Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Play That Funky Music II

   In every show Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) wrote, there was at least one song about rain.
   Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.
   Andy Warhol created The Rolling Stones' emblem depicting the big tongue. It first appeared on the cover of the Sticky Fingers album.
   "Happy Birthday to You" is the most often sung song in America.
   The band Steely Dan got its name from a sexual device depicted in the book Naked Lunch.
   Al Kooper played keyboards for Bob Dylan before he was famous.
   Frank Sinatra was once quoted as saying that rock 'n' roll was only played by "cretinous goons."
   Jim Morrison of the Doors was the first rock star to be arrested onstage.
   Mr. Mojo Risin is an anagram for Jim Morrison.
   Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all twenty-seven years old when they died.
   Karen Carpenter's doorbell chimed the first six notes of "We've Only Just Begun."
   Madonna once did a commercial for Pepsi.
   Mick Jagger attended the London School of Economics for two years.
   Shannon Hoon, the late lead singer of the group Blind Melon, was a backup singer for Guns N' Roses on their Use Your Illusion I album.
   Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake. She knocked them out when she tripped onstage earlier in her career.
   Michael Jackson is black.
Long Live The King of Rock
   Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth. Elvis's middle name was spelled Aron in honor of his brother.
   Elvis loved to eat meatloaf and peanut butter and banana sandwiches. He weighed 230 pounds at the time of his death.
   Elvis failed music class in school.
   Elvis never gave an encore.
   Elvis was once appointed Special Agent of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. According to Elvis's autopsy, he had ten different drugs in his body at the time of his death.

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