*** music trivia ***

[Roy Tucker]

How about 1979 when Elvis Costello and the Cars lost the Grammy for Best New Artist to A Taste of Honey? Their big hit was Boogie-Oogie-Oogie.

Rock was the bastard child at the Grammies throughout the 60’s and 70’s. And the Grammies are well-known for their odd choices at times.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

How about 1979 when Elvis Costello and the Cars lost the Grammy for Best New Artist to A Taste of Honey? Their big hit was Boogie-Oogie-Oogie.

Rock was the bastard child at the Grammies throughout the 60’s and 70’s. And the Grammies are well-known for their odd choices at times.

Yep. I was gonna mention the Taste of Honey one at a later date. Seems like the performer who had one huge record got the grammy nod back in the day over the much better artist.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

90. Two of my favorite artists of all time, one solo and one band , were beaten out for the Best New Artist Grammy, in decisions that, 50+ years later, haven't aged very well. In 1971 , my guy, Elton John, failed to win BNA and , much to my utter dismay, BOSTON had the BNA Grammy snatched from them in 1977 by a one-hit wonder band. Who knocked off Elton for BNA artist in '71 and who stole the BNA from BOSTON in '77 , in what might have been the worst decision in history?

1971 Best New Artist(I can't argue this one. They were fantastic. I'm a huge fan) : Recorded exactly 55 years ago, February, 1971---ONTHE FIRST TAKE!



Carpenters receiving the Grammy:





1977 Best New Artist(I'm still pissed at this one, 50 years later): Where in the hell are they singing from? Half of those people seem as confused as I am.





The Day the Music Cried. A dark moment in the history of the Grammys. . Beach Boys sharing the awful truth with the world:

[Roy Tucker]

Yep. I was gonna mention the Taste of Honey one at a later date. Seems like the performer who had one huge record got the grammy nod back in the day over the much better artist.

Sorry to mess up a future post

At the time, there was a controversy if Boston was a real band. Tom Scholz was a studio wizard and created the whole Boston sound. I saw them at the UD arena. It was a good show but I remember saying “they sound just like their record”.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

91. More than 45 musicians performed on "We Are the World," the charity single recorded immediately after the AMA awards show in January of 1985. The super group , named USA for Africa , dedicated their time and talents on this record for famine relief in Ethiopia. Of all of the people who sang on the record, only two of them were not American. One of the two , a Canadian, got the invite to participate when he happened to walk into the wrong office at the right time. Despite knowing he wasn't exactly the right fit, he was glad to participate. The other guy was from Ireland. Can you name these two non-American contributors to "We Are the World" ?


92. Who was the artist that walked out of the recording session after Stevie Wonder suggested that a line be added and sung in Swahili? Hell, you'd think being asked to give up your seat on a plane would be worst than that request. Who was this grumpy singer?


93. There was one musical artist who very much wanted tp participate in the recording but was snubbed because it was felt his "image" was too square and squeaky clean for what was meant to be a cool song with a "rock" feel. This artist had a long and well-documented history of philanthropy. He later wrote of the snub, "It broke my heart not to be included." Who was this musician?

94. This rising star was invited by Michael Jackson to participate in the song but the singer's management nudged her away from canceling tour dates to join the "We Are the World" project. Management executives encouraged her to stay on course, make her tour dates, and focus on growing her success. It was a good decision. She stayed on tour and eventually had the #1 hit single that replaced "We Are the World" at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Who is she?


95. Lionel Ritchie apparently spent a long time time on the phone with this artist, who was supposed to be a prominent voice on the record(trading vocals with Michael Jackson- NO LESS!). He remained a no-show , even after the urging of Ritchie. He apparently thought the song was "horrible" and said he had no desire to be around all those "mothaf*****s." Who was the artist?

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Sorry to mess up a future post

At the time, there was a controversy if Boston was a real band. Tom Scholz was a studio wizard and created the whole Boston sound. I saw them at the UD arena. It was a good show but I remember saying “they sound just like their record”.

It's amazing. Delp's live vocals are right on par with the studio recordings. He was incredible. Scholz was a MIT grad. An engineering genius. Every song on that debut album is lightning!!! Tom worked on those songs that ended up on that debut album for over five years in his basement, turned studio.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Roy mentioned the controversy back in the day about whether BOSTON was a real band or just a studio creation. They were SO good and on point in their shows that some felt like it couldn't be the real thing. Delp and Scholz were that damn good.

96. Did you know(of course, you know it's true) that there actually was a Best New Artist Grammy award winner that WASN'T a real band. Name the act.

[RichRed]

92. Waylon Jennings

96. Milli Vanilli

[Roy Tucker]

91… I think the Irish guy is Bob Geldolf

[RichRed]

91… I think the Irish guy is Bob Geldolf

The Canadian might be Neil Young?

[Ky Fried Redleg]

91. The two non-Americans:

Bob Geldof(Ireland)




Dan Akroyd (Canada)

[redsfan9988]

Roy mentioned the controversy back in the day about whether BOSTON was a real band or just a studio creation. They were SO good and on point in their shows that some felt like it couldn't be the real thing. Delp and Scholz were that damn good.

96. Did you know(of course, you know it's true) that there actually was a Best New Artist Grammy award winner that WASN'T a real band. Name the act.

Reminds me of Steely Dan… it’s basically a mathematical impossibility to perform their music live.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

We all have our dirty little secrets that we're not proud of. I listened to, and enjoyed, some Milli Vanilli and Air Supply. There, I said it. I hope it's cathartic.

Fab Morvan from 2018, actually singing:

[Ky Fried Redleg]

91. More than 45 musicians performed on "We Are the World," the charity single recorded immediately after the AMA awards show in January of 1985. The super group , named USA for Africa , dedicated their time and talents on this record for famine relief in Ethiopia. Of all of the people who sang on the record, only two of them were not American. One of the two , a Canadian, got the invite to participate when he happened to walk into the wrong office at the right time. Despite knowing he wasn't exactly the right fit, he was glad to participate. The other guy was from Ireland. Can you name these two non-American contributors to "We Are the World" ?


92. Who was the artist that walked out of the recording session after Stevie Wonder suggested that a line be added and sung in Swahili? Hell, you'd think being asked to give up your seat on a plane would be worst than that request. Who was this grumpy singer?


93. There was one musical artist who very much wanted tp participate in the recording but was snubbed because it was felt his "image" was too square and squeaky clean for what was meant to be a cool song with a "rock" feel. This artist had a long and well-documented history of philanthropy. He later wrote of the snub, "It broke my heart not to be included." Who was this musician?

94. This rising star was invited by Michael Jackson to participate in the song but the singer's management nudged her away from canceling tour dates to join the "We Are the World" project. Management executives encouraged her to stay on course, make her tour dates, and focus on growing her success. It was a good decision. She stayed on tour and eventually had the #1 hit single that replaced "We Are the World" at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Who is she?


95. Lionel Ritchie apparently spent a long time time on the phone with this artist, who was supposed to be a prominent voice on the record(trading vocals with Michael Jackson- NO LESS!). He remained a no-show , even after the urging of Ritchie. He apparently thought the song was "horrible" and said he had no desire to be around all those "mothaf*****s." Who was the artist?

93.





94. Her hit, "Crazy For You" replaced "We Are The World" at the top of the charts.






95.

[Roy Tucker]

We all have our dirty little secrets that we're not proud of. I listened to, and enjoyed, some Milli Vanilli and Air Supply. There, I said it. I hope it's cathartic.

Fab Morvan from 2018, actually singing:

My guilty pleasure back in the day was The Carpenters. I was a card-carrying hippie rock guy but the Carpenters were great. Just pure shimmering glowing gorgeous pop tunes. I never told any of my friends but I had their greatest hits album in my collection.

And I still listen to ABBA Gold. Another just gorgeous pop vocals group.