Thank you as ever GladNGrumpy. I do remember the vertigo label bringing back many happy memories as usual.
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Fuck, my holiday is over 
The Kinks - 9 To 5 (1974)
And since I forgot last evening, let me say a belated Happy Birthday to the great Ray Davies, who turned 82 yesterday 
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Capo Verde is turning into my (almost!!!) favourite team in the World Cup. If my man from Capo Verde is Vozinha, my queen is the one and only Cesária Evora (1941-2011), whose music I’ve revisited the past couple of days 
Cesária Evora - Sangue de Beirona (1997)
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about time to give one of the very best live performances of the last few years a podium in our topic.
I saw the live registration of the entire gig they did on this years Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands before 70 000 fans
you might know them from this little hit together with the Smashing Pumpkins (and no it is not a cover from the Cranberries)
YUNGBLUD - Zombie (feat. The Smashing Pumpkins)
now this is a cover from Ozzy they did on Pinkpop
Yungblud - Changes
and i also want to share this one from that show
Yungblud - Lowlife
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I’d like to give a shout out to Stuart Sutcliffe (1940-1962), who was born 86 years ago today. He was the original bass player in The Beatles, and is credited for coming up with the name Beetles along with John Lennon. The latter twisted the name around to Beatles.
Stuart Sutcliffe left the Beatles in 1961 to focus on painting, his other passion in life. He was replaced as bassist by Paul McCartney, who’d been playng guitar until then. No music by the Beatles was released when Stuart was a member, but three home recordings with him on bass has been included on later complations of the band.
I think Stuart Sutcliffe deserves a mention in our topic here, even though his involement in music was brief. The sound quality is poor, but here is one of these three home demos. It is to the memory of Stuart Sutcliffe! He was considered a talented painter, but sadly he never got to see his dreams come through. He passed away from a brain hemorrhage only 21 years old
The Beatles - Hallelujah I Love Her So (1960)
The Beatles ca. 1960, with Start Sutcliffe to the right. To the left is Pete Best, the original drummer in the band. The other three you can figure out on your own 
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Happy Birthday to the legendary English singer Arthur Brown, who is turning 84 today! He’s best known for his flamboyant and theatrical performances when fronting the bands The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Arthur Brown’s Kindom Come from the late 1960’s into the 70’s.
After the split of these bands his musical career has been a little on and off. He has released a few solo albums, and collaborated with among many others Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), The Pretty Things, Hawkwind and Alan Parsons. He also appeared as “The Priest” in the 1975 movie adaption of The Who’s rock opera Tommy.
Arthur Brown’s best known song is arguably Fire, a big hit in several countries. The song got to number 1 in the UK and Canada, number 2 in the US and number 3 in Germany. It also made the top 10 in the Netherlands, France, Ireland and Austria. So let’s say Happy Birthday to Arthur Brown with this classic song
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire (1968)
Believe it or not, but at 84 Arthur Brown is still active. His next concert is Saturday in three days, and he’s got several concerts scheduled all the way until April next year. And in September there is a new album. The title track is already on Spotify, and a video was posted on YouTube a week ago.
Arthur Brown, with Dan Smith - Nature (2026)
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Here’s to the memory of Allen Lanier, who would have turned 80 today. He played keyboards in Soft White Underbelly from 1967 until the band changed its name to Blue Öyster Cult in 1971. After that he was a constant member (almost) of the band, playing on all (but one) of their 14 studio albums from the self-titled debut in 1972 until Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001).
In addition to keyboards, Allen Lanier played some guitar in Blue Öyster Cult. He also wrote/co-wrote several of the band’s songs, usually the more ballad like ones. Occasionally he did some singing too, but his only lead vocals are on True Confessions, one of the songs he wrote for the band.
Allen Lanier played his last concert with Blue Öyster Cult in 2006, after which he more or less retired from music, although he did appear and played at BÖC’s 40th Anniversary concert in November 2012 in New York. Just a few months later he passed away from COPD aged 67. To the memory of Allen Lanier 
Blue Öyster Cult - True Confessions (1976)
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Global Beatles day today!
SO let us get back to this day (June 25th ) in 1967
when they recorded this golden oldie in the Abbey Road studios
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
and you also should take a few minutes of your time to watch this from
Jacob Collier & VSO School of Music Orchestra
if you prefer the long version of that..
So Happy Beatles day for the fans @Mohrchi i know, but there must be more die hards
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It’s Happy Birthday to Chris Isaak, who is turning 70 today. From a basic and traditional template, this man has written several classic songs, a few of them were big hits. That is talent!
To celebrate Chris Isaak’s birthday, I’ll go for a lesser known song, namely the title track from his excellent fourth album
Chris Isaak - San Fransico Days (1993)
For Chris Isaak’s signature song…
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as it is f-ing hot in Germany:
2RAUMWOHNUNG - 36grad - Rhythms del mundo (Official Video)
(36°C and it’s getting hotter)
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And another one for the Heatwave
Heatwave - Boogie Nights (Official HD Video)
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Nina Simone - Memphis in June (1961)
Seems there is a heatwave over Europe in June this year. Luckily here up north we avoid the worst. It’s “only” been 26C in Oslo today. So here’s my final song for June, by the great Nina Simone.
By the way, the temperature in Memphis now is 32C