A lot of interest was sparked on yesterday´s blog by the anniversary of the death of Neil Aspinall. For those who might not have heard of Neil…..
Neil Stanley Aspinall (13 October 1941 – 24 March 2008) was a British music industry executive. A childhood friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head The Beatles’ company Apple Corps.
The Beatles employed Aspinall as their road manager and personal assistant, which included driving his old Commer van to and from shows, both day and night. After Mal Evans started work for The Beatles, Aspinall was promoted to become their personal assistant, later becoming chief executive of their company, Apple Corps.
On behalf of Apple, Aspinall was involved in notable court cases against Allen Klein, EMI, and Apple Computer. He supervised the marketing of music, videos, and merchandising, as well being a director of Standby Films, which was run from his home in Twickenham, London. On 10 April 2007, Aspinall left Apple Corps. Aspinall died of lung cancer in New York City in 2008.
Source for further reading -Wikipaedia
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We have a warm day again but there´s clouds over the mountains and clouds shrouding the Mediterranean from view yet again. Let´s get the forecast for the Alicante Province.
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Don´t forget, if you´re coming to Benidorm we have a microclimate.………
I don´t know about you but I don´t find enough hours in the day to get through all the things I want to achieve. For starters, I can never really finish with improving my command of the Spanish language. This is an ongoing battle for me. The website always beckons and then my guitar lies in wait for me. I also like to get in an exercise session during the day. I´m busy!
People who say their lives have a purpose are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or its precursor, mild cognitive impairment, a new study suggests. As the population ages and dementia becomes a more frequent diagnosis, there’s increasing impetus to determine the causes of the disease, associated risk factors and how to prevent it, explained study co-author Dr. Aron S. Buchman, an associate professor in the department of neurological sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
“There has been a lot of interest in psychosocial factors and their association with cognitive decline and dementia in later life,” he said.
The study looked at the positive aspects of life and their possible effect on keeping dementia at bay, “looking at happiness, purposefulness in life, well-being and whether those kind of concepts are associated with a decreased risk of dementia,” Buchman explained. Full Story
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Word of the Day
el gajo gah’-ho (noun)
segment, wedge (of an orange, lemon); lock (of hair); branch (of a tree)
EXAMPLES
No olvides los gajos de naranja en la ensalada de fruta. – Don’t forget the orange wedges in the fruit salad
Mi abuela tiene un gajo de cabello de mi niñez. – My grandmother has a lock of hair from when I was a child.
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Music Stuff March 24th
1945, Billboard published the first US LP chart. Nat King Cole was at No.1
1958, At 6.35am, Elvis Presley reported to the Memphis draft board. From there Elvis and twelve other recruits were taken by bus to Kennedy Veterans Memorial Hospital where the singer was assigned army serial number 53310761.
1962, The Beatles appeared at The Barnston Women’s Institute, Wirral, Merseyside
1966, Simon and Garfunkel made their UK singles chart debut with ‘Homeward Bound.’
1973, Alice Cooper went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Billion Dollar Babies.’ Also a No.1 in the US.
1973, The O’Jays went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Love Train.’
1979, The Bee Gees started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Tragedy’
1984, Lionel Richie started a six week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Hello.’
1985, ‘Easy Lover’ by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins was at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1990, Canadian singer Alannah Myles US No.1 with ‘Black Velvet’, a No.2 hit in the UK.
1990, Sinead O’Connor went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got’, featuring the single ‘Nothing Compares To You.
1992, a Chicago court settled the Milli Vanilli class action suit by approving cash rebates of up to $3 (£1.76) to anyone proving they bought the group’s music before November 27 1990, the date the lip synching scandal broke. Milli Vanilli won the 1989 best new artist Grammy after hits like “Blame it on the Rain” and “Girl, You Know It’s True,” selling 30 million singles and 14 million albums. But in late 1990, the performers were stripped of the award after it was revealed that neither actually sang on the Milli Vanilli album.
1997, Harold Melvin died aged 57.
1998, UK singer Mark Morrison was jailed for a year after trying to con his way out of doing community service. He sent his minder Gabriel Mafereka who wore sunglasses and hid his hair under a hat so he looked like the star.
2000, Sir Elton John’s Aida opened on Broadway. It took Elton 21 days to write the music and five years to make the production.
2002, Gareth Gates became the youngest male solo artists to score a UK No.1 with his debut release ‘Unchained Melody’, Gates was 17 years and 255 days old and had won second place on TV’s ‘Pop Idol’ show.
2009, Motown drummer Uriel Jones, died aged 74 after suffering complications from a heart attack.
2009, The prosecutor in the Phil Spector murder retrial told the jury he was a “demonic maniac” when he drinks and “a very dangerous man” around women.
Birthday Boys and Girls March 24th
1970, Sharon Corr, vocals, violin, The Corrs,
