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  3. Posted

    7 hours ago, JQW said:

    According to the link below, he recorded an album in Manchester for the Silvertown label jn late 1982, and this 9-week season with Cannon & Ball in 1983 was supposedly to promote this album.

     

    https://comedykings.co.uk/index.php/summer-1983-scarborough/

     

    As for why Scarborough, I presume it had something to do with Charles White, aka Dr Rock, a Scarborough resident who also penned the official biographies of both Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. He's still alive I think.

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  6. Posted

    Drummer Albert 'Tootie' Heath reportedly died yesterday aged 88. He was brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and bassist Percy Heath, and was still touring last year.

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  12. Posted

    19 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

    I missed a day or two so allow me to make up for that.

    Here’s an obscure one from the equally obscure British band, the British Walkers.  I lied, they were actually not British, but from Washington DC. Oh Well.

    (shades of Gimmee Some Lovin which was a hit, and even early Bob Seger’s ‘Heavy Music’).

     

     

     

    The song was written and originally recorded by Sam Cooke, and has been covered many times. Here's a live performance of it by Otis Redding, Eric Burdon and Chris Farlowe, performed on Ready Steady Go in 1965.

     

     

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  14. Posted

    1 hour ago, markb4 said:

    Is/was The Honeymooners popular in the UK?

     

    It didn't get shown nationally until 1989, when BBC2 aired most of the episodes. It had been shown regionally by some of the ITV regional companies during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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  18. Posted

    You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Deaded Them!

     

    1    Michael Russell -  Isle of Man TT motorcyclist who's mad enough to compete in both the motorcycle and sidecar categories. 
    2    James Whale
    3    Rob Burrow
    4    Nigel Starmer-Smith
    5    Phil Collins
    6    Jonnie Irwin
    7    Esther Rantzen
    8    Françoise Hardy
    9    Dave Myers
    10    Denis Law
    11    Franz Beckenbauer
    12    Daniel Barenboim
    13    Derek Draper
    14    Patrick Murray
    15    Bruce Willis
    16    Rupert Murdoch
    17    Mike Oldfield
    18    Eric Idle
    19    Jimmy Carter
    20    Vanessa Redgrave

     

    Theme Team - Nice! (Jazz musicians)

     

    1    Sonny Rollins
    2    George Benson
    3    Kenny Burrell
    4    Ron Carter
    5    Billy Cobham
    6    Jack DeJohnette
    7    Lou Donaldson
    8    Benny Golson
    9    Herbie Hancock
    10    Roy Haynes
    11    Dave Holland
    12    Keith Jarrett
    13    Charles Lloyd
    14    John McLaughlin
    15    Archie Shepp
    16    James Spaulding
    17    Reggie Workman
    18    Bennie Maupin
    19    Joe Chambers
    20    Lenny White
     

  21. Posted

    Then there's the compilcated cases of country singers Hank Williams and Townes van Zandt. Both were found dead on January 1st, but may have died the day before.

     

    Bizarrely Townes van Zandt recorded a cover of Hank Williams' "Honky Tonking" on his album "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt".

  23. Posted

    My main team is about ready to submit, although I'll delay it until next weekend in case a couple of entries have pegged it by then.

     

    I've still to work on the theme teams. I'll stick with the jazz one as it's accumulated as many hits as may main team so far. Not sure what to do about the other one.

  24. Posted

    I've finally thrown together a list of 17 ill people, two more who have mysteriously stopped doing what they're notable for, and someone who has a good chance of perishing in a nasty accident.

     

    I'll wait a few more days before submitting it as I've an inkling that a few may not make the starting line, and I've already lost several picks this month.

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