TRIVIA: How many writing credits does Brian Jones have on Rolling Stones albums?
ANSWER: None. Although Brian was widely regarded as a talented musician and multi-instrumentalist and purportedly wrote or co-wrote some of the early Stones songs, he was never given a writing credit. At the time of his death, he was supposedly writing and composing music. Unfortunately all of the tapes have been lost. Jones actually did receive a writing credit for a Rice Krispies jingle that the Stones recorded under a pseudonym, but the question above refers specifically to the “Rolling Stones”. Wikipedia also states: “A second song, “Sure I Do”, was written, recorded and sung completely by Jones in 1963, but the only known copy of it remains in Bill Wyman’s “Sticky Fingers” restaurant. It remains unreleased and to date no one is known to have listened to it.”
ANNIVERSARIES:
2007 – The Doors are given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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1996 – ‘Turbulent Indigo’, Joni Mitchell’s 17th album, wins a Grammy for Best Pop Album at the 38th annual Grammy Awards.
1985 – The Firm, featuring Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers, kick off their first U-S tour in Dallas, Texas.
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1979 – Santana and Eddie Money play Cleveland Public Hall with Sad Cafe as an opener. The tour was in support of Santana’s 9th studio album, Inner Secrets which was released in 1978.
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1976 – David Bowie plays the second of two nights at Public Hall on his ‘Isolar’ tour in support of the album Station to Station.
1970 – Steve Winwood returns to Traffic.
1970 – Simon and Garfunkel hit #1 with “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
1969 – The Band makes its live debut at the Winterland in San Francisco.
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BIRTHDAYS:
Joe South – 72 years old
American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for “Games People Play” and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for “Rose Garden”.
Born in 1940
Brian Jones – Died in 1969
He co-founded, named and played guitar (among other instruments) in The Rolling Stones. Brian’s sitar work on “Paint It Black” was a rock landmark. Plagued by serious problems with alcohol and drugs — and isolated from others in the group as it moved further from its blues roots — Jones parted ways with the group in the spring of 1969 and drowned a few months later (July 3rd, 1969) in his swimming pool under circumstances that have long been considered suspicious. Jones was 27.
Born in 1942
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Donnie Iris (Dominic Ierace) – 71 years old
Pennsylvania rock musician known for his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo albums since the 1980s with his backing band, the Cruisers. He wrote the #2 Billboard hit, “The Rapper”, with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry after the group had a #1 hit with “Play That Funky Music.” He became known as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the #29 hit “Ah! Leah! and the #37 hit “Love Is Like a Rock.”
Born in 1943
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Eddie Manion – 62 years old
known as Eddie “Kingfish” Manion, is an American saxophonist who plays both tenor and baritone sax. He is best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour later called Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band with the release of the CD/DVD Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin in 2006. He is an original member of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Miami Horns and Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. As a Session Musician he has recorded, toured, and/or performed with, among others, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Diana Ross, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bon Jovi, Willy DeVille, Dave Edmunds, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector, Dion, The Allman Brothers Band, Kim Wilson, Dion and Graham Parker. As a solo artist he released his own CD titled Follow Through in 2004.
Born in 1952
Cindy Wilson – 57 years old
Vocalist, songwriter and a founding member of new wave rock band The B-52s – born in Athens, Georgia where the band famously got their roots.
Born in 1957
