Welcome to Music Moves me, late April Sunday edition.
Who are the #MusicMovesMe bloggers? We are bloggers who blog about music each Monday and if you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only , please!) First, there is XmasDolly, who hopefully will join us this week. Her co-hosts are: Stacy of Stacy Uncorked, Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, and me. Each month we have a guest post and this month we again welcome DrillerAA of Driller's Place.
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theme: "In honor of our middle granddaughter's 21st birthday (April 16) build a playlist of artists born in April." Happy to oblige!
Let's start with artist Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist of the rock band Kiss, born in the Bronx (a borough of New York City, on April 27. 1951.
I'm choosing one of my favorite Kiss songs, Detroit Rock City.
Tom Lehrer, born April 9, 1928 (still going strong, hopefully, at age 93) was famous for his humorous songs - some pretty biting - from time to time. (Note, he is also a retired math professor). This may well be one of his more innocuous songs. My pick for Tom is "New Math".
Luther Vandross, born April 20, 1951 in New York City. I chose one of his love songs, "Power of Love".
John Oates, half of the duo Hall and Oates, was born on April 7, 1948. I am choosing a Hall and Oates song called "Sara Smile", which was their first top 10 hit, back in 1975. Sara and Darryl Hall were together nearly 30 years before they broke up in 2001.
Roy Orbison, born April 23, 1936, was a favorite of mine growing up. Here is one of my favorites of his, "Oh, Pretty Woman.".
For my last song, I turn to Afrika Bambaataa, born in the Bronx as Lance Taylor on April 17, 1957. This artist was a gang warlord before he turned to DJing and music. Here's Afrika Bambaataa and The Soulsonic Force with "Renegades (of Funk)". Here is more about the man many call "The Godfather of Hip Hop"
And with that, please join me again tomorrow for "V" day in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.
In the meantime, that's a wrap!
...Roy Orbison is the only one that I know much about.
ReplyDeleteGreat selection of songs! Have a nice Sunday. :)
ReplyDeleteAh, Roy Orbison. Those were the days. I remember the line from Springsteen's "Thunder Road": "Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely..." His voice always made you feel as if he were singing especially for you.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Tom Lehrer is still around. Great choices today.
ReplyDeleteAlana,
ReplyDeleteKiss is a great old rock band. I remember when they rose to popularity in the 70s. My BBF's brother who's older was really into them and all I could thing is they looked too strange for me but their music was kind of good. I was absolutely stunned when they did the power ballad, "Beth". Tom Lehrer had me going this morning. I don't think I get this new math that he's trying to teach us, probably because I'm not a kid anymore, but then math was never my strongest subject. I had no idea he was a math professor. That's really cool! Hall & Oates was a great 70s - 80s duo. I loved their music! I love it when Roy makes the growl in the original cut. "Pretty Woman" sky rocked with a whole new audience in the 90s with the movie of the same name. Great set of songs, my friend. Have a boogietastic week!
Roy Orbison will be my favorite here. While I love the voice of Luther Vandross and I was a Hall and Oats fan in their day, Roy is a classic and I never get tired of listening to him. Thanks for sharing one of his best songs today.
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to Mondays. I SO enjoy your picks! And now I've got Pretty Woman in my head for the rest of the day.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
We both picked Luther Vandross and John Oats but different songs. A lot of good artists were born in April. Great picks.
ReplyDeleteNice tunes!
ReplyDeleteTom Lehrer- doing anything. Sara Smile. Pretty Woman...
ReplyDeleteIt'll be a while before I come down from my high...