yorks5stringer Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Murder on the Dance Floor" inspired two further hits, Queens "Flash" and Betty Wright's "Clean up Woman" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Steely Dan's Donald Fagan took so long considering a name to give his band that when he finally settled on it he was enraged to find that Maddie Prior he pipped him to the post and he had to make a subtle change to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Maddie Prior thought of the name for her band while she was working as a riveter on the Humber bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Assumed by many to be of Scottish origin, Deacon Blue were actually originally the Australian duo, Deek & Blue. Their A & R man, Billy Smithers, (a Steeleye Span fan), misheard the name, and it stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 The now-fashionable guitar-and-drums duo format was pioneered in the early 80s by the Thompson Twins (Richard and Chester). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Following the split of "Driver's Seat" Sniff and the Tears, the latter half of the Band joined Tears For Fears and the former half linked up with Morrissey and Johnny Marr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 After the breakup of Sisters of Mercy, Soeur Sourire enjoyed a lengthy career as The Singing Nun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 A little known fact is Joe Walsh invented Walsh Functions. These are a set of orthonomal functions which can only take a value of +1 or -1 being the digital counterpart of trigonometric functions and somewhat analogous to Fourier series can be used to sythesize almost any waveform by additive synthesis. He does not like to tell this as he's just an ordinary average guy. A strange invention, for an analog man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikenbass Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Yeah? Well f*** you too Mr C L Green! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Ironically, the only member of ZZ Top not to sport facial hair is called Frank Mustache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Since his discovery of beta blockers, Shaking Stevens has been required to change his name to Steven Still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 [quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1416137121' post='2607168'] Cliff Richard is the only known person to have ever had a hit record whose surname is also a common Christian name. Apart from Elton John. And George Michael. [/quote] and Buddy Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Frankie Valli was cleaning cars before he got discovered and became famous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 After the Brothers Johnson split, Boris continued to play away whilst he dabbled in politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Bette Midler was a fairly successful professional gambler before she took up a singing career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Nicole Sheringer's album "Big Fat Lie" is a musical expose of Muller's low calorie desserts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Frankie Valli has a sister called Rhondda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozza Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Chas N' Dave toe-tapper "Rabbit" was commissioned for the film adaptation of "Watership Down." The film's producers rejected it on the grounds that the band had misread the brief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 The Thompson Twins are the illegitimate offspring of Captain Haddock. So they may be related to Louis XIV of France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Claims that Elvis has been sighted filling shelves in Tesco's in Brighton are of course complete tosh. It's Sainsbury's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Elvis Costello is actually an assumed stagename. He was christened Declan McManus, son of Mick McManus the 1970's all in wrestler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Devo Max is actually a Scottish rock band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Dolly Parton has a fear of falling on her face, hence she had airbags installed permanently about her person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 [quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1417087824' post='2616905'] Dolly Parton has a fear of falling on her face, hence she had airbags installed permanently about her person. [/quote] She's also a big fan of the Stone Roses, and used to get style tips from their bass player, as described in her autobiographical song Coat of Mani Colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Pop-Jazzers Steely Dan copyrighted the term "Black Friday" so every November 28th, they receive massive royalties which far exceed their album sales. Other sources of their income include the words "Divorce", "Years", "FM" and "Peg". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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