Bill Wyman b. October 24, 1936

Well she held a bass guitar and she was playing in a band
And she stood just like Bill Wyman
Now I am her biggest fan.
  - Behind the Wall of Sleep, written by #PatDiNizio/recorded by #TheSmithereens 1986


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Chuck Berry b. October 18, 1926

His mother told him "Someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight."
  - Johnny B. Goode by C.Berry 1958


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John Winston Ono Lennon b. October 9, 1940

Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me.
Limitless, undying love which shines around me
Like a million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe.
Jai guru de va om.
Nothing's gonna change my world.

- "Across the Universe" by J.Lennon/P.McCartney 1968




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Ray Charles b. September 23, 1930

Hit the road, Jack
and dontcha come back no more,
No more, no more, no more!
Hit the road, Jack
and dontcha come back no more.
I guess if you say so,
I'll have to pack my bags & go....


  - by Hit the Road Jack Percy Mayfield 1961


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Chrissie Hynde b. September 7, 1951

The middle of the road,
Is trying to find me.
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me.
But I got a smile for everyone I meet.
Long as you don't try dragging my bay,
Or dropping a bomb on the street.
 -Middle of the Road by C.Hynde 1984
js•2010

Dave Nida b. August 27, 1951

Well, I'm a king bee, baby,
Buzzin' around your hive.
Well, I'm a king bee,
Buzzin' around yo' hive.
Well, I can make honey, baby,
Let me come inside.

 -I'm a King Bee by Slim Harpo 1957

js•1972

Elvis Costello b. August 25, 1954

The women in Poughkeepsie
Take their clothes off when they're tipsy,
But I hear in Ypsilanti
They don't wear any panties,
Once they gargle with the finest champagne,
They hitch up their skirts and exclaim
It's not very far from Sulphur to Sugarcane
  -Sulphur to Sugarcane by T-bone Burnett & Elvis Costello 2009


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Joe Strummer b. August 21, 1952

London calling, now don't look at us,

All that phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust

-London Calling by J.Strummer, M.Jones 1979

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Sir Michael Philip Jagger b. July 26, 1943

Well now we're respected in society, 

We don't worry about the things that we used to be. 

We're talking heroin with the president, 

Well it's a problem, sir, that we can't prevent.

    - Respectable by M.Jagger/K.Richards 1978

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Ringo Starr/Richard Starkey MBE b. July 7, 1940

You gotta pay your dues
If you wanta sing the blues,
and you know it don't come easy.
  - It Don't Come Easy by R. Starkey/G. Harrison 1971










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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE b. June 18, 1942

Michelle, my belle.

These are words that go together well,

My Michelle.

Michelle, my belle.

Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble,

Très bien ensemble.

I love you, I love you, I love you.

That's all I want to say.

Until I find a way

I will say the only words I know that

You'll understand. 

 -Michelle by J.Lennon, P.McCartney 1965

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Ian Hunter b. June 3, 1939

The shows gotta move, everybody groove

There ain't no trouble on the streets now.

So if the going gets rough,

Don't you blame us

You ninety-six decible freaks!

You gotta stay young, you can never grow old

It's good for your body, it's good for your soul

It's the golden age of rock and roll.

-The Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll by Ian Hunter 1974

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Charlie Watts b. June 2, 1941

"Charlie's good tonight, ain't he?"
   -Mick Jagger, Madison Square Garden, 1969


"And the drummer, he's so shattered,
Trying to keep on time,
And the guitar player look damaged,
They've been outcasts all their lives"
 -Jigsaw Puzzle M.Jagger, K.Richards 1968

"I just play the drums for Mick & Keith. That's all I really do, innit?"
  -Charlie Watts, 1994






js•1997

Ronnie Wood b. June 1, 1947

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.
Ooh la la
Ooh la la laa yeah
-Ooh La La R.Lane, R.Wood 1973

js•1997