ON THIS DAY Lots happened to people in music, including: Some were locked up 1988, Soul singer James Brown was sentenced to 6 years in prison 2003, Courtney Love was sentenced to 18 months in drug rehabilitation Some got married 1990, Rod Stewart married New Zealand model Rachel Hunter in Beverly Hills. Stewart was quoted as saying I Found the Girl that I Want, I wont be putting my banana in anybodys fruit bowl from now on. 1990, Abba singer Agnetha Faltskog married Swedish surgeon Tomas Sonnenfeld. 1994, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora married actress Heather Locklear. Some got knocked out 1998, Backstreet Boys roadie Michael Barrett filed a $3 million lawsuit against the group claiming damages after a 50-pound cannon fell on his head during a show. 1999, Boy George was knocked unconscious when a mirror ball fell on his head during a show in Dorset, England. Some were born on 15 Dec: 1919, Max Yasgur, owner of the Woodstock farm where the 1969 festival was held. 1922, Alan Freed, American DJ. The man who named Rock n Roll 1939, Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes. 1942, Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five However, the biggest thing to happen on this day, (in my admittedly sentimental opinion), concerns one of my all-time favourite Christmas songs. On the 15 Dec 1984 Do They Know Its Christmas? by Band Aid entered the UK chart at No.1 and became the biggest selling UK single of all time, with sales over 3 and a half million. It was the brainchild of former Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof, who had been moved images of famine in Ethiopia shown on British TV. He contacted his mate Midge Ure, and together they persuaded the cream of the UK pop world to participate in a one-off charity single they had written to raise desperately-needed funds. That they did, in spades. The original Band Aid ensemble consisted of: • Adam Clayton (U2) • Phil Collins (Genesis, solo) • Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats) • Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet) • Chris Cross (Ultravox) • John Taylor (Duran Duran) • Paul Young • Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) • Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17) • Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran) • Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats) • Marilyn • Keren (Bananarama) • Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet) • Jody Watley (Shalamar) • Bono (U2) • Paul Weller (The Style Council) • James Taylor (Kool & The Gang) • Peter Blake (credited as sleeve artist) • George Michael (Wham!) • Midge Ure (Ultravox) • Martin Ware (Heaven 17) • John Keeble (Spandau Ballet) • Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) • Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) • Sara Dallin (Bananarama) • Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama) • Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats) • Francis Rossi (Status Quo) • Robert Kool Bell (Kool & the Gang) • Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang) • Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) • Jon Moss (Culture Club) • Sting (The Police) • Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) • Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) • Johnny Fingers (The Boomtown Rats) • Boy George (Culture Club) • Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) • Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings) • David Bowie • Big Country How can you recognise? youtu.be/bjQzJAKxTrE LYRICS Its Christmastime; theres no need to be afraid At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime But say a prayer to pray for the other ones At Christmastime Its hard, but when youre having fun Theres a world outside your window And its a world of dread and fear Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears And the Christmas bells that ring there Are the clanging chimes of doom Well tonight thank God its them instead of you And there wont be snow in Africa this Christmastime The greatest gift theyll get this year is life Oh, where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow Do they know its Christmastime at all? Heres to you, raise a glass for evryone Heres to them, underneath that burning sun Do they know its Christmastime at all? Feed the world Feed the world Feed the world Let them know its Christmastime Feed the world Let them know its Christmastime Songwriters: URE, MIDGE / GELDOF, BOB
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:08:13 +0000
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