Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen was born on this date in 1948. A couple of the band’s tunes are included on today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 11-19-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the November 19 birthdays of Spiritualized/Spacemen 3’s Jason Pierce, Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom, Crystal Waters, Ofra Haza, and Tommy Stewart; and the November 20 birthdays of Future, Beastie Boys’ Mike D, The Allman Brothers’ Duane Allman, Purity Ring’s Megan James, Norman Greenbaum, Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchinson, Eagles’ Joe Walsh, Nu Shooz’s Valerie Day, Russian Red, King, and Esquerita.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (11-20-20)
Inspired by the November 20 birthdays of Beastie Boys‘ Mike D, Eagles’ Joe Walsh, Future, Esquerita, Norman Greenbaum, King, and Nu Shooz’s Valerie Day; and the November 19 birthdays of Ofra Haza and Tommy Stewart.
Five Facts About And Five Songs By Andy Gibb
Five facts about and five songs by Andy Gibb:
• Gibb became the first solo artist to have three consecutive number one singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 – “I Just Want to Be Your Everything,” “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water” and “Shadow Dancing.”
• Gibb’s “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water” single knocked from the #1 spot “Stayin’ Alive” performed by the Bee Gees, Gibb’s older brothers. “Thicker Than Water” was in turn was knocked from #1 by the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever.” (“Night Fever” was knocked from #1 by Yvonne Elliman’s “If I Can’t Have You,” written and produced by the Bee Gees. They were quite popular in 1978.)
• The uncredited guitarist on “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water” is Joe Walsh of Eagles. Walsh and fellow Eagle Don Felder also played on Gibb’s Shadow Dancing album.
• Andy is a writer on “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water,” “Shadow Dancing,” “Desire,” and “Time Is Time,” all top 15 hits for him.
• On March 5, 1988, Andy celebrated his thirtieth birthday. He died later that week of an inflammation of the heart muscle caused by a viral infection, aggravated by years of cocaine abuse.