2008 - For Axl Rose, it’s bad times. A week ago, his much-anticipated album Chinese Democracy debuted to less-than-stellar chart showings – in the UK it was handily beat by The Killers’ Day & Age, and in the US it did even worse, coming in at Number 3 behind Kanye West and Taylor Swift.
And now it appears that the raging apathy of once-fervent Guns N’ Roses fans continues.
Final sales figures are still coming in, but in the UK, Chinese Democracy dropped off the Top 10 and slid to Number 11. And in the US the story is even grimmer, where the record nosedived to Number 17 – a 78 percent drop-off from its first-week sales.
2006 – American Idol contestant Derrell Brittenum surrenders to the Georgia police. Along with his twin brother Terrell, Brittenum performed on the hit show while being wanted on theft and forgery charges.
Terrell and Derrell Brittenum caught in new ‘American Idol’ controversy
By Christopher Rocchio, 01/17/2008
One American Idol mini-controversy apparently wasn’t enough for Terrell and Derrell Brittenum, the Memphis twins that were disqualified from the show’s fifth-season Hollywood Round after identity theft charges surfaced.
On Wednesday morning, the brothers’ newly-signed independent record label boldly announced that although American Idol had advanced them to the show’s Hollywood Round after they’d attended Idol’s seventh-season Atlanta auditions this summer, the twins had decided to “decline” the offer and instead release a debut album. The only problem is it wasn’t true.
“We thought long and hard about joining American Idol for season seven. Although it’s a great opportunity, we feel The Brittenum Twins are a group and only one of us can win and if I can’t do it without my brother I don’t think it would be a true win,” Terrell stated in the release. “Also, we have done it before, we know some of the techniques the judges use and don’t want anyone think we have an unfair advantage over the other contestants.”
However during a subsequent Wednesday afternoon interview with Reality TV World, Derrell and Terrell admitted that, despite the boastful announcement, it wasn’t their decision to not participate. Instead, the fact that they had already been 29-years-old at the time of their August audition meant that they were technically ineligible to compete in American Idol’s seventh season. (Idol 7 hopefuls were required to be between 16 and 28 years old as of July 28, 2007 — meaning that all applicants must be born on or between July 29, 1978 and July 28, 1991 in order to be eligible.)
“We auditioned with flying colors… They passed us through to [executive producer Ken Warwick]. Ken Warwick was like, ‘What do you guys think you’re doing? You’re 29-years-old. You know the limit is 28,’” said Terrell. “We were like, ‘We just want a second chance to show the world we’ve been through a lot…’ We just really viewed it as a second chance, and when we sang for Ken, he agreed.”
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Following their meeting with Warwick, Derrell and Terrell claim they were sent to audition for Idol judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, who all agreed the twins “do possess the talent to come back to the show” and thus awarded them a ticket to the season’s Hollywood Round.
“But before we could go to Hollywood Week — one week before we leave for Hollywood Week — they tell us there’s a possibility that we might not be on the show because our age is posing a problem for the legal department,” said Derrell. “So we fly out for Hollywood Week, and they tell us that we cannot do the show.”
When pressed, the brothers also acknowledged that despite their press release comments, they wouldn’t have declined the chance to participate if producers had waived the age requirement.
Terrell and Derrell Brittenum
“We would have been on… It’s a wonderful vehicle,” Terrell admitted.
“I think I would have taken it,” added Derrell. “You just can’t beat the Idol machine.”
When contacted by Reality TV World, a Fox publicist could not immediately confirm or deny any of the twins claims. In addition, the publicist couldn’t state whether Terrell and Derrell will be featured in American Idol’s seventh-season Atlanta auditions broadcast, which is scheduled to air Tuesday, February 5 at 8PM ET/PT.
“I really wonder if they’re going to air the footage… It was funny, it’s hilarious, it’s a story, it’s a message,” said Terrell. “It’s all of that in one. I really think even though [executive producer Nigel Lythgoe] said they’re not going to use it — I believe that that’s not [going to be] the case. I really believe that they’re going to use it this year, even if we’re not going to be on the show for Hollywood… We make good TV. They know that.”
The Brittenum brothers are no strangers to being uninvited from Idol’s Hollywood Round. They attended Idol 5′s Chicago audition in September 2005 and both immediately impressed the judges with their smooth, soulful voices, earning them a ticket to the season’s Hollywood Round.
However shortly after Fox aired their Idol 5 audition in January 2006, it was revealed the twins were being charged with forgery, theft by deception and financial identity fraud for allegedly buying a 2005 Dodge Magnum using another man’s identity.
While they were released from police custody shortly thereafter, their invite to Idol 5′s Hollywood Round was rescinded by the show’s producers, ending their Idol journey before it ever really began.
They then had a tentative deal with rapper Jermaine Dupri’s SoSo Def Records soon after the controversy, but they claim a lawyer representing them “messed the deal up.”
“We’re sort of trying to U-turn the bad decision we made about stealing the car, just trying to get our lives right,” said Terrell before adding they unfortunately found trouble again. “So we get locked up [in jail] again for an address change in July, and Idol was coming back to Atlanta on the fourteenth. We already planned to audition again for Idol at [age] 29.”
“We just thought let’s just give it another go,” added Derrell. “Maybe we can overturn the bad press and sort of make it good. let people know we made stupid decisions in life — but we still are talented… Just because we made bad decision doesn’t mean we have to stay down in the mess that we’re in. We can always pick ourselves back up and start over again.”
Terrell and Derrell’s first single off their “The Come Up” debut album is scheduled to be released in February via TSG Records, an Atlanta-based company that is home to several R&B singers and rappers. In addition, Terrell and Derrell have launched a foundation called U-Turn where they visit high schools to mentor youth.
Regardless of whether they appear in next month’s Atlanta auditions broadcast, the twins say American Idol viewers may still not have seen the last of them.
“They did give us an opportunity to come back to the show as far as guest appearances,” said Derrell. “So we’re thinking if the single does climb the charts, we’ll call American Idol and I’m sure they would love to put us back on the show.”
2005 – Elvis Presley’s single ‘One Night’ made chart history by becoming the 1,000th UK number one. Elvis, who led last week’s chart with ‘Jailhouse Rock’, had now scored more number one UK hits than any other artist with 20 number 1’s, beating The Beatles’ 17 chart toppers.
Lyrics:
(words & music by D. Bartholomew – P. King)
One night with you
Is what I’m now praying for
The things that we two could plan
Would make my dreams come true
Just call my name
And I’ll be right by your side
I want your sweet helping hand
My loves too strong to hide
Always lived, very quiet life
I ain’t never did no wrong
Now I know that life without you
Has been too lonely too long
One night with you
Is what I’m now praying for
The things that we two could plan
Would make my dreams come true
Always lived, very quiet life
I ain’t never did no wrong
Now I know that life without you
Has been too lonely too long
One night with you
Is what I’m now praying for
The things that we two could plan
Would make my dreams come true
1998 – Rep. Sonny Bono (R-Calif.), the one-time singer/songwriter who gained fame as half of vocal duo Sonny and Cher, dies from head injuries after hitting a tree while skiing. He is 62.
On January 5, 1998, Bono died of injuries after striking a tree while skiing on the Nevada side of the Heavenly Ski Resort near South Lake Tahoe, California.
Bono’s death came just days after Michael Kennedy, a son of Robert F. Kennedy, died in a similar skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado. Bono’s widow, Mary, was elected to fill the remainder of the Congressional term. Over 10 years after his death, she continues to champion many of Sonny’s causes, including the ongoing fight to save the Salton Sea.
After Sonny’s death, Mary told an interviewer from TV Guide that Sonny was addicted to and seriously abusing prescription drugs, mainly Vicodin and Valium. Even though Mary claimed that Sonny’s drug use caused the accident, the autopsy showed no narcotics and only a very small amount of Valium, not enough to cause impairment according to the Washoe County Coroner’s report.
After being asked by Mary Bono, Sonny’s ex-wife, Cher, gave a eulogy at Bono’s funeral. His final resting place is Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. The epitaph on Bono’s headstone reads: “And The Beat Goes On.”
Breaking news in April 2008:
Sonny Bono was clubbed to death by hired hitmen, according to a stunning new tabloid expose. An investigator who has been researching Bono’s 1998 fatal skiing accident for the past decade claims top officials linked to an international drug and weapons ring feared the singer-turned-politician was about to expose their criminal acts – and so they had him killed on the slopes.
Cher’s ex-husband Bono’s death was listed as a “skiing accident” with family and friends satisfied he died after colliding with a tree on the piste in Nevada in January 1998.
But former FBI agent Ted Gunderson tells America’s Globe that there’s more to the tragedy than meets the eye, after studying the autopsy reports and other evidence.
He says, “It’s nonsense for anyone to now try to suggest that Bono died after crashing into a tree. There’s zero evidence in this autopsy report… to show such an accident happened. Instead, there’s powerful proof he (Bono) was assassinated. This was an evil plot that was carried out to almost perfection by ruthless assassins.”
Gunderson tells the Globe that Bono, an experienced skiier, was ambushed on the slopes by hired hitmen, who beat him to death and then staged a tree collision.
The retired FBI agent is now calling for the authorities to exhume Bono’s remains and open a homicide investigation.
Gunderson’s efforts have been backed by top forensics experts, who fear Nevada authorities were too quick to mark the tragedy as a skiing accident, and investigator Bob Fletcher, who has confessed he sent evidence of a 10-year study that linked top U.S. government officials to arms and weapons dealers to Bono less than a month before his death.
Fletcher says, “He was going to make it his number one priority… There’s no doubt in my mind Sonny was murdered by someone who needed him silenced.”
1993 – George Harrison and David Crosby make guest appearances on the fifth season premiere of the Fox animated comedy series “The Simpsons.”
“Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” is the first episode of The Simpsons’ fifth season. It features the Be-Sharps, a fictional barbershop quartet founded by Homer, whose story roughly parallels that of The Beatles. The episode was written by Jeff Martin, directed by Mark Kirkland, while George Harrison and David Crosby guest starred as themselves, and The Dapper Dans as the singing voices of “The Be-Sharps”.
Episode no. 82
Prod. code 9F21
Orig. airdate September 30, 1993
Show runner(s) Al Jean & Mike Reiss
Written by Jeff Martin
Directed by Mark Kirkland
Chalkboard “I will never win an Emmy”
Couch gag A trio of couch gags: The family shatters into pieces, the family combine into a multicolored blob, and the family explode.
Guest star(s) George Harrison as himself
David Crosby as himself
The Dapper Dans as the singing voices of “The Be-Sharps”.
DVD
COMMENTARY
Matt Groening
Mike Reiss
Al Jean
Jeff Martin
Hank Azaria
Jon Lovitz
Mark Kirkland
Plot
At the Springfield Swap Meet, Bart and Lisa notice Homer’s face on an album cover. Homer explains that he, Principal Skinner, Barney, and Apu recorded a barbershop quartet album in 1985, which catapulted them to national fame.
This development came after an agent, Nigel, offered to be their representative on the condition they expel original member Chief Wiggum, who was “too Village People.” After rejecting many auditions for a fourth member, the barbershop trio returned downheartedly to Moe’s Tavern, where they recruited Barney after hearing him sing in a beautiful Irish tenor voice. The group considered “Handsome Homer Simpson Plus Three” (suggested by Nigel), finally calling themselves “The Be Sharps.” They had decided their name should be initially witty, yet become less funny each time you heard it.
Back in modern times, Homer brags that he sold a spare tire at the swap meet; unfortunately, on the way home their tire blows out. While Marge begins her long walk to a gas station, Homer continues the story. He tells Bart and Lisa that after Marge bought a “Baby On Board” sign, Homer wrote a song inspired by the fad. “Baby on Board” appeared on their first album, Meet the Be Sharps, and became a hit. The group performed the song at the Statue of Liberty’s centennial in 1986. The Be Sharps also won a Grammy for “Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop Album of the Year”, and Homer met George Harrison. Meanwhile, Wiggum’s singing career (now dead) was being mocked by numerous talk show hosts.
At home, Homer explains that the Be Sharps were on merchandise (similar to the Beatlemania craze) – such as lunch boxes, mugs, posters, etc. When Lisa pulls out a bottle of Be Sharps Funny Foam, Homer says that it was pulled off the market when it was discovered to be poisonous. The name of their second album was Bigger than Jesus. While the Be Sharps were becoming popular, Marge was having problems raising the children, and the Be Sharps also had their own issues. Creative disputes arose when Barney began dating a Japanese conceptual artist, and Barney left the group in all but name. The two recorded a song in which his girlfriend repeatedly says “Number 8″ over tape loops of Barney’s belches (a nod to the Beatles song “Revolution 9″). Ultimately, the group realizes they had lost their popularity and were no longer hot, according to the latest issue of Us Weekly’s What’s Hot and What’s Not, and splits up. Principal Skinner returns to Springfield Elementary School, and Homer returns to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
At the end of the episode, the group reunites to perform a concert on Moe’s roof singing their number one hit “Baby on Board”. Many passers-by stop to hear them sing their comeback concert, including George Harrison who remarks, “It’s been done.”
Deleted scenes
The following can be seen on the Season 5 DVD set:
* The group announces a new Record Label called “Donut Records” (in a parody of the Beatles’ creation of Apple Records) at an empty press conference. Homer then mentions a point when yodeling was threatening their popularity.
* After Homer mentions the band breaking up and going their separate ways, it originally cut to Principal Skinner returning to his mother’s home. She asks if he was with any women, and he replies no. She then horrifies him by asking him to give her a bath and laughs maniacally. The scene then cuts to the outside of their home, which resembles the Bates Motel from Psycho. This is one of several one-off jokes in early seasons to equate Mrs. Skinner to Norman Bates’ mother, before developing her into a full character later on.
Cultural allusions
Beatles references
* Moe’s Tavern has changed to Moe’s Cavern, a reference to the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool where The Beatles frequently performed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
* When Barney first preforms with the group the audience chant “Wiggum forever, Barney never” in reference to when Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best, where the audience chanted “Pete forever, Ringo never.”
* Chief Wiggum’s replacement in the band by Barney is a parallel to Pete Best being replaced as The Beatles’ drummer by Ringo Starr. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon having to change his name to Apu de Beaumarchais may also be a reference to Ringo Starr having changed his name from Richard Starkey.
* Their name shares the same first syllable as the Beatles, and, like the Beatles, carries a double meaning.
* Homer having to cover up his marriage to Marge is a parody of John Lennon having to conceal the fact he was married to Cynthia Lennon and had a child in the early years.
* After consoling Marge about hiding her from the press, Homer says “It’ll only be until the end of our tour of Sweden”, in reference to when the Beatles went on their tour of Sweden, shortly after their English tour, and before their tour of America.
* After finishing their record “Baby on Board”, their manager Nigel tells them, “Gentlemen, you’ve just recorded your first number one record.” This is a direct reference to what the Beatles’ producer George Martin said after they recorded their second single, “Please Please Me”.
* The peaceful scenes during the airtime of “Baby on Board” is a reference to the allegation that there was no crime during the appearance of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.
* The first Be Sharps LP, Meet the Be Sharps, is a direct reference to The Beatles’ first American album Meet the Beatles!, featuring the quartet’s faces in black-and-white contrast on the cover.
* The press conference at the airport is a direct reference to the questions the American press asked the Beatles when they first arrived in New York.
* The cover of Bigger Than Jesus, the Be Sharps’ second album, features the group walking on water. It is a direct parody of the art on The Beatles’ album Abbey Road. At the end of the episode the back cover is revealed, on which we see Homer turned away from the camera, as opposed to the rest of the band. This is a parody of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP reverse, in which Paul McCartney is in the same position, allegedly as part of the “Paul Is Dead” hype. “Bigger than Jesus” is a reference to a controversial quote made by John Lennon in 1966. Bart references this by asking “What did you do ? Screw up like the Beatles and say you were bigger than Jesus?” to which Homer replies “All the time, that was the name of our second album”.
* According to Matt Groening in the DVD commentary, the shots of the band in the recording studio where they decide to break up were based on pictures from the Let It Be sessions.
* Barney’s Japanese conceptual artist girlfriend is a parody of Yoko Ono, and the two record a song which sounds similar to Lennon and Ono’s “Revolution 9″. Additionally, the scene in which Barney plays the song for Homer pays homage to a picture of Lennon, Ono, and McCartney in the studio.
* The group performing atop Moe’s Bar at the end of the episode is a parody of The Beatles’ impromptu concert on the Apple Corps rooftop during their Get Back recording sessions in 1969 — hence George Harrison’s line, “It’s been done.”
* Homer’s comment “I’d like to thank you on behalf of the group and I hope we passed the audition,” is the last piece of dialogue, said by John Lennon, on the Beatles Let It Be album, taken from the Apple rooftop concert.
* When Chief Wiggum fails his audition as Dr. Doolittle, he says, “This bird is going to fly,” which is similar to the Beatles song “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).”
Other cultural references
* At the swap meet Homer rakes up a box with items that cost 5¢ each. These include the United States Declaration of Independence, a copy of Action Comics #1, a complete block of Inverted Jenny misprint postal stamps and a Stradivarius violin.
* When onlookers turn away from the Human Fly climbing up a building to watch the B-Sharps on top of Moe’s Tavern instead is a reference to the “Human Spider” Alain Robert.
* Principal Skinner tries on a prison mask with the number 24601, which is famous for being Jean Valjean’s prison number in Les Misérables.
* Homer buys Grampa a pink Cadillac, just as Elvis Presley did for his mother.
* This is the second consecutive appearance by David Crosby.
Music
* “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (sung by Melvin and the Squirrels, a spoof of Alvin and the Chipmunks)
* “Hello! Ma Baby”
* “Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby”
* “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (sung by Grampa at the audition in the style of Frank Sinatra as he recorded it on his 1961 album All the Way)
* “Downtown” (sung by Groundskeeper Willie at the audition, whose title he pronounced as “Doon-Toon”)
* “Theme from A Summer Place” (sung by Jasper at the audition with lyrics he made up)
* “Talk to the Animals” (sung by Chief Wiggum at the audition disguised as Doctor Dolittle)
* “Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral” (sung by Barney in the bathroom at Moe’s)
* “Sweet Adeline”
* “Baby On Board”, a song written by Homer, who also attempted to write songs about the opening of Al Capone’s vault, Mr. T and then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.
1991 – Randy Jackson is sentenced in Los Angeles to a month in jail for violating probation. The 30-year-old brother of superstar Michael Jackson had pleaded no contest in January to charges of beating his wife.
1985 – The theme from the TV show “Miami Vice” climbs to the No. 1 spot in the Chart Toppers Hot 100. The theme is composed by Czechoslovakian artist Jan Hammer, who composed most of the original music for the television series. Hammer’s composition for the ’80s pop-culture television giant remains on top for one week. The “Miami Vice” soundtrack LP also goes to No. 1 and stays there for 11 weeks, beating out the previous and long-time (1959) record holder, “The Music from Peter Gunn.” Hammer receives a congratulatory phone call from Henry Mancini, composer of “The Music from Peter Gunn,” for his accomplishment.
1978 – Billy Joel scores debut UK hit with Just the Way You Are. No. 1 Chart Topper.
“Just the Way You Are” is a love song from Billy Joel’s 1977 pop rock album, The Stranger. It was written as a birthday gift to Joel’s first wife Elizabeth Weber. After they divorced, Joel said that when performing the song, he would imagine what he would eat for dinner or what he would do after the show, or even accidentally sing alternate lyrics written by Liberty DeVitto (“She took the dog, the house, the car”). This was his first US Top 10 (reaching #3) and UK Top 20 single, and it was also Joel’s first Gold single in the US. “Just the Way You Are” won the 1978 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
The track features an alto sax solo by jazz artist Phil Woods, who replaced Richie Cannata (who played sax for most of the songs on The Stranger) when the latter’s style of playing was deemed unfit for the song. Guitarist Steve Khan, who played on most of the songs on The Stranger missed playing this one because he was on a trip, and had to be replaced. The bossa nova style of the song was strongly encouraged by producer Phil Ramone. Upon learning this would be the beat used for the song, drummer Devitto threw his drumsticks at Joel and said, “I’m not a damned cocktail lounge drummer!”
Joel has gone on record stating that he personally dislikes the song and was originally going to leave it off the album. However, at the request of both Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow (both were recording in other studios in the same building at the time), Joel and Ramone agreed to leave it on the album. Joel has not performed “Just the Way You Are” live in many years.
Cover versions
“Just the Way You Are” has been covered by several artists, including Diana Krall, Grover Washington, Jr., Barry White, Shirley Bassey, Jose Feliciano, Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), and Frank Sinatra. It is referenced in the Fountains of Wayne song “Peace and Love” (which repeats the first line of the song, albeit, as the singer notes, in a different chord). The song was programmed into the Yamaha PSS series of synthesizers, popular in the late 1980s, as a demonstration mode.
Lesley Ann Warren performed the song on The Muppet Show.
“Just the Way You Are” was covered by Maggie Gyllenhaal in the 2005 movie Happy Endings.
An instrumental version of the song plays in the background during the Holiday Inn scene in the movie The Blues Brothers. A cover version of the song was used by the British commercial television station ITV in 1989, to promote the network.
Also in a skit on Sesame Street, Billy Joel and Marlee Matlin bring a used piano to Oscar the Grouch and tell him that in order to get the piano, he has to listen to a love song performed by Joel and signed by Matlin. Oscar is initially angry but listens to the song. The song’s lyrics are reworded to fit Oscar’s personality and Joel explains that they don’t want Oscar to become happy or change himself; they like him grouchy and “just the way you are.” Oscar becomes infuriated when Matlin hugs and kisses him, which he claims “Never do that to a grouch!” Joel and Matlin leave after Oscar says that he doesn’t want the piano after all because “I’ve heard this piano! It’s tuned!” Then he says that although he hated the love song, “this one kinda really made me angry,” and lets out a satisfied sigh.
The song was covered by the company Wavegroup for the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol.
LRYICS:
Don’t go changing, to try and please me,
You never let me down before,
Don’t imagine, you’re too familiar,
And I don’t see you anymore.
I would not leave you, in times of trouble,
We never could have come this far,
I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times,
I’ll take you just the way you are.
Don’t go trying, some new fashion,
Don’t change the colour of your hair,
You always have my, unspoken passion,
Although I might not seem to care.
I don’t want clever, conversation,
I never want to work that hard,
I just want someone, that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew,
What will it take till you believe in me,
The way that I believe in you?
I said I love you, and that’s forever,
And this I promise from the heart,
I couldn’t love you, any better,
I love you just the way you are.
I don’t want clever, conversation,
I never want to work that hard,
I just want someone, that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.
1975 – Led Zeppelin play “Kashmir” live for the first time during a gig at the Ahoy in Rotterdam.
“Kashmir” is considered to be one of Led Zeppelin’s most successful songs, and all four band members agreed that this was one of their best musical achievements. John Paul Jones suggested that it showcases all of the elements that made up the Led Zeppelin sound, while Robert Plant cites it as his favorite Led Zeppelin song overall.[citation needed] Reportedly, this is partly due to Plant’s annoyance at having to explain the lyrics of “Stairway to Heaven”. In an interview he gave to Rolling Stone magazine in 1988, Plant stated that Kashmir was “the definitive Led Zeppelin song.” He also said in an audio documentary that he loved this song not only because of its intensity but also because it was so intense without being considered “heavy metal”.
Robert Plant wrote the lyrics in 1973 while driving through the Sahara Desert in Morocco, despite the fact that the song is named for Kashmir, a region in the northernmost part of the Indian subcontinent. The original title was “Driving To Kashmir.”
The song is centered around a signature chord progression guitar riff, which originally began as a tuning cycle which guitarist Jimmy Page had been using for years.[citation needed] It is played in an alternative guitar tuning: the strings are tuned to ‘Open Dsus4′ or DADGAD. The body of the song also has a different beat between the guitars and the drums. The drums play the standard 4/4 time signature with a double stroke on the bass drum, while the guitars create tension by playing against it in [implied] 3/4 time. Drummer John Bonham has been cited as the source for the main 3/4 riff and has an official credit as co-songwriter. Bonham’s drums feature a phasing effect courtesy of an early Eventide phaser supplied by engineer Ron Nevison. Plant has stated that Bonham’s drumming is the key to the song: “It was what he didn’t do that made it work.”
1963 – It’s announced that the Beatles will play at this year’s Royal Command Performance. The Beatles themselves record performances of “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Love Me Do,” “Please Please Me,” “From Me to You,” and “She Loves You” for the BBC program Easy Beat.
Sonny Bono was clubbed to death by hired hitmen, according to a stunning new tabloid expose. An investigator who has been researching Bono’s 1998 fatal skiing accident for the past decade claims top officials linked to an international drug and weapons ring feared the singer-turned-politician was about to expose their criminal acts – and so they had him killed on the slopes.
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