "All Of Me" has been recorded by the greatest performers of all, including among others, Count Basie.

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April In Paris

Words & Music by E. Y. Harburg & Vernon Duke, 1932
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 1956

Fm       Bb    C   Fm            Bb     C
April in Par - is, chestnuts in blos - sum,

CM7     Bb    C   C/B        Gm7    C7
Holiday ta - bles under the trees.

Bm7-5    E7    F    E7       G#m    Am
April in Par - is, this is a feel - ing

Bb9        B7         E7
No one can ever re - prise.

FM7 Fdim  Bb9       C6           
I   never knew the charm of spring,

Fdim         Fm7      C
Never met it face to face;

Am E7             Am
I  never knew my heart could sing,

Bb9            B7         E     
Never missed a warm em - brace

Dm7 Fm          Bb    C    Gdim       FM7 Bb9
Til A - pril in Par - is.  Whom can I run to?

FM7           Bb9  G7      C
What have you done to my heart?

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Birth name

Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre

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Height

5' 8½" (1.74 m)

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Spouse

Gregg Allman	(30 June 1975 - 16 January 1979) (divorced) 1 child
Sonny Bono	(27 September 1967 - 26 June 1975) (divorced) 1 child

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Trivia

Mother, with Alman, of Elijah Blue Allman.

Diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 30.

Had started dating producer David Geffen after she and estranged husband Sonny Bono split up.

Was living with rock musician Gene Simmons of Kiss for several years.

Her sister, Georganne LaPiere, was the first wife of Michael Madsen.

Offered the part of Thelma in Thelma & Louise (1991).

Half-sister-in-law of Michael Madsen.

Half-sister of Georganne LaPiere.

Her father was Armenian, her mother was part Cherokee.

Legally changed her name from "Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre Bono Allman" to simply "Cher".

Beat out Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" for the best selling single of 1998 with "Believe".

Wanted to play Morticia in the The Addams Family (1991) but the part went to Anjelica Huston

Her favourite makeup artist, Kevyn Aucoin, died in 2002 of a brain tumor.

Has mostly been living in London, UK over the last few years.

Holds the record for a female artist who has the longest span from entering the top 100 (I Got You Babe #1 1965, Song For The Lonely #85 2002)

Holds the record for the the longest gap between #1 hits (Dark Lady, 1974, Believe 1999)

Holds the record for oldest female artist with a #1 hit (Believe)

Son, Elijah Allman, fronts the band Deadsy.

Half-sister-in-law of actress Virginia Madsen.

Is tying with Mako as the Oscar-nominated actor throughout history with the shortest name. Technically wins, as her name is only one syllable and is her actual legal name.

Suffers from fear of flying

Wears size 8 shoes.

Cher's very first recording was novelty record "I Love You Ringo", under the name of Bonnie Jo Mason in 1963.

Her parents married and divorced 3 times.

Measurements: 32B-24-36 (in 1990), 34C-24-35 1/2 (after breast lift surgery), 35 1/2 -25 1/2-36 (late 1990s), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

She won an Grammy in 1999 for the song "Believe" and an Emmy in 2003 for a special on her farewell concert tour.

Spoke the Eulogy at her ex-husband, Sonny Bono's, funeral

Ranked #43 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Wore braces as an adult.

Her 1998 hit single "Believe" was ranked #60 on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs.

A 2002 Rolling Stone article estimated her wealth at over 600 million dollars. Since then she has embarked on a hugely successful farewell tour that is still going and released a greatest hits CD that has spent weeks in the the Billboard top 10

Is a big Katharine Hepburn fan.

Although her music video "If I Could Turn Back Time" is often cited as the first video to be banned by MTV, this is not true. The Rolling Stones ("Neighbors"), The Ramones ("Psychotherapy") and Laura Branigan all had videos banned several years beforehand.

Mother, with Bono, of Chastity Bono.

Named after Lana Turner's daughter Cheryl Crane.

Is the only certified female performer in music history to have had a U.S #1 single in the 1960s 1970s 1980s and 1990s

She and Barbra Streisand are the only two female performers in the U.S to have had a #1 hit and won an Oscar.

Has appeared solo on the cover of People magazine a near record 13 times

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Personal quotes

"I don't like my voice that much. I think I'm a much better actress than singer. Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house. When you go to someone else's house for a party, it's not your responsibility at all, but when you have the party at your own house, there's a lot of responsibility. Everyone has to have a good time. So for me, acting is deeper".

"In this business you have to be tough, and if someone pushes me really far I can certainly be impossible. I've always said, 'if you're nice they walk over you and if you stand up for yourself they call you a bitch'".

"I'm not a role model, nor have I ever tried to be a role model. The only thing about me as a role model is I've managed to stay here and be working and survive. For 40 years".

"I'm like a bumper car. When I did an infomercial I was fodder for every TV comedy show. I couldn't get a job. People said I was a huge joke. I've been a joke so many times. I've been on my way out since I started, but I'm strong willed. My mother is so much tougher than I am and my grandmother is so much tougher than my mother".

"I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck".

"I was a shy ugly kid who led a big fantasy life. I thought I was an angel sent from heaven, to cure polio. When Dr. Salk did that I was really pissed off." - (People Magazine 7/1/85)

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Salary

Moonstruck (1987)	$1,000,000
Suspect (1987)	$1,000,000
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)	$1,000,000
Mask (1985)	$500 000 + 5% gross points
Silkwood (1983)	$150,000

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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:

Her Top 40 hits and TV series with then-husband Sonny Bono in the 1960s and 1970s made Cher a pop culture icon before she ever hit the silver screen. Her struggle to be taken seriously as an actress while not sacrificing any of the campy flamboyance she displayed in her singing career has provided consistent fodder for the entertainment media. She first surprised doubters with a credible turn in a "small" picture, Robert Altman's Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). She had appeared in three films before that, including the William Friedkin-directed Good Times (1967, with Sonny). She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for a strong performance as title character Meryl Streep's unglamorous, hardheaded lesbian roommate in Silkwood (1983), her first prestige production. Cher's clashes with director Peter Bogdanovich on the set of her next picture, the I-was-ateenage-Elephant-Man tearjerker Mask (1985, which earned her a shared Best Actress award at Cannes), along with her general outspokenness, penchant for tattoos, and exhibitionistic fashion sense ignited a media myth she appeared to resent even as she stoked its fires.

The Oscar that she coveted did not elude her for long; she won the 1987 Best Actress Academy Award for her performance in Moonstruck a romantic comedy centering around some eccentric Brooklyn Italians. She was also featured with two other major female stars, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer, in 1987's desultory The Witches of Eastwick after taking time from films to pick up the slack of her increasingly irrelevant but still fairly lucrative singing career, she made Mermaids (1990), during the shooting of which her displeasure with original director Frank Oz led to his being replaced by Richard Benjamin. Cher was inactive on screen for several years, focusing instead on hugely successful exercise videos and infomercials. After cameos (as herself) in the Robert Altman films The Player (1992) and Ready to Wear/Pràt-ê-Porter (1994), she returned as a hit man's target in Faithful (1995).

Copyright © 1994 Leonard Maltin, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.

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1956

Elvis Presley recorded his first tracks for RCA, his new record company. Among them was the first song written especially for The King, "Heartbreak Hotel". He was backed by a drummer, D.J. Fontana for the first time, in addition to guitarist Chet Atkins and piano player Floyd Cramer in an eight hour recording session.

1957

Fats Domino records "I'm Walkin'". The record will reach #4 on the US pop chart and #1 on the R&B chart in April of 1958.

Elvis passes his pre-induction medical at Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He is classified 1-A.

Bill Haley and His Comets kick off a world wide tour in Sydney Australia, playing two sold out concerts, each attended by over 7,000 fans.

1958

Danny and the Juniors' rock and roll classic "At The Hop" was the number one song in the US. Originally written as "Do the Bop", American Bandstand host Dick Clark advised the group to re-write the lyrics because the dance known as The Bop was on its way out. Clark was right and the Philadelphia quartet's record stayed in the top spot for a month.

1960

Marty Robbins' cross over hit "El Paso" topped the Billboard Hot 100 and would later become the first country song to win a Grammy Award.

1962

After refusing to sign an oath that says they have never been members of the Communist party, The Weavers are removed from the line-up of NBC-TV's Jack Parr Show.

The British music magazine Mersey Beat publishes a group popularity poll which shows The Beatles at the top, followed by Gerry and The Pacemakers.

1963

Gary "U.S." Bonds files a $100,000 suit against Chubby Checker, charging Checker rearranged "Quarter to Three" and turned it into "Dancin' Party." The suit is settled out of court.

Rick Nelson signs a one million dollar, twenty year contract with Decca Records.

1964

Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" becomes the last US number one record before the so called British Invasion. Between Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" in July, 1955 and Vinton's hit, only five non-American artists could manage a US chart topper. All that was about to change.

1965

The Beatles had three L.P.s in the top 10 of the US albums chart, with "Beatles ’65" (number 1), "A Hard Day’s Night" (number 6) and "Beatles’ Story" (peaking at number 7).

CBS purchases The Fender Guitar Company for $13 million.

1966

The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" is awarded a gold record, two days before it begins a three week reign in the Number One spot. It had entered the chart on December 18, 1965 and stayed on the Hot 100 for 12 weeks.

The Who and The Kinks perform on the last Shindig on ABC-TV.

1968

Television producer and American Bandstand host Dick Clark premieres his latest TV series, Happening '68. The prime-time show, featuring popular rock acts ran until September 1969.

"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" goes gold just nine months after its release.

Thirty thousand copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album, "Two Virgins" were seized at a New Jersey airport because the cover shows the couple naked. A vice squad in Chicago shut down a record store displaying the album, causing the distributor, Tetragrammaton Records, to sell the L.P. in a plain brown paper wrapper.

1970

Tragedy struck The Who on January 4th when a gang of teens attacked Keith Moon's Bentley limo. His chauffeur, Neil Boland got out to try to protect the car, but left it in gear, and it started moving. Moon, who had no driver's licence, jumped behind the wheel. Unfortunately, the chauffeur, who was being beaten, had fallen under the car and as Keith gunned the engine, Neil was run over and killed. Though the inquest absolved Moon of blame, Neil's family didn't, and neither did Moon himself, as he was haunted by the incident for the rest of his life.

Area residents file a $35,000 lawsuit for property damages against Max Yasgur, owner of the New York farm that hosted the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

What would prove to be The Beatles' last recording session is held at EMI's Abby Road Studios.

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", taken from the soundtrack of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, becomes BJ Thomas' third US Top Ten hit and his first number one.

Following the footsteps of Peter Tork, who quit a year earlier, singer Davy Jones announces that he too is leaving The Monkees.

1973

Country singer Tex Ritter died of a heart attack at the age of 67, while trying to bail out a member of his band. Tex's son John Ritter was the star of the US TV sit-com, "Three's Company".

Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" leads the US hit parade, stirring speculation about exactly who she was singing about. Although suggestions run from actor Warren Beatty to Mick Jagger to James Taylor to Kris Kristofferson, Simon has steadfastly refused to divulge her secret.

1974

Casablanca Records signed Kiss to a recording contract soon after catching their act in New York, along with Blue Oyster Cult and Iggy Pop. The band's first album would be released a few weeks later, and would climb to number 87 on the US albums chart.

The L.P. "The Early Beatles" turns gold nine years after its release and nearly four years after the group split up.

Bob Dylan and The Band reunited for a US tour. Dylan was promoting his "Planet Waves" album while The Band had just released "Moondog Matinee" and the single, "Ain’t Got No Home". The results of the tour were released six months later on "Before the Flood", a live double album.

Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" tops the Hot 100, the second of three posthumous hits for the late singer / songwriter.

James Taylor and Carly Simon have their second child, Sarah Martin.

1975

Elton John's remake of The Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" becomes his tenth US Top Ten hit and his third number one.

After fans caused over $30,000 damage to the Boston Garden auditorium, Mayor Kevin White promptly cancels a scheduled performance by Led Zeppelin.

1976

40 year old Mal Evans, a former roadie and bodyguard of the Beatles, is shot to death by police at his Los Angeles apartment. His girlfriend, Fran Hughes, found him upset and despondent and when friends couldn't get Evans to release the unloaded rifle he was holding, they called police. Evans supposedly pointed the gun at police and they opened fire.

Former record company executive Kenneth Moss is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation. He had earlier pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh.

1977

Former Fifth Dimension members Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr achieved their first hit since leaving the group in November, 1975, when "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) went to number one in the US.

1978

The soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever" enters the US album charts, eventually hitting number one, where it will stay for six weeks starting February 18. The album had a chart stay of 39 weeks and to this date, has sold over 15 million copies.

1979

Richard Carpenter enters a chemical dependency treatment center in Topeka, Kansas.

The Bee Gees lead the Billboard Hot 100 for the seventh time when "Too Much Heaven" climbed to the top. The Brothers Gibb donated the proceeds from the single to UNICEF, the agency dedicated to helping children around the world.

1980

Led Zeppelin's "In Through the Out Door" is awarded a platinum disc. It's the last album issued before the September 25th death of drummer John Bonham.

The first number one song of the eighties belonged to KC and The Sunshine Band for "Please Don't Go". It was their fifth and final US chart topper.

Georgeanna Tillman of The Marvelettes, who scored a number one hit with "Please Mr Postman" in 1961, died on January 6th of sickle cell anemia at the age of 35.

On January 7th, 45 year old Larry Williams, who had hit songs with "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and "Bony Maronie" is found dead in his Los Angles home of a gunshot wound to the head. The case is never solved.

1981

The "Eagles Live" album goes platinum. The two-record set will turn out to be the final Eagles album until 1994's comeback LP, "Hell Freezes Over".

1985

The US Postal Service issues a stamp marking what would have been Elvis Presley's 50th birthday. Over 500 million of them are sold.

1986

36 year old Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy ("The Boys Are Back In Town") dies of a heart attack brought on by a drug overdose on January 4th.

1989

Tom Jones made a guest appearance on Late Night With David Letterman, performing his comeback tune, "Kiss", a song he recorded with The Art of Noise. It was his first US hit in almost a dozen years.

1993

Elton John breaks Elvis Presley's record for the most consecutive years having a US Top 40 hit when "The Last Song" peaks at number 24, giving him a string of 23 straight hit making years.

1994

Diana Ross is named to Mr. Blackwell's worst-dressed women list.

1995

The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inducts Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, Martha and the Vandellas, Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Al Green and Frank Zappa.

1996

O.J. Simpson calls an L.A. radio station to request a dedication to his murdered wife Nicole. He asked that they play "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.

1997

45 year old Randy California, who is best known as the leader of the rock band Spirit, died tragically when he was gripped by an undertow while swimming on the coast of the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Before he died, he was able to save his 12 year-old son, Quinn.

1998

Billy Joel continued his successful string of live appearances when two more shows became the eighth and ninth consecutive sell-outs in Uniondale, New York, at the Nassau Coliseum. His tour continued into 2000, and even though he said it would be his last for quite some time, more dates with Elton John were scheduled into 2001, 2002 and still more for 2003.

Sonny Bono suffered fatal head and neck injuries while skiing at the Heavenly Ski Resort in Nevada on January 6th. The 62 year old Bono was apparently skiing alone, late in the day when he crashed into a tree. After leaving show business, Sonny was elected Mayor of Palm Springs, California in 1988 and in 1994, was elected to congress and was re-elected in 1996.

1999

Rod Stewart and his wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation after eight years of marriage.

2003

Capitol Records announced that Lisa Marie Presley's first album will be released on April 8th of this year.

Former Supremes singer Diana Ross was allegedly caught driving under the influence in Tucson, Arizona. The 58 year old Ross was pulled over by police responding to a report that her vehicle had been swerving. Her blood-alcohol content was determined to be 0.20, more than twice the legal limit. Ross, who was alone in the car, was polite to police at the scene, and was driven by them to the location where she was staying in the area. She was cited with three counts of DUI, all misdemeanors.

2004

Ray Davies of The Kinks was shot in the leg during a robbery in New Orleans when two thieves stole a lady friend's purse at gunpoint. Davies gave chase and one of the men turned and shot him in the thigh.

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Classic Rockers In The News For the first time in the last 32 years, Dick Clark wasn't in Time Square to celebrate New Year's Eve. The 75 year old TV host / producer was forced to watch the show from his hospital bed after suffering a mild stroke on December 6th. A spokesman said that Mr. Clark had been doing some rehab and that doctors are encouraged with his progress. He would not comment on tabloid reports about paralysis and impaired speech suffered by Clark. After a grilled cheese sandwich that was said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary sold on eBay for $28,000, the on-line auction phenomenon has taken another twist. A North Carolina man named Wade Jones has sold three tablespoons of water taken from a cup used by Elvis Presley during a 1977 concert for $455. Jones was just 13 when he saw Presley perform at the Charlotte Coliseum, and watched Elvis drink from the cup while he introduced his band. After the show, Jones went to the stage and collected the cup and later froze the water, eventually melting it and storing it in a glass vial. As proof of the water's authenticity, Jones provided photos of Presley during the concert in which several plastic foam cups can be seen on a stand behind him. Another photo shows Presley holding a cup. After an experimental reunion gig at Cleveland's House of Blues the day after Thanksgiving, Eric Carmen and the rest of the original Raspberries are schedualed to reunite for some more shows and possibly a full tour in 2005. Carmen, along with drummer Jim Bonfanti, guitarist Wally Bryson and bassist Davie Smalley have been split since 1975 after scoring four Top fourty hits between 1972 and 1974, including the Billboard number 5 hit "Go All The Way". Carmen went on to enjoy a solo career highlighted by eight Top fourty chart makers including three Top Ten hits, "All By Myself" (#2), "Hungry Eyes (#4) and "Make Me Lose Control" (#3). Carmen said "Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was put us on a stage somewhere, in less than the best circumstances, and pop the bubble, have the fans come in and say, 'Gee, they weren't that good'. It's your responsibility to give them something to be excited about." Eagles fans will want to know that they can replace their old vynyl albums with CDs as WEA International has just re-issued "Eagles", "On The Border", "One Of These Nights", Hotel California", "Long Run", "Desperado" and "Eagles Live". Be sure to check out the latest of Gary James' interviews with members of Chicago, The Buckinghams, The Angels and Bill Haley's Comets in our "Rock and Roll Interviews" section. Buy or Sell Your Sports or Concert Tickets at BuySellTix.com @ Buyselltix

This Week's Rock and Roll Birthdays January 2nd 1936 - Roger Miller ("King Of The Road") January 3rd 1926 - George Martin - the Beatles’ producer 1945 - Stephen Stills - guitarist for Buffalo Springfield (“For What It’s Worth”) 1946 - John Paul Jones - bassist for Led Zeppelin (“Whole Lotta Love”) January 4th 1946 - Arthur Conley ("Sweet Soul Music") January 5th 1923 - Sam Phillips - founder of Sun Records 1929 - Wilbert Harrison ("Kansas City") 1940 - George Malone of The Monotones ("Who Wrote The Book Of Love") 1949 - George Brown - drummer for Kool and the Gang ("Joanna") 1950 - Chris Stein - guitarist for Blondie ("The Tide Is High") January 6th 1937 - Nino Tempo ("Deep Purple" with sister April Stevens) 1946 - Syd Barrett - guitarist for Pink Floyd ("Another Brick In The Wall") 1940 - Van McCoy ("Do the Hustle") 1953 - Malcolm Young - rhythm guitarist for AC/DC ("You Shook Me All Night Long 1959 - Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge ("We Are Family") January 7th 1936 - Eldee Young - bassist for Young / Holt Unlimited ("Soulful Strut") 1938 - Paul Revere - keyboards for Paul Revere and the Raiders ("Kicks") 1948 - Kenny Loggins ("I'm Alright") January 8th 1931 - Bill Graham - concert promoter 1935 - Elvis Presley ("Jailhouse Rock") 1937 - Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger") 1940 - Anthony Gourdine - lead singer of Little Anthony and The Imperials ("Tears On My Pillow") 1942 - John Peterson - drummer for The Beau Brummels ("Laugh, Laugh") 1946 - Robby Krieger - guitarist for The Doors ("Light My Fire") 1947 - David Bowie ("Fame") 1947 - Terry Sylvester - guitarist for The Hollies ("Bus Stop")

  In The USA  

January 2^nd to January 8^th

Year	Song	Artist
1956	Sixteen Tons	Tennessee Ernie Ford
1957	Singing The Blues	Guy Mitchell
1958	At The Hop	Danny and the Juniors
1959	The Chipmunk Song	The Chipmunks with David Seville
1960	Why	Frankie Avalon
1961	Wonderland By Night	Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra
1962	The Twist	Chubby Checker
1963	Telstar	The Tornadoes
1964	There! I've Said It Again	Bobby Vinton
1965	I Feel Fine	The Beatles
1966	We Can Work It Out	The Beatles
1967	I'm A Believer	The Monkees
1968	Hello Goodbye	The Beatles
1969	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Marvin Gaye
1970	Someday We'll Be Together	Diana Ross and The Supremes
1971	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison
1972	Got To Be There	Michael Jackson
1973	You're So Vain	Carly Simon
1974	Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)	Helen Reddy
1975	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	Elton John
1976	I Write The Songs	Barry Manilow
1977	You Don't Have To Be A Star	Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
1978	How Deep Is Your Love	The Bee Gees
1979	Le Freak	Chic
1980	Escape (The Pina Colada Song)	Rupert Holmes

  In The United Kingdom  

January 2^nd to January 8^th

Year	Song	Artist
1956	Rock Around The Clock	Bill Haley & His Comets
1957	Singing The Blues	Guy Mitchell
1958	Great Balls Of Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis
1959	It's Only Make Believe	Conway Twitty
1960	What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For	Emile Ford & The Checkmates
1961	I Love You	Cliff Richard
1962	The Young Ones	Cliff Richard
1963	Bachelor Boy	Cliff Richard
1964	Glad All Over	The Dave Clark Five
1965	I Feel Fine	The Beatles
1966	Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out	The Beatles
1967	Green Green Grass Of Home	Tom Jones
1968	Hello Goodbye	The Beatles
1969	Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da	Marmalade
1970	Two Little Boys	Rolf Harris
1971	Grandad	Clive Dunn
1972	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing	The New Seekers
1973	Long Haired Lover From Liverpool	Little Jimmy Osmond
1974	You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me	The New Seekers
1975	Down Down	Status Quo
1976	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
1977	When A Child Is Born	Johnny Mathis
1978	Mull Of Kintyre	Wings
1979	YMCA	The Village People
1980	Brass In Pocket	The Pretenders

These charts are provided for entertainment purposes only. No ownership of the data is claimed or implied.
The US chart shows the best selling records as compiled by Cashbox Magazine.
The UK chart shows the best selling records as listed by the New Musical Express Hit Parade.

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The year 1981 saw the release of her most successful album Mistaken Identity containing her most popular and well known song "Bette Davis Eyes." Written in 1974 by Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss, the song was originally rejected by Kim. Rejected only until a new instrumentation arrangement done by Bill Cuomo convinced her that it was a hit. The public agreed driving it to #1 on the charts. "Bette Davis Eyes" won Kim her 1981 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Bette Davis wrote to Kim after the song was released and stated that she was very pleased with the song as it made her seem very up to date with her grandson. She had Kim sing the song live for her at a tribute held just before her death.

According to Whitney Stine in her book "I'd Like To Kiss You":

"...A few months later I gave a dinner party for the writer Anais Nin, who called at the last moment to ask if she might bring along a houseguest, singer Jackie De Shannon. She turned out to be a vivacious redhead with a delightful sense of humor. Upon leaving, Jackie took my hand. 'I loved Mother Goddam', she said, 'and I'll never forget the look in Paul Henreids eyes when he lighted those 2 cigarettes in the ending of Now Voyager. I want to write a song about the great Bette Davis'. I told her, 'Good Luck' and I promptly forgot the incident. But true to her word, Jackie, with Donna Weiss, wrote Bette Davis Eyes, a song Kim Carnes recorded 7 years later in 1981. At long last, Kim finally had the hit her life."

"Bette came out to a huge ovation, and the interview proceeded. Also on the show was throaty singer Kim Carnes, with whom I had shared a limousine to the studio. Kim remarked hopefully that her new recording would make the charts. 'I need a hit so badly, and maybe this is it!'

Bette was intrigued with Kim. "What's wrong with your voice? Do you have a cold?', she asked after the number. 'That's just me,' Kim laughed. Bette giggled. 'You sound like you just swallowed a safety pin!'

Playboy Magazine interviewed Bette Davis in July 1982:

PLAYBOY: Another description of you was in that Kim Carnes song that was so popular last year, Bette Davis Eyes. Do you know all the words?

DAVIS: (Sings) "She's ferocious... She throws you..." No, I haven't learned the lyrics, really, but I think the writers are damned clever. I wrote them and said, "How did you know me so well?".

Other charting tracks from Mistaken Identity include "Mistaken Identity" (#60) and "Draw of the Cards (#28).

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The brothers Alex and Edward were born in Holland in 1955 and 1957 respectively, where they lived until 1965, when the Van Halen's moved to Pasadena, California. They were a musical family. Jan, their father, was an accomplished clarinet player and Alex and Ed were both originally trained as concert pianists. Their interests then shifted towards more popular music, so they changed their instrument of choice; Ed's being drums and Alex's the guitar. Ed had a paper route to pay for his drum set, so while he was out delivering them, Alex would play his drums. Eventually, Alex got better than Edward, so he started playing Alex's guitar. This seemed to work out rather nicely, so this way it stayed.

After high school, playing in various cover bands, Ed was handling the lead singing duties. They rented their P.A. from David Lee Roth, who was in a local band The Red Ball Jets. He had moved to Pasadena with his father from Bloomington, Indiana in 1972. Ed, hating to sing lead vocals, convinced Dave to join the band which was later named Mammoth.

One gig they shared the bill with a band called Snake, who's lead singer and bass player was Michael Anthony, from Chicago, Illinois. The band invited Mike to jam with them, then later asked him to join the band. Being very impressed with them, he agreed and joined Mammoth.

Realizing another band had layed claim to the name Mammoth, the boys tossed around some new names, (one of them being Rat Salade), until they finally decided upon Van Halen.

While playing at an LA club called The Starwood, Gene Simmons spots them and decides to produce a demo for them. (On it was an early version of "House of Pain" and "Runnin' with the Devil", complete with car horn which served as a transition between the two songs.) Ed was a little uncomforable in the studio, playing on someone elses equipment and not being used to the idea of multi-track recording. The demo is rejected by all major studios.

In 1977, a year after making the demo, Warner Brothers producer Ted Templeman spots them at the same club that Gene first saw them. He convinces partner Mo Ostin to sign the band, and in February 1978, Van Halen is released.

And the world was a little better place.

Six platium albums later, in 1985, Dave decided to leave the band to pursue solo interests. The band tossed around the idea of doing an album with different singers on each song, before deciding to look for a permanent replacement.

While at a Lamborghini repair shop called Claudio's, Ed mentions that he is looking for a new singer. Claudio, in turn, mentions Sammy Hagar, who was in the band Montrose and now a successful solo artist, who's Lamborghini is also in the shop. Ed calls him, and they set up a time for him to meet the band.

After a short business meeting, they decide to jam. Eddie plays a song he had been working on, which Sammy began singing impromptu lyrics to. This song, with much of these original lyrics intact became "Summer Nights." They got along great, and a new line-up was found. Their next album was 5150, which went to #1, a first for the band. After that they have had continued success, with every one of their studio albums being certified multi-platinum.

Now after 11 years with Sammy Hagar, Van Halen surprises us with a "new" singer, David Lee Roth returns to the band to be part of the Greatest Hits Album and records 2 songs to be included in the material, he is not member of Van Halen.

Gary Cherone former lead vocalist of the band Extreme became the new member of Van Halen replacing Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth.

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I used to think that when Sinatra got older, his voice just didn't cut it anymore.  Boy, did I get it wrong!  You have to get older yourself to really appreciate the man's talent and vocal control.  I once saw Sammy Davis Jr in concert at Vegas and for a little guy, he could rock the house............I loved it!!

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FLY ME TO THE MOON (Frank Sinatra)

Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars

In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

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The very first song on the first Toto album, inspired by the year of the child 1979.

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BILLBOARD MAGAZINE calls Bobby Vinton "the all-time most successful love singer of the 'Rock-Era'". This is a name that has been synonymous with superstardom, a true survivor and today he continues to enjoy success as a top-rated performer. Today, Bobby is one of the few stars who is capable of headlining in Atlantic City and Las Vegas in addition to playing dates around the world. He has established himself as one of America's top concert performers and most versatile entertainers. The hit songs Bobby has given us over the years have become classics. His impressive list of hits includes renowned love songs such as: ROSES ARE RED, BLUE VELVET, and MR. LONELY. His songs are recognized as standards throughout the world and his music has retained its vitality and relevance through our changing times. Bobby's hit-making capability was again evidenced with the release of MY MELODY OF LOVE, when it became the #1 song in the nation and was embraced by Polish Americans around the country as their new national anthem. Not long after, his best selling autobiography THE POLISH PRINCE was published. "During the first ten years of the rock era, Vinton had more #1 hits than any other male vocalist including Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra", quotes BILLBOARD MAGAZINE. The phenomenal success Bobby experienced in the recording industry carried over to other areas of the entertainment world.

For three years, his recordings aired in over 140 cities throughout the United States and Canada. He also hosted a highly rated network variety special for CBS Television (it triumphed over Monday Night Football!!) and starred in two John Wayne movies: "Big Jake" and "The Train Robbers".      Bobby, never satisfied resting on the laurels of his accomplishment, received the idea to create his own theater while he was performing in Branson, Missouri. The culmination of Bobby's idea and efforts was the BOBBY VINTON BLUE VELVET THEATRE. A 1600 seat European style theatre complete with ceiling murals, Italian tile and blue velvet accents. His vision also included arranging his hits to blend with that of the Big Band sound. 

      A multi-talented musician as well as a singer and actor, Bobby was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Pittsburgh), the son of a locally popular band leader, Stan Vinton. When he was a young boy, his parents encouraged him to study music, and at the age of sixteen formed his first band. The band played clubs around the Pittsburgh area and with the money he earned, Bobby helped finance his college education at Duquesne University. There he studied music and graduated with a degree in Musical Composition. While at Duquesne, he became proficient on all of the instruments in the band (piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, drums and the oboe) -- a talent which he displays in his shows today. He recently received an honorary doctoral degree in music from his alma mater.

After a short stint in the army, (which served as the inspiration for one of his biggest hits, MR. LONELY), Bobby and his band appeared on Guy Lombardo's "TV Talent Scouts". A subsequent four-week contract on that show landed him a contract with Epic Records, the label that released Bobby's first single, ROSES ARE RED, which began his extraordinary career as a vocalist. The record climbed to the #1 spot on the charts and eventually sold over four million copies. It included such songs as ROSES ARE RED, THERE I'VE SAID IT AGAIN, PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER, I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME, and of course MY MELODY OF LOVE. As a result of these and many more hits, Bobby was awarded over a dozen gold records and albums during his career and has sold over 75 million records. Over the past several years, Bobby has been honored by over one hundred national organizations and more than a dozen mayors across the United States for his unique contributions to the ethnic communities. He was invited to Poland as a guest of the government. As a tribute to his talents and community services the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce bestowed the ultimate honor upon Vinton--a bronze star on the world famous Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.

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DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA
Dion & The Belmonts


Donna, Donna the Prima Donna
Broke my heart.
We're apart.
Thinks she's smart.

I met a girl a month ago
I thought that she would love me so.
But in time I realized.
She had a pair of roving eyes.

I remember the nights we dated,
Always acting sophisticated,
Talking about high society,
Then she tried to make a fool out of me.

They call her Donna, Donna the Prima Donna
Broke my heart now.
Thinks she's smart now.
We're apart now.

Pretty little girl you're just having fun
You're running all around and breaking lover's hearts.
Pretty little girl, I don't stand a chance,
Without any money there goes our romance.

She always wears charms, diamonds, pearls galore,
She buys them at the 5 & 10 cents store.
She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor,
Even though she's the girl next door.

They call her Donna, Donna the Prima Donna.
Broke my heart.
Thinks she's smart.
We're apart.

Pretty little girl you're just having fun,
You're running all around, you're breaking lover's hearts.
Pretty little girl, I don't stand a chance,
Without any money there goes our romance.

She always wears charms, diamonds, pearls galore,
She buys them at the 5 & 10 cents store.
She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor,
Even though she's Donna next door.

Donna, Donna the Prima Donna (repeats) 

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Lesley Gore literally burst onto the music scene in 1963 when her first single, "It's My Party" was rushed into production by record producer Quincy Jones, and within weeks of its release, it was a number one hit. This was to be her only number one song, but she was to be far more than a "one hit wonder" and had a much greater impact on music and society in general than numbers alone indicate.
Her greatest musical impact began when she was asked by Quincy to record a song she really didn't like, and made a deal with him to record it if he let her select a song on her own to record. The song she selected was "You Don't Own Me", an anthem of women's rights that predated Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" by several years. "You Don't Own Me" made it to number 2 on the charts, and managed this in spite of being up against two of the Beatles' biggest hits. It probably sold more actual copies than "It's My Party".
Lesley recorded several top 40 hits during the 60's. She polished her musical and performing skills during this period, and also began composing songs. She proved to be very capable at composing both music and lyrics. Her first published song in which she did both, "Leave Me Alone", became one of the hits from the movie "The Girls On The Beach".
By the 70's, Lesley had faded from the popular music scene, but it was during this period that she did some of her finest work, both as a singer and a composer. The two albums she recorded during this period, "Someplace Else Now" and "Love Me By Name" are treasured by her fans, and "Love Me By Name" in particular was also well received by the critics. Other singers began recognizing her skill as a composer, and began recording her songs. The late Dusty Springfield put her stamp of approval on Lesley's music when she did a beautiful cover of the title song from her second 70's album, "Love Me By Name".
During the 80's, Lesley recorded less frequently, but made an even greater impact as a composer, when the song "Out Here On My Own", which she wrote with her brother Michael, appeared in the movie "Fame", and was nominated for an Oscar. Lesley also thrilled her fans during this period by appearing in concerts, both large and small. In large oldies concerts, she brought back memories to her fans as she did the songs that made her famous. In intimate cabaret-style concerts, she proved her versatility by singing many different kinds of songs.
In the 90's, Lesley continued to compose and sing, and finally, in 1999, she realized a childhood dream when she appeared on Broadway as a guest star in the musical review "Smokey Joe's Cafe". And now she is working on her own musical review, something her fans eagerly look forward to. Her star is on the rise again, and it's still her party.

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Little Eva is undoubtedly the most famous babysitter in the history of rock and roll. When her songwriting employers asked her to record one of their songs she had no idea how successful it would turn out to be.

Eva Narcissus Boyd was born in 1945 in Belhaven, North Carolina, and had fifteen brothers and sisters. She moved to New York City to complete her education. Eva became the regular babysitter for Louise Goffin, daughter of Brill Building songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Through that connection, she became a backup singer on Ben E. King's Don't Play That Song (You Lied) in 1962, along with the Cookies -- Earl-Jean McRea, Dorothy Jones, and Margaret Ross.

Carole King was working out a song on the piano one day when Eva began a dance step, giving Gerry Goffin the idea for some lyrics. The result was a dance song, The Loco-Motion. Goffin and King brought Eva to the studio to record the song, backed by the Cookies and some inspired saxophone music. The time was right for a rocking dance song, which was popular in the early 60's. Within weeks after Eva turned seventeen, The Loco-Motion entered the music charts and shot to the top of the pop music lists in the late summer of 1962.

Eva was hot. Recording on the Dimension label later in 1962, she followed up with another Goffin-King song, this time a non-dance number titled Keep Your Hands Off My Baby. It reached number 12. The following year Little Eva had another dance tune hit, Let's Turkey Trot. Produced by Leon Huff in Philadelphia, an answer song to The Loco-Motion was issued: Little Eva, by the Locomotions.

Eva had other minor hits, including Old Smokey Locomotion and a duet with Big Dee Irwin that was a cover of Bing Crosby's Swinging On A Star, both in 1963. Eva Boyd is a good singer. Just before her career began as a teenager she had no training or experience in singing outside of her church choir. She was able to handle many types of songs, although some were a little difficult for her.

The Cookies, meanwhile, went on to score with some hits of their own on the Dimension label, including Chains (later covered by the Beatles) and Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby). They also sang backup on some records recorded by Eydie Gorme. Eva's sister Idalia Boyd had a minor hit with Hula Hooping, a song about another fad.

The Beatles and other British groups had an enormous impact on popular music beginning in 1964, and Little Eva was one of many American artists who were victims of the changes that were taking place. She recorded for other labels such as Spring and Amy. In the 1970's, she left the music business. She eventually returned home to Bellhaven, North Carolina. Little Eva returned to performing on the oldies circuit in the 1990's.

Her song The Loco-Motion is identified with the pre-Beatles era of rock music and was a legitimate number one hit, typical of the Brill Building style of music that was so prominent in the early 60's. A version of the song recorded by Grand Funk Railroad reached number one in the 70's and another version by Kylie Minogue went to number three in the 80's. The song with the infectious beat that Little Eva brought to prominence in 1962 is remembered fondly by lovers of 60's rock-and-roll.

Eva Boyd battled cancer of the cervix for years in her later life. She performed up unil 2001 when her cancer became too much for her to continue. She lost her battle and died on April 9, 2003 at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston, North Carolina, leaving two daughters and a son.

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Pat Boone with those white patent leather shoes, what style! He was the "All American Boy"..even Mom and Pop approved of him. The tunes he sang, such as April love and Love letters in the sand, made us sway~ After starring in the movie April Love he caught our attention even more. He does a good acting job playing the misunderstood, delinquent teenager.

Born: Charles Eugene Boone
Birthdate: June 1, 1934
Birthtown: Jacksonville, FL
The great, great, great, great grandson of Daniel Boone

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