(Wednesday, April 21)

- rock and roll trivia - classicbands.com_

Interesting bits.... "Eric Clapton was born to an unwed mother and to shield him from the shame, Eric grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sister. " James Brown's wife tried to get her traffic tickets dismissed because of "diplomatic immunity" in June of 1988. She claimed her husband is the official "ambassador of soul". She lost the case Former Animals bassist, Chas Chandler discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix. Dick Clark's wife suggested that Ernest Evans change his name to "Chubby Checker" as a parody of "Fats Domino". Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. Jimi Hendrix was thrown out of high school for holding the hand of a white girl in class. On December 12, 1957, 22 year old Jerry Lee Lewis married 14 year old Myra Gale Brown, his second cousin. Barry Manilow was once a page boy at CBS and was later Bette Midler's musical director. Before having his first hit record, Barry earned a living writing commercials, including the jingles for State Farm Insurance , Band Aids, Stridex, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, and McDonalds. (For the American Idoler's) Over 400 musicians applied for a part in The Monkees, including Stephen Stills, John Sebastian and Harry Nilsson. (Thank God he didn't make it. Where would CSNY Be without the man today?) Scotland's Bay City Rollers chose their name by sticking a pin in a map of the United States. The pin landed near Bay City, Michigan. (There orginal landing place was Snellville, and were gonna call them selves 'The Everybody's that were not Somebodys') Stevie Wonder was placed in an incubator when he was born and given too much oxygen, causing permanent sight loss. (well we know it didn't get to his *Fingers*... Note: God bless him Stevie Wonder makes me smile everytime I hear him. I am a HUGE fan.) Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston are cousins. (I saw it commin.) In 1978, ABBA was Sweden's most profitable export. Car maker Volvo was number two. (The White 240DL was not out yet) A one-string African guitar is called a "bo diddley". That?s where bluesman Ellas Bates got his stage name. When Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in the summer of 1967, one of the rejected applicants to be auditioned was a young piano player named Reginald Dwight, who would later launch a solo career, re-naming himself, Elton John. (*A Different Light...**) Rod Stewart's 1977 hit "The First Cut Is The Deepest" was written by Cat Stevens. (Is this the same song Cheryl Crow Molested?)