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2013 Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant was released on album
This was his 2nd album and it was recorded in Reykjavik (where he lived)
Rough Trade named it as their album of the year
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1984 From the Hip by Section 25 released
This was the 3rd album by the Poulton le fylde band
The album was released on Factory Records and was co produced by New Order’s Bernard Sumner
Peter Saville designed the sleeve
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2011 What did you expect by The Vaccines released
Their debut album entered the UK charts at No4
It was the biggest selling debut album in 2011
Wetsuit was the albums 3rd single (the 7” vinyl was limited to 500)
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1978 Another Music In A Different Kitchen by Buzzcocks released
Their debut album was produced by Martin Rushent
The track Autonomy was covered by The Offspring in 2000
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1963 Rick Rubin Born
Born in Long Beach,New York
Rick was a record producer and Co-Founder of Def Jam
2007 MTV called him the most important producer of the last 20 years and he was in Time magazine’s top 100 influential people
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1964 Neneh Cherry Born
Born in Stockholm and lived in Sweden until the early 70’s
She moved to USA with her Dad Don Cherry (A U.S. Jazz musician)
Her half brothers Eagle-Eye Cherry
For a while they lived in the Chelsea hotel nyc
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1986 The Finest by S.O.S. Band released
The lead vocals were shared by Alexander O’Neal and Mary Davis
It was written and produced by Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam
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1974 Slaughter on 10th Avenue by Mick Ronson released
Recorded at the Château d’Herouville and Trident studios
The Human League covered Its only after dark for their Travelogue album
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1958 Martín Fry born
Fry was born in Stretford (Manchester)
He first met his future band mates (Vice Versa) when interviewing them for a fanzine
He soon joined them as lyricist and lead singer and they changed their name to ABC
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1976 Gaz Coombes born
Gareth Michael Coombes was the lead singer of Supergrass
He was born in Oxford but lived in San Francisco from aged 3 until 9
He had his trademark sideburns while at school
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1945 Mickey Dolenz born
George Michael Dolenz Jnr is the only surviving member of The Monkees
He was born in Hollywood and was the drummer and part time lead singer of The Monkees
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1974 Girls by The Moments (and Whatnaughts) released
2 groups on the Stang record label joined forces for this single
This was the only UK hit for the Whatnaughts but The Moments had 3 UK top 10’s
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1973 Duelling Banjos went gold
The theme to Deliverance was No1 for 3 weeks on the USA charts
The song won the 1974 Grammy for best country instrumental performance
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1987 Licensed to Ill by the Beastie Boys came the first ever Rap album to top the charts in USA
Kerry King of Slayer played guitar on “fight for your right” and “No sleep till Brooklyn“
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1945 Arthur Lee born
Lee was the lead singer of the Los Angeles band Love
The 1967 album Forever Changes has been inducted into the Grammy hall of fame
Love were originally called the grass roots
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1981 Ceremony by New Order released
Ceremony was a Joy Division song
It was released as New Order’s debut single
And after Gillian Gilbert joined it was re-recorded with her on guitar
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2009 It’s Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs released
It was their 3rd album
The album reached No9 in the UK
There was 3 songs off the album released as singles (Zero,Heads will roll and Skeletons)
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1944 Mary Wilson born
Mary was the only member of the supremes who was in the band from 1959-1977
Floy Joy was the 3rd hit with Mary on lead vocals (Automatically Sunshine was another)
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1962 Charlie and Craig Reid born (The Proclaimers)
Hibernians use Sunshine on Leith as there anthem
The Twins formed a punk band called Black Flag (unaware of the US band of the same name
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2021 Flock by Jane Weaver released
The 11th album by Jane Weaver was produced by Henry Broadhead and her husband Andy Votel
It reached No24 on the uk album charts and was recorded in Stockport
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1968 Scott 2 by Scott Walker released
His 2nd solo album
The single Jackie was an English cover of a Jacques Brel song and was banned by the BBC for the lyrics "authentic queers and phony virgins"
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1968 Scott 2 by Scott Walker released
His 2nd solo album
The single Jackie was an English cover of a Jacques Brel song and was banned by the BBC for the lyrics "authentic queers and phony virgins"
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2019 Keith Flint died
Flint owned a motorcycle racing team that won 4 Isle of Man TT races
He also owned a pub and if you mentioned “Firestarter” when he lit the Fire you had to put £1 in the jar
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2004 John McGeoch died
The Scottish guitarist was in band like Magazine,Siouxsie and the Banshees,Visage and Public Image
Mojo had him in their top 100 guitarists of all time
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1991 Ex:el by 808 state released
Their 3rd album
It had guest vocals by Björk and Bernard Sumner (New Order)
The album had 4 singles:-
Cubik/Olympik
In yer face
Ooops
Lift/Open your mind
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1979 Second Hand Daylight by Magazine released
Their 2nd album only had one single (The Rhythm of Cruelty)
Produced by Colin Thurston (who engineered Bowies Heroes and Iggy Pops The Idiot)
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2023 It’s never fair,always true by JAWNY released
The debut album by JAWNY
He was once called Johnny Utah (named after Keanu Reeves character in Point Break)
He also dated Doja Cat in 2019
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1978 I don’t want to go to Chelsea by Elvis Costello released
It was a single of his second album This Years Model
Costello said the song borrowed a stop-start chord sequence borrowed from The Who
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2018 Superorganism by Superorganism released
This debut album spawned 7 singles
The band started life as an internet only band with people from music forums in the UK,Australia and the USA
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2018 Live in Berlin (1978) by David Bowie was released
The album was exclusively released at the Bowie Is exhibition in Brooklyn
The cover photograph was taken by a fan in the crowd
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