A fact about a famous song ...

[BlueHammer85]

Give me a song and a fact underneath ...



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The Marcels recorded this at the last minute when they recorded three songs and needed a fourth. When one of the members said he knew "Blue Moon," producer Stu Phillips told him to teach the song to the rest of the group in an hour, then they'd record it.

 

[xenon_]

Wonderwall - Oasis

Noel Gallagher wrote it in 20 mins just to fill up album space. Bloody legend

 

[The Pink Panther]

Sittin on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding

Redding intended to record some words in place of his whistling at the end of the song, but he was killed in an air crash before he had chance

 

[BlueHammer85]

Wonderwall - Oasis


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Noel Gallagher wrote it in 20 mins just to fill up album space. Bloody legend

As oasis biggest ever fan ! i never understood how this song had so much hype ... but still , its brilliant... also another fact -it was never a UK number 1 !

 

[scall11]

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This was Christmas Number One weeks after John Lennon was shot. After he was shot, his record sales went through the roof. (Just Like) Starting Over was at number one the week after, then St Winifred's took Christmas Number One, then the following weeks, Imagine and Woman led the charts.

So in the aftermath of the shooting of one of the world's most famous artists and his most famous song (Imagine) was kept off Christmas Number One by St Winifred's.

I went to St Winifred's and by the time you were about 6 we all knew that frigging song off by heart because they were always playing or singing it. For the record, I never made it into the choir.

 

[Dubai Blue]

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The woman doing the incredible backing vocals on Gimme Shelter (Merry Clayton) suffered a miscarriage upon returning home from the studio due to the strain involved in reaching the highest notes.

Also, as a 14 year old, she was the first person to ever record 'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)', although it didn't even reach the charts. Betty Everett recorded it later that year and it became one of the biggest hits of the 60s.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Sittin on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrb1TCQwxXA[/youtube]

Redding intended to record some words in place of his whistling at the end of the song, but he was killed in an air crash before he had chance

Cheers Pink, makes the song much more poignant now

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

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In 1971 Rod Stewart became the first artist ever to have a number one single AND album in The UK and the USA in the same week.

(Note DJ John Peel on stage in a cameo appearance)

 

[MATCITY]

Bob Holness played the sax on the song Baker St




that should get a few

 

[gaudinho's stolen car]

I played the drums on the Phil Collins track 'In The Air Tonight', but the **** died before I got paid.