::Extra Goodies:: On This Day in 1964 - the Beatles in Miami Beach

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the Beatles traveled from New York to Miami on this day in 1964


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::On This Day:: - 1964 - the Beatles Land in America -

::On This Day:: - 1964 -  the Beatles Land in America -

01/03/1964 - Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar BOTH Lied! Hats off CBS....

Happy Monday Cats and Kittens!! We take today's Ocho-rific Song o the Day from today's date in history.  

1964 - The Beatles made their first appearance on U.S. television in a film clip shown on the "Jack Paar Show." It was a performance of the song "She Loves You."

01/01/11 - "Regarding authorship of the melody, Lennon's and McCartney's recollections differ."

Happy Belated Christmas and Merry New Year!


There were some really great Christmas things that I was going to do with the Ocho-rific - and I'm relatively famous for saying that sort of thing - if only I had a full staff.  Anywho, when I started getting behind with my new ideas for this blog around Halloween - I decided to just scrap along the best I could and start planning ahead for next year...this year. 

Hippie-rific Humpday, A Sad Day in Music & More Changes Than You Can Pack in a Pinata!

Good morning folks!!

There's a lot to discuss today and I don't know that I can get it all into one blog quickly enough as I have somewhere to be this morning and have several projects to finish up before I leave - BUT, there will be at least one more before my head hits the pillow tonight-so be sure to "bookmark", "subscribe" or "save in your favorites"  :)

10/15/2010 - Eastbound and Down - Jerry Reed - 1977

Good morning ... and again, sorry for the hiatus.   
As I've said before, sometimes life gets in the way.    I'd like nothing more (well, not maybe NOTHING more), but I would really like for this to be a daily event ... but when the day is full and something has to go; this is one of the first things to get tossed.  

10/09/2010 - Imagine - John Lennon - 1971

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"Music is everybody's possession.
It's only publishers who think that people own it."


-John Lennon
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09/22/2010 - Instant Karma - John Lennon - 1970

I'm running a little behind this morning, folks ......

Surpriiiiiize, Surpriiiiiize, Surpriiiiiize

(that's supposed to translate as "Gomer Pyle") :)

09/18/2010 - Paul McCartney..If You Knew Then What You Know Now...

Paul McCartney..If You Knew Then What You Know Now...

You probably wouldn't have been able to sit still for David Frost's interview...

09/11/201 - ::Extra Goodies:: - A Taste o the Wilburys ... A La Carte ... Jeff Lynne

::Extra Goodies::
::WIKI "FACTS"::

*Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne (born 30 December 1947; Shard End, Birmingham) is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, guitarist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys.

09/11/201 - ::Extra Goodies:: - A Taste o the Wilburys ... A La Carte ... Jim Keltner

::Extra Goodies::

Jim Keltner

::Wiki "Facts"::

*James Lee "Jim" Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is a session drummer who has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. He is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
*Keltner is best known for his session work on solo recordings by three of The Beatles, working often with George Harrison, John Lennon (including Lennon solo albums, as well as albums released both by the Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono), and Ringo Starr. He and Starr were the drummers on the Concert for Bangladesh, rock's first charity benefit, initiated by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, in August 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York; he also performed at the Garden in 1972 for John Lennon's "One To One" benefit for the Willowbrook State School. Keltner later joined the 1974 George

Harrison/Ravi Shankar tour, after many phone calls on the road from Harrison to him. His first gig on the tour was Memphis November 20, 1974.

09/11/2010 - ::Extra Goodies:: - A Taste o the Wilburys ... A La Carte ... George Harrison

::Extra Goodies::

George Harrison
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::WIKI "FACTS"::

*George Harrison,[1] MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001)[2] was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles.[3][4] Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle",[3] Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience.[5] Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[6]
*Although most of the Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Harrison generally wrote one song per side from the Help! album onwards.[7]

09/11/201 - ::Extra Goodies:: - A Taste o the Wilburys ... A La Carte ... Roy Orbison

::Extra Goodies::First up ....
Roy Orbison

::WIKI "FACTS"::

*Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads.

*Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly / country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis.

*In 1988, he joined the super-group The Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album. He died of a heart attack in December that year, at the zenith of his resurgence. His life was marred with tragedy, including the death of his first wife and two of his children in separate accidents.

*Orbison was initiated into the second class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 by longtime admirer Bruce Springsteen. The same year he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. More recently in 2007 he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone listed Orbison as No. 37 in their list of The Greatest Artists of All Time. In 2002, Billboard magazine listed Orbison at No. 74 in the Top 600 recording artists.[4] Rolling Stone rated Orbison at No. 13 in their list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time in 2008.[5]

::from ArtistFacts.com::

*He was a huge influence on many artists, including John Lennon, Mick Jagger, and Tom Petty.

*Roy died of heart failure at his mother's house in Hendersonville, TN on December 6th, 1988. He was visiting family for the holidays while on break from the road.

*Many people assumed Roy was going blind, but he was anything but. His trademark dark glasses he began wearing in 1963, just before a British tour with The Beatles. (thanks, Russtti - London, England, England)

*His wife was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1966. Two years later, 2 of his sons died in a fire.

*Roy Orbison was a keen painter and made model aircraft to competition level. One of the last things he did on the day he died was fly his model airplanes. (thanks, Marc - Liverpool, England)

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-Interview-


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-Roy Orbison's Last Interview-

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09/11/2010- 6 Degree Intermission & a Splash More of the Traveling Wilburys!!

Happy Saturday!! 

Whilst some of you Cats and Kittens spent your evenings out and about in your cities enjoying cocktails and crowded watering holes; I was settled into my couch and absolutely delighted to be there...with Chinese leftovers and a bounty of DVR goodness =) perusing the "interweb" and looking at visitor stats for the Ocho-rific Song o the Day.

09/10/10 - End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys -1988

Today's

Ocho-rific
Song o the Day...

End of the Line
Traveling Wilburys
1988

09/08/2010 - Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty

Good morning and
Happy Mid-Week!

I'm sure you've all been terribly excited to see who we're moving to next, so I'll hop right to the it.

The Ocho-riffic Song o' the Day, Here Comes the Sun - 8/11/2010

Here Comes the Sun appeared on the 1969 Beatles album Abby Road.

I can't imagine a person whose soul does not frolic upon hearing this song.