Fund, Fund, Fund... WMBR one week a year we fundraise // Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
*- The arranger, the legendary Quincy Jones. died November 3rd, at age 91. / Sinatra's recording of this became closely associated with the "Apollo" space program; it was played on a Sony portable cassette player on the Apollo 10 mission which orbited the Moon, and also on Apollo 11 before the first landing on the Moon. It was also released as a 7-inch, 33 1/3rpm record // Click on Link above/ left, to view the original album.
Oddly, this was released as a single in England (June 1981), but not in the US - it fell just short of becoming his first #1 English single. / Click the Link above, left, to view the original English single, with a color picture sleeve.
* - Album: 'Excitable Boy'; this was the best-selling album of Zevon's career.// This song was first covered by Rick Derringer in 1978, then a hit for Hank Williams Jr. in 1983, from his album 'Five-O'
This is a reworking of "Love For Tender", the opening track on Costello's "Get Happy" album. / * - Click the Link above, left, to view the English single, with a color picture sleeve
Rolling Stone '500 Greatest Songs of All Time' #252 / * - Later pressings omit McPhatter's name // Click the Link above, left, to view the original album
* - On the album 'His Band and the Street Choir', his fourth album. Also released as a single, Jan 1971. // Click on the Link above/ left, to read about this radio broadcast
Berkeley, CA hardcore band formed in the early 1980s - they broke up in 1989 when Sam McBride was sent to prison and reformed in the mid 90's upon his release.
Barbara Dane (born 'Barbara Jean Spillman') died October 20th, at age 97. / This album's full billing is 'Lightning Hopkins With His Brothers Joel And John Henry And With Barbara Dane'. DON'T believe me? - Click the link above, left, to view the original album.
Barbara Dane (born 'Barbara Jean Spillman') died October 20th, at age 97. / Spelled 'Nine Hundred Miles' on the album / * - Recorded as “I’m 900 Miles from My Home” (Okeh) // Click the Link above, left, to view the original album
From the back album cover: "Album concept, design, general business, hype and sleaze by Chuck Warner" - Warner was a WMBR DJ in the early 1980's // Click on the Link above, to view the original album
* - Hovorka was originally from Geneva, NY. He was later in The Turbines. / **- A CD-R compiled for the 3rd "EMP Pop Conference", in Seattle, WA; held April 15th-18th, 2004 - numbered edition of 25 copies. // Click on the Link above, left to view the original single.
