Dead Rock Stars Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt. His mother invented the typewriter correction Liquid Paper. He died of heart failure in 2021 at age 78.

"It's so funny," Micky Dolenz told Ultimate Classic Rock , when he included the song on his Dolenz Sings Nesmith album. "He went to the [Monkees] producers in the early days and brought 'em 'Different Drum.' He played it for them, and they said, 'Well, that's nice, but it's not a Monkees tune.' He said, 'Wait a minute. I am one of the Monkees.' They said, 'Yeah, yeah, we know. But no thanks. It's really not a Monkees tune.' So he said, 'Okay,' and gave it to Linda Ronstadt, and look what happened." Read More: Michael Nesmith's Rejected Monkees Song Hit for Linda Ronstadt | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-nesmith-linda-ronstadt-different-drum/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Real People Mentioned in Beatles Songs

Person Song Lyric
Peter Brown The Ballad of John and Yoko “Peter Brown call to say, you can make it O.K. You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain. Christ you know it ain’t easy, you know how hard it can be. “
Paul McCartney Glass Onion ” Well here’s another clue for you all, the walrus is Paul .”
Lucy O’Donnell Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds “Lucy in the sky with diamonds.”
Elmore James For You Blue “Elmore James got nothin’ on this, baby.”
B.B. King Dig It “The FBI”, “the CIA”, “the BBC”, “B.B. King”, “Doris Day”, and “Matt Busby”
Doris Day Dig It “The FBI”, “the CIA”, “the BBC”, “B.B. King”, “Doris Day”, and “Matt Busby”
Matt Busby Dig It “The FBI”, “the CIA”, “the BBC”, “B.B. King”, “Doris Day”, and “Matt Busby”
Wee Georgie Wood Dig It “That was ‘Can You Dig It?’ by Georgie Wood, and now we’d like to do ‘Hark, The Angels Come’.”
Harold Wilson Taxman “Ha, Ha, Mr. Wilson; Ha, ha, Mr. Heath”
Edward Heath Taxman “Ha, Ha, Mr. Wilson; Ha, ha, Mr. Heath”
Eleanor Bron Eleanor Rigby ” Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been”.
Robert Frymann Dr. Robert “Take a drink from his special cup, Doctor Robert. “
William Kite Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite “Having been some days in preparation a splendid time is guaranteed for all, And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill.”
John Henderson Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite “The Hendersons will all be there, late of Pablo Fanques’fair.”
Agnes Henderson Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite “The Hendersons will all be there, late of Pablo Fanques’fair”.
Pablo Fanques a.k.a. William Darby Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite “The Hendersons will all be there, late of Pablo Fanques’fair. “
Prudence Farrow Dear Prudence ” The sun is up the sky is blue, it’s beautiful and so are you Dear Prudence won’t you come out to play? “
Julia Stanley Lennon Julia “So I sing a song of love Julia.”
Mary McCartney Let it Be “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, Let it be. “
Real People that inspired Beatles Songs:

Person Song Comment
Brian Epstein Baby You’re a Rich Man Referring to Epstein’s wealth.
Melanie Coe She’s Leaving Home Paul read about her in the newspaper.
Meta Davies Lovely Rita The “traffic warden” who issued a citation to Paul.
Tara Browne A Day in the Life A friend of John and Paul’s who died in a car crash in 1966.
Julian Lennon Hey Jude Originally “Hey Jules” Paul wrote this song for Julian after John and Cynthia Lennon’s divorce.
Richard A. Cooke III The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill A big game hunter John met in India.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Sexie Sadie John was a follower of him, then – not.
Eric Clapton Savoy Truffle George wrote this about Clapton’s favorite candy.
Pat Hodgett Polythene Pam A fan she was known as “polythene Pat”.
Diane Ashley She Came in Through the Bathroom Window A fan who broke into paul’s house.
Eugene Quitts She Came in Through the Bathroom Window A Cab driver.
Pattie Boyd For You Blue, Something George’s Wife

List Of Black Sabbath Band Members

photo By Warner Bros. Records

Tony Iommi 1968–2017
Bill Ward 1968– off and on –2012
Terence "Geezer" Butler 1968– off and on –2017
Ozzy Osbourne
Dave Walker 1977–1978
Ronnie James Dio (died 2010)
Geoff Nicholls 1979–2004 (died 2017)
Craig Gruber 1979 (died 2015)
Vinny Appice
Bev Bevan
Ron Keel
David Donato 1984 (died 2021)
Eric Singer
Jeff Fenholt 1985 (died 2019)
Gordon Copley
Dave Spitz
Glenn Hughes
Ray Gillen 1986–1987 (died 1993)
Bob Daisley
Tony Martin
Terry Chimes
Jo Burt bass
Cozy Powell (died 1998)
Laurence Cottle
Neil Murray
Bobby Rondinelli

What Happened in 1968

What Happened in 1968?
Let’s have a look at what was going on in 1968, shall we? Here’s what made the news in 1968.
Lyndon B Johnson is President and Hubert Humphrey is Vice President.
IN THE NEWS 1968
Robert F Kennedy is assassinated.
Martin Luther King Jr. is murdered.
Nixon defeats Humphrey and Wallace in the Presidential election.
Viet Cong soldiers attack the United States Embassy in Saigon.
The Gold Standard is repealed.
LBJ withdraws from re-election.
Intel is founded.
Apollo 8 orbits the Moon.
ENTERTAINMENT IN 1968
In the Heat of the Night wins Best Picture Oscar.
Rod Steiger wins Best Actor Oscar.
Katherine Hepburn wins Best Actress Oscar. Talk to the Animals wins Best Song Oscar.
Record of the Year is Up Up and Away by 5th Demension.
Album of the Year is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles.
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In debuts.
60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
SPORTS IN 1968
The Detroit Tigers win The World Series.
The Green Bay Packers defeat the Oakland Raiders in Superbowl II.
The Boston Celtics win the NBA Championship.
The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup.
NBC interrupts a Jets Raiders game to broadcast Heidi.
Denny McLain goes 31-6.
The 1968 Summer Olympics are held in Mexico City.
The 1968 Winter Olympics are held in Grenoble France.
Martin Luther King Jr.

What Happened in 1967

What Happened in 1967?
Let’s have a look at what was going on in 1967, shall we? Here’s what made the news in 1967.
Lyndon B. Johnson is President and Hubert Humphrey is Vice President.
IN THE NEWS 1967
Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Race riots break out in several U.S. cities.
Muhammad Ali refuses military service.
10,000 protest the Viet Nam war and racism in Central Park.
The Boston Strangler gets life in prison.
The first person is cryonically preserved.
The first hand-held calculator is introduced by Texas Instruments.
ENTERTAINMENT IN 1967
A Man for All Seasons wins Best Picture Oscar.
Paul Scofield wins Best Actor Oscar.
Elizabeth Taylor wins Best Actress Oscar.
Born Free wins Best Song Oscar.
Record of the Year is Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra.
The largest selling single of the year is I’m a Believer by The Monkees.
Album of the Year is A Man and His Music by Frank Sinatra.
Elvis marries Priscilla.
The three day Monterey Pop Festival is held.
SPORTS IN 1967
The St. Louis Cardinals win The World Series.
The Packers beat the Chiefs in Superbowl I.
The Philadelphia 76ers win the NBA Championship.
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
Packers beat The Cowboys in the “Ice Bowl”.
Muhammad Ali banned from boxing for resisting the draft.
Gay Brewer wins The Masters.
A.J. Foyt wins the Indy 500.
Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane

Deep Purple and Black Sabbath Personnel Connections

photo By Warner Bros. Records

Bob Daisley was with Ozzy Osborne,Rainbow and Black Sabbath on Bass.
Bobby Rondinelli was a drummer for Black Sabbath and Rainbow.
Cozy Powell was a drummer for Whitesnake, Rainbow and Black Sabbath.
Don Airey is a keyboardist who played with Black Sabbath, Deep Purle, Rainbow, Ozzy and Whitesnake.
Glenn Hughes was a bassist/lead singer for Deep Purple and Lead singer for Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell
Neil Murray was a bassist for Black Sabbath, John Lord and Whitesnake.
Ian Gillan was lead singer for Deep Purple and Black Sabbath
Ronnie James Dio was Lead Singer for Black Sabbath and for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Scott Warren played keyboards for Dio and Heaven and Hell.
Vinny Appice played drums for Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell.
Wayne Gruber played bass with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Last in Line and on an album with Don Airey.

Marlene Dietrich

Born in 1901
Married to Rudolf Sieber in 1923
Her only child Maria with Sieber born in 1924
AFFAIR : Gary Cooper in 1930.
AFFAIR : John Gilbert 1935.
AFFAIR : Still married to Rudolf Sieber, She had an affair with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. who was still married to Joan Crawford.
AFFAIR : Erich Maria Remarque 1937-1940
AFFAIR : Jimmy Stewartin 1938.
AFFAIR : Jean Gabin 1941-1948
AFFAIR : Mercedes de Acosta
AFFAIR : Edith Piaf
AFFAIR : Yul Brynner 1950-1959
MORE : Errol Flynn, George Bernard Shaw, John F. Kennedy, Joe Kennedy, Michael Todd, Michael Wilding, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Frank Sinatra
her husband Rudolf Sieber dies in 1976

Black Sabbath

By Warner Bros. Records

Discography
Black Sabbath (1970)
Paranoid (1970)
Master of Reality (1971)
Vol. 4 (1972)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Sabotage (1975)
Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Never Say Die! (1978)
Heaven and Hell (1980)
Mob Rules (1981)
Born Again (1983)
Seventh Star (1986)
The Eternal Idol (1987)
Headless Cross (1989)
Tyr (1990)
Dehumanizer (1992)
Cross Purposes (1994)
Forbidden (1995)
13 (2013)

Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland

Joan Fontaine & Olivia de Havilland

List of Oscar Awards Hosts

YEAR 2016 HOST Chris Rock 2015 Neil Patrick Harris 2014 Ellen DeGeneres 2013 Seth MacFarlane 2012 Billy Crystal 2011 James Franco and Anne Hathaway 2010 Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin 2009 Hugh Jackman 2008 Jon Stewart 2007 Ellen Degeneres 2006 Jon Stewart 2005 Chris Rock 2004 Billy Crystal 2003 Steve Martin 2002 Whoopi Goldberg 2001 Steve Martin 2000 Billy Crystal 1999 Whoopi Goldberg 1998 Billy Crystal 1997 Billy Crystal 1996 Whoopi Goldberg 1995 David Letterman 1994 Whoopi Goldberg 1993 Billy Crystal 1992 Billy Crystal 1991 Billy Crystal 1990 Billy Crystal 1989 No Host 1988 Chevy Chase 1987 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn,Paul Hogan 1986 Alan Alda, Jane Fonda,Robin Williams 1985 Jack Lemmon 1984 Johnny Carson 1983 Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore,Richard Pryor,Walter Matthau 1982 Johnny Carson 1981 Johnny Carson 1980 Johnny Carson 1979 Johnny Carson 1978 Bob Hope 1977 Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda,Richard Pryor 1976 Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly,Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert Shaw 1975 Sammy Davis Jr.,Bob Hope,Shirley MacLaine,Frank Sinatra 1974 John Huston, Burt Reynolds, David Niven,Diana Ross 1973 Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston,Rock Hudson 1972 Helen Hayes, Alan King,Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Lemmon 1971 No Host 1970 No Host 1969 No Host 1968 Bob Hope 1967 Bob Hope 1966 Bob Hope 1965 Bob Hope 1964 Jack Lemmon 1963 Frank Sinatra 1962 Bob Hope 1961 Bob Hope 1960 Bob Hope 1959 Bob Hope, David Niven,Tony Randall, Mort Sahl,Laurence Olivier, Jerry Lewis 1958 Bob Hope, David Niven,James Stewart,Jack Lemmon,Rosalind Russell,Donald Duck 1957 Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm 1956 Jerry Lewis,Claudette Colbert,Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1955 Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter 1954 Donald O’Connor, Fredric March 1953 Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel 1952 Danny Kaye 1951 Fred Astaire 1950 Paul Douglas 1949 Robert Montgomery 1948 Agnes Moorehead, Dick Powell 1947 Jack Benny 1946 Bob Hope, James Stewart 1945 Bob Hope, John Cromwell 1944 Jack Benny 1943 Bob Hope 1942 Bob Hope 1941 Bob Hope 1940 Bob Hope 1939 No Host 1938 Bob Burns 1937 George Jessel 1936 Frank Capra 1935 Irvin S. Cobb 1934 Will Rogers 1933 NO AWARDS THIS YEAR 1932 Lionel Barrymore, Conrad Nagel 1931 Lawrence Grant April : 1930 Conrad Nagel November :1930 William C. deMille 1929 Douglas Fairbanks,William C. deMille

Rita Hayworth

By Liberty Magazine Inc.; Columbia Pictures photograph by Bob Coburn, used in Lux Soap advertisement - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/screenland501unse/screenland501unse#page/n770/mode/1up">Screenland</a>, Volume 50 Number 8, June 1946 (page 71), Public Domain, Link

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Garland On Dietrich

Dean Martin

By Studio - eBay, Public Domain, Link

Born Dino Paul Crocetti
June 7, 1917
Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Died December 25, 1995 (aged 78)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Suzanne Pleshette

By United Artists - ebay, Public Domain, Link

Born January 31, 1937

Brooklyn Heights, New York, U.S.

Died January 19, 2008 (aged 70)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Married

Troy Donahue

(m. 1964; div. 1964)

Tommy Gallagher

(m. 1968; died 2000)

Tom Poston

(m. 2001; died 2007)

Troy Donohue

By ABC Television - eBay
front
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Real Name Merle Johnson Jr
Married Suzanne Pleshette on January 5, 1964, and divorced nine months later

Appeared in Godfather Part II

Died September 2 2001 at the age of 65. Born Merle Johnson Jr. January 27, 1936 New York City, New York, U.S. Died September 2, 2001 (aged 65) Santa Monica, California, U.S.

What Happened in 1966

What Happened in 1966?
Let’s have a look at what was going on in 1966, shall we? Here’s what made the news in 1966.
Lydon B Johnson is President and Hubert Humphrey is Vice President.
IN THE NEWS 1966
U.S. troops in Viet Nam reach 250,000.
Reagan is Elected Governor of California.
Martin Luther King Jr. leads a civil rights march in Chicago, hit by a rock.
GM apologizes to Nader for harassment.
Acid gaining popularity in San Francisco.
The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
ENTERTAINMENT IN 1966
Hawaii is the top grossing movie.
The Sound of Music wins Best Picture Oscar.
Lee Marvin wins Best Actor Oscar.
Julie Christie wins Best Actress Oscar.
The Shadow of Your Smile wins Best Song Oscar.
Record of the Year is A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
Album of the Year is September of My Years by Frank Sinatra.
The Beatles play their last concert at Candlestick Park.
Walt Disney dies.
SPORTS IN 1966
The Baltimore Orioles win The World Series.
The AFL – NFL merger is approved by congress.
The Green Bay Packers win the NFL Championship.
The Kansas City Chiefs win the AFL Championship.
The Boston Celtics win the NBA Championship.
The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup.
Jack Nicklaus wins The Masters.
Graham Hill wins the Indy 500.
Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500.
Kauai King wins the Kentucky Derby.
The 1966 Pontiac GTO

Rodney Dangerfield

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www.rodney.com

The Beatles

The Beatles

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www.the beatles.com

Official Members of The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman
Brian Jones*
Charlie Watts
Ian Stewart*
Keith Richards
Mick Jagger
Mick Taylor
Ronnie Wood

*RIP

Keith Richard

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