Strawberry Fields Forever Tuesday 9/Feb/2016

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Google+Life Quotes by Great-Quotes.com “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” George Bernard Shaw

1967, the film for the latest Beatles single ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was shown on BBC-TV’s Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make No.1 in the UK since 1963, held off the top by Engelbert Humperdinck’s ‘Release Me.

The weather was lovely but we needed to go up to the garage to sort out the motor problems. We drove home for a bite to eat and then we set off for Anne's Spanish class in Alfaz del Pi.

Whilst Anne studied I walked round the town perimeter and really enjoyed my walk. I then did a bit of my own homework before going to meet Angie and Paul for a coffee and a chat. We always have long, intense and in-depth discussions and yesterday was no exception. Does it really matter that Liverpool FC pays Daniell Sturridge 180.000 pounds per week for sitting on his backside and claiming injury?  Did it matter that the Liverpool fans' walk-out from the game against Sunderland probably distracted their heroes? Are the owners penny-pinching the fans? Probably you can see how our conversation went!



Would You marry Again?
A husband and wife are sitting quietly in bed reading when the wife looks over at him and asks the question….
WIFE: “What would you do if I died? Would you get married Again?”
HUSBAND: “Definitely not!”
WIFE: “Why not? Don’t you like being married?”
HUSBAND: “Of course I do..”
WIFE: “Then why wouldn’t you remarry? ”
HUSBAND: “Okay, okay, I’d get married again.”
WIFE: “You would?” (with a hurt look)
HUSBAND: (makes audible groan)
WIFE: “Would you live in our house?”
HUSBAND: “Sure, it’s a great house.”
WIFE: “Would you sleep with her in our bed?”
HUSBAND: “Where else would we sleep?”
WIFE: “Would you let her drive my car?”
HUSBAND: “Probably, it is almost new.”
WIFE: “Would you replace my pictures with hers?”
HUSBAND: “That would seem like the proper thing to do.”
WIFE: “Would you give her my jewelry?”
HUSBAND: “No, I’m sure she’d want her own.”
WIFE: “Would you take her golfing with you?
HUSBAND: “Yes, those are always good times.”
WIFE: “Would she use my clubs?
HUSBAND: “No, she’s left-handed.”
WIFE: — silence –
HUSBAND: “shit.”



The Day’s Events 9th February

1870 – The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS).

1885 – The first Japanese arrived in Hawaii. The first Japanese what?

1895 – Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan. Good bloke

1895 – The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3. I take it the Porkers were a pig breeding centre.

1900 – Dwight F. Davis put up a new tennis trophy to go to the winner in matches against England. The trophy was a silver cup that weighed 36 pounds. This is a major tennis trophy

1932 – America entered the 2-man bobsled competition for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid, NY. The Jamaicans were still practising

1942 – The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II.

1950 – U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. This was the beginning of “McCarthyism.” We only read about this

1953 – The movie “Superman” premiered. Great movie

1960 – The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward. It must be an amazing feeling to be awarded such an accolade

1969 – The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight.

1971 – The San Fernando Valley experienced the Sylmar earthquake that registered 6.4 on the Richter Scale.

1971 – The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind’s third landing on the moon. Great stuff

1975 – The Russian Soyuz 17 returned to Earth.

1997 – “The Simpsons” became the longest-running prime-time animated series. “The Flintstones” held the record previously. Bart beat Barney….

2001 – “Hannibal,” the sequel to “Silence of the Lambs”, opened in theatres.






The Day’s Music Events 9 February

1961, The Beatles appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, for the very first time (as The Beatles), they would go on to make a total of 292 other appearances at the Club.Their name would become synonomous with the name Cavern

1963, Paul and Paula US No.1 with ‘Hey Paula’, – No.8 in the UK. We never really knew them

1964, The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV’s ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’;- watched by an estimated 73 million people. The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio. I think they were quite popular

1967, Canadian conductor Percy Faith died aged 67. 1960 US No.1 ‘Theme From A Summer Place’, nine weeks at No.1, which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961.This was a great instrumental

1967, the film for the latest Beatles single ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was shown on BBC-TV’s Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make No.1 in the UK since 1963, held off the top by Engelbert Humperdinck’s ‘Release Me.’ He was a bit special and this was a great song

1972, Paul McCartney’s Wings played the first night of a UK College tour in Nottingham. The group arrived unannounced asking social secretaries if they would like them to perform that evening. The band’s intended first stop on the tour, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, refused to allow them to play so they drove on to Nottingham. Admission was 40p, British pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz was the opening act for the tour. This was innovative to say the least
1974, The Love Unlimited Orchestra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Love’s Theme’, it made No.10 in the UK.If my memory serves me well they were Barry White’s backing band.

1981, American singer Bill Haley was found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlington, Texas from a heart attack, Haley had sold over 60 million records during his career. 1955 UK & US No.1 single ‘Rock Around The Clock’, and became known as the first Rock ‘n’ Roll star. Haley was blinded in his left eye as a child due to a botched operation and later adopted his distinctive spit-curl hairstyle to distract attention from his blind eye.He had some very unusual rock n roll on his albums
1982, George Harrison presented UNICEF with a cheque for $9 million (£5.3 million), ten years after the fundraising concert for Bangladesh.This fantastic work by George Harrison is often overlooked
1985, Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I Know Him So Well.’ The song was taken from the musical Chess, written by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson from Abba. It gave Benny and Bjorn their 10th No.1 as writers.This illustrates the quality of these songwriters. It was a great song but the singers did a great job

1985, Madonna  No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Like A Virgin’, a No.3 hit in the UK and very big in the discos
1986, Pete Townshend, Chrissie Hynde and The Communards played a charity show at London’s Albert Hall for the victims of a volcanic eruption in Colombia.Good work 1987, winners at this years Brit awards held in London included Peter Gabriel who won British Male Solo Artist, Kate Bush won British Female Solo Artist, Best British Group went to Five Star, British Album was Dire Straits ‘Brothers In Arms’, British Breakthrough Act was The Housemartins, International Solo Artist went to Paul Simon, The Bangles won Best International Group, Best British Video went to Peter Gabriel for ‘Sledgehammer’ and Best British Single was The Pet Shop Boys for ‘West End Girls’.

1991, C & C Music Factory US No.1  with ‘Gonna Make You Sweat’, UK No.3 . I liked this track
1993, British broadcaster Bill Grundy died of a heart attack aged 69. He conducted the famous Sex Pistols interview on Thames Television on December 1, 1976; when Grundy provoked the band into using obscenities on live TV. The broadcast wrecked Grundy’s television career. He was also the first television presenter to present The Beatles on Granada Television on October 17, 1962.It was a bit silly to invite yobbos onto a TV set, incite them and then look shocked when they came out with their expletives….
1997, Mississippi blues artist Jack Owens died aged 92. In 1995 he appeared in a TV advertisement for Levi’s jeans, showing him seated on his front porch.Brilliant blues

1998, Brit Award winners included All Saints best single and video with ‘Never Never’,
2002, Billboard published the Top 5 selling albums in the world from 2001: Britney Spears’ ‘Britney’, $7m (£4.1m); Shaggy’s ‘Hotshot’, $7.2m £4.24m); Destiny’s Child’s ‘Survivor’, $7.8m (£4.6m); Linkin Park’s ‘Hybrid’, $8.5m (£5m) and Dido’s ‘No Angel’, $8.6m (£5.06m) sales.I can’t really say any of this is my taste

2005, winners at this years Brit Awards included The Streets who won Best British male solo artist, Joss Stone won British female solo artist, Best British Album went to Keane for ‘Hopes and Fears’, Franz Ferdinand won Best British Group and Best Rock Act, McFly won Best Pop Act, Scissor Sisters won Best International group and the Best Album award the Brits 25 best song award went to Robbie Williams for ‘Angels’ and Sir Bob Geldof won the Outstanding Contribution To Music award.I’ve highlighted the bits I liked

2009, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant took home five prizes for his collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss at this years Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. The duo won album of the year for Raising Sand and record of the year for ‘Please Read The Letter.’ Coldplay, (who won song of the year for ‘Viva La Vida’) Adele, Duffy, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel were among other UK acts to be honoured. John Mayer won Best solo rock vocal performance for ‘Gravity’, Kings of Leon won Best rock performance by a group with ‘Sex on Fire’, Best rock song went to Bruce Springsteen for ‘Girls In Their Summer Clothes’



Birthday Boys and Girls

1939, Barry Mann, US singer, songwriter. Wrote many early 60′s pop hits including ‘Saturday Night At The Movies’, ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling’, ‘Walking In The Rain’. Also had the 1961 US No.7 solo single ‘Who Put The Bomp, In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp.’

1940, Brian Bennett, Drums, The Shadows, (1963 UK No.1 single ‘Foot Tapper’ plus 28 other UK Top 40 singles. Plus hits with Cliff Richard).
1942, Carole King, US singer, songwriter, wrote many songs with Gerry Goffin, (1962 UK No.3 & US No.22 single, ‘It Might As Well Rain Until September’. Her 1970 US No.1 album ‘Tapestry’ has sold over 15 million copies. Became a Grammy award winner in 71.
1947,  Major Harris, The Delfonics, (1968 US No.4 & 1971 UK No.19 single ‘La- La Means I Love You’).

1951, Dennis Thomas, Kool & The Gang, (1981 US No.1 & UK No.7 single ‘Celebration’, 1984 UK No.2 single ‘Joanna’ plus over 15 other Top 40 hits).

1960, Holly Johnson, vocals, Big In Japan, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, (1984 UK No.1 & US No. 10 single ‘Relax’ and six other UK Top 40 singles). Solo, (1989 UK No.4 ‘Love Train’ & 1989 UK No.1 album ‘Blast’).
1963,  Dave Rotheray, guitar, The Beautiful South, (1990 UK No.1 single ‘A Little Time’ plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).