Saw the post about Mark Lindsay living on Cielo Drive. It might be a good idea not to have him live with you.
According to IMDB, at different times, he lived in both 10050 Cielo Drive and 8763 Wonderland Avenue, both in Los Angeles. The nearby Wonderland house became the site of another famous Hollywood murder when former porn-actor John Holmes and bodyguard Gregory DeWitt Niles took part in the equally horrific murder of four individuals with the encouragement of Eddie Nash, in what was a drug-related homicide on July 1, 1981.
Not sure if it actually true, but if it is, again, don't let him stay at your house.
Gil McAuliff
I went right to the source for this one …
Here is Mark Lindsay’s response …
Hi Kent –
Our producer and my co-writer Terry Melcher and I lived at Cielo for a couple of years. Terry and Candy were getting hot and heavy, and I was ready for my own place, so I moved out. I rented a penthouse and then a house, but then bought a home at the top of Wonderland. At that point, Revere had moved back to Idaho, but came down to LA to tape our TV show, Happening 68. At the same time, we closed our office in Dick Clark’s building, so we rented the house at 8763 for our office, where our secretary lived and Revere stayed while he was in town.
Thanks,
Mark
So there you have it … right from the legend’s mouth!!! (kk)
After sitting on the shelf for literally fifty years, Paul McCartney’s “One Hand Clapping,” a British television special he filmed but then never aired, showed up as a 2-CD package a couple of months back.
Now comes word that the special will get a THEATRICAL release worldwide on September 26th!
“It’s so great to look back on that period and see the little live show we did. We made a pretty good noise actually! It was a great time for the band, we started to have success with Wings, which had been a long time coming.”
Paul McCartney
From the official press release:
Directed by David Litchfield, this film captured a moment when Paul McCartney and Wings had found and defined their signature sound. Filmed over four days at Abbey Road Studios in August, 1974, the film provides an insight into the inner workings of the band as they work and play together in the studio. Including performances of tracks from Wings masterpiece Band on the Run (released in 1973), intimate footage of the band hanging out in the studio, combined with audio interview snippets, the film also includes previously unreleased in full footage of a solo acoustic performance by Paul called The Backyard Sessions.
In addition to the film, this screening event includes an introduction by Paul McCartney recorded exclusively for movie theatre audiences as well as unseen Polaroids of the band.
What the release DOESN’T tell you is WHERE you can go to see it! But more information is obviously coming. (I will say this … I have listened to the CD several times now … and it finds McCartney in exceptionally fine voice throughout. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that some of the vocals captured for this project are better than the ones that were commercially released!
More details as we get them. (kk)
In other Beatles news, 53 years after it took place, the music from The Concert For Bangladesh is FINALLY available for streaming. (The anniversary of the concert just passed on August 1st.)
It’s the first time in the digital age for this historic event, staged by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar to raise money for the starving country … the first major musical fund-raiser ever, which set the stage for all that followed.
It’s also a GREAT concert, featuring appearances by both principles with support from Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Jesse Ed Davis, Badfinger, Klaus Voormann, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner and a friend of us all, Bob Dylan. (And don’t forget Billy Preston!)
It was pulled together quickly by George Harrision (with a little help from his friends), who had already become the first ex-Beatle to score a #1 Album on the charts with “All Things Must Pass” the year before. (Yeah, The Quiet Beatle was on a roll!!!)
Harrison performed a few songs from that album ... “My Sweet Lord,” “Awaiting On You All,” “Wah-Wah” … as well as “Beware Of Darkness,” performed with Leon Russell … along with a few Beatles tunes … “Here Comes The Sun,” “Something” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” He closed the show with his newly-recorded single, “Bangla Desh.”) Ringo sang his latest hit, “It Don’t Come Easy” (#1 everywhere except Billboard), Billy Preston brought the house down with “That’s The Way God Planned It,” Leon Russell performed “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” which the band learned having once been under the impression that Mick Jagger might take part and Bob Dylan (Harrison’s future bandmate in The Traveling Wilburys!) sang five of his tunes: “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall,” “I Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry,” “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Just Like A Woman.” (Story goes when George first approached him about appearing at the concert, he said “C’mon … sing ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’” to which Dylan replied, “Why, are you going to sing ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand?’”)
Hopefully, streaming of the concert film itself will also soon be available for viewing again. Meanwhile, If you've never heard or seen it … or haven’t heard or seen it in a while ... check it out! (kk)
>>>60 YEARS AGO TODAY ... 8/11/64 – The Beatles’ film “A Hard Day’s Night” finally opens here in The States. 700 United Artists Theaters across the country are the beneficiaries of this new release. (kk)
IF you were in town then, were you with me when I was Broadcasting LIVE on KIMN at the Rocky Mountain Premier?!
HA! I think it looks like the girl in the Polka-Dotted Dress looking at me is saying, "And just WHO are you?"
While the Kid in the yellow shirt snickers at her comment!
Hey, Showbiz wasn't always Easy! Sometimes it was just A Hard Day's DAY!
CB! ( which stands for "Cinema Boy!" )
Oddly, the SteelStacks Arts Complex in Bethlehem, PA, will screen A Hard Day's Night this coming week (August 15-18) ...
https://www.steelstacks.org/event/16291/a-hard-days-night-60th-anniversary/ ... if anyone in the area wants to get tickets!
--Bob FrableWhat's up with this?
>>>Just
before the band were due on stage, Roger Daltrey's father-in law came
into the venue and dragged the singer outside and hit him. (kk)
and 
Read More: 60 Years Ago: Why Roger Daltrey Was Punched by His Father-in-Law | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-daltrey-punched/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
The whole thing takes place on Saturday, October 19th, at The Rocket Mortgage Field House … and would most certainly be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But although the ad says “ticket prices starting at $85,” I think you’ll find they’re actually going to cost you a WHOLE lot more than that!!!
https://www.rocketmortgagefieldhouse.com/events/detail/rockhall-241019
Coupled in with airfare and overnight accommodations, this quickly becomes QUITE an expensive weekend.
Still … it IS a once-in-a-lifetime chance … so we leave the decision in your capable hands. (And if you DO decide to go, please report back to us with every chilling event!!!)
Inductees this year include Mary J. Blige, Cher, The Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool and the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest, Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick, Norman Whitfield, Alexis Korner, John Mayall (now being inducted posthumously), Big Mama Thornton and Suzanne DePasse. (kk)
Rod Stewart was forced to cancel what would have been the 200th performance of his residency at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas this past Wednesday night due to health reasons. A bout of strep throat seems to have been the culprit. (kk)
Sammy put together another EXCELLENT Forgotten Hits Super Charts show this past week.
If you haven’t heard it yet, you can find it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/LAFOS/forgotten-hits-super-chart-august-8-1964/
GOOD STUFF! (kk)
And the tour cancellations we mentioned the other day apparently only pertain to certain portions of the scheduled performances. Journey, for example, cancelled the European leg of their tour … while The Fugees pulled out of their North American dates but WILL perform in England. (Hmm … that almost sounds more like a “poor ticket sales” situation to me!) kk
Threats of a terrorist attack caused some great concern for three of Taylor Swift’s scheduled concert appearances in Vienna this past week. The plot was foiled and the instigators apprehended. (Man, this is starting to sound more like a police blotter!) kk
Sean Ross’ “Ross On Radio” column this week takes a look at what songs Classic Hits Radio has been dropping … and adding.
It’s an interesting perspective as to what determines what you’ll be hearing. (Give it a look-over and see if you’re experiencing the same trends where YOU listen.) kk
https://radioinsight.com/blogs/277519/what-songs-did-classic-hits-drop/
https://radioinsight.com/blogs/267845/what-classic-hits-stations-added-in-2024/
I love is when brand new people discover Forgotten Hits for the very first time.
We’re closing in on our 25th Anniversary of doing this now … and have covered more musical topics than I ever could have imagined …
So when somebody out there is searching for some particular subject or memory and googles it, it’s a pretty good chance that our site will come up as one of the sources offering more information.
Such was the case this past week when Dennis Valentino was looking up old music haunts in Chicago … and was able to fill in the blanks and comment on a couple of them …
Ahh, The Quiet Knight …
I saw PapaJohn Creech there … and so many I can’t remember ... I saw Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters when, appearing out of nowhere, came Keith Richards.
As to the name of that Melrose Park venue some guy couldn’t remember, it was The Apartments, formerly known as the Casa Madrid.
Dennis Valentino
The Quiet Knight was pretty well known as a blues bar … The Siegel-Schwall Band were almost there “house band” … I must have seen them there at least a dozen times, either opening for somebody or headlining on their own. It was like a $5 cover charge and a two drink minimum … and they brought you both drinks at the same time!
I saw many, many acts there as well … most memorably Jackson Browne and Jim Croce when each of them were just releasing their first albums and beginning to garner a little bit of airplay. Another regular was David Bromberg, who always put on a very entertaining show. (I wish I could remember some of the others … but it was a LONG time ago … and unless these acts went on to some sort of notoriety, they were pretty much just passing thru.) kk
This should be great!
Huey Lewis has reportedly signed a deal for a new mockumentary television series entitled "What Ever Happened To Huey Lewis?"
It is describe as being very much in the vein of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ... and Lewis is a good sport, in on the joke throughout the series.
And a vintage concert poster from 1968, sent in by Timmy ...
Five bucks a day ... to see ALL these acts ... AMAZING! (kk)
Response to our query as to your all-time favorite Bubblegum Songs has been slow ...
So I asked Ron Dante, who sang "Sugar, Sugar" to the top of the charts in 1969 as the lead vocalist of The Archies ... this one's gotta be there right at or near the top of everybody's list ... what some of HIS all-time favorite bubblegum tunes are ... (and don't be shy about including some of your very own!)
Here's what I got back ...
Hi Kent.
Here are some of my favorites ...
And now, from the other extreme, I just had to leave you with this ...
Saw it in Best Classic Bands (and I think we actually have run this once before) ...
But even so, it's just too good not to share again!
It's the Peanuts Gang's salute to Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb!"
OK, now that we've got you rockin', we've just GOT to share this one with you!!!
Here's some music to get you goin'!
Attached to start your week off just for Fun is, in relation to many of us, a youngster, with her Great Rendition of a 1970s song from the Australian Rock Band that you, no doubt, are at least aware of, AC/DC!
While it was released as a 45 single, their original song was more successful and well-known for being the first and title track on their 1979 album of the same name.
So, turn up your speakers for a couple of minutes and let's Rock the Heck out of the Start of this week!
CB
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
8/13/64 - The Supremes record their #1 Hit “Baby Love”
Also on 8/13, The New York Yankees are purchased by The Columbia Broadcasting System for $11,200,000. After disappointing seasons between 1965 and 1972, they would sell the team to George Steinbrenner in 1973.
Also on 8/13, Actress Debi Mazar is born
