They're still touring these days.... [ and Yes, I was "weak kneed" at the time also! http://www.curvedair.com/index.html
Lake On Sunday, April 14, 2013 6:52:34 PM UTC+1, Jurgenhaim wrote: > > Birthday Sonja, you had this particular 18 year old weal kneed! > Curved Air had a huge UK sinlge hit with this in 1971, my usual did this > register in the USA? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUnjMI81vAA > > > On Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:44:43 UTC+1, Eidem wrote: > >> April 14 Born – >> Milton “Shorty” Rogers (1924) – Jazz trumpeter. >> Bill Harris (1925) – The Clovers. >> Loretta Lynn (1935) – Country singer. >> Tony Burrows (1942) – session singer for Edison Lighthouse, White >> Plains, The First Class. >> Ritchie Blackmore (1945) – guitarist for Deep Purple and Rainbow. >> Patrick Fairley (1943) – Marmalade. >> June Millington (1948) – guitarist for Fanny. >> Larry Ferguson (1948) – keyboardist for Hot Chocolate. >> Dennis Byron (1949) – drummer for Amen Corner. >> Sonja Kristina (1949) – vocalist for Curved Air. >> Joey Pesce (1962) – keyboardist for ‘Til Tuesday. >> Sheila Chandra (1965) – British singer. >> Martyn LeNoble (1969) – bassist for Porno For Pyros. >> >> April 14 R.I.P. – >> Pete Farndon (1983) – drown due to heroin overdose. Age 30. The >> Pretenders. >> Thurston Harris (1990) – acute alcoholism. Age 58. Singer ("Little >> Bitty Pretty One"). >> Burl Ives (1995) – mouth cancer. Age 85. Folk singer. >> Dorothy Squires (1998) – lung cancer. Age 83. Welsh singer ("The >> Gypsy"). >> Anthony Newly (1999) – renal cancer. Age 67. Actor/singer/songwriter >> (“Goldfinger”). >> Steve Jablecki (2005) – Age 59. Guitarist/songwriter for Wadsworth >> Mansion ("Sweet Mary"). >> John Fred (2005) – complications from a kidney transplant. Age 63. >> John Fred and His Playboy Band. >> Don Ho (2007) – heart failure. Age 76. Hawaiian singer. >> Peter Steele (2010) – heart failure. Age 48. Type O Negative. >> >> April 14 album releases – >> Gentle Giant – Three Friends (1972) >> Judas Priest – British Steel (1980) >> Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (1980) UK >> The Rolling Stones – Sucking In The Seventies (1981) >> Van Halen – Diver Down (1982) >> David Bowie – Let's Dance (1983) >> Cocteau Twins – Victorialand (1986) >> Chaka Khan – The Woman I Am (1992) >> ZZ Top – Greatest Hits (1992) >> Cast – Mother Nature Calls (1997) >> Depeche Mode – Ultra (1997) >> Converge – When Forever Comes Crashing (1998) >> Rush – Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) UK >> >> April 14 events – >> 1955 – Fats Domino releases his single "Ain't It A Shame" b/w "La-La." >> 1956 – Bobby Helms auditions for Decca and is signed on the spot. >> 1956 – Elvis Presley records "I Want You, I Love You, I Need You" at >> RCA Studios in Nashville. >> 1956 – The Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California demonstrates >> the first videotape recorder, the VRX-1000, in Chicago. The machine, >> invented by Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsburg and Charles Anderson, records >> both images and sound. >> 1960 – Inspired by Elvis' stint in the Army, the Broadway production >> of Bye Bye Birdie opens at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it will run >> for 607 performances. >> 1960 – Lloyd Price records "Question" at Bell Sound Studio in New York >> City. >> 1961 – Sam Cooke records "Cupid" at RCA Studios in Hollywood. >> 1963 – The Rolling Stones play the Crawdaddy Club at the Station Hotel >> in Richmond. All four Beatles are in the audience. >> 1964 – The King Bees, featuring a young David Bowie - then David Jones >> - play at a wedding reception at the Jack Of Clubs in London. >> 1965 – Millie Small, Neil Sedaka, The Wellingtons, Jerry Lee Lewis, >> April Stevens and Nino Tempo, Sounds Incorporated, James Burton, Donna >> Loren, The Righteous Brothers, Jerry Mason, Glen Campbell, Anita Sheer >> and The Blossoms all appear on Shindig! >> 1965 – Elvis Presley's 17th movie, Girl Happy, premieres in theaters. >> 1966 – Roy Orbison, The Walker Brothers and Lulu all appear at the >> Colston Hall in Bristol. >> 1967 – David Bowie releases his novelty single, “The Laughing Gnome” b/ >> w “The Gospel According To Tony Day” on the Deram label. >> 1967 – The Bee Gees release their single, “New York Mining Disaster >> 1941” b/w “I Can’t See Nobody.” >> 1968 – Phil Spector marries Veronica “Ronnie” Bennett. >> 1969 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney, recording as "The Beatles," >> record the song "The Ballad Of John And Yoko," with Paul on drums, >> bass, piano and backing vocals, and John on guitars, lead vocals and >> percussion. >> 1969 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “In The Ghetto” b/w “Any Day >> Now.” >> 1969 – The Monkees' television special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, >> airs on NBC. >> 1970 – Stephen Stills breaks his wrist in a car accident, causing the >> cancellation of an American tour by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. >> 1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revival makes their live UK debut, playing >> the first of two nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London, recording >> both shows for a live album release. >> 1971 – The Illinois Crime Commission issues a blacklist of drug- >> related songs, which includes "A Whiter Shade Of Pale," "White Rabbit" >> and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." >> 1972 – Elvis Presley appears at the Greensboro Coliseum in North >> Carolina. >> 1974 – Pete Townshend makes his solo concert debut at the Roundhouse >> in London, backed solely by his own pre-recorded audio tapes. >> 1975 – In a press release, The Rolling Stones announce that Ron Wood >> will officially be replacing Mick Taylor as their new guitarist. >> 1976 – Stevie Wonder signs a new contract with Motown for $13 million. >> 1976 – Eric Faulkner of The Bay City Rollers overdoses on Seconal and >> Valium and almost dies. Some view it as a suicide attempt, but >> Faulkner claims is was accidental. >> 1978 – Joy Division plays at the Stiff Records Chiswick Challenge at >> Rafters in Manchester. Future managers Rob Gretton and Tony Wilson are >> in the audience and see the band for the first time. >> 1978 – Johnny Cash's television special, Spring Fever, airs on CBS, >> featuring Waylon Jennings, June Carter Cash, Jessi Colter, Ray Charles >> and Roseanne Cash. >> 1980 – A resolution is introduced by a New Jersey assemblyman to make >> Bruce Springsteen's song "Born To Run" the state song. It is, >> instead, adopted as the state's "rock anthem." >> 1980 – Olivia Newton-John's television special, Olivia's Hollywood >> Nights, airs on ABC-TV, featuring Elton John, The Carpenters and Andy >> Gibb. >> 1983 – Tears For Fears appear at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester. >> 1983 – Spandau Ballet performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London. >> 1986 – At a record burning at the First Church of the Nazarene in >> Ironton, Ohio, evangelist Jim Brown claims that the Mr. Ed theme, “A >> Horse Is A Horse,” is just one of many popular songs that contain >> satanic backwards messages. >> 1993 – Paul McCartney begins the North American leg of his New World >> Tour at Sam Boyd Stadium in Lad Vegas. >> 1993 – Joan Baez performs for 700 people in war-torn Sarajevo in >> Bosnia. >> 1994 – Kurt Cobain’s body is cremated at the Bleitz Funeral Home in >> Seattle, Washington. >> 1999 – The body of Tammy Wynette is exhumed for an autopsy to >> determine her official cause of death. >> 2001 – Sean Puffy Combs is arrested in Miami, Florida for riding a >> motor scooter in South Beach on a suspended driver's license. >> 2003 – Alex Conate is arrested after persuading a San Diego nightclub >> owner that singer Björk had agreed to play there, and selling $14,000 >> worth of tickets at $40 a piece, then fleeing to Hawaii where he is >> picked up by police. >> 2004 – Dick Clark reveals he has Type 2 diabetes. >> 2004 – The Library of Congress honors country singer Dolly Parton with >> its Living Legend award. >> 2008 – Queen's Brian May becomes Chancellor of Liverpool's John Moores >> University. >> 2009 – George Harrison posthumously receives a star on the Hollywood >> Walk of Fame in front of the Capitol Records building. Paul McCartney >> attends the ceremony along with Harrison’s widow Olivia, son Dhani, >> and friends Eric Idle, Tom Petty and Tom Hanks. >> 2009 – Juliens Auctions cancels a planned auction of nearly 1,400 >> items from the former home of Michael Jackson after a last-minute >> settlement returns Jackson's belongings to his estate. >> 2010 – Country music singer George Strait sets a Billboard record, >> becoming the first act ever to place a record in the Top 10 on any >> Billboard chart for 30 consecutive years. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
