Post yer favorite nuggets of rock and roll trivia here

[darkstar]

(And perhaps some DUers can confirm or deny....)


Credence had no # 1 hits...but 5 songs go to #2.


((((Apologies to all who saw this same factoid on St. Jarvitudes "random fact" thread a while back.))))

[DelawareValleyDem]

1. Mike Nesmith's (Monkees) mother invented Wite-Out

[Midlodemocrat]

2. I think that is true.

[Maccagirl]

23. It is true

He inherited 45 million dollars from her.

[sangh0]

64. And I confirm it

I'm related to a relation of Mike Nesbitt's.

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Keith Richards

had a daughter named Dandelion that had some sort of facial malformation, so she never went on the road with him.

[darkstar]

11. That's a new one to me

Hmmm....

[Midlodemocrat]

15. I got it from the Rolling Stones biography

a few years back, by some guy named Tony who was a hanger-on. I can't remember the name right now, however.

[johnnie]

36. I read that book years ago

Tony Sanchez maybe? Up and down with the Rolling Stones? I think that was it.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. That's it.

Do you remember the part about Keith's little girl, the one he had after Marlon with Anita? I remember there was something wrong with her mouth and she kept getting left at Keith's mom's house when they toured.

[johnnie]

40. Yeah

Here she is with pops.

[johnnie]

42. And here is Marlon

Looks like Keith

[Midlodemocrat]

Pictures aren't showing for some reason.

[johnnie]

44. I see them

Right click on them and click show picture maybe?

[fernsibal]

92. I saw the Rolling Stones in like 1988.

I didn't want to go, but a friend had a ticket she was giving away. It was the "Steel Wheels" tour, . It was outside at the Oakland Arena. You couldn't see anything on stage to speak of--everything was on big monitors. Some guy next to me had his head between his legs the entire time, retching. Yecch. Charming.

A friend of mine saw the Stones years earlier--in the 70's, and he said during the concert Mick turned a hose onto the front row, of the exclaiming "I'm going to hose you off, like I hose off my dogs!".

[Atlas Mugged]

66. She goes by the name Angela, now.

And, yes, she had a birth defect. From what I know it's been corrected. Say what you will about Keith, he's a totally devoted father and husband. As a husband, he's a hopeless romantic, totally monogamus, and has never tolerated Mick and Bill's cheating ways.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I adore Keith Richards.

[no name no slogan]

4. Elvis Presley died on Madonna's 18th birthday...

....and, exactly 8 years after day #2 of Woodstock.

(full disclosure: I'm exactly 10 years to the day younger than Madonna, so I have an excuse)

[CO Liberal]

9. And They Call Elvis "The King" Because He Died On The Throne

:-)

[no name no slogan]

14. Absolutely correct!

They found him, on the floor, in the deep shag carpeting of his bathroom. Apprently he passed out while on the throne and suffocated in the carpeting.

:hi:

[DS1]

5. Axl Rose once kicked Sebastian Bach in the nuggets

I think.

[no name no slogan]

18. I think everybody's kicked Sebastian Bach in the nutz at least once

I did in the late 80s, IIRC. Course I was very drunk at the time, .... :dunce:

[ElectroPrincess]

35. Well, I couldn't Imagine anyone more worthy of that than Bach ...

Gosh remember that lame band name he was the lead singer in?

18 and life my a** ! <yucky ballads>

I also heard that Arrowsmith's Steven Tyler wrote the song "Dude looks like a lady" about a time he encountered Sebastian Bach.

[DS1]

37. Answer below

Skid Row

Oh shit, I should be writing songs for 80's bands. Damn, it's not the 80's anymore. Oh well, at least there's still Swedish Metal. I could do Neo-Dada Swedish Metal Lyrics that make no fucking sense at all, and people would eat that shit up just like they always do. Art people are chumps.

[CO Liberal]

6. The Four Seasons Took Their Name From a NJ Bowling Alley...

...where they were performing in the cocktail lounge.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Jon Anderson tried to push Vangelis as keyboard man for Yes...

The rest of the band decided for Patrick Moraz instead, who lasted only one album (Relayer). Then they got Rick Wakeman.

[darkstar]

12. I do believe this is true.

It's my recollection, as well, anyhow. Didn't Anderson and Vangelis do a late 70's album together even?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. More than one

http://www.connollyco.com/discography/jon_and_vangelis

Best songs IMHO: "The Friends Of Mr. Cairo" and "State of Independence" (although I prefer the Donna Summer version of the latter)

[darkstar]

24. Thanks for the linky !!

Exactly the sorts of golden nugs of goodness I'd hoped to learn.

:hi:

[Liberal_Andy]

8. Steve Stills auditioned for the Monkees, and was rejected....

bad teeth.
:evilgrin:

[DS1]

10. Les Claypool auditioned for Metallica after Burton died, he was also

rejected, for being too good.

[johnnie]

39. And he knew Peter Tork from the villiage

And told him about the gig. Peter of course got the roll.

[Liberal_Andy]

57. I believe you meant role,

but he surely got both!
:evilgrin:

[sleepyhead]

45. Didn't Charles Manson audition too?

Or did I dream that?

[CO Liberal]

59. I Believe He Did

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. When Peter Gabriel left Genesis...

The band members started auditioning for a new singer. Every time, Phil Collins (who was nothing more than a drum player back then) would interrupt like, "no, no. Peter used to sing that song like THIS..."

Eventually they came to the conclusion the best replacement was Collins himself.

[bobthedrummer]

85. "nothing more than a drum player" bite me mate, drummers control the

band.

[jedicord]

16. David Bowie originally started his "persona" costumes...

because he had stage fright, and they helped him become someone else.

[Danocrat]

27. I will say "true"

[Danocrat]

17. David Bowie has one blue eye and one brown eye.

[jedicord]

19. Actually the eye isn't brown (I'm a Bowie freak)...

he had a stick or something poked in one eye as a child and the pupil is permanently enlarged, making it look a different color.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. Maybe he ran with scissors (nt)

[Danocrat]

25. I saw him in Columbus

in May, one before his heart incident in Germany. He rocked.

[jedicord]

31. Saw him in May in The Woodlands, TX

OHMIGOD he rocked. My 24-year old niece went with us, and became an immediate fan. His voice was stronger than ever.

Then my niece said he was "hot". Funny, I never thought of him that way, I've always just liked his music. But that night -- he was HOT!

[KDLarsen]

78. I was supposed to see him in Roskilde..

.. but then he went into surgery - and the gig was cancelled :/

[Archae]

22. First recorded Beatles tune

1958, a cover of "That'll Be The Day" originally by Buddy Holly, back when they were called "The Quarrymen."

(I have that song on tape.)

[fernsibal]

89. "Hey Jude"

was originally "hey Jules"---referring to young Julian Lennon. They changed it to "jude" because they thought using a girl's name would go over better.

[darkstar]

26. I heard Rod Stewart played harmonica on "My Boy Lollipop"

Can anyone confirm?

on edit (and not my original intent, I swear): Insert your own mouth harp/lollipop joke here....

[CO Liberal]

30. Yes, He Did

And Delbert McLintock (sp?) played the harmonica on Bruce Channell's 1962 hit, "Hey, Baby".

[DelawareValleyDem]

33. Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClintlock was the character John Goodman played in Arachnophobia

[dean_dem]

28. Radiohead's original name was "On a Friday"

The Cure's original name was "The Easy Cure"

ummmm, that's all I got.

[darkstar]

29. That's good Radiohead trivia, dean_dem

I like the "they almost called themselves" triva and I like Radiohead,
so
:toast:

[kittycat1164]

61. Curiosa tour was awesome this last summer.

I went with my husband and wouldn't have thought it would end up to be the besy concert I've ever been to. The Cure even beat U2 in my book. Great show!

[Bjornsdotter]

32. Elvis was a blond...

...he dyed his hair black.

Cheers,
Kim :toast:

[Lavender Brown]

50. Get outta town!

:o I didn't know that.

[Bjornsdotter]

52. Yep....

He had blond hair that he dyed to be more like his idol...Tony Curtis.

I was stunned when I found out too.

Cheers,
Kim :toast:

[CO Liberal]

34. Chuch Barris Wrote The 1962 Hit "Palisades Park"

And used the royalty money to start his TV production company.

[Left Is Write]

41. One of the names suggested for John Mellencamp prior to "Cougar" was

Johnny Indiana.

[JimmyJazz]

43. Joe Strummer was once a hippie who went by the name Woody Mellor

and played in a band called Flaming Youth.

See:

[CO Liberal]

46. Keith Moon & Mama Cass Eliot Died in the Same Apartment

Just not at the same time.

[darkstar]

55. Wow, now that's a good one

I trust you implitly, CO Lib, but I've never ever heard that one. Really strange coincidence. Had loys of mucians passed through the complex or what ever, i.e. was it a well known area for mucisians to live?

[CO Liberal]

56. Not Sure

Mama Cass was on a tour when she stayed there. I don't know what brought Keith moon there.

[CanuckAmok]

47. Lenny Kravitz' mom was Roxie Roker from "The Jeffersons".

[CO Liberal]

48. Neil Sedaka Wrote "Oh, Carol" About Carole King

:-)

[fernsibal]

90. Neil Diamond

wrote "Red Red Wine", a song made a hit by UB40. Oh, and a UB40 is the general form one fills out in Britain to "get on the dole".

cheers

[CanuckAmok]

49. "The Scum of the Earth" on WKRP were Tony and Hunt Sales and other....

members of "Chequered Past". Tony and Hunt Sales are Soupy Sales' sons.

They later formed Tin Machine with David Bowie.

[darkstar]

58. Also semi regulars w/ Rundgren in his early solo days

if I recall correctly.

Thanks for all the "nuggets," CO Lib !!

:hi:

[CO Liberal]

60. Marvin Gaye Recorded "I Heard It Throught The Grapevine"...

...before Gladys Knights & The Pips did their version. But Motown Records decided to release his version a year after theirs.

Of course, Marvin's version was much better....

[no name no slogan]

68. Hunt & Tony also played with Iggy Pop, too

...back when Pop was hanging with Bowie, of course-- after the Stooges, post rehab.

[CO Liberal]

51. Boddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper Died In That Plane Crash...

...because they wanted to get to the next town early and do their laundry.

[Norbert]

69. Country superstar Waylon Jennings would have been on that plane

but the Big Bopper hated riding on the tour bus and arranged to sway with Waylon. 20:20 hindsight sez, bad move by J. P.

[Left Is Write]

71. My parents had tickets....

...for that next show, to be held in Fargo, ND.

[HuskiesHowls]

93. Not to do laundry

The heater on the bus wasn't working, they'd been having a lot of problems, and not getting much sleep. Buddy Holly chartered the plane so that he could get to Fargo that night, and get a good night's sleep.

[CO Liberal]

53. The Diamonds' "Little Darling" Was Intended to Make Fun of Rock & Roll

The Diamonds were a cover group - white performers who sang cover veersions of black artist's songs. They did "Little Darling" to make fun of the doo-wop groups that were popular in 1958, and it ended up becoming one of the bigests hits of that year, and a R&R classic.

[Tikki]

54. Inspired*......

"Louie Louie" was the creation of Richard Berry, a Los Angeles sideman, session player, and singer-songwriter. Inspired by Rene Touzet's "El Loco Cha Cha" and Chuck Berry's "Havana Moon." On a side note: Richard Berry also wrote "Have Love, Will Travel." Both songs covered successfully by The Sonics.


"The Twist" was the creation of Hank Ballard (& the Midnighters). This song was inspired
by Clyde McPhatter's (& the Drifters) "What'cha Gonna Do". Chubby Checker covered Ballard's "The Twist."



*sampled heavily, lifted, borrowed, stole, plagerized....guess 'inspired' just depends on who, what, where, when and why.

[alfredo]

62. Dr John played

piano on the Frankie ford's Sea Cruise.

Stairway to heaven borrowed heavily from "Carolan's Dream" a song about Thurlough O'Carolan, the blind harper.

http://www.harps.com.au/02.%20Track%2002.mp3

[the Princess]

63. Who did Pete Townshend almost kill at Woodstock by pummeling him

with his guitar while screaming - "GET OFF MY FUCKING STAGE"??











That would be Abby Hoffman.

[darkstar]

96. Good one

Never have heard that particular nugget. Knew the who were brawlers, often w/ each other, but didn't know of this strange sounding meeting of icons.

Was there more to the story, i.e. did the two have a history? Was Hoffman just hanging out or did he want the chance to speak?

[the Princess]

65. Keith Moon named and started Led Zeppelin

He and John Entwistle had qit The Who (again) and wanted to start their own band. They knew Robert Plant and Jimmy Page and Keith said "This band will go down like a Lead Zeppelin". The spelling changted a bit but the name stuck. And Keith and John went back to The Who and the rest is history.

[opiate69]

67. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) originally replaced...

Mick Abrahams in Jethro Tull in 1968, after disbanding Black Sabbath. His tenure lasted all of about 3 weeks, when he decided to give Sabbath another shot. His only performance with Tull can be seen in the Rolling Stones' movie "Rock 'n Roll Circus".

on edit: Also, Iommi was a highly ranked amateur boxer before deciding on a career in music.

[Rabrrrrrr]

72. And Tony has two severed fingertips on his left hand

The docs said he'd never be able to play guitar again.

[opiate69]

77. Actually, it's his right hand (he plays left handed.)

But after the doctors told him that, a friend gave him a few Django Reinhardt records for inspiration. Reinhardt's fretting hand was horribly disfigured, with only 2 usable fingers.

[Warren DeMontague]

70. R.E.M. almost called themselves "Cans of Piss"

...almost.

[Norbert]

73. Simon and Garfunkle's original duo name was Tom and Jerry

and actually had a minor top 40 hit with a song called "Hey Schoolgirl" in 1957.

[Rabrrrrrr]

74. Paul McCartney was in a band before "Wings"

Not a lot of people know that.

[the Princess]

75. ROFLMAO!!

I needed that today :)

[lutefisk]

88. In case anyone wanted to know the name: The Quarrymen

Of course there was that gap between The Quarrymen and Wings...

[Norbert]

76. Monkee Davy Jones was on same Ed Sullivan Show as 1st Beatle appearance

Davy was in the Broadway (I think) show Oliver and the cast of that show did one of their numbers for Ed.

[CO Liberal]

79. The Capris Had a 20-Year Dry Spell Between Hits

They had "Oh, What a Night" in 1962, and "Morse Code of Love" in 1982.

(Edited because someone else had posted my trivia bit about Simon & Garfunkle.)

[CO Liberal]

80. Glen Campbell Played Guitar on Frank Sinatra's "Strangers In the Night"

He was a studio musician at the time.

[CO Liberal]

81. Elton John Played Piano for Patty LaBelle & The Blue-Belles

:-)

[CO Liberal]

82. Elvis Was Supposed to Be in the Re-Make of "A Star Is Born"

But he died before they could start production. He was replaced by Kris Kristofferson.

[CO Liberal]

83. "Johnny Maestro & The Crests" Were One of the First Integrated Groups

But when they toured down south, they had trouble getting hotel rooms. Many hotels back then had a "Whites Only" policy.

[CO Liberal]

84. Elvis Once Introduced Roy Orbison as "The Greatest Singer In The World"

And he was right!!!

[KSAtheist]

86. A couple...

The Who never had any number one hits.

Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees.

[warrens]

87. a couple I like

The bass player on most Doors albums was Doug Lubahn from Clear Light.

The band Tommy and the Bijoux on Smiling Men With Bad Reputations by Mike Heron is the Who. Apart from Roger, of course.

Stiv Bators from the Dead Boys is the person who gave Iggy the famous jar of peanut butter at the Cincinnati Rock Festival. (Somehow, I think this one is BS)

[JVS]

91. If it weren't for Hitler Billy Joel would own a department store in Berlin

Instead of being a creator of shitty music.

Thanks a lot Adolf!

[Rabrrrrrr]

95. Harumph. Yet another reason to hate Hitler.

Billy "I Suck" Joel would have been better left in Berlin running a stupid store.

[WCGreen]

94. Barbara Streisand recorder a version of

David Bowie;s is their life on Mars,,,,

Almost pulls it off but just a bit too much of Broadway injected to bring ruin to the projet....

[Bamboo]

97. Melanie C

Brit is in Guinness Book for having number 1 hits as part of a quintet (Spice 5) a quartet (Spice 4) a trio,a duo (with Brit Bryan Adams) and solo.

[ikojo]

98. Page McConnell's father was one of the inventors

of Tylenol