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Ride A White Swan
"Ride a White Swan" is a song by English band T. Rex. It was released as a stand-alone single on 9 October 1970 by record label Fly, and was the first single credited under the band's new name. It was written by the group's singer, guitarist and founder Marc Bolan. The song was included on the US version of the 1970 album, '' T. Rex''. The song was the band's first significant hit, and, according to Ned Raggett of AllMusic, the song "inadvertently founded glam rock mania", although Bolan did not wear characteristic glam stage clothing until the promotion of the follow up single " Hot Love". Background and recording In spring 1969, after three acoustic Tyrannosaurus Rex albums and an equal number of singles released to limited appeal, Bolan began to make the transition from basing his band's sound around an acoustic guitar to an electric. The new sound was premiered on single "King of the Rumbling Spires" and tracks were recorded for a planned fourth album, before Bolan rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summertime Blues
"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on September 29, 1958, and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for country music artist Alan Jackson, and scoring notable hits in versions by Blue Cheer, the Who and Brian Setzer, the last of whom recorded his version for the 1987 film '' La Bamba'', in which he portrayed Cochran. Lyrics The song is about the struggle between a teenager and his parents, his boss and his congressman during the summer. The narrator resents having to take a job in order to earn pocket money, and he cannot go on a date with his girlfriend because his boss keeps scheduling him to work late. After falsely telling the boss he is sick in order to get out of going to wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Cochran
Ray Edward Cochran ( ; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as " Twenty Flight Rock", " Summertime Blues", " C'mon Everybody" and " Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. Cochran experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing, even on his earliest singles. Cochran played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and attractive young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death, Cochran achieved iconic status. Cochran was involved with music from an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. In 1955, Cochran formed a duo with the guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation) and became known as the Cochran Brothers. When they split the following year, Eddie began a song-writing career with Jerry Capehart. His first success came when he performed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Of The Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British record chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most of its history, it was broadcast on Thursday evenings on BBC One. Each show consisted of performances of some of the week's best-selling popular music records, usually excluding any tracks moving down the chart, including a rundown of that week's singles chart. This was originally the Top 20, though this varied throughout the show's history. The Top 30 was used from 1969 and the Top 40 from 1984. Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You" was the first song featured on ''TOTP'', while the Rolling Stones were the first band to perform with "I Wanna Be Your Man". Snow Patrol were the last act to play live on the weekly show when they performed their single "Chasing Cars". Status Quo (band), Status Quo made more appearances than any other artist, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Legend
Bill Legend (born William Arthur Fifield; 8 May 1944) is an English musician and former drummer for glam rock band T. Rex during their most successful period. His life and career have been discussed in multiple published books and other works about the band. Biography One of three children, Legend worked as a commercial artist after leaving school, while playing the drums in a variety of bands. He was drumming under his real name for a group called "Legend", fronted by Mickey Jupp, when Marc Bolan, the man behind the new-found success of T. Rex, spotted him and asked producer Tony Visconti to approach him. Mark Paytress, ''Bolan - The Rise and Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar'' Omnibus Press 2002, p173Paul Roland. ''Cosmic Dancer- The Life and Music of Marc Bolan'' Tomahawk Press 2012, pp 152-153Lesley Ann Jones, ''Ride A White Swan - The Lives and Death of Marc Bolan'', Hodder & Stoughton, 2012, pp180-184 Legend agreed to join T. Rex, immediately buying a number of the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Currie
T. Rex (originally Tyrannosaurus Rex) were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only consistent member. Though initially associated with the psychedelic folk genre, Bolan began to change the band's style towards electric rock in 1969, and shortened their name to T. Rex the following year. This development culminated in 1970 with their first significant hit single "Ride a White Swan", and the group soon became pioneers of the glam rock movement. From 1970 to 1973, T. Rex were extremely popular in the UK, with a run of eleven top ten singles, four of which reached number one: " Hot Love", " Get It On", "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru". The band's 1971 album ''Electric Warrior'' received critical acclaim, reached number 1 in the UK and became a landmark album in glam rock. The 1972 follow-up, '' The Slider'', entered the top 20 in the US. Bolstering their style with soul music, funk and gospe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Love (Marc Bolan Song)
"Hot Love" is a song by English glam rock band T. Rex, released as a standalone single on 12 February 1971 by record label Fly. It was the group's first number one on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for six weeks beginning on 14 March 1971. The two performances of the song on ''Top of the Pops'' in March 1971, which saw Marc Bolan dressed for the first time on television in shiny satin stagewear and glittery make-up (the latter at the suggestion of his stylist Chelita Secunda) were a crucial trigger for the glam rock movement. Background and recording "Hot Love" was first heard in December 1970 as part of a BBC Radio 1 broadcast in a version much rawer, slower, and more relaxed than the eventual release. The single was subsequently recorded at Trident Studios on 21 and 22 January 1971, with overdubs on 26 January. The single's B-sides, "Woodland Rock" and "The King of the Mountain Cometh", were recorded onto the same 16-track tape. The A-side, along with the B-side " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born 2 April 1949) is an American-British radio and television presenter and author. He is a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom, having become a British citizen in 2005. Known as "The Great Gambo" and "The Professor of Pop", Gambaccini was a BBC Radio 1 presenter for 16 years, including 11 years on a weekly show counting down the ''Billboard'' Top 30 songs. A regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's long-running arts programme ''Kaleidoscope'', Gambaccini was a long-time TV morning show correspondent for British television, and makes regular appearances on other British TV magazine shows. Gambaccini was the host of the 12-part Classic FM series ''Paul Gambaccini's Hall of Heroes'', and chairs the Radio 4 music quiz ''Counterpoint''. He was presenter of '' Pick of the Pops'' on BBC Radio 2 from 9 July 2016, to 7 October 2023 and ''America's Greatest Hits'' on Greatest Hits Radio on Saturday afternoons since February 2020. He now present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Maker
''Melody Maker'' was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. In January 2001, it was merged into "long-standing rival" (and IPC Media sister publication) ''New Musical Express''. 1920s–1940s It was founded in 1926 by Leicester-born composer and publisher Lawrence Wright as the house magazine for his music publishing business, often promoting his own songs. Two months later it had become a full scale magazine, more generally aimed at dance band musicians, under the title ''The Melody Maker and British Metronome''. It was published monthly from the basement of 19 Denmark Street in LondonPeter Watts. ''Denmark Street: London's Street of Sound'' (2023), pp. 30-31 (soon relocating to 93 Long Acre), and the first editor was the drummer and dance-band leader Edgar Jackson (1895-1967). Jackson instigated a jazz column, which gained in credibility once it was taken over by Spike Hughes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Welch
Chris Welch (born ) is an English music journalist, critic, and author who is best known for his work from the late 1960s as a reporter for ''Melody Maker'', ''Musicians Only'', and ''Kerrang!''. He is the author of over 40 music books. Early life Welch was raised in Catford, south east London. He left school at 16 and became a messenger for a national daily newspaper in Fleet Street. Career In 1960, Welch started work for ''The Kentish Times''. In October 1964, after writing for a local newspaper, Welch became a reporter for ''Melody Maker'' at age 22. At Google Books. Retrieved 16 June 2013. His first interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cash Box Top 100
The ''Cash Box'' Top 100 Pop Singles (also known as the ''Cash Box'' Top 100) was a record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''Cash Box'' magazine, which began publication in 1942. As a close competitor to ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertis ...'' magazine, it was first issued for the September 13, 1958 issue when they expanded their top 75 chart to one hundred positions. The original version of the magazine lasted through November 16, 1996. While ''Billboard'' ranked singles weekly mixing the total airplay on radio stations and singles sales from all across North America, ''Cash Box'' presented their rankings via all sales and airplay of songs without splitting up genres in order to formulate the generalized popularity of a single's ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandad (song)
"Grandad" is a song written by Herbie Flowers and Kenny Pickett, and recorded by Clive Dunn. While starring in the long-running BBC situation comedy ''Dad's Army'', Dunn met bassist Herbie Flowers (later of Sky) at a party and on learning he was a songwriter challenged him to write a song for him. Flowers wrote "Grandad" with Creation vocalist Kenny Pickett. The song was released as a single in November 1970, and, aided by promotion such as appearing on children's shows such as ''Basil Brush'' and DJ Tony Blackburn Anthony Kenneth Blackburn (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey, singer and television presenter, whose career spans over 60 years. Blackburn first achieved fame broadcasting on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio Londo ... claiming it as his favourite record, in January 1971 reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks, during which time Dunn celebrated his 51st birthday, and went on to spend a total of 27 weeks on the char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
