Friday, March 6, 2009

Music Box: A Last Kiss For Syd and Stevie

Happy Birthday Mary Wilson of the Supremes! Happy Birthday also, to David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. You even sound good while you're just tuning your guitar -- as you are for the first minute or so of this clip:


On this date in 1965, J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers performed their hit, "Last Kiss" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. You might know this tune from Pearl Jam's cover in 1999 - the biggest hit of the Seattle band's career. This is Wayne Cochran's original from 1961.



Finally, it was this day back in 1976 that Fleetwood Mac released "Rhiannon" and a single. This is the band performing the song live on Burt Sugarman's late-night rock show, "Midnight Special." You can almost taste the coke in Stevie Nicks' voice.