"on ""Mind Games"", ""Meat City"" contains a Lennon curse, ""Fuck a pig!"", sped up and backwards, while the mix used as the B-side to the ""Mind Games"" single gave the same treatment to the phrase ""Check the album!"" ""Rock and Roll People"" was also recorded during the album's sessions and given to Johnny Winter for his ""John Dawson Winter III"" album. Lennon's version remained unreleased until 1986's posthumous ""Menlove Ave."" album. Tony King, vice-president of Apple Records in Los Angeles at the time, convinced Lennon to promote ""Mind Games"", arranging interviews for Lennon with ""Billboard"" and ""Record World"". He also"
"trophy for selling in excess of 2½ million records. Love died at the University College Hospital, Camden, London, on 8 July 1991 at the age of 73. Geoff Love Geoffrey Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991), known as Geoff Love, was a prolific British arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes. He became famous in the late 1950s, playing under the pseudonym of Manuel and The Music of The Mountains. Love was born in Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, the only son and younger of two surviving children (an elder sister Cornelia) of"
"late 1930s and early 1940s. Swing Street Swing Street is an album by composer and singer Barry Manilow, released in 1987. Most of the tracks on the album featured Manilow in a duet with another singer. The tracks were recorded at various locations. The album only reached Gold, despite all the outside talent brought in to record it. This album marks Manilow's return to the Arista Records label from RCA Records, where he had four releases from 1985 to 1986 including ""Manilow"". The title of the album refers to 52nd Street in Manhattan, between 5th and 6th Avenues, which was"
"Matt Irving Matt Irving (born Glasgow, Scotland; 16 March 1950 – 3 April 2015) was a Scottish musician (mainly keyboards) perhaps best known as the bass guitar player for Manfred Mann's Earth Band between 1981 and 1986. He featured on the albums ""Somewhere in Afrika"" and ""Budapest Live"". Since leaving the band he has guested (on keyboards) with The Lords of the New Church, Squeeze, Chris Rea, Paul Young and ex Pink Floyd mainman Roger Waters. He also wrote the song ""Some Conversation""' on the Wishbone Ash album ""Strange Affair"". He shared lead vocals with John Waite in ""Time On"
"Swing Street Swing Street is an album by composer and singer Barry Manilow, released in 1987. Most of the tracks on the album featured Manilow in a duet with another singer. The tracks were recorded at various locations. The album only reached Gold, despite all the outside talent brought in to record it. This album marks Manilow's return to the Arista Records label from RCA Records, where he had four releases from 1985 to 1986 including ""Manilow"". The title of the album refers to 52nd Street in Manhattan, between 5th and 6th Avenues, which was the jazz mecca during the"
"performing on Beale Street. Rum Boogie themselves claim that their commitment to Memphis music 7 days a week makes Beale Street ""Home of the Blues, Birthplace of Rock n Roll"". He died at the age of 64 on July 18, 2014. James Govan James Govan (September 2, 1949 – July 18, 2014) was an American Blues soul singer. His most recent album, ""I'm in Need"", was released in 1996. He had also performed alongside such artists as The Boogie Blues Band and Charlie Wood. Govan had become one of the favorite musicians on Beale Street, known for his cavernous baritone"
"pubs around Brentford, Isleworth and Hounslow until the Friday before his death. He was married twice, having a son and a daughter by his first marriage. Steve Benbow Stephen George ""Steve"" Benbow (29 November 1931 – 17 November 2006), was a British folk guitar player, singer and music director, who was influential in the English folk music revival of the 1960s. His obituary in ""The Times"" described him as ""a seminal influence on a whole generation of guitarists"". He was born in Tooting, Surrey and educated at Reigate Grammar School. On leaving school, despite an aptitude for languages, he took"
"Geoff Love Geoffrey Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991), known as Geoff Love, was a prolific British arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes. He became famous in the late 1950s, playing under the pseudonym of Manuel and The Music of The Mountains. Love was born in Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, the only son and younger of two surviving children (an elder sister Cornelia) of African American Thomas Edward (Kidd) Love and his English wife, Frances Helen Maycock (1892–1975), an actress and singer. The Loves travelled around Britain as entertainers, but, following"
"on April 12, 2014, aged 56, at his home in Brooklyn, New York. 1985: ""Tomorrow is Now"" (Soul Note Records) 1985: ""Bamboo That Snaps Back"" (Finnadar) 1987: ""We Refuse to be Used and Abused"" (Soul Note Records) 1988: ""A Song for Manong"" (Asian Improv Records) 1993: ""The Underground Railroad to My Heart"" (Soul Note records) 1996: ""Monkey Part I"" (Koch Jazz) 1997: ""Monkey Part II"" (Koch Jazz) 1997: ""Turn Pain Into Power"" (O.O. Discs) 1998: ""Yes Means Yes, No Means No, Whatever She Wears, Wherever She Goes"" (Koch) 1999: ""Warrior Sisters"" (Koch) 2001: ""Once Upon a Time in Chinese America"""
"to his death. On October 24, 2016, Vee died from complications of the disease at the age of 73. Over the course of his career Vee achieved six gold singles and one gold album. Bobby Vee Robert Thomas Velline (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer, songwriter and musician who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. According to ""Billboard"" magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. He had six gold singles in his career. Vee was"
"on Christmas Day 1998. Bryan MacLean Bryan Andrew MacLean (September 25, 1946 – December 25, 1998) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the influential rock band Love. His famous compositions for Love include ""Alone Again Or,"" ""Old Man,"" and ""Orange Skies."" Bryan MacLean's mother was an artist and a dancer, and his father was an architect for Hollywood celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Dean Martin. Neighbor Frederick Loewe, of the songwriting team Lerner & Loewe, recognized him as a ""melodic genius"" at the age of three as he doodled on the piano."
"James Govan James Govan (September 2, 1949 – July 18, 2014) was an American Blues soul singer. His most recent album, ""I'm in Need"", was released in 1996. He had also performed alongside such artists as The Boogie Blues Band and Charlie Wood. Govan had become one of the favorite musicians on Beale Street, known for his cavernous baritone voice. He routinely performed for over two decades at the Rum Boogie Café. Govan was born in McComb, Mississippi, and by the age of 13 was playing the guitar. Govan played for a group named The Vans, when he was discovered"
"Steve Benbow Stephen George ""Steve"" Benbow (29 November 1931 – 17 November 2006), was a British folk guitar player, singer and music director, who was influential in the English folk music revival of the 1960s. His obituary in ""The Times"" described him as ""a seminal influence on a whole generation of guitarists"". He was born in Tooting, Surrey and educated at Reigate Grammar School. On leaving school, despite an aptitude for languages, he took a job on a farm in Axminster, Devon. He did his National Service in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, and was stationed in the Middle East."
"he died from the disease at the age of 59. Jeff Golub Jeff Golub (April 15, 1955 – January 1, 2015) was an American jazz guitarist who had a solo career and who led the band Avenue Blue. He worked as a sideman for a number of rock and pop musicians. He was arguably best known for his work with Rod Stewart, with whom he played from 1988 until 1995. Golub was born in Copley Township, Ohio, near Akron. He grew up listening to pop music, rock, blues, funk, and R&B. In the 1970s he attended the Berklee College of"
"""Menlove: The Life and Writings of John Menlove Edwards, by Jim Perrin. First edition Gollancz 1985, second edition The Ernest Press 1993 John Menlove Edwards John Menlove Edwards was born at Ainsdale, near Liverpool, England, the son of a politically radical vicar. He attended Fettes College, trained as a doctor at Liverpool University to be near his family home and assist with the care of his ailing father, and went on to qualify as a psychiatrist, afterwards setting up in private practise on Rodney Street, Liverpool. During the Second World War he was a conscientious objector, and worked as a"
"In 1997, he released an album, ""Rufus Live!"", on Ecko Records. In 1998, he hosted two New Year's Eve shows on Beale Street. In 1997, to commemorate his 80th birthday, the City of Memphis renamed a road off Beale Street, close to the old Palace Theater, as Rufus Thomas Boulevard. He received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1992, and a lifetime achievement award from ASCAP in 1997. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001. He died of heart failure in 2001, at the age of 84, at St. Francis Hospital in"
"John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career with folk music groups during the late 1960s. Starting in the 1970s, he was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the decade and one of its best-selling artists. By 1974, he was one of America's best-selling performers, and AllMusic has described Denver"
"2017 at the age of 69, from liver disease. Fred Cole (musician) Frederick Lee Cole (August 28, 1948 – November 9, 2017) was an American rock singer and guitarist who played with several bands from the 1960s until his death, most notably The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, and Pierced Arrows. He was associated mainly with the garage punk genre though he was also influenced by hard rock, blues, country, and folk music. The majority of his recorded output was self-financed and independently released on his own record label. In 1964, Cole began his recording career in Las Vegas with his"
"Jim Capaldi Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) was an English drummer, singer, and songwriter. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co-founded the psychedelic rock band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood with whom he co-wrote the majority of the band's output. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Traffic's original line-up. Capaldi also performed with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Alvin Lee, Cat Stevens, and Mylon LeFevre, and wrote lyrics for other artists, such as ""Love Will Keep Us Alive"" and ""This is"
"2006 from complications of a stroke and diabetes. He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren. King Floyd King Floyd (February 13, 1945 – March 6, 2006) was a New Orleans soul singer and songwriter, best known for his Top 10 hit from 1970, ""Groove Me"". King Floyd III was born in New Orleans in 1945. His musical career started as a singer at the Sho-Bar on Bourbon Street. Following a stint in the army, Floyd went to California, where he joined up with record producer Harold Battiste. His debut album, ""A Man In Love,"" featuring songs co-written with"
"Bryan MacLean Bryan Andrew MacLean (September 25, 1946 – December 25, 1998) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the influential rock band Love. His famous compositions for Love include ""Alone Again Or,"" ""Old Man,"" and ""Orange Skies."" Bryan MacLean's mother was an artist and a dancer, and his father was an architect for Hollywood celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Dean Martin. Neighbor Frederick Loewe, of the songwriting team Lerner & Loewe, recognized him as a ""melodic genius"" at the age of three as he doodled on the piano. His early influences were"
"Jeff Golub Jeff Golub (April 15, 1955 – January 1, 2015) was an American jazz guitarist who had a solo career and who led the band Avenue Blue. He worked as a sideman for a number of rock and pop musicians. He was arguably best known for his work with Rod Stewart, with whom he played from 1988 until 1995. Golub was born in Copley Township, Ohio, near Akron. He grew up listening to pop music, rock, blues, funk, and R&B. In the 1970s he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1980 he moved to New York"
"Ivan Menzies J. Ivan ""Jimmy"" Menzies (1896 – 19 April 1985) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the comic baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain in the 1920s and the J. C. Williamson Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company in Australia the 1930s and 1940s. Menzies married a D'Oyly Carte principal soprano, Elsie Griffin, but he left her repeatedly to go on extensive tours in Australia and New Zealand. Later, Menzies became a leader of the Moral Re-Armament movement in Australia and Britain, and he continued to"
"Scott Weiland Scott Richard Weiland (; né Kline, October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2002 and 2008 to 2013. He was also a member of supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008 and recorded one album with another supergroup, Art of Anarchy. He also established himself as a solo artist, releasing three studio albums, two cover albums, and collaborations with several other musicians throughout his career. Derided by critics"
"Nicolai Ghiaurov Nicolai Ghiaurov (or ""Nikolai Gjaurov"", ""Nikolay Gyaurov"", ) (September 13, 1929 – June 2, 2004) was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous basses of the postwar period. He was admired for his powerful, sumptuous voice, and was particularly associated with roles of Mussorgsky and Verdi. Ghiaurov married the Bulgarian pianist Zlatina Mishakova in 1956 and Italian soprano Mirella Freni in 1978, and the two singers frequently performed together. They lived in Modena until Ghiaurov's death in 2004 of a heart attack. Ghiaurov was born in the small mountain town of Velingrad in southern Bulgaria."
"Manilow (album) Manilow is the self-titled album released in 1985 by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album had little impact on the charts. The album features 1980s style rock n' roll/ synthesizers. He was lured away from Arista Records, but as cited by Manilow in an interview, the executives who brought him over were no longer there when the album was released. This may have led to poor record sales, as well as the album sound being primarily a modern uptempo and synthesized release sharply different from Manilow's renowned piano ballads. The album was Manilow's first of four albums with RCA"
"Mayall in the songs ""I'm Gonna Fight for You, J.B."" and ""Death of J. B. Lenoir"". The 2003 documentary film ""The Soul of a Man"", directed by Wim Wenders as the second installment of Martin Scorsese's series ""The Blues"", explored Lenoir's career, together with those of Skip James and Blind Willie Johnson. In 2011, Lenoir was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. ""Chess Masters"" (Chess double LP, 1984) ""The Parrot Sessions, 1954-55"" (Relic LP, 1989) J. B. Lenoir J. B. Lenoir /ləˈnɔːr/ (March 5, 1929 – April 29, 1967) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the"
"Steve Marriott Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English musician, songwriter and frontman of two notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades. Marriott is remembered for his powerful singing voice which belied his small stature, and for his aggressive approach as a guitarist in mod rock bands Small Faces (1965–1969 and 1977–1978) and Humble Pie (1969–1975 and 1980–1981). Marriott was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces. In Britain, Marriott became a popular, often-photographed mod style icon through his role as"
"while in his teens. Jarvis died of colon cancer at age 51 on April 1, 2009 at his home in Marina del Rey, California. Duane Jarvis Duane Jarvis (August 22, 1957 – April 1, 2009) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who recorded songs with many rock and roll and country music performers, including Frank Black, Peter Case, Rosie Flores, John Prine, Amy Rigby, Lucinda Williams and Dwight Yoakam. In addition to his collaborations, which included co-writing ""Still I Long For Your Kiss"", a song on Williams's Grammy-winning album ""Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"", he also released a number"
"Morris Stoloff Morris Stoloff (1 August 1898 – 16 April 1980) was a musical composer. Stoloff worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra. Stoloff worked as music director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962. Among space age pop fans, he is best remembered for his 1956 Top 10 hit that paired the swing era tune ""Moonglow"" with the love theme from the movie ""Picnic"", the medley called ""Moonglow and Theme from ""Picnic"""". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. Stoloff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A child prodigy"
"Timothy Manlove Timothy Manlove (1663–1699) was an English Presbyterian minister and physician. Dying young, he is now known as a supporter of the anti-materialist philosophy of Richard Bentley. Son of Edward Manlove the poet, he was born at Ashbourne, Derbyshire. He was educated at a dissenting academy, the Sheriffhales school of John Woodhouse. He was ordained at Attercliffe, near Sheffield, on 11 September 1688, and his first known settlement was in 1691, at Pontefract, Yorkshire, where he was popular. In 1694 he was invited to the charge of Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds; his ministry at Leeds was not supported well"
"and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. In 1978, Gene Austin's 1928 Victor recording of ""My Blue Heaven"" (Victor 20964A), was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2005, his 1926 Victor recording of ""Bye Bye Blackbird"" (Victor 20044), was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as well. Gene Austin Gene Austin (June 24, 1900 – January 24, 1972) was an American singer and songwriter, one of the first ""crooners"". His 1920s compositions ""When My Sugar Walks Down the Street"" and ""The Lonesome Road"" became pop and jazz standards. Austin was born"
"Aston Tirrold United Reformed Church The former public house in the village, the Chequers Inn, is now The Sweet Olive gastropub. The musician Steve Winwood and the other members of his rock band Traffic (Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, and Chris Wood) lived at a country cottage near Aston Tirrold in the late 1960s and wrote much of the ""Mr. Fantasy"" album there. Other visitors included Stephen Stills and Pete Townshend. Subsequently the guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker, previously of Cream, visited, which led to the formation of the short-lived rock band Blind Faith. Steve Winwood left the cottage"