There is a lot of
insightful and exciting music going on today and also in our community. There is
a lot of exciting music that has come along over the years that you may be aware of or may not be aware of. Mygll.com
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great information.
MUSIC FROM NEW JERSEY
Bruce Springsteen born in Freehold, NJ - Any discussion about music and musicians from New Jersey must start with the Boss. Here's
one of the great songs "Independence Day" by one of the great storytellers ever...
Frank Sinatra born in Hoboken, NJ - The Chairman of the Board....One of the coolest cats ever...check out That's Life below
Gary Wright born in Creskill, NJ - Anyone remember "Dreamweaver" from 1975. Also had a hit with "In Cars".
Gary was a member of the band Spooky Tooth a long time ago.
David Cassidy born in West Orange, NJ - Come on ladies The Partridge Family, I think I Love You....
Jon Bon Jovi born in Sayerville, NJ - Here's I'll Be There For You live from Philadelphia in 1989
Ice-T born in Newark, NJ - Old school rapper and now television star
Connie Francis born in Newark, NJ - The great Concetta Rosemarie Franconero - Check out her first #1 hit Who's Sorry Now in 1958
Donald Fagan born in Passaic, NJ - Half of the great band Steely Dan along with Walter Becker. Check him out below with Steely Dan doing
Reelin In The Years on the Midnight Special from 1973!
Debbie Harry from Hawthorne, NJ - She was actually born in Florida but was adopted by a couple when she was 3 months old and grew up in
Hawthorne. Check her out below as lead singer of Blondie where she made her mark in punk music.
Lauryn Hill born in South Orange, NJ - Former member of The Fugees and also won album of the year back in 1998 - Check out Doo Wop
Whitney Houston born in Newark, NJ - Okay she is absolutely nuts but she has quite an unbelievable voice and was also quite popular - Check
her out with I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Tom Verlaine born in Morristown, NJ - Very influential on the punk scene in the 70's - Was leader of the influential punk band
Television which formed in 1973 - Check out the classic Call Mr. Lee below
The
Sugarhill Gang from Englewood, NJ - "Rapper's Delight" the first hip hop
song to become a top 40 hit in 1979...seems pretty tame huh?
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PETER FRAMPTON
-the great guitartist doing a fantastic version of Norwegian Wood
John Eddie - Not from New Jersey but certainly made his mark playing around the Philly & Jersey
areas...Check out this video below of him in 1986 opening up the Amnesty International show at Giants Stadium. Pretty
Little Rebel & Jungle Boy with Max Weinberg & GE Smith.
Do You Remember these below?
The Ramones "Sheena is
a Punk rocker"
Small Faces "Itchycoo
Park"
Grand Funk Railroad "The
Locomotion" check out the backup singers
Bay City Rollers "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y"
Nigh ... Bubblem Gum rock at it's finest...
You Really Got Me - The original version by the great Kinks....This song and those opening
chords are the beginning of hard rock as we know it....
Sound of New Jersey...check out this cool video below...pretty interesting....
Now some ALL-TIME classics...if you haven't heard these you need to...
The Worlds Greates Rock & Roll band The Rolling Stones doing
the greatest song ever written "Like A Rolling Stone" - it doesn't get much better than this...Stones always deliver
- I saw this live in Philadelphia
The Animals "Many Rivers To
Cross"...check out this great song by the Animals and one of the greatest voices ever in rock - the one and only Eric
Burdon
Humble Pie's "Sad Bag Of Shakey
Jake"...check out a 16 year old Peter Frampton on the left in the green shirt tearing it up. One of the great underrated
bands ever...Peter Frampton is and always was one helluva guitar player!
The great Eddie Cochran doing Summertime
Blues...A rock & roll pioneer and one of the best guitar players bar none
SPOTLIGHT...Check
out Linda Ronstadt, Chuck Berry & Keith Richards doing Back In The USA. Great version from the documentary "Hail
Hail Rock and Roll" celebrating the great Chuck Berry's 60th Birthday. Linda Ronstadt is simply awesome.
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