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1. True Story ( 4.40 ) - Brant Tilds Quartet - CD Green Gold branttilds.com
2010 RELEASE



2. Man With The Child In His Eyes ( 2.38 ) - Kate Bush - CD Bitter Suites EMI
1997 COMPILATION PROMO



3. Love Is A Battlefield ( 4.01 ) - Pat Benatar - CD Bitter Suites EMI
1997 COMPILATION PROMO



4. Plain Gold Ring ( 3.52 ) - Nina Simone - CD Murder Ballads
2017 MOJO PROMO COMPILATION DISC



5. Hold Your Head High ( 3.28 ) - Justine Vandergrift - CD Stay justinevandergrift.com
2019 RELEASE



6. Right Here Waiting ( 4.05 ) - Richard Marx - CD Stay justinevandergrift.com
2019 RELEASE



7. Bette Davis Eyes ( 3.43 ) - Kim Carnes - CD Bitter Suites EMI
1997 COMPILATION PROMO



8. Mack The Knife ( 2.38 ) - Bobby Darin - CD Petticoats and Popcorn - 50s Original Hits, Vol. 9
1959 SINGLE RELEASE



9. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman ( 3.02 ) - John Lee Hooker - CD Murder Ballads
2017 MOJO PROMO COMPILATION DISC



10. She Makes My Day ( 4.19 ) - Robert Palmer - CD Bitter Suites EMI
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003)
1997 COMPILATION PROMO



DOUBLE SHOT - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

11. Somewhere North Of Nashville ( 1.52 ) - Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars brucespringsteen.net
2019 RELEASE



12. Rhinestone Cowboy ( 3.20 ) - Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars Songs from The Film brucespringsteen.net
2019 RELEASE


13. Part Time Cowboy ( 2.44 ) - Bobbo Byrnes - CD The Red Wheelbarrow bobbobyrnes.com
2019 RELEASE




14. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well ( 2.11 ) - The Alabama Singers - CD Murder Ballads
2017 MOJO PROMO COMPILATION DISC



15. Sally Starr ( 3.04 ) - Bobbo Byrnes - CD The Red Wheelbarrow bobbobyrnes.com
2019 RELEASE



THIS DAY IN MUSIC - 8th. APRIL

8 Apr 1964
The Supremes record 'Where Did Our Love Go' at Motown Studios in Detroit. The song would become their first US No.1 single. Originally founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and are, to date, America's most successful vocal group with 12 No.1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
8 Apr 1965
Unit Four Plus Two were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Concrete And Clay', the English group's only No.1 hit.
8 Apr 1967
Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Arthur Conley and Booker T And The MG's all appeared at London's Hammersmith Odeon, England.
8 Apr 1967
Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest held in Vienna representing Britain with the song 'Puppet On A String'. She became the first UK female artist to win the contest.
8 Apr 1967
John Lennon took his Rolls Royce to coachbuilders J.P. Fallon Ltd in Surrey to enquire if they could paint his car in psychedelic colours. This was based on an idea by Marijke Koger ("The Fool" who was a member of Dutch team of gypsy artists). J.P. Fallon commissioned Steve Weaver's pattern of scroll and flowers for the Phantom V. The cost for having the work done came in at £2,000. A custom interior/exterior sound system was also installed as well as a Sony television; telephone (WEYBRIDGE 46676) and a portable refrigerator.
8 Apr 1972
Written after the 'Bloody Sunday Massacre', in Northern Ireland Paul McCartney and Wings released 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish.' The song was banned by the BBC and the IBA. It peaked at No.16 in the UK and No.21 in the US.
8 Apr 1973
During his Ziggy Stardust world tour, David Bowie played the first of three sold out nights at Shinjuku Koseinenkin, Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan.
8 Apr 1975
Aerosmith released their third studio album Toys In The Attic. The album is their most commercially successful in the US, with eight million copies sold and features the hit 'Walk This Way' which peaked at No.10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977 when re-released and was one of the songs that helped break Aerosmith into the mainstream in the seventies.
8 Apr 1977
CBS released the self- titled first album by The Clash in the UK. The album is widely celebrated as one of the greatest punk albums of all time. CBS in the US refused to release it until 1979 and Americans bought over 100,000 imported copies of the record making it one of the biggest- selling import records of all time.
8 Apr 1977
The Damned played at the home of the New York punk scene CBGBS, the first UK Punk group to play live dates in the USA.
8 Apr 1978
Brian and Michael (Kevin Parrott and Michael Coleman), were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a song inspired by painter LS Lowery 'Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs.' The backing vocals are by the St Winifred's School Choir, who had a No.1 in 1980.
8 Apr 1985
American songwriter J Fred Coots died aged 87. Co-wrote, 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town' and the Pat Boone US No.1 hit 'Love Letters In The Sand.' He wrote over 700 songs.