Fascinating Facts and Trivia

Stevie Wonder partially lost his sense of smell as a result of a car crash in 1973.

The world’s best selling musical instrument is the harmonica.

(12-01-2019 20:14 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  Monaco’s orchestra is bigger than its army.

So all we have to do is get bigger cellos and declare war on them, with a small army it will be a doddle!

(12-01-2019 20:13 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  The oldest artist to top the UK singles chart was Louis Armstrong with ‘What a wonderful world’ in 1968. He was 66 years and 8 months old at the time.

Guinness used that music for one of their most successful ads and it won an award. QAt the time of recording that song with John Barry, the Bond composer Louis was very ill and some time later he died

(12-01-2019 20:34 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  Chic’s 1978 hit song ‘Le Freak’ was originally called ‘Fuck Off’. These were the words that were sung as the main hook, but they were changed to ‘Freak out’ before the song was recorded.

Correct but that actually came from being thrown out of Studio 54 where they were invited to play one New Year's Eve by I think it was Tina Turner? but the bouncers weren't convinced and told them to "fuck off" ; Nile Rodgers went back to the studio and recorded a song and then changed the lyric-thank goodness

Comedian Michael McIntyre's father was Ray Cameron and he was one of the writing team that wrote sketches and songs for the late Kenny Everett(aka Maurice Cole)

Sir Michael Caine has revealed that there are some people who for want of quickness pronounce his name as My Cocaine!

(12-01-2019 21:39 )GreenMachine Wrote:  

(12-01-2019 20:13 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  The oldest artist to top the UK singles chart was Louis Armstrong with ‘What a wonderful world’ in 1968. He was 66 years and 8 months old at the time.

Guinness used that music for one of their most successful ads and it won an award. QAt the time of recording that song with John Barry, the Bond composer Louis was very ill and some time later he died

(12-01-2019 20:34 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  Chic’s 1978 hit song ‘Le Freak’ was originally called ‘Fuck Off’. These were the words that were sung as the main hook, but they were changed to ‘Freak out’ before the song was recorded.

Correct but that actually came from being thrown out of Studio 54 where they were invited to play one New Year's Eve by I think it was Tina Turner? but the bouncers weren't convinced and told them to "fuck off" ; Nile Rodgers went back to the studio and recorded a song and then changed the lyric-thank goodness

I actually liked that song at the time as well...disco was well and truly taking off in 1978...had the original words been used.....

A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there’s no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts.

There is no future. There is no past. Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet

Elvis Presley has a total of 21 number 1 singles in the UK. His first was ‘All Shook Up’ in June 1957, and his most recent was 2002’s ‘A Little Less Conversation’ by Elvis v JXL.

In September 1994, Whigfield’s ‘Saturday Night’ became the first debut single to enter the UK Top 40 at number 1.