Unusual Rock Trivia?

[Richland123]

Bananarama holds the Guinness World Record for achieving the world's highest number of song chart entries by an all-female group. Between 1982 and 2009, they had 28 singles reach the Top 50 of the U.K. Singles Chart.

 

[Richland123]

The Dire Straits song "Sultans Of Swing" was written after Mark Knopfler ducked into a deserted pub one rainy night and witnessed a lousy jazz band. Undeterred by the lack of both talent and punters, their lead singer finished the set with a mildly enthusiastic, “Goodnight and thank you. We are the Sultans Of Swing.”

Mark decided to write lyrics about a fictitious band. However, an interesting fact is that the “Guitar George” and “Harry” who are mentioned in the lyrics are George Young and Harry Vanda, who were guitarists in the Australian band The Easybeats. George Young is Angus Young’s older brother, and Harry and George helped get AC/DC recorded and co-produced their early albums. George Young and Harry Vanda later became the act Flash and the Pan and co-wrote songs for other acts such as "Love Is In The Air" for John Paul Young.

You check out guitar George, he knows-all the chords
Mind, it's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
They said an old guitar is all, he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can play the Honky Tonk like anything
Savin' it up, for Friday night
With the Sultans
We're the Sultans of Swing

 

[RedVee]

The Dire Straits song "Sultans Of Swing" was written after Mark Knopfler ducked into a deserted pub one rainy night and witnessed a lousy jazz band. Undeterred by the lack of both talent and punters, their lead singer finished the set with a mildly enthusiastic, “Goodnight and thank you. We are the Sultans Of Swing.”

Mark decided to write lyrics about a fictitious band. However, an interesting fact is that the “Guitar George” and “Harry” who are mentioned in the lyrics are George Young and Harry Vanda, who were guitarists in the Australian band The Easybeats. George Young is Angus Young’s older brother, and Harry and George helped get AC/DC recorded and co-produced their early albums. George Young and Harry Vanda later became the act Flash and the Pan and co-wrote songs for other acts such as "Love Is In The Air" for John Paul Young.

You check out guitar George, he knows-all the chords
Mind, it's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
They said an old guitar is all, he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can play the Honky Tonk like anything
Savin' it up, for Friday night
With the Sultans
We're the Sultans of Swing

Wow. Where did you find that info?

As an Aussie I’m very aware of Vanda & Young and their legacy. Cheers.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Bananarama holds the Guinness World Record for achieving the world's highest number of song chart entries by an all-female group. Between 1982 and 2009, they had 28 singles reach the Top 50 of the U.K. Singles Chart.

This factoid is either an indication of just how out of the loop I am when it comes to pop music...or just how out of the loop the British charts are

Twenty-eight top-50 singles?!?! I couldn’t name *three* singles by Bananarama!

 

[Richland123]

Huey Lewis provides the voice of Bulworth the junkyard dog in the animated TV cartoon Puppy Dog Pals. As a coincidence, this clip is a song called Four Leaf Clover and Huey was in the band Clover back in the 1970s.

 

[12BitSlab]

Huey Lewis provides the voice of Bulworth the junkyard dog in the animated TV cartoon Puppy Dog Pals. As a coincidence, this clip is a song called Four Leaf Clover and Huey was in the band Clover back in the 1970s.

I'll have to tell my granddaughters about that. The youngest - age 5 - LOVES Puppy Dog Pals. Thanks!

 

[Tom Bomb]

CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revisited) recently took to the stage "… For A Cause." Noice!

On Wednesday, September 25, NAMM’s Museum of Making Music (MoMM) and Friends of San Pasqual Academy raised a combined $236,000 at a “Concert for a Cause,” headlined by the legendary band Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Nearly 400 generous music fans and local community and arts leaders gathered at the show to support efforts to give foster youth a brighter future through music. The concert, held at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California, marked one of the most successful benefits in MoMM’s history. Previous annual MoMM fundraisers have featured a slew of top musicians including Graham Nash, Mavis Staples, Herb Alpert with Lani Hall, among others.

“Creedence Clearwater Revisited is one of the few bands playing that has a third and fourth-generation crowd of fans enjoying their timeless hits,” says Carolyn Grant, MoMM’s Executive Director. “In this way, they also perfectly echo our own mission to reach and impact youths, for generations to come, including those who need music as a force that both unites and heals. I am overwhelmed and grateful for the support of so many from the community to continue this important work to give local foster youth a brighter future.

Patrons of the evening enjoyed a two-hour performance of inspiring musicianship from Creedence Clearwater Revisited founding members and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford, backed by their full band. The setlist included hits such as “Born on the Bayou,” “Green River” and “Susie Q,” among others.

“It was a pleasure to participate in this event since I believe music is one of the most unique art forms that anyone can make,” says Stu Cook.

The vital funds raised will benefit the museum’s intensive one-on-one music program at San Pasqual Academy – a musical component of the school’s robust programming that assists foster teens in their endeavor to become confident, productive, contributing, educated, successful adults. …

 

[Richland123]

In March 1965, just three months after Sam Cooke's death, 21-year-old Bobby Womack married Cooke's widow, Barbara Campbell, ten years his senior. The marriage was considered a scandal by some in the music business, and Womack found himself ostracized in the soul-music world. In 1970, Bobby and Barbara divorced after she discovered he was having an affair with his 17-year-old stepdaughter Linda Cooke, daughter of Sam Cooke and Barbara. When she had an argument with Bobby about it, Barbara fired a gun at her husband and the bullet grazed his head.

 

[Funky Ghost]

Eric Clapton was to meet up with Jimi Hendrix on the night Hendrix died. He was also with Stevie Ray Vaughan on the night he died.

 

[GregC]

Questove with some trivia about Earth Wind & Fire's "Reasons."

 

[MonetBass]

Questove with some trivia about Earth Wind & Fire's "Reasons."

Yep. "Every Breath You Take" is another one. My sister used "The Dance" by Garth Brooks at her first wedding for their first dance. Obviously, that marriage didn't last.

 

[jugglingfreak]

Kerry King from Slayer played the guitar part on the Beastie Boys "No Sleep till Brooklyn"

 

[Novarocker]

Yep. "Every Breath You Take" is another one. My sister used "The Dance" by Garth Brooks at her first wedding for their first dance. Obviously, that marriage didn't last.

I had to look up the dance, but I never knew anyone misunderstood every breath you take...I see why someone would now, but at the same time I thought it was kinda straightforward it had stalker written all over it.

Sorry about your sis.

 

[Michedelic]

This factoid is either an indication of just how out of the loop I am when it comes to pop music...or just how out of the loop the British charts are

Twenty-eight top-50 singles?!?! I couldn’t name *three* singles by Bananarama!

That they would chart repeatedly in the UK is not surprising, chalk it up to home field advantage. It’s happened so many times before, T-Rex is a perfect example; all America knows is ‘Get It On’, but for a spell in Britain it was like The Beatles all over again. Ringo used to hang with them and film them. As for the ladies, I wasn’t necessarily a fan, but...’Cruel Summer’, ‘I Heard A Rumor’, ‘Venus’? That stuff was all over US radio. And supermarket muzak. Where you asleep in the 80’s?

 

[Bob_Ross]

^^^ I remember "I Heard A Rumor" and their cover of "Venus". Never even heard of "Cruel Summer" and didn't start hanging out in supermarkets until the 1990s.

 

[Hues]

Michael Des Barres,singer for bands Power Station,Detective,The Knack,etc,turned actor in many roles troughout the years,co-wrote and recorded the song Obession which would become a big 80's hit for the band Animotion.

 

[FilterFunk]

I had to look up the dance, but I never knew anyone misunderstood every breath you take...I see why someone would now, but at the same time I thought it was kinda straightforward it had stalker written all over it.

Especially when you factor in the look on Sting's face as he's singing it:

 

[Novarocker]

Especially when you factor in the look on Sting's face as he's singing it:
View attachment 3576954

I know, right? I always thought it was obvious that it was kinda dark and creepy but very pleasing melodically. Goes to show that a lot of the mainstream doesn't really focus on anything other than catchy.

 

[Skokiaan]

Michael Des Barres,singer for bands Power Station,Detective,The Knack,etc,turned actor in many roles troughout the years,co-wrote and recorded the song Obession which would become a big 80's hit for the band Animotion.

Michael Des Barres is now a Sirius/XM DJ on Little Steven's Underground Garage channel. His ex-wife Pamela is probably the world's most famous groupie, having written several books about her life. Good reads.

 

[GregC]

Michael Des Barres,singer for bands Power Station,Detective,The Knack,etc,turned actor in many roles troughout the years,co-wrote and recorded the song Obession which would become a big 80's hit for the band Animotion.

According to Wiki, he wasn't in The Knack. I knew Doug Fieger (RIP) was the lead singer, wasn't sure about the other members.