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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Random Fandom . . . 

what happened on this day in music

February 23rd

1940 - Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics to 'This Land Is Your Land' in his room at the Hanover House Hotel in New York City. The song was brought back to life in the 1960s, when several artists of the new folk movement, including Bob Dylan, The Kingston Trio, Trini Lopez, Jay and the Americans, and The New Christy Minstrels all recorded versions, inspired by its political message.


2003 - Michael Jackson
The News Of The World (so it must be true) reported that Michael Jackson had undergone scores of painful operations to strip his body of black skin until he appeared white. And that surgeons at a Santa Monica clinic eventually refused him any more treatment. An insider told the paper that Jackson had been anaesthetised on a weekly basis to have his skin peeled and bleached.
Evidence now tells us these were all litgitiamte treatments for vitiligo which can cloned skin treatments that combat posting and patches of white skin on black people, which was reported in his autposy. Can he have been both suffering from this notorious skin condition and wanting to appear 'white' I doubt it but hey, that was the New of The World for ya! What ever happened to them?



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2003 - Norah Jones
Norah Jones cleaned up at the 45th Grammy Awards, held at Madison Square Garden, New York. The singer, songwriter won, Album of the year and Record of the year, with 'Don't Know Why.' Song of the year, Best new artist and Best female pop vocal for 'Don't Know Why'. Other winners included Best male pop vocal, John Mayer, 'Your Body Is A Wonderland'. 





2010 - Abbey Road Studios
London's Abbey Road studios was made a listed building, protecting it from plans to radically alter it. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge listed the studios on the advice of English Heritage saying it had "produced some of the very best music in the world". The Beatles used Abbey Road for 90% of their recordings. The studio was origanally named EMI Studios, they changed the name to Abbey Road Studios in 1970 because of The Beatles album.


1955 - Zeke Manyika
Zeke Manyika, from Orange Juice, who had the 1983 UK No.8 single 'Rip It Up'.


1944 - Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter, blues guitarist and singer who has worked with Rick Derringer and brother Edger Winter. He scored the 1969 US top 30 album, 'Johnny Winter'. Winter died at the age of 70 on 16th July 2014 in Zurich, just days after playing at the Lovely Days Festival in Austria. I saw Wnmter a couple of times live at festivals in the UK and frankly was blown away with that breakneck speed of slide and guitar blues. Astonishing player





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