Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for September 7th
Today's the birthday of one of America's greatest rock and roll songwriters, so props are in order; plus -- you've also got the birth of an "alien"; and then at least one reason why the Eighties might've sucked a little bit...
9/07/1971 (44 years ago today) - Trident Studios, London: enter David Bowie for the first session of what would turn out to be an album titled "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars". The character of Ziggy was inspired by U.K. legend Vince Taylor, whose classic rocker "Brand New Cadillac" would soon be made infamous by The Clash on their "London Calling" LP. The story goes that Bowie met Taylor after the veteran star had gone through some physical and mental breakdowns brought on by drug abuse -- Vince told Bowie he believed himself to be a cross between a god and alien. We surmise that Bowie was taking notes...
9/07/1985 (30 years ago today) - You can blame the mullet, or you can blame "The Brat Pack", there's enough to go around: John Parr starts a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)". Inflicting "Naughty Naughty" on us wasn't enough, apparently...
"I wanna tell you how it's gonna be/You're gonna give your love to me...", xoxo!