Thursday This And That

Much as we had predicted they would, The Beach Boys have cancelled their first scheduled "return" show that was due to take place October 9th in Bloomington, IL "due to unforeseen circumstances." No mention has yet been made regarding the next series of scheduled shows planned for October 9th in Cincinnati, OH, October 11th in Nashville, TN and October 10th in Calgary, Alberta.

The group DID make an appearance for a private show on October 3rd at at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach luxury hotel in Dana Point, California with frequent guest John Stamos but Mike Love, who has been the one suffering from health issues, reportedly performed the show sitting in a chair.  (Beach Boys fans will remember Carl Wilson having to do the same thing when he got really sick but continued to tour with the band ... this seems to be a more common occurrence these days for some of our aging rock heroes ... Randy Bachman has been doing all of his Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Guess Who live shows while seated for a while now.)  kk

 

Brian May says Queen is done touring as well.  They'll find other ways to present their music ... but hitting the road again won't be one of them.  More to follow.   (kk)

 

Meanwhile, Aerosmith postponed their major announcement scheduled to break October 6th ... but still had some fun posting a Facebook video of Steven Tyler and long-time band photographer Ross Halfin putting up the marquee at The Hollywood Bowl ...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1076882701628277 

Lots of rumors as to who "and friends" will be ... but it sounds like a 2027 tour is being planned.  Once again ... more to come once we know what's going on!  (kk) 

 

UPDATE: "And Friends" turns out to be quite an eclectic line-up of musicians ...

 

Among those scheduled to take the stage spread out over the two announced nights (with the lineup varying for each performance) are The Black Crowes, Run-DMC, Heart, Billy Idol, Sammy Hagar, Slash, Duff McKagan, Tom Morello and Eric Church.  The list also includes Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez of Alice In Chains, Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme, Pat Monahan of Train, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sully Erna of Godsmack, Marcus King, Steve Stevens, Andrew Watt, Adam Wakeman, Audley Freed and Kenny Aronoff ... with additional artists and surprise appearances still to be announced.  Don Was will serve as musical director.

 

And Joe Perry is hinting that an additional show may still be added.  (Nothing like pulling out all the stops for your comeback / unretirement show!!!)  kk 

   

Kent,

Since there have been so many recent postings regarding the year 1971, I thought I'd give you our local version here as the Buffalo Springfield once said, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

Larry

 

Here is what WLS determined to be The Big 89 of 1971 ...

 

If anyone else as any local 1971 Year End Charts to share, I'd love to see them!  (kk)

Hi Kent,

We're excited to announce a brand-new Record Research podcast titled "A Heart For The Charts"!  Every other week our esteemed panel of chart experts (Fred Bronson, Michael Ellis, Joe Marchese, Andy Skurow and myself) will either have a special guest artist (or two), a fellow chart fanatic, or sometimes just the five of us discussing music and music chart history.

We're asking everyone we know to please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more episodes.  We're so grateful to be able to come together and do these fun shows!

Paul Haney

Record Research

Episode One is available for viewing now:  Episode 1: The Day I Went to Number 1

I Just Found Out That R & B Singer Freddie Jackson Died.

He Had Ten #1 R & B Hits.

"ROCK ME TONIGHT" + "YOU ARE MY LADY" & Eight More.

FRANK B.

I always liked “You Are My Lady” … in addition to topping Billboard's Soul / R&B Singles Chart, it went to #12 on the pop charts and became his biggest pop hit.  “Rock Me Tonight” was also a Top 20 Pop Hit, peaking at #18.

His other R&B #1’s were “A Little Bit More” (with Melba Moore, 1986), “Tasty Love” (1986), “Have You Ever Loved Somebody” (1987), “Jam Tonight” (1987), “Nice ‘n’ Slow” (1988), “Hey Lover” (1988), “Love Me Down” (1991) and “Do Me Again” (1991.)  Four of those crossed over to the pop charts, too, but only “Jam Tonight” made The Top 40.  (kk)

Taylor Swift unseated Ella Langley by taking over the #1 spot this week with her latest release, “Patient Zero.”  It becomes her 16^th #1 hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart.  (That’s not to say that Langley won’t bounce back again as she has in the past.  Swift’s new release gave her four of the top five singles this week … but usually these rankings are pretty short-lived.)

Now the question is whether or not she can pass The Beatles’ long-standing record of twenty #1 Hits.  (I think she’ll still got a ways to go … but IS about as a likely candidate there is to do so … unless Mariah Carey releases something other than “All I Want For Christmas Is You” that appeals to the masses … she’s currently got NINETEEN #1 Hits.)  kk

Hi Kent –

I enjoyed seeing the poster for Old Chicago. Billy Thundercloud and the Chieftones lived here in the Richland Center area when they were not touring. I knew them pretty well.  They were originally billed as Canada's All Indian Band. They appeared on To Tell the Truth and played all over the U.S. and they had several Country charted records. In 1975 they had their only charted pop song called What Time of Day.

Phil Nee

“What Time Of Day” sneaked into The Top 100 in both Billboard and Cash Box (hitting #’s 92 and 97 respectively) and bubbled under in Record World at #134.  I’m not familiar with this one … but Tom Diehl was able to find a copy so we can share it with our readers today!  (Thanks, Tom!)  I guess it’s actually Billy Thunderkloud (with a K) according to the record label and Whitburn book.  (kk)

 

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

10/8/66 - Cream Drummer Ginger Baker collapsed on stage after playing a twenty minute drum solo at Sussex University, England.  He will later recover in a local hospital.

October 7th, 1966

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

10/7/66 – Smiley Lewis (who had the original hit recording of “I Hear You Knockin’”) dies of stomach cancer.  Lewis also wrote Elvis Presley’s hit “One Night.”