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First, I just wanted to point out, that the album I am advertisting is 1, it is a 2000 release and contains all the number one hits (US) The Beatles had. If you want a OK Beatles primer, this is a good one to get, especially since much of their early hits were reissued over and over in multple album. I Want to Hold Your Hand is the Beatles first US number 1, 18 months after the album was released and huge UK hit. The Beatles had a lot of trouble getting played US in 62 - 63 (yeah imagine that). The US airwave were dominated by doo wop, soul, Phil Spector, Elvis, and soft ballads. This "raggedly dressed, sloppy haired" garage guitar was kind of outdated. Several Beatles release were passed intially for radio play, Please, Please Me, She Loves You, and Love Me Do, were all passed for major airplay. According to Dick Clark, She Love You was tested for American Bandstand and the teenage audience basically erupted in laughter at their haricuts.
Somehow Brain Epstein, manager extrodinaire convinced Ed Sullivan in November of '63, to book The Beatles for three shows in February of '64. This was to time the American release of I Want to Hold Your Hand, which was in January. This generated some buzz for She Loves You. In December, a CBS Evening News broadcast showed a clip of frenzied fans in England, at a Beatles performance (which they were performing I Want to Hold Your Hand). This caused request to come in for the song, and a DC are radio station got a import of it, started playing it forcing Capitol records to release the single early. In turn, and bunch of East Coast DJ's began playing the record, and by February, well, we all seen the images before (In fact, I have a hard time listening to this song with out the screaming in it).
What is going on in Pro Wrestling.
Look at this list of Pro Wrestlers since 1985, who have died before the age of 65.
Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
The Renegade - 33
Owen Hart - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Big Bad Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40 J
eep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Bam Bam Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome (died last week)- 42
Ray Candy - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre the Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bulldog Brower - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63
Did some of the names on this list surprise you? You can do a wiki search on any of these guys and it will give you the known caused of death. And this is only the famous guys, guys who got on National TV. Imagine the local schlubs, they guys in these small feds.
Is this wrestling dirty little secret? Many of these guys died of drug overdoses, and heart attacks. There are suicides in there, car accidents, a couple deaths in the ring. Look at the lifestyle. Yeah wrestling fixed, but the physical toll is immense. Many of these guys work 300 days a year (that more than most people), drive place to place, use painkillers and uppers to get by, and we haven't even metioned steroids. Many of these guys tipped 300 lbs too. Shouldn't someone be responsible for this? If these were say NFL players, would things be more out in the open?
I just find this unbelievable.
Damn!
I missed Ana's funeral! Looked nutty, people booing here mother and stuff. Hey Buckos, don't boo my mom when I dies, I will haunt you.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them. ~ Alexander Graham Bell
I am Malach and I have a new idea, coming soon.
Thanks Malach for your comment, made me feel a little better. *smiles*
YanıtlaSilAnd I won't boo your mom! *smiles*
Hard to believe that many people have died, someone should look more closely at that.
Have a great weekend! ~wicked love~
Im glad t see that Pampero Firpo wunt on th list.
YanıtlaSilInteresting to read that about the Beatles
YanıtlaSilHaving been a survivor of the "British Invation" I am enjoying your examining of the early years of the Beatles. In the late fifties and early sixties music was presented in only two forms. The radio and on record discs. The record companies had all the power. They in effect controlled what we listened to with a firm hand. If music was not recorded and sold on singles and albums it never reached the listening public. DJs were controlled by Payolla. They got bribed to play what the recording studios wanted played on the air ways. If a musican was not signed by one the major recording companies his or her break in the music industry was highly unlikely if not immpossible. Television started to make inroads in the music industry. American Bandstand was the most influential force of it's time with teenagers. Just as with radio what was available was music that recording studios made available. The Beatles changed everything. Their European success and their exposure on the Ed Sullivan Show forced the record companies to scramble and sign not only the Beatles but all the other artist for accross the pond. In short order The Rolling Stones became the bad boys of rock roll. Scores of other bands invaded the US market. Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas(Little Children being their most famous title), The Buchanhams (Susan),Herman"s Hermits(Henry The Eight and Mrs Brown You've Got A lovely Daughter)are just a few that come immediatly to mind. The impact of the British Invasion marked a major shift in music for the younger generation. Equal to what Chuck Berry did to rock and roll. Thank you Ed Sullivan.
YanıtlaSilYeah, the Beatles brought guitar and drum based music back into the fold following Chuck Berry, and incorporating the wall of sound by Crazy Phil Spector.
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