11 years ago today we lost Twinkle who sang this classic. Lots of Shangri-Las and Phil Spector influences on this one. Jimmy Page plays on it. This song shows that the Wall of Sound does indeed travel. A few years later it would go to Sweden where Björn and Benny would take up the mantle.
Hilton Valentine was the guitarist with the Animals for several years and it is his guitar(a glorious arpeggio) which leads off this classic song. He was born on May 21, 1943.
Born on May 20, 1940, Shorty Long worked on the Motown label in various capacities. He co-wrote "Devil" and this is the first recording of that classic song.
Written by Trevor Peacock on May 19, 1931. No, no, no, no, no, no...yes, that Trevor Peacock!
On the morning of May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from New York on the first ever solo nonstop transatlantic flight.
Co-written by Jane Wiedlin whose birthday is today.
May 19th was Pete Townshend's birthday. I always liked this piece of music.
Joe was born on this day in 1944. Jimmy Page is one of the guitarists on this song.
On this day in 2013, we lost Ray Manzarek.
In honor of it being World Bee Day! Great work by Brian Jones on the slide guitar.
On this Norwegian National Day, we go to the Norwegian rockers, The Pussycats, for this cover of the classic song which was clearly influenced by the Animals' rendition.
Four years ago today we lost Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou who is better known as Vangelis. Early in his career he was in a band with Demis Roussos among others.This was a #1 single in several countries. Yes, the melody is based on Pachelbel's Canon.
The painter known as Botticelli died on this day in 1510. His most famous painting is "The Birth of Venus". Yeah, she's got it! Inspiring art throughout the centuries.
Django Reinhardt- 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953. Stéphane Grappelli is the violinist on this recording.
Pierce Brosnan. was born on this day in 1953
Frank along with Antonio Carlos Jobim. This was recorded in 1969.
This goes out to Al and Peggy!
I dedicate this to Lilibet and Philip. Some of Frank's earliest recordings were done without any musicians due to a strike in 1943.
Vocal refrain by Frank Sinatra