Things I should have known about my favorite artists

[ar surround]

I learned a couple of interesting things yesterday. Perhaps I'm the only one on the forum who didn't know these two facts, but they were real eye openers to me.

- He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother: That is session musician Reg Dwight playing piano on that song.

- Goldfinger: Guitar played by session musician Jimmy Page. He was awed by Welsh legend Shirley Bassey's performance.

This info makes these two songs more special to me.

Please, anymore enlightening tidbits to share?

 

[ar surround]

I never knew that James Taylor and Livingston Taylor were brothers. Doh! Take that, Taylor Swift. LOL

 

[privateuniverse]

Joe Walsh and Ringo Starr are brothers-in-law.

 

[par4ken]

George Harrison and Eric Clapton were both married to the same woman, Pattie Boyd

 

[par4ken]

I was surprised to learn that Robin McNamara was a man. Listening to the hit "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" I always thought that he was a woman. Sad to read of his passing in 2021.

 

[alansanchez86]

Pink Floyd former road manager, Peter Watts, is Naomi Watts' dad.

 

[Quad Linda]

Bet all you late 60's/early 70's oldies fans own at least one of these records:

Tony Burrows sang on several one-hit wonder songs under different group names, Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (February 1970); the Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand"; and the Pipkins' novelty song "Gimme Dat Ding" (April 1970). He also recorded with White Plains on "My Baby Loves Lovin'," in which he shared lead vocals with Ricky Wolff.[3] These songs were all recorded within nine months of each other, but were all released around the same time in early 1970. His other one-hit wonder group was the First Class's "Beach Baby" (July 1974).[4] The Brotherhood of Man would have an additional minor and regional hit with Burrows as singer, 1972's "Reach Out Your Hand",[5] before its founder Tony Hiller created an entirely new Brotherhood of Man with an entirely different lineup.

taken from Wiki listing for Tony Burrows:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Burrows

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Andrew Lincoln who plays Rick Grimes of Walking dead fame is Ian Andersons son in law.

 

[Quad Linda]

Neil Sedaka's Oh, Carol is about Carole King.
Eydie Gorme was Neil's cousin.

Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) married Howlin' Wolf's (Chester Burnett) half-sister.

Nora Jones is Ravi Shankar's daughter.

 

[haikubass]

Meat Loaf was Scott Ian's father-in-law.

 

[Quad Linda]

I never knew that James Taylor and Livingston Taylor were brothers. Doh! Take that, Taylor Swift. LOL

Alex & Kate Taylor are also JT's siblings. His children w/Carly Simon, Ben & Sally Taylor are musical performers, too.

 

[Willie Wilson]

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Meat Loaf was Scott Ian's father-in-law.

Before he made it big with Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf sang lead vocals on several tracks on Ted Nugent’s Free for All album. He replaced Derek St.Holmes, who temporarily left the band but came back following the album’s release. Loaf received a flat fee of $1,000 and no future royalties. The album sold more than 2 million copies.