Unusual Rock Trivia?

[Richland123]

In addition to becoming a TV game show host and sometime actor, Chuck Woolery was in a duo called The Avant Garde that had a Top 40 hit in 1968 called "Naturally Stoned". The act had a few more singles and Chuck also had several solo singles in the 70s and 80s.

 

[Richland123]

Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme of 10cc also recorded the song "Neanderthal Man" under the name Hot Legs.



Eric Stewart was a member of Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders and then became the lead singer as The Mindbenders for their hit "A Groovy Kind Of Love".



The members of 10cc were also songwriters and studio musicians for many acts and while they were part of Strawberry Studios co-owned by Eric Stewart. They recorded the song "Sausalito (Is The Place To Go)", which was credited to the Ohio Express but it was actually performed by the members of 10cc with lead vocal by Graham Gouldman.

 

[Richland123]

Danielle Brisebois was a child actress on the TV shows All In The Family and Archie's Place as well as other movies and TV shows. She also had a solo music career and then played piano and sang as a member of the band The New Radicals who had a hit with the song "You Get What You Give". She has also written or co-written dozens of songs for major acts and others; some of which were huge international hits.

 

[HaphAsSard]

Danielle Brisebois was a child actress on the TV shows All In The Family and Archie's Place as well as other movies and TV shows. She also had a solo music career and then played piano and sang as a member of the band The New Radical who had a hit with the song "You Get What You Give". She has also written or co-written dozens of songs for major acts and others; some of which were huge international hits.

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Gosh, how I hate that song!
Good stuff though, thanks!

 

[catcauphonic]

Danielle Brisebois was a child actress on the TV shows All In The Family and Archie's Place as well as other movies and TV shows. She also had a solo music career and then played piano and sang as a member of the band The New Radicals who had a hit with the song "You Get What You Give". She has also written or co-written dozens of songs for major acts and others; some of which were huge international hits.

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Interesting factoid regarding my favorite sitcom ever!

 

[Michedelic]

The earliest line-up of the original Jeff Beck Group had Ronnie Wood on second guitar, with Jet Harris, formerly of The Shadows(the UK's analogue of The Ventures)on bass. Harris, who had depression and drinking problems, dropped out early, with Wood eventually taking over the bass slot. Further turmoil in the rhythm section saw drummers Clem Cattini(of the Tornados and countless sessions), Viv Prince(The Pretty Things), and Aynsley Dunbar(Mayall, Zappa, Bowie, Reed, Jefferson Starship)come and go, before they settled on Mick Waller.

Sunn amplifiers, one of the better known amp lines of the mid-60's to early 70's, was started by Norm Sundholm, bassist for The Kingsmen of "Louie Louie" fame, and his technically-minded brother, Conrad. As the Kingsmen hit the big time with 'Louie', and their subsequent 15 minutes of fame with "Money" and "Jolly Green Giant", Norm found that his rig was inadequate for the growing crowds; Conrad had the idea of combining hi-fi power amps with JBL speakers in a unique cab that he designed to increase the low end with less distortion, essentially making the eventual 200s model one of, if not the, first amps to be built specifically for bass, as opposed to a modified guitar amp. The 2000s was basically the first fridge rig. While they did issue guitar amps, sales of those lagged behind those for bass. Sunn just about led the pack in bass amplification(at least in the US)until Acoustic Control and Ampeg's SVT came along.

"Memo From Turner", a song often mistakenly attributed to The Rolling Stones, was essentially a Mick Jagger solo track, featured in the movie "Performance", in which Jagger starred. The most familiar version, as from the soundtrack, featured Ry Cooder on slide guitar, Russ Titelman on guitar, Randy Newman on piano, Jerry Scheff(The Doors, Elvis)on bass, and Gene Parsons(the later Byrds, and co-inventor of the 'B-Bender' for Telecasters)on drums...


There were two other versions recorded, one with supposed Stones' members' participation, along with members of Traffic(Winwood doing the heavy lifting on keys, lead guitar, and bass), Brian Jones(?), and Charlie Watts or Jim Capaldi on drums...


And the third, which appeared on the Stones' odds'n'sods compilation "Metamorphosis, which featured Jones, Wyman, Winwood and Capaldi again, along with Al Kooper on keys...

 

[Richland123]

Before forming Led Zeppelin, John Paul Jones (born John Richard Baldwin) was a very busy studio bassist and keyboardist musician and arranger and played on hundreds of recordings including those by The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Shirley Bassey, Dusty Springfield, Cat Stevens, Tom Jones, Wayne Fontana, The Walker Brothers, and many more.

Here he is playing the electric bass part on Sunshine Superman with Jimmy Page on one of the guitar parts.



He arranged the string parts on She's A Rainbow.

 

[skwee]

Surprised a friend yesterday with the reason Peter Cetera sings the way he does (with a lot of space in the throat, but not much mouth opening): he had his jaw wired shut for two months following a fight with some marines over a World Series game.

 

[Darkhorse1962]

Bill Ocean has has three Billboard #1 hits. All three had eight words in the title.
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Get Outta My Dreams (Get Into My Car)
There'll Be Sad Songs To Make You Cry

He had three top songs that apparently didn't have the right number of words in the title to make it to #1.
When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going) #2
Loverboy #2
Suddenly #5

 

[Coolhandjjl]

Alice Cooper is Eddie Haskell

 

[MonetBass]

Alice Cooper is Eddie Haskell

TRIVIA, not RUMORS.

 

[Aberdumbie]

Alice Cooper is Eddie Haskell

No way!!!

 

[FilterFunk]

Surprised a friend yesterday with the reason Peter Cetera sings the way he does (with a lot of space in the throat, but not much mouth opening): he had his jaw wired shut for two months following a fight with some marines over a World Series game.

I always thought there was something up with the way he keeps his jaw when he sings.

 

[Michedelic]

Alice Cooper is Eddie Haskell

Utter BS; Ken Osmond(Eddie Haskell)was my landlord when I lived in North Hollywood from 2003 to 2007. After his child actor career stalled post-'Beaver', he went through a rough patch, going into the Army, and then later joining the LAPD for a spell. The property I lived in(I was in a guest house converted from the pool house in back)had been his childhood home, and just a few blocks north of Universal, where 'Beaver' was filmed, but now he keeps it as rental property. The main house had been occupied at one time by Tool guitarist Adam Jones. In fact, this photo was taken in the living room...

 

[Michedelic]

Before forming Led Zeppelin, John Paul Jones (born John Richard Baldwin) was a very busy studio bassist and keyboardist musician and arranger and played on hundreds of recordings including those by The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Shirley Bassey, Dusty Springfield, Cat Stevens, Tom Jones, Wayne Fontana, The Walker Brothers, and many more.

Here he is playing the electric bass part on Sunshine Superman with Jimmy Page on one of the guitar parts.



He arranged the string parts on She's A Rainbow.

We can thank Dusty Springfield for Led Zeppelin getting signed to Atlantic; she had been impressed with her old bass player's new project, and petitioned Ahmet Ertegun to pick them up when she was involved with the label during her "Dusty In Memphis" period.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

No way!!!

False of course, but back in the 70's, research was harder to do, so that story circulated far and wide.

 

[Richland123]

Before being a singer, songwriter, musician, and producer with The Four Seasons, Bob Gaudio was a a 15 year old member of The Royal Teens when he played piano and co-wrote their hit "Short Shorts". In addition to his work with the Four Seasons, he wrote and/or produced for many acts including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Diana Ross, Eric Carmen, Nancy Sinatra, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, and many others.

 

[Skokiaan]

The Nelson family (of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet fame) are the only family where three generations had number one hits.

Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra - "And Then Some" - 1935


Ricky Nelson - "Poor Little Fool" - 1958


Ricky Nelson - "Travelin' Man" - 1961


Nelson - "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" - 1990



Side note: My family has a loose three generation connection to the Nelson family:

1. My grandfather played violin in Ozzie Nelson's band at Rutgers in the 1920s.
2. My mother dated Ricky Nelson in the 1950s.
3. I sold Gunnar and Matthew Nelson a guitar a few years ago:

 

[Aberdumbie]

The Nelson family (of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet fame) are the only family where three generations had number one hits.

Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra - "And Then Some" - 1935


Ricky Nelson - "Poor Little Fool" - 1958


Ricky Nelson - "Travelin' Man" - 1961


Nelson - "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" - 1990



Side note: My family has a loose three generation connection to the Nelson family:

1. My grandfather played violin in Ozzie Nelson's band at Rutgers in the 1920s.
2. My mother dated Ricky Nelson in the 1950s.
3. I sold Gunnar and Matthew Nelson a guitar a few years ago:

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That’s an awesome story

 

[fretter]

I was watching American Pickers on tv, where they were looking at this movie poster...

...which reminded me of this album cover: