Not many people know this, but Bob Holness played the saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street.
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Cherie Booth was Miss Birkenhead in 1977.
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John Prescott's wife, Pauline, keeps him locked up in a CB3000 chastity device since his affair with Tracey Temple.
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1) Jimmy Page (yes he of Led Zep fame) was one of the guitarists on Joe Cokers hit, "with a Little Help from My Friends"
2) David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd fame) has produced some of Kate Bush's music
3) After counting 23 faked orgasms performed by Donna Summer in "Love to Love You Baby", the British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) banned the song.
4) Paul Weller played guitar on Champagne Supernova by Oasis.
5) Rolling Stones guitarist, Brian Jones, played oboe on "Baby You're A Rich Man" by the Beatles
6) Cynthia 'Plaster' Caster, a groupie became famous for making plaster cast's of rock star's penises and breasts. Clients include Jimi Hendrix and members from MC5, Television, The Kinks and various road managers.
7) Ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton played one of the bridemaids who were catapulted onto a giant wedding cake in a Halifax Building Society TV commercial.
8) 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen which contains the famous "mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia let me go" line, was knocked off the No.1 position on the UK chart by Abba's 'Mamma Mia' (January 1976).
9) Gene Simmons of Kiss has a tongue that is seven inches long, two inches longer than most men.
10) Duran Duran took their name from a mad scientists in the movie Barbarella.
11) The only guy without a beard in ZZ TOP is the Drummer Frank Beard
Right off to get my anorak as the shrink says I need to get out more :lol:
2) David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd fame) has produced some of Kate Bush's music
3) After counting 23 faked orgasms performed by Donna Summer in "Love to Love You Baby", the British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) banned the song.
4) Paul Weller played guitar on Champagne Supernova by Oasis.
5) Rolling Stones guitarist, Brian Jones, played oboe on "Baby You're A Rich Man" by the Beatles
6) Cynthia 'Plaster' Caster, a groupie became famous for making plaster cast's of rock star's penises and breasts. Clients include Jimi Hendrix and members from MC5, Television, The Kinks and various road managers.
7) Ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton played one of the bridemaids who were catapulted onto a giant wedding cake in a Halifax Building Society TV commercial.
8) 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen which contains the famous "mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia let me go" line, was knocked off the No.1 position on the UK chart by Abba's 'Mamma Mia' (January 1976).
9) Gene Simmons of Kiss has a tongue that is seven inches long, two inches longer than most men.
10) Duran Duran took their name from a mad scientists in the movie Barbarella.
11) The only guy without a beard in ZZ TOP is the Drummer Frank Beard
Right off to get my anorak as the shrink says I need to get out more :lol:
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Some of these are wrong. Am I missing something or are they meant to be?!
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One of the most covered songs “Without you” most notably by Harry Nilsson and by Mariah Carey was written by Badfinger which was a 1960’s British group which received hardly any royalties from the song although sung by hundreds of artists
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Simple Minds had a big hit with Don't You (Forget About Me),was originally offered to Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to record.
Lulu was the first female singer to appear behind the Iron Curtain when she toured Poland with The Hollies in 1966.
Marilyn Manson was originally a music journalist before he got into music. His name is a combination of the names of actress Marilyn Monroe and murderer Charles Manson. The original name of his rock group was Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids. His real name is Brian Hugh Warner.
The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock ‘n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel, apparently
Cher was a background vocalist on the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
Jimi Hendrix was hired as the Monkees opening act for their 1967 Summer tour. Unfortunately, US audiences had never seen anything like Hendrix before and booed him off of the stage.
The drummer who played on the Marvelettes 1961, number one hit, "Please Mr. Postman" was 22 year old Marvin Gaye.
Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page played as a session guitarist on Tom Jones’ 1965 hit, "It’s Not Unusual".
Phil Collins was an extra during the filming of the first Beatles' movie, "A Hard Days Night".
Roger Daltrey (he of the ‘Who’ fame) sang the song that was used as the theme tune for the TV programme CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also appeared in one episode as a Vegas boss called Mickey Dunn.
Yes been to the Doctors and the meds should start working soon otherwise off for a fitting of the jacket with long sleeves and buckles :sad:
Lulu was the first female singer to appear behind the Iron Curtain when she toured Poland with The Hollies in 1966.
Marilyn Manson was originally a music journalist before he got into music. His name is a combination of the names of actress Marilyn Monroe and murderer Charles Manson. The original name of his rock group was Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids. His real name is Brian Hugh Warner.
The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock ‘n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel, apparently
Cher was a background vocalist on the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
Jimi Hendrix was hired as the Monkees opening act for their 1967 Summer tour. Unfortunately, US audiences had never seen anything like Hendrix before and booed him off of the stage.
The drummer who played on the Marvelettes 1961, number one hit, "Please Mr. Postman" was 22 year old Marvin Gaye.
Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page played as a session guitarist on Tom Jones’ 1965 hit, "It’s Not Unusual".
Phil Collins was an extra during the filming of the first Beatles' movie, "A Hard Days Night".
Roger Daltrey (he of the ‘Who’ fame) sang the song that was used as the theme tune for the TV programme CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also appeared in one episode as a Vegas boss called Mickey Dunn.
Yes been to the Doctors and the meds should start working soon otherwise off for a fitting of the jacket with long sleeves and buckles :sad:
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In the year 2000, Tiger Wood's caddie made $1 million.
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Quote by Kaznkev
Some of these are wrong. Am I missing something or are they meant to be?!
which ones? :giggle:
England Shirts are now on the list of items you are banned from taking on an airplane :dry:
The Bob Holness/Baker Street one. The sax solo in that song was played by Raphael Ravenscroft. A session musician who's also played with Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Abba, Mike Oldfield and many others.
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Roger Daltrey (he of the ‘Who’ fame) sang the song that was used as the theme tune for the TV programme CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also appeared in one episode as a Vegas boss called Mickey Dunn.
All 3 CSI series use songs by The Who as theme tunes. CSI:Vegas has Who Are You, CSI:Miami has Won't Get Fooled Again and CSI:New York has Baba O'Reilly.
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Dave, (aka fellow anorak )
Yery true, with the New Tork one being specifically re-mixed for this CSI spin-off's theme music.
The 'factoid' being Daltry appearing in CSI Vegas episode
)Yery true, with the New Tork one being specifically re-mixed for this CSI spin-off's theme music.
The 'factoid' being Daltry appearing in CSI Vegas episode
