I ran out of gas! I got a flat tire! I didn't have change for cab fare! I lost my tux at the cleaners! I locked my keys in the car! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!*
After some technical difficulties resulting in a one week hiatus, Chain of Fools has returned! DJ Sizzly takes a look at the three waves of the British Invasion.
*excuses cribbed from Jake Blues
10 More Brit Tunes You Have To Hear
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Wild Thing - The Troggs
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
To Sir With Love - Lulu
House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits
Love Potion Number Nine - Searchers
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
She's Not There - The Zombies
Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
More this week in Music History...
February 24, 1943: Beatle George Harrison is born. Until his 40s, Harrison thought he was born on February 25th. "I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock."
February 26, 1928: Fats Domino is born.
February 26, 1932: Johnny Cash is born.
February 27, 1990: Milli Vanilli's Rob Pilatus states in an interview with Time Life magazine, "Musically, we're more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis."
March 1, 1944: Roger Daltrey of the Who is born.
March 2, 1944: Lou Reed is born.
March 2, 1962: Jon Bon Jovi is born.
March 2, 1999: Singer Dusty Springfield dies of cancer at the age of 59, just 11 days before her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Playlist
All My Loving - The Beatles
Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones
God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
