The King Of Rock And Roll was also a song by Ronnie James Dio.
The King Of Rock And Roll was also a song by Ronnie James Dio.
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RJD was in Black Sabbath - 'Children of the Sea'
..............and spookily enough, so was Bev Bevan, the drummer from ELO (double points for a degree of backward seperation?)
Last edited by The Grand Wazoo; 15-08-2010 at 15:23.
Bev Bevan went to the same school as Jasper Carrott, and they worked together at the same shop after they left. Jasper Carrott went on to record a number of amusing barn stormers, including this one:
erm, Jasper is a green mineral, as is emerald
Great link, Nick ...and who produced Funky Moped? Jeff Lynne, formerly of ELO!!!
...And, the single was banned by the BBC because of the B-Side - Magic Roundabout (me and my mate Mark used to play his dad's copy endlessly!)
I was in the middle of a Travelling Wilburys link, but Dan beat me with the Thin Lizzy one - so where next people...?
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Fantastic, I never realised there was so much to know about Jasper Carrott!
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OK, Thin Lizzy's 'Live & Dangerous' album was produced by Tony Visconti, whose wife is Mary Hopkin...........so where next people...?
'Those Were the Days'
Fifth Dimension covered Mary Hopkin's 'Those Were The Days' on their album 'Age Of Aquarius', which also featured this song, written and originally performed by Laura Nyro.
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Laura Nyro's last album was produced by Gary Katz, who in his early career within the music industry worked with Steppenwolf. Who are probablly best known for this little ditty.
Steppenwolf's Born to be wild was played on the opening credits to the 1969 film Easy Rider starring Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda - also featured on the soundtrack is The Jimi Hendrix experience - If 6 was 9 from the album Axis: Bold as Love
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