By Marvin Marks on Feb 3, 2009 in Music Trivia | 0 Comments
Dave Davies was born on February 3rd of 1947 in London, England. He is a singer, songwriter, and a lead guitarist most well known for his work with the legendary ’60s band, The Kinks. Dave Davies formed The Kinks with Pete Quaife in 1963 and his brother Ray Davies joined soon after that. Ray became [...]
By Marvin Marks on Jan 24, 2009 in Music Trivia | 0 Comments
Warren Zevon was born on January 24th of 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. His first album was 1969′s Wanted Dead or Alive. 1978′s Excitable Boy was his greatest commercial success reaching #8 on the US album charts and featuring the single “Werewolves of London” which hit #21 on the US singles charts. Zevon died on September [...]
By TheRoboticMushroom on Sep 30, 2008 in Music Trivia | 0 Comments
Marc Bolan was born as Marc Feld on September 30, 1947 in London, England. He is most well known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist with the glam rock band T. Rex. T. Rex’s most well known song was 1971′s “Get It On” which hit #10 on the US charts and #1 on the UK [...]
By Marvin Marks on Jul 10, 2008 in Music Trivia | 0 Comments
Folk legend Woody Guthrie’s son Arlo Guthrie was born in Coney Island on July 10th of 1947. His most famous song is the 18 minute long “Alice’s Restaurant” which was released on his album of the same name in 1967. The song was adapted into a movie also titled Alice’s Restaurant in 1969. The song [...]