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This podcast investigates the story of the day's music down the years en-us vince.tracy@yahoo.com vince.tracy@yahoo.com Copyright 2012 http://www.vincetracy.com/ http://www.vincetracy.com/sitebuilder/images/vinceanderic-251x180-379x281.jpg Copyright 2012chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMMusicvince tracyvince tracyvince tracynochat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMVince Tracy and FriendsChat show host sharing ideas with like minds Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:53:18 +0200 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ vince tracy (vince tracy) another great day in music 1956, During a tour of Texas, Elvis Presley appeared at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, 1964, The Beatles filmed outside shots at the Scala Theatre in Tottenham Street London for their forthcoming movie ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’and 1967, Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink all appeared at the The Odeon, Blackpool, England, tickets cost 5 and 10 shillings…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:46:45 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ 1956, Elvis Presley performed three shows at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, (2 matinee and 1 evening). A full scale riot broke out after the show when Elvis announced to the 14,000 strong crowd, “Girls, I’ll see you backstage.” Fans chased Elvis into the dressing room tearing off his clothes and shoes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1956, Elvis Presley performed three shows at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, (2 matinee and 1 evening). A full scale riot broke out after the show when Elvis announced to the 14,000 strong crowd, “Girls, I’ll see you backstage.” Fans chased vince tracy1956, Elvis Presley performed three shows at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, (2 matinee and 1 evening). A full scale riot broke out after the show when Elvis announced to the 14,000 strong crowd, “Girls, I’ll see you backstage.” Fans chased Elvis into the dressing room tearing off his clothes and shoes.chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:18:20 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ 1963, In less than ten hours, The Beatles record ten new songs for their first album plus four other tracks which would be the next two singles. John Lennon’s vocal on The Isley Brothers ‘Twist & Shout’ was recorded in one take to complete the album.....1978, The Brotherhood Of Man were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Figaro’, the group’s third and last UK No.1. A great song written by my good friend Tony Hiller<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1963, In less than ten hours, The Beatles record ten new songs for their first album plus four other tracks which would be the next two singles. John Lennon’s vocal on The Isley Brothers ‘Twist & Shout’ was recorded in one take to complete the album.....1vince tracy1963, In less than ten hours, The Beatles record ten new songs for their first album plus four other tracks which would be the next two singles. John Lennon’s vocal on The Isley Brothers ‘Twist & Shout’ was recorded in one take to complete the album.....1978, The Brotherhood Of Man were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Figaro’, the group’s third and last UK No.1. A great song written by my good friend Tony Hillerchat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:05:57 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ 1967, The Beatles recorded the orchestral build-up for the middle and end of ‘A Day in the Life’. At the Beatles’ request, the orchestra members arrived in full evening dress along with novelty items. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith from The Monkees and Donovan also attended the session.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1967, The Beatles recorded the orchestral build-up for the middle and end of ‘A Day in the Life’. At the Beatles’ request, the orchestra members arrived in full evening dress along with novelty items. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith from The Monvince tracy1967, The Beatles recorded the orchestral build-up for the middle and end of ‘A Day in the Life’. At the Beatles’ request, the orchestra members arrived in full evening dress along with novelty items. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith from The Monkees and Donovan also attended the session.chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:08:08 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ 1964, On their first full day in New York, The Beatles (minus George who had a sore throat), went for a photo-opportunity walk around Central Park. Over 400 girl fans followed The Beatles and extra police were called in to control them. Later in the day The Ronettes interviewed The Beatles for radio.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1964, On their first full day in New York, The Beatles (minus George who had a sore throat), went for a photo-opportunity walk around Central Park. Over 400 girl fans followed The Beatles and extra police were called in to control them. Later in the day Tvince tracy1964, On their first full day in New York, The Beatles (minus George who had a sore throat), went for a photo-opportunity walk around Central Park. Over 400 girl fans followed The Beatles and extra police were called in to control them. Later in the day The Ronettes interviewed The Beatles for radio. chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:44:31 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ 1970, One hit wonders Shocking Blue went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Venus’, making them the first Dutch act to top the US charts. It made No.8 in the UK; Bananarama took the song to No.8 on the UK chart in 86.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1970, One hit wonders Shocking Blue went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Venus’, making them the first Dutch act to top the US charts. It made No.8 in the UK; Bananarama took the song to No.8 on the UK chart in 86.vince tracy1970, One hit wonders Shocking Blue went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Venus’, making them the first Dutch act to top the US charts. It made No.8 in the UK; Bananarama took the song to No.8 on the UK chart in 86.chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ 1958, George Harrison joined Liverpool group The Quarrymen. The group who were named after Lennon’s school featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and John Lowe.......1982, Kraftwerk were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘The Model / Computer Love’, the first German act to score a UK No.1 single.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1958, George Harrison joined Liverpool group The Quarrymen. The group who were named after Lennon’s school featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and John Lowe.......1982, Kraftwerk were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘The Mvince tracy1958, George Harrison joined Liverpool group The Quarrymen. The group who were named after Lennon’s school featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and John Lowe.......1982, Kraftwerk were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘The Model / Computer Love’, the first German act to score a UK No.1 single.chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:10:40 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ http://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ vince tracy (vince tracy) 1957, 5,000 fans greeted Bill Haley when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour. Haley was the first American rock artist to tour the UK<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> no1957, 5,000 fans greeted Bill Haley when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour. Haley was the first American rock artist to tour the UKvince tracy1957, 5,000 fans greeted Bill Haley when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour. Haley was the first American rock artist to tour the UKchat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:33:33 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/e3MRlDtM_YE/ vince tracy (vince tracy) 1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tourbus. A sad day in pop history<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/e3MRlDtM_YE" height="1" width="1"/> no1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problemsvince tracy1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tourbus. A sad day in pop historychat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://vincetracy.com/blog9/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:55:22 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/e3MRlDtM_YE/ vince tracy (vince tracy) 1965, P.J. Proby split his pants during his first number at the ABC, Luton, the manage r stopped the show and gave everyone in the audience a refund. The incident caused a ban on Proby’s performance in UK halls and TV<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/e3MRlDtM_YE" height="1" width="1"/> no1965, P.J. Proby split his pants during his first number at the ABC, Luton, the manage r stopped the show and gave everyone in the audience a refund. The incident caused a ban on Proby’s performance in UK halls and TVvince tracy1965, P.J. Proby split his pants during his first number at the ABC, Luton, the manage r stopped the show and gave everyone in the audience a refund. The incident caused a ban on Proby’s performance in UK halls and TVchat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://vincetracy.com/blog9/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:25:50 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ vince tracy (vince tracy) 1959, Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 single ‘One Night / I Got Stung’ a double A side, (originally written and recorded under the title ‘One Night of Sin)’ a revival of the Smiley Lewis’s R&B hit. Presley was in the army by the time this song reached No.1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> no1959, Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 single ‘One Night / I Got Stung’ a double A side, (originally written and recorded under the title ‘One Night of Sin)’ a revival of the Smiley Lewis’s R&B hit. Presley was in the army by the time this song reachedvince tracy1959, Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 single ‘One Night / I Got Stung’ a double A side, (originally written and recorded under the title ‘One Night of Sin)’ a revival of the Smiley Lewis’s R&B hit. Presley was in the army by the time this song reached No.1chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:25:25 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/z0sq96UyAog/ vince tracy (vince tracy) Music 1959, Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 single ‘One Night / I Got Stung’ a double A side, (originally written and recorded under the title ‘One Night of Sin)’ a revival of the Smiley Lewis’s R&B hit. Presley was in the army by the time this song reached No.1.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/z0sq96UyAog" height="1" width="1"/> no1959, Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 single ‘One Night / I Got Stung’ a double A side, (originally written and recorded under the title ‘One Night of Sin)’ a revival of the Smiley Lewis’s R&B hit. Presley was in the army by the time this song reachedvince tracy1959, Elvis Presley had his third UK No.1 single ‘One Night / I Got Stung’ a double A side, (originally written and recorded under the title ‘One Night of Sin)’ a revival of the Smiley Lewis’s R&B hit. Presley was in the army by the time this song reached No.1. chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://vincetracy.com/blog9/2012/01/30/monday-30th-january-2012-%E2%80%A6baby-one-more-time/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:49:33 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/AejfI-FvWd4/ vince tracy (vince tracy) music 1942, BBC radio aired a new program ‘Desert Island Discs’ presented by Roy Plomley, which went on to become the longest running UK radio show.....1964, The Beatles spent the day at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France, The Beatles’ only studio recording session for EMI held outside the UK. They recorded new vocals for ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, after EMI’s West German branch persuaded Brian Epstein that they would be unable to sell large quantities of records in Germany unless they were recorded in the German language. A translator coached John, Paul, and George, although their familiarity with the German language from their Hamburg days made things much easier<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/AejfI-FvWd4" height="1" width="1"/> no1942, BBC radio aired a new program ‘Desert Island Discs’ presented by Roy Plomley, which went on to become the longest running UK radio show.....1964, The Beatles spent the day at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France, The Beatles’ only studio recordingvince tracy1942, BBC radio aired a new program ‘Desert Island Discs’ presented by Roy Plomley, which went on to become the longest running UK radio show.....1964, The Beatles spent the day at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France, The Beatles’ only studio recording session for EMI held outside the UK. They recorded new vocals for ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, after EMI’s West German branch persuaded Brian Epstein that they would be unable to sell large quantities of records in Germany unless they were recorded in the German language. A translator coached John, Paul, and George, although their familiarity with the German language from their Hamburg days made things much easierchat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://vincetracy.com/blog9/2012/01/28/sunday-29th-january-2012-flowers-in-the-rain/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:21:58 +0100 tp://www.vincetracy.com/podcastfile/showtime27january.mp3 1956, Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell over a million, becoming Elvis’ first Gold record.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/SCcHeeUhfJU" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1956, Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell over a million, becoming Elvis’ vince tracy1956, Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell over a million, becoming Elvis’ first Gold record.chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FM Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:32:28 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/plCQeOggYxQ/fires.html vince tracy (vince tracy) http://www.vincetracy.com/fires.html news 1956, Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell over a million, becoming Elvis’ first Gold record. .......in La Nucia we'd just had a really bad fire with 25.000 people evacuated!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/plCQeOggYxQ" height="1" width="1"/> no1956, Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell over a million, becoming Elvis’ vince tracy1956, Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell over a million, becoming Elvis’ first Gold record. .......in La Nucia we'd just had a really bad fire with 25.000 people evacuated!chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/fires.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:49:10 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ 1956, Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> vince tracy (vince tracy)no1956, Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931vince tracy1956, Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:33:08 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/cx3bK4w4XLA/revival24january2012.mp3 vince tracy (vince tracy) memories of the greats music interviews The group's choices andan interview about the legendary Kathy Kirby and a chat with Michelle, the daughter of the late great Matt Munro<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/cx3bK4w4XLA" height="1" width="1"/> noThe group's choices andan interview about the legendary Kathy Kirby and a chat with Michelle, the daughter of the late great Matt Munrovince tracyThe group's choices andan interview about the legendary Kathy Kirby and a chat with Michelle, the daughter of the late great Matt Munrochat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/podcastfile/revival24january2012.mp3 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:09:37 +0100 vince tracy (vince tracy) music noMy special features in this revival podcast are Scott Conrad, the founder of this group, and the wonderful Len Barry who made those wonderful songs for us in the 1960svince tracyMy special features in this revival podcast are Scott Conrad, the founder of this group, and the wonderful Len Barry who made those wonderful songs for us in the 1960schat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FM Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:36:32 +0100 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~3/_Xu6ahhJTLw/ vince tracy (vince tracy) Music related 1986, US manager Albert Grossman died of a heart attack while flying on Concorde from New York to London. He managed Bob Dylan, (between 1962 and 1970), Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren. Grossman built the Bearsville Recording Studio near Woodstock in 1969 and in 1970 he founded Bearsville Records.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VinceRssFeed/~4/_Xu6ahhJTLw" height="1" width="1"/> no1986, US manager Albert Grossman died of a heart attack while flying on Concorde from New York to London. He managed Bob Dylan, (between 1962 and 1970), Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren. Grossman built the Bearsville Recordinvince tracy1986, US manager Albert Grossman died of a heart attack while flying on Concorde from New York to London. He managed Bob Dylan, (between 1962 and 1970), Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren. Grossman built the Bearsville Recording Studio near Woodstock in 1969 and in 1970 he founded Bearsville Records.chat,celebrity,merseyside,radio,costa,blanca,Benidorm,OCI,BBC,Hits,FMhttp://www.vincetracy.com/blog9/ vince tracynonadultVince Tracy and Friends