Roger Taylor, English musician, songwriter and singer, drummer of the band Queen, was born on July 26, 1949. #RogerTaylor
Queen - "Radio Ga Ga" (Roger Taylor) (1985, Live Aid)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-0ygW-B_gI
Mick Jagger, English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer, member of The Rolling Stones, was born on July 26, 1943. #MickJagger
The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (JaggerโRichards) (1965)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEjkftp7J7I
Mick Jagger, English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer, member of The Rolling Stones, was born on July 26, 1943. #MickJagger
The Rolling Stones - "Tumbling Dice" (JaggerโRichards) (1972, Montreux)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hkUpvUMmE
Mick Jagger, English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer, member of The Rolling Stones, was born on July 26, 1943. #MickJagger
The Rolling Stones - "Sympathy for the Devil" (JaggerโRichards) (1968, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwtyn-L-2gQ
Darlene Love [Darlene Wright], American singer and actress, was born on July 26, 1941. #DarleneLove
The Crystals - "He's a Rebel" (Gene Pitney, Darlene Love) (released in 1962) w/ co-lead Edna Wright (during chorus)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF7V2dSvxpo
Ralph Blane, American composer, lyricist, and performer, was born on July 26, 1914 (d. 1995). #RalphBlane
Love on a Greyhound bus is not possible anymore in Canada.
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra w/ vocals by Lucy Ann Polk & The Campus Kids - "Love on a Greyhound Bus" (Ralph Blane, Kay Thompson, George Stoll) (1946)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99hVOPDnZA4
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Jeremy "Jem" Finer, English musician, artist and composer, one of the founding members of The Pogues, was born on July 25 July 1955)[1] is an
The Pogues w/ Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale of New York" (Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan) (Live, 1992 January, Top of the Pops)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmi_I3arS0U
Steve Goodman, American folk and country singer-songwriter, who wrote the song "City of New Orleans," which was recorded by many artists, was born on July 25, 1948 (d. 1984). #SteveGoodman
Steve Goodman - "Don't Fence Me In" (Cole Porter, lyrics by Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter) (1996, from The Easter Tapes, "18 live cuts from WNEW-FM 1970s broadcasts")
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMD5SkDl9cs
Steve Goodman, American folk and country singer-songwriter, who wrote the song "City of New Orleans," which was recorded by many artists, was born on July 25, 1948 (d. 1984). #SteveGoodman
Steve Goodman & Jethro Burns - "The Dutchman" (Michael Peter Smith) (1984)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeBD3rcAMFw
Steve Goodman, American folk and country singer-songwriter, who wrote the song "City of New Orleans," which was recorded by many artists, was born on July 25, 1948 (d. 1984). #SteveGoodman
Steve Goodman - "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) (1976)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ztWNJYFrU
Jim McCarty, English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance, was born on July 25, 1943. #JimMcCarty
Songwriter Graham Gouldman later wrote "I'm Not in Love" for 10cc w/ Eric Stewart.
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul" (Graham Gouldman) (1965)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kKJ2BRGA5s
Jim McCarty, English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance, was born on July 25, 1943. #JimMcCarty
The Yardbirds - "Shapes of Things" (Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith) (1966)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOc-_GpfF1w
Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges, American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band, was born on July 25, 1907 (d. 1970). #JohnnyHodges
Johnny Hodges w/ Duke Ellington - "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) (unknown date)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wINfnnUlrwY
Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges, American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band, was born on July 25, 1907 (d. 1970). #JohnnyHodges
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges - "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, lyrics (not in this performance) by Paul Francis Webster) (1958)
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0dYqCcXK3A
"Come mothers and fathers throughout the land /
And don't criticize what you can't understand / Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command / Your old road is rapidly agin' / Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand / For the times they are a-changin'."
Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) (released 1965)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90WD_ats6eE
@ordenauta I re-posted the Nyro post to add Music tags.
"Come on, people, come on, children / Come on down to the glory river / ... / Gotta take that dream and ride that dove / We can build the dream with love, I know / ... / Save the people, save the children / Save the country, ..."
Live version:
Laura Nyro - "Save the Country" (Laura Nyro) (Live, 1969), starting around 4:45, preceded by the introduction and "He's a Runner"
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUiVPCfJqAo
"Come on, people, come on, children / Come on down to the glory river / ... / Gotta take that dream and ride that dove / We can build the dream with love, I know / ... / Save the people, save the children / Save the country, ..."
Laura Nyro - "Save the Country" (Laura Nyro) (1971)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJNo9iIPa98
Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.