The last man standing from the Sun Records Million Dollar Quartet.
Single version of “It’ll Be Me”, flip side of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”
Album version, from Jerry Lee Lewis
Category: Music
Fab But Not Yet Famous
From a few weeks after “Love Me Do” was released in England, a Beatles interview. The lads are still sounding a bit uncertain about it all, and Ringo admits he’s been in the band “nine weeks now.”
Dig Those Crazy Graves
Apple TV+ is the only place to watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown this year, and TuneIn is the only place to hear Tom Hanks’ Spooktacular Halloween show on Boss Radio 66.
A Berry Good Show
Andrew Sandoval recommended watching this, so I am. Chuck Berry, age 46, at the BBC Theatre in 1972. Berry always traveled alone and played with pickup bands. Here he was backed by a band called Rocking Horse.
Note: Chuck Berry’s recording career began when he was 29, the age John Lennon was when the Beatles broke up.
Defying a Disease That Defies a Cure
As stated in reply to a comment from tastewar, I am giving a listen to Dark Was the Night: A Red Hot Compilation. The album was produced in 2009 to raise money to fight AIDS.
In 1991, Prue’s friend Cynthia O’Neal founded Friends in Deed* with Mike Nichols to provide direct support for AIDS patients. The story of Friends in Deed is told in Cynthia’s memoir, Talk Softly, dedicated to her sons Max and Fitz. Prue says that Max has since passed away.
* The organization is now part of The Big Groups.
All Shook Up
After getting the Covid-19 Bivalent booster yesterday, I woke up in the middle of the night shivering uncontrollably. Eventually I was able to get back to sleep, and I feel okay today.
“Shakin’ All Over” is in this fantastic, official 65-track Who playlist. “My Generation” remains one of my all-time favorite performances, with a spine-tingling power chord crescendo at 11:30 into the track.