A Month Of... Weather...

Er... yesterday's post should really have been today's, and today's should have been yesterday's...

Why? Because today's is "Smokestack Lightning" by Howlin' Wolf - and everyone knows the thunder comes AFTER the lightning, not before...

Howlin' Wolf
Lightning

A Month Of... Wining & Dining...

Want a suck of The Chordettes' "Lollipop"...?

Viki is to blame for this one... she showed me the video! I just about peed myself laughing at the guy in it...

Wikipedia Links:

The Chordettes
Lollipop

A Month Of... Wining & Dining...

With Fats Domino up "Blueberry Hill"...

Wikipedia Links:

Fats Domino
Blueberries

A Month Of... Wining & Dining...

If you drink too much red wine, you can always try some Wrigley's Extra to hide the smell on your breath...

But are you like Lonnie Donegan? I mean, "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight)?"...

Wikipedia Links:

Lonnie Donegan
Chewing Gum

A Month Of... Famous People...

Chuck Berry comes over all classical with "Roll Over Beethoven"...

Wikipedia Links:

Chuck Berry
Ludwig Van Beethoven

Born To Rock...

Dec. 5th, 1932 - And another one of Rock's "First Born"s... Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was born...

"Tutti Frutti" from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back...

Would you believe he's now a Reverend?

Really, Really, Really, Really Old Cheese...

From way back in the 50's.... Sheb Wooley (whooooooooooooooooo?) and "The Purple People Eater"...

And I really recommend having a read of the Wikipedia page about the song... especially all the stuff about is the people eater purple, or does he eat purple people! I was in fits!

Born To Rock...

... and maybe even the birth of rock? If not, he's very close to it...

Without today's birthday celebrant, and others of his ilk, would there have been Elvis Presley, or rock music as we know it today? Discuss...

Oct. 18th, 1926 - Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is born...

Going waaaaaaaaaaaaay back to the 50's for probably the first time ever on this blog... "Johnny B. Goode"...

Amazingly, at the age of 82, Mr Berry is still performing, and recently toured Europe!