On This Day in Music History – ‘ 14th April 2016 ‘

Howdy guys and welco19me to this weeks edition of on this day so lets see where the music industry takes us this week. This week we kick off in 1953 and we finish in 2015, so with out further ado….

On This Day 14th April……

1953

In 1953, Lita Roza was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘(How Much) Is That Doggie In The Window’. ‘The 27 year old singer was the NME readers’ Top Female artist of 1953 and with this single became the first British singer to top the UK singles chart, (and the first Liverpudlian to do so). For a woman and artist to achieve that in 1953 is definitely a feat, it seems now day’s you don’t need much talent to break into the charts.

1963

In 1963, The Rolling Stones played at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond and all four members of The Beatles were in the audience. The Crawdaddy Club name is derived from Bo Diddley’s 1960 song ‘Doing The Craw-Daddy’, which The Rolling Stones regularly preformed as part of their set. In turn the club went on to inspire the name of the American music magazine Crawdaddy!

1964

In 1964, The King Bees, (featuring a young David Bowie then David Jones), played at a wedding reception at the Jack Of Clubs in London. The world will never be the same without Bowie… Rest Easy Sir

1966

In 1966, The Spencer Davis Group were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Somebody Help Me’, it was the group’s second UK No.1

1967

In 1967, David Bowie’s novelty record ‘The Laughing Gnome’ was released in the UK. The track consisted of the singer meeting conversing with the creature of the title, whose sped-up voice (created by Bowie and studio engineer Gus Dudgeon) delivered several puns on the word “gnome”. The song became a hit when reissued in 1973, despite it being radically different to his material at the time, the single made No. 6 in the UK charts. He was forever pushing the envelope in the music industry.
In 1967, A riot broke out at Warsaw’s Palace Of Culture as The Rolling Stones made their first appearance in an Iron Curtain Country; Police used tear gas in a battle with 2,000 fans.

Also in 1976, Polydor Records released The Bee Gees ‘New York Mining Disaster 1941’, It was released with a promotional slogan announcing “The most significant talent since The Beatles”. The record became a Top 20 hit in the UK and US. Well I have to say I love me a bit of The Bee Gees, its great drinking, housework and everything else in between music.

1968

In 1968, Phil Spector married Ronettes singer Veronica Bennett. The couple later divorced in 1973 with Bennett citing several instances of alleged cruelty. There is something seriously wrong with that bloke, she is lucky to get out when she did.

1969

In 1969, The recording of ‘The Ballad Of John and Yoko’ took place with just two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Paul played bass, drums and piano with John on guitars and lead vocals. The song was banned from many radio stations as being blasphemous. On some stations, the word ‘christ’ was edited in backwards to avoid the ban.

1970

In 1970, Creedance Clearwater Revival made their live UK debut when they played the first of two nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London.

1971

In 1971, The Illinois Crime Commission issued a list of ‘drug-oriented records’ including ‘White Rabbit’ by Jefferson Airplane, ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ by Procol Harum and The Beatles ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’. Can you imagine how long the list would be if it was relevant now?

1972

In 1972, David Bowie released ‘Starman’ as a single in the UK, which became his first hit since 1969’s ‘Space Oddity’ three years before. The lyrics describe Ziggy Stardust bringing a message of hope to Earth’s youth through the radio, salvation by an alien ‘Starman’.

1973

In 1973, Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No. 1 on the UK album chart with Houses Of The Holy also a No. 1 in the US. The young girl featured on the cover of the album climbing naked up Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland is Samantha Gates who was 6 years old at the time of the shoot.

1975

In 1975, After rumors that Jimmy Page, Steve Marriott, Jeff Beck or Chris Spedding variously would replace Mick Taylor as guitarist in The Rolling Stones, a press release confirmed that Ronnie Wood would be joining the band for their forthcoming American tour.

Also in 1975, Art Garfunkel started a six-week run at No. 1 in the UK with the theme from the film “Watership Down”, ‘Bright Eyes’ which went on to become the biggest selling single of the year. The song was written by the man behind The Wombles, Mike Batt.

1976

In 1976, Eric Faulkner of The Bay City Rollers reportedly came close to death after taking a drug overdose at their manager’s house while in a state of exhaustion.
Also in 1976, Motown Records and Stevie Wonder announced the largest contract renewal to date, worth $13 million.

1978

In 1978, Joy Division played at the ‘Stiff Test – Chiswick Challenge’, at Raffters in Manchester, England. Future managers Rob Gretton and then journalist Tony Wilson saw the band for the first time.

1979

In 1979, The Doobie Brothers went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘What A Fool Believes’, the group’s second US No. 1, it made No. 31 in the UK.

1980

In 1980, Gary Numan released ‘The Touring Principal’, the first long-form rock video to be made commercially available in the UK.

1983

In 1983, The Pretenders bass player Peter Farndon died from a drug overdose. He was sacked from the group on June 14th 1982, (two days before Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott was found dead of heart failure). Farndon was in the midst of forming a new band with former Clash drummer Topper Headon when he died.

1990

In 1990, Madonna scored her seventh UK No. 1 single with ‘Vogue’, also a  US No. 1 hit. Taken from her soundtrack album I’m Breathless (Music from and inspired by the film Dick Tracy).

1994

In 1994, Kurt Cobain was cremated at the Bleitz Funeral Home, Seattle. The death certificate listed Cobain’s occupation as Poet/Musician and his type of business as Punk Rock. Yet another life that was taken far to soon.

1995

In 1995, American actor, writer and folk singer Burl Ives died of cancer aged 85, He had hits with ‘Funny Way Of Laughing’, ‘The Blue Tail Fly’ and ‘Little Bitty Tear’, he won an Academy Award for “Best Supporting Actor” for his role in the 1958 film “The Big Country”.

1998

In 1998, Welsh singer Dorothy Squires died of lung cancer aged 83, in Llwynypia Hospital, Rhondda, Wales. In 1953 she had a No. 12 single ‘I’m Walking Behind You’, she was also one married to English actor Roger Moore. I’m sure there were plenty of ladies wishing they were in her shoes being married to the ever-so handsome Roger Moore!

1999

In 1999, UK singer, songwriter and actor Anthony Newley died of cancer. He scored 12 UK Top 40 singles from 1959-1962 including the No. 1 single ‘Why’. He won the 1963 Grammy Award for “Song Of The Year” with ‘What Kind of Fool Am I?’, He was also married to actress Joan Collins from 1963 to 1971.

2001

In 2001, Sean Puffy Combs, (P. Diddy), was arrested in Miami for riding a scooter in South Beach on a suspended driver’s license. He was released 20 minutes later after signing a promise to appear in court.

2002

In 2002, Ashanti started a ten week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Foolish’ and on the same started a three-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with her self-titled album.

2003

In 2003, A man was arrested and accused of making up a Bjork concert then selling tickets. Alex Conate allegedly sold tickets worth $14,000 at $40 each after persuading a San Diego nightclub owner that Bjork had agreed to play there. He was accused of taking the money and moving to Hawaii, where he was arrested.

2009

In 2009, A planned auction of nearly 1,400 items from the former home of Michael Jackson was cancelled. A public preview of the collection had already begun in Los Angeles and the exhibition of Jackson’s possessions would stay open untill the end of the next week. A last-minute settlement meant Jackson’s belongings would now be returned to him. In response, he had dropped a lawsuit against Juliens Auctions.

Also in 2009, Former Beatles George Harrison was honoured with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Sir Paul McCartney attended the unveiling outside the landmark Capitol Records building, joining Harrison’s widow Olivia and son Dhani. Eric Idel, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and musician Top Petty also attended the ceremony.

2013

In 2013, Justin Bieber caused outrage after writing a message in a guestbook at the Ann Frank Museum, which stated he hoped the holocaust victim would have been a fan. The 19-year-old wrote: “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber”. It provoked fierce online criticism of the Canadian singer, who was in Amsterdam as part of a tour. He has no respect for anyone and I’m sorry but I really don’t understand what people see in his music Or him? But I’m a 35-year-old that had the pleasure of growing up with “Real” music. 😉

2015

In 2015, American R&B and soul singer Percy Sledge died of liver cancer at his home in Baton Rouge aged 73. The inspiration behind his 1966 US No. 1 hit ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’, came when Sledge’s girlfriend left him for a modelling career after he was laid off from a construction job in late 1965.
Well friends that is it for this week, if you’re enjoying On This Day then leave me some love and let me know what you think or if you have any imput that would be great too. Be sure to check back this time next week as we uncover some of music’s history. I’m going to leave you with David Bowie fore-mentioned novelty track ‘The Laughing Gnome’ enjoy…. I know enjoyed it immensely!

Damien SN1 EP6 – ‘ Temptress ‘

Holy shit what an episode! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and my mind was working overtimeda trying to process what my eyes were seeing and just when I thought I had my head around it BANG! Mazzara throws another twist into the mix that creates heaps more questions and what you thought was real was actually not or was it? For those of you missed last weeks episode or like me have a bad memory here is a recap below.

SN1 EP5 – ‘ Seven Curses ‘ 

Damien goes to meet a shrink about this PTSD and while there he meets the family of the little boy he saved at the subway station. The boy’s father was injured while serving in the army and it undergoing treatment. When Damien asks him to let him shoot his agony, the soldier confesses to Damien that he plans to commit suicide and requests Damien to shoot his attempt. Simone steals the keys to Damien’s apartment from Armani and tries to understand what her sister Kell was trying to do before she died in a freak accident. Damien, quite disturbed after the soldier’s suicide goes to his parent’s home and tries to kill himself in the garage by turning on the car engine and injecting himself with something to lose conscious. After he falls unconscious, tow dogs drag him out and stand guard for him.

SN1 EP6 – ‘ Temptress ‘ 

Ok let’s get into this weeks episode, it was full of twists but has also raised more questions about Damien and his so-called protectors. Damien wakes in hospital only to see Ann trying to convince the doctor that his suicide attempt was an accidental drug overdose, but the doctor is not stupid and knows a suicide when she sees one she calls to tells Damien that Detective Shay will be by later to speak to him. Damien removes the oxygen, gets dressed and escapes from hospital to speak to John Lyons and find out more about Ann. Amani calls Damien and tells him that he has someone who needs to tell him something, when he arrives he meets a tattoos artist that tells him he was forced to tattoo the 666 in his head by to men, and was worried Damien had recognize him from the VA hospital elevator.
Damien receives a call from the doctor and is told they had found hallucinogens in his blood and he suspects that Ann has been poisoning him in order to make him believe he is the Antichrist. Damien goes home and throws out all the food not knowing what was poisoned and what wasn’t, Damien is starting to feel happier now he is starting to realize that the whole Antichrist story is totally fabricated, he tells Simone its like a dark cloud is lifted and then he leans in and starts kissing her? Hold up! what the hell?? That totally came out of nowhere or did I miss something?

Damien sweet talks his way into Lyons office and takes a file of a woman with him and discovers  that’s his mother and she  is actually alive and living in a quiet countryside estate …. Now I definitely didn’t see that coming it’s totally blindsided me. Damien makes contact with her and meets with her at what looks like his childhood home which struck me as a little odd, she tells him she was told that he and his father were dead and that these people are extremely dangerous. Ann followed Damien to his mother’s home and the struggled and in the struggle Damien’s mum lost her footing and fell down the flight of stairs hitting her head, Damien tries to help her but quickly realizes she is gone. He attacks Ann and grabs her by the throat he is then tackled by two of her goons and they try to inject him with something but he manages to avoid it and runs out of there and drives off but later gets arrested by Detective Shay who leaves Damien in the car and he watches on while the old woman attacks Shay and Lyons and then turns on Damien, he wakes up screaming in an ambulance as they are trying to sedate him. Damien wakes up in a hospital room calling for his mother and Ann rushes to his side to calm him and its then he realizes it was all a dream and tells Ann to go away and leave him alone, she then relizese that he hates her and she is visually upset and leaves the hospital in tears.

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I really didn’t see a lot of what happened in this episode coming at all and I’m usually pretty good at that…. well-played Glen Mazzara can’t wait for next weeks episode!
This weeks episode rating: 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

Lucifer SN1 EP11 – ‘ St. Lucifer ‘

So with no episode last week, when we left Lucifer, Detective Decker who had been drinking and threw herself at Lucifer and I imagine to everyone surprised he turned her down, I know I didn’t expect that. Here is a quick recap of episode 10…

SN1 EP10 – ‘ Pops ‘

Decker and Lucifer investigate the poisoning death of the owner/Chef at an upscale Mexican restaurant, Suspicion falls on the owner’s estranged son a recovering drug addict, and sous-chef Anne who would assume control of the restaurant if the son was out of the picture. The investigation complicated by the surprise arrival of Chloe’s mother. Malcom reveals to Dan his plans to kill Lucifer, as directed by Amenadiel and Maze visits Dr. Martin as a patient.

SN1-EP11 – ‘ St. Lucifer ‘

Chloe wakes up and slowly starts to realize she is not in her bed, nor is she clothed and then it dawns on her exactly who’s bed she is naked in and its in that moment you see the “oh shit what have I done” look on her face that I’m sure many of us have experience at one time or another? Lucifer cheekily asks Chole if she would like a double espresso or a hair of the dog while he strings her along thinking that they had slept together. Lucifer has gotten some sort of rush from turning Chloe down and seeks to replicate that rush by doing good deeds starting with the latest murder the dynamic duo were called to investigate, Mr Dunlear an ex ball player come philanthropists helping the children of Hati. Lucifer decides that his function must go on and offers the grieving wife to hold the function at LUX, hoping the good deed would provide him with another rush but alas that wasn’t so.

Malcom has Dan in the basement cable tied to a poll, he tells Dan he was brought back from hell by an angel and in order to stay out of hell and live a full life, he has to put a bullet in Lucifer, Dan tells Malcom he doesn’t like Lucifer but he wont allow him to kill him and that’s when Malcom reminded Dan that his print are all over the weapon so it will actually be you killing him. Chloe and Lucifer attend a luncheon full of women in the hopes it Lucifer can charm some information out of them, the suave devil entertains the ladies when a plan D presents itself to the duo. Malcom goes back to the basement to taunt Dan more and he get him to come close enough to kick the food out of this hands and food and cutlery go flying and Dan managers to hide the knife under his foot, he finally able to break out of the basement to find Lucifer.

Maze pays Amenadiel a visit and they bond over wine, both feeling lonely and by the looks could lead to a lot more bonding. Lucifer look devilish for this evening function is surprised when Malcom is behind him pointing a gun at him, Lucifer is able to bargain him off with the pentecostal coin, Mrs Dunlear comes looking for Lucifer the “man of the hour” and it hits him, she murdered her husband and as he turned she shot Lucifer in the chest. Dan gets to LUX and finds Lucifer on the ground upstairs shot in the chest my then Lucifer’s takes a breath much to their surprise. Lucifer is speaking to Maze again and soon finds out she slept with Amenadiel, he tells her that his dear brother got some on to kill him and is not sure why he is alive, he slices his hand with a pocket knife and there was no cut or blood, so why is he immortal sometimes and completely human other times? Lucifer heads to Chloe’s places to test a theory, Chloe tells him their relationship goes further than just work and she is able to let her guard down around him, she can’t do that with anyone else and tell him he makes her vulnerable and at the moment he cuts his hand with the pocket knife behind his back and there is blood in his hand, with a shocked and confused look he tells her that it appears you make me vaunrabl too.

What a great episode didn’t see it going down that road and normally I can pick that stuff a mile away and then I get board with the show, but Lucifer is different It keeps me guessing and interested and now even more so with this episode!

This weeks episode rating: 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬

Bates Motel SN4 EP5 – ‘ Refraction ‘

It’s that time of the week again, but I swear the weeks are getting longer waiting for “Bates Day” to roll around how about you guys? You can never have too much Bates. So let’s do a quick recap of episode 4 before we kick off “Refraction”.

‘Lights of Winter’ SN4 EP4

Norman has an adventure with his new friend Julian to a strip club. Norma get her first real taste of happiness at the White Pine Bay annual winter festival, and Romero finds himself in an awkward situation. Dylan finds himself caught between two families, when Emma asks him to move to Seattle with her and her dad.

‘Refraction’ SN4 EP5

Norma doesn’t understand why or who would break in and trash her home and her favorite stained glass window, she has kept a pretty low profile and believes she hasn’t pissed anyone off lately and thinks it could possibly be Bob Paris’s doing, Romero reassures Norma its wasn’t Paris’s doing but someone in the drug trade that has it in for him. Norma heads into town to find someone who can fix her favorite stained glass windows and is being followed by a brown car but who could it be? The beat up brown car belongs to Chick who follows Norma into the hardware store where he hears she needs a window fixed and now also has her address.
Norman realises after the adventure he and Julian had, that he indeed needs help and perhaps he is in the right place for that after all, he seems more willing in therapy now, but I can’t help thinking he is just playing the game to be released sooner or is that just me being overly suspicious? Norman tells Dr Edwards that he and his mother have close bond, he goes on to explain why their bond is so close but you can see Dr Edwards is suspicious and is starting to realize that Norman’s problem is actually his mother, with the session over Norman asks to make a call to his sick friend Emma but instead he calls mummy dearest but little does he know all calls are monitored and numbers checked. Dr Edwards receives a call back from the police regarding Norman’s accusations about Norma are unfounded and have not found any evidence supporting the accusations.

Chick who followed Norma to the hardware store pays her a visit, claiming he is from the hardware store and here look at the broken window. Norma is unsure of him but lets him in any way to look at the window, Chick has an agenda but not sure what is just yet and when he is asked what happened to him, he tells her that he swerved to miss a dog and rolled his car a few times. With Julian back at Pineview Norman rushes over to greet him only to realize that Julian has undergone a lobotomy, frightened he runs outside to compose himself while sitting on the bench he hear’s a familiar voice and sees his mother, she asks him how therapy is going and that he doesn’t have to talk about anything that upsets him. Dylan goes for his job interview but it’s not going to plan so he tells them his last job was in the drug trade and that he was very good at what he did and he thinks he would be great at the job he is applying for. Chick returns to the motel at an odd hour with plans for the new window and he mentions he knows Caleb is her brother, Norma is clearly creeped out excuses herself for the situation and head for the house.

Norman is in a good mood at therapy because Norma come to visit, Dr Edwards asks Norman if it was possible that he had imagined his mother visiting but Norman is adamant that the visit was real. Dr Edwards tells Norman he knows he spoke to his mother and not Emma and he also knows that Norman wasn’t on the visitors list, that’s when you can see Norman’s mood change, he is upset and feels he is being checked up on and he starts to flip out. The good Dr manages to calm him down but quickly realizes that Norman has slipped into his “Mothers” persona and that “She” thinks Norman “is a weak boy who is easy to take advantage of”, but I’m not sure the good Dr is ready or equipped for all the crazy thats about to follow.

Romero knows Rebecca trashed Norma’s house looking for the second safe deposit box key, so he confronts her at the dinner and tells her he doesn’t have the key and she has crossed the line. When he gets home Norma says she has found someone to fix the window then goes on to ask if he killed Bob Paris, Romero doesn’t answer but she knows and asks why, he tells her he had no choice. Chick calls in to talk to Norma and admits to her he lied about what happened to him, it was actually her brother Caleb that beat him and left him for dead then took off with his family, Norma is visibly upset and scared and asks him what he wants from her and tells her he wants justice and to know where he is.

Was yet another great episode, starting to see Romero and Norma becoming comfortable with each other, they actually make a great couple. We see Norman starting to show the “Norma” side of his personality a little more and I don’t think we have seen the last of Chick or the jealousy of Rebecca.

This weeks episode rating: 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬

2016 Finalists for Billboard Music Awards

With this years Billboard Music Award only around the corner, the finalists for each category have been announced/released. This year the awards will be held in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena on the 22nd May, Ludacris and Ciara are set to host this years BBMA’s.

This year there is are few artists that are finalists in multiple categories including The Weeknd who is a finalist 19 times in 16 categories, Justin Bieber is a finalist 12 times in 11 categories, Drake and Fetty Wap are both finalists 11 times in 10 categories, Taylor Swift and Adele are also finalists for 8 awards. Lets take a look at the complete list of finalists for 2016.

Top Artist:
☆ Adele
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Drake
☆ Taylor Swift
☆ The Weeknd
Top New Artist:
☆ Fetty Wap
☆ OMI
☆ Charlie Puth
☆ Silentó
☆ Bryson Tiller
Top Male Artist:
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Drake
☆ Fetty Wap
☆ Ed Sheeran
☆ The Weeknd
Top Female Artist:
☆ Adele
☆ Selena Gomez
☆ Ariana Grande
☆ Rihanna
☆ Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group:
☆ Maroon 5
☆ One Direction
☆ twenty one pilots
☆ The Rolling Stones
☆ U2
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
☆ Adele
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Drake
☆ Taylor Swift
☆ The Weeknd
Top Hot 100 Artist:
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Drake
☆ Fetty Wap
☆ Taylor Swift
☆ The Weeknd
Top Song Sales Artist:
☆ Adele
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Drake
☆ Fetty Wap
☆ The Weeknd
Top Radio Songs Artist:
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Ellie Goulding
☆ Ed Sheeran
☆ Taylor Swift
☆ The Weeknd
Top Streaming Songs Artist:
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Drake
☆ Fetty Wap
☆ Silentó
☆ The Weeknd
Top Social Media Artist:
☆ Justin Bieber
☆ Selena Gomez
☆ Ariana Grande
☆ Demi Lovato
☆ Taylor Swift
Top Touring Artist:
☆ Madonna
☆ One Direction
☆ The Rolling Stones
☆ Taylor Swift
☆ U2
Top R&B Artist:
☆ Chris Brown
☆ Jeremih
☆ Rihanna
☆ Bryson Tiller
☆ The Weeknd
Top Rap Artist:
☆ Drake
☆ Fetty Wap
☆ Future
☆ Wiz Khalifa
☆ Silentó
Top Country Artist:
☆ Zac Brown Band
☆ Luke Bryan
☆ Sam Hunt
☆ Chris Stapleton
☆ Carrie Underwood
Top Rock Artist:
☆ Fall Out Boy
☆ Elle King
☆ twenty one pilots
☆ Walk The Moon
☆ X Ambassadors
Top Latin Artist:
☆ Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizárraga
☆ Juan Gabriel
☆ Nicky Jam
☆ Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho
☆ Romeo Santos
Top Dance/Electronic Artist:
☆ The Chainsmokers
☆ DJ Snake
☆ David Guetta
☆ Major Lazer
☆ Zedd
Top Christian Artist:
☆ Casting Crowns
☆ Lauren Daigle
☆ Hillsong United
☆ MercyMe
☆ Chris Tomlin
Top Gospel Artist:
☆ Anthony Brown and group therAPy
☆ Tasha Cobbs
☆ Kirk Franklin
☆ Travis Greene
☆ Marvin Sapp
Top Billboard 200 Album:
☆ Adele, 25
☆ Justin Bieber, Purpose
☆ Ed Sheeran, x
☆ Taylor Swift, 1989
☆ The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness
Top Soundtrack:
☆ Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1
☆ Fifty Shades of Grey
☆ Furious 7
☆ Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
☆ Pitch Perfect 2
Top R&B Album:
☆ Chris Brown, Royalty
☆ Rihanna, Anti
☆ Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L
☆ Tyrese, Black Rose
☆ The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness
Top Rap Album:
☆ Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
☆ Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive
☆ Dr. Dre, Compton
☆ Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly
☆ Meek Mill, Dreams Worth More Than Money
Top Country Album:
☆ Chris Stapleton, Traveller
☆ Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights
☆ Sam Hunt, Montevallo
☆ Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde
☆ Carrie Underwood
Top Rock Album:
☆ Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
☆ David Bowie, Blackstar
☆ Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams
☆ Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind
☆ twenty one pilots, Blurryface
Top Latin Album:
☆ Juan Gabriel, Los Dúo
☆ Juan Gabriel, Mis Número 1 …40 Aniversario
☆ Mana, Cama Incendiada
☆ Gerardo Ortiz, Hoy Más Fuerte
Top Dance/Electronic Album:
☆ David Guetta, Listen
☆ Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission
☆ ODESZA, In Return
☆ Skrillex & Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
☆ Zedd, True Colors
Top Christian Album:
☆ Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be
☆ Hillsong UNITED, Empires
☆ Joey + Rory, Hymns That Are Important To Us
☆ TobyMac, This Is Not A Test
☆ Chris Tomlin, Adore: Christmas Songs of Worships
Top Gospel Album:
☆ Anthony Brown & group therAPy, Everyday Jesus
☆ Tasha Cobbs, One Place Live
☆ Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion
☆ Jonathan McReynolds, Life Music: Stage Two
☆ Marvin Sapp, You Shall Live
Top 100 Songs:
☆ Adele, “Hello”
☆ Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
☆ Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
☆ The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”
☆ The Weeknd, “The Hills”
Top Selling Songs:
☆ Adele, “Hello”
☆ Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
☆ OMI, “Cheerleader”
☆ Rachel Platten, “Fight Song”
☆ The Weeknd, “The Hills”
Top Radio Songs:
☆ Adele, “Hello”
☆ Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
☆ Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!”
☆ Walk The Moon, “Shut Up And Dance”
☆ The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”
Top Streaming Song (Audio):
☆ Justin Bieber, “Sorry”
☆ Justin Bieber, “What Do You Mean”
☆ Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
☆ The Weeknd, “The Hills”
☆ Drake, “Hotline Bling”
Top Streaming Song (Video):
☆ Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
☆ Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, “See You Soon”
☆ Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!”
☆ Silentó, “Watch Me”
☆ The Weeknd, “The Hills”
Top R&B Songs:
☆ Alessia Cara, “Here”
☆ Omarion ft. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko, “Post To Be”
☆ The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”
☆ The Weeknd, “Earned It” (Fifty Shades of Gray)
☆ The Weeknd, “The Hills”
Top Rap Song:
☆ Drake, “Hotline Bling”
☆ Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
☆ Fetty Wap, “679” feat. Remy Boyz
☆ Silentó, ” Watch Me”
☆ Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Top Country Songs:
☆ Sam Hunt, “Break Up In A Small Town”
☆ Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time”
☆ Little Big Town, ” Girl Crush”
☆ Thomas Rhett, “Die A Happy Man”
☆ Chris Young, “I’m Comin’ Over”
Top Rock Songs:
☆ Fall Out Boy, “Uma Thurman”
☆ Elle King, “Ex’s & Oh’s”
☆ twenty one pilots, “Stressed Out”
☆ Walk the Moon, “Shut Up And Dance”
☆ X Ambassadors, “Renegades”
Top Latin Songs:
☆ J Balvin, “Ginza”
☆ Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho, “Te Metiste”
☆ Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias, “El Perdon”
☆ Maluma, “Borro Cassette”
☆ Romeo Santos, “Propuesta Indecente”
Top Dance/Electronic Song:
☆ The Chainsmokers ft. Rozes, “Roses”
☆ DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge, “You Know You Like It”
☆ David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack, “Hey Mama”
☆ Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ, “Lean On”
☆ Skrillex & Diplo, “Where Are Ü Now” with Justin Bieber
Top Christian Songs:
☆ Hillsong UNITED, “Oceans (Where Feet May Fall)”
☆ Hillsong UNITED, “Touch The Sky”
☆ MercyMe, “Flawless”
☆ NEEDTOBREATHE ft. Gavin DeGraw, “Brother”
☆ Chris Tomlin, “Good Good Father”
Top Gospel Song:
☆ Anthony Brown and group therAPy, “Worth”
☆ Erica Campbell ft. Big Shizz, “I Luh God”
☆ Kirk Franklin, “Wanna Be Happy?”
☆ Travis Greene, “International”
☆ Brian Courtney Wilson, “Worth Fighting For”
A big congratulations to the Artists on being named finalists and good luck!

** Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital songs sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielson Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of tracking dates March 23, 2015 through March 17, 2016 and Billboard chart dates April 11, 2015 through April 2, 2016. Since 1940, the Billboard charts have been the go-to guide for ranking the popularity of songs and albums, and are the ultimate measure of a musician’s success.

Weekly Charts For 11th April 2016

Hey all, Here are the top 50 songs on that charts this week, it has been quite a few moves up and down as well as some new songs that have entered charts.

 

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart

1. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (LW 1)
2. Faded – Alan Walker (LW 2)
3. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (LW 3)
4. The Sound of Silence – Disturbed (Up – LW 15)
5. I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Fest. Olivia O’Brien (Up – LW 26)
6. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (Down – LW 5)
7. Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (Up – LW 13)
8. Cheap Thrills – Sia (Down – LW 6)
9. No – Meghan Trainor (Up – LW 11)
10. 1955 – Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum (Down – LW 7)
11. Hide Away – Daya (Down – LW 9)
12. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Down – LW 4)
13. My House – Flo Rida (Down – LW 8)
14. Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (Down – LW 12)
15. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Down – LW 10)
16. Dance Off – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Idris Elba & Anderson .Paak (Down – LW 14)
17. Gold – Kiiara (LW 17)
18. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Down – LW 16)
19. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (Down – LW 18)
20. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (Down – LW 19)
21. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 20)
22. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (Down – LW 21)
23. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (Down – LW 22)
24. Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (Down – LW 23)
25. Wild Things – Alessia Cara (Up – LW 27)
26. Lush Life – Zara Larsson (Down – LW 25)
27. Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (Up – LW 38)
28. Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (Up – LW 29)
29. Love Yourself vs F@*K Yourself – Yo Preston Feat. Kelly Kiara (Down – LW 24)
30. Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King (Down – LW 28)
31. Hymm For The Weekend – Coldplay (Down – LW 30)
32. Me, Myself & I – G-Eazy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down LW 31)
33. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 32)
34. Company – Justin Bieber (Up – LW 35)
35. Free – Broods (NEW)
36. Like I Would – Zayn (Down – LW 33)
37. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down – LW 34)
38. Middle – Dj Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (Down – LW 37)
39. All My Friends – Snakehips Feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper (Down – LW 36)
40. Hello – Adele (Up – LW 41)
41. Be The One – Dua Lipa (R/E)
42. Haze EP Feat. Rock Bottom – Hailee Steinfeld Feat. DNCE (Down – LW 39)
43. One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (NEW)
44. You Were Right – Rüfüs (Down – LW 40)
45. Make Them Wheels Roll – Safia (NEW)
46. What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber (Up – LW 47)
47. Team – Iggy Azalea (Down – LW 43)
48. History – One Direction (Down – LW 44)
49. Keeping Score – L D R U Feat. Paige IV (Down – LW 45)
50. Always – Samantha Jade (Down – LW 42)
UK Top 50 Singles Chart

1. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (LW 1)
2. Cheap Thrills – Sia (Up – LW 4)
3. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (Down – LW 2)
4. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (Down – LW 3)
5. Lush Life – Zara Larsson (LW 5)
6. Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (Up – LW 8)
7. Faded – Alan Walker (Up – LW 11)
8. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (Down – LW 6)
9. Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (Down – LW 7)
10. Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat. Nyla (Up – LW 13)
11. Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (Up – LW 17)
12. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Up – LW 15)
13. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Down – LW 9)
14. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (Up – LW 20)
15. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 14)
16. Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (LW 16)
17. Say You Do – Sigala Feat. Imani & Dj Fresh (Down – LW 10)
18. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down – LW 12)
19. Me Myself & I – G-Easy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down – LW 18)
20. Nothing Like This – Blonde & Craig David (Down – LW 19)
21. Once Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (NEW)
22. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 21)
23. No – Meghan Trainor (Up – LW 30)
24. Dangrous Woman – (Up – LW 25)
25. Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (Down – LW 22)
26. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (LW 26)
27. All My Friends – Snakehips Feat. Tinashe & Chance (Down – LW 23)
28. When We Were Young – Adele (Down – LW 24)
29. What Do You Mean – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 27)
30. I Found A Girl – Vamps Feat. OMI (NEW)
31. Adventure Of A Lifetime – Coldplay (Down – LW 28)
32. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Down – LW 29)
33. Famous – Kanye West (NEW)
34. Never Forget You – MNEK & Zara Larsson (Down – LW 33)
35. History – One Direction (Down – LW 32)
36. No Money – Galantis (NEW)
37. When The Baseline Drops – Craig David & Big Narstie (Down – LW 34)
38. Get Ugly – Jason Derulo (Down – LW 31)
39. Girls Is Mine (Destiny’s Child & Brandy) – 99 Souls (Down -LW 37)
40. Like I Would – Zayn (Down – LW 38)
41. Bang My Head – David Guetta Feat. Sia (Down – LW 40)
42. I’m In Control – Alunageorge Feat. Popcaan (Up – LW 44)
43. Hello – Adele (Down -LW 39)
44. Stay – Kygo Feat. Maty Noyes (Down – LW 41)
45. The Sound – 1975 (Down – LW 36)
46. Desire – Years & Years (Down – LW 43)
47. Army – Ellie Goulding (Down – LW 35)
48. Rinse & Repeat – Riton Feat. KAH-LO (Down – LW 42)
49. Make My Love Go – Jay Sean Feat. Sean Paul (Up – LW 61)
50. How Deep Is Your Love – Calvin Harris & Disciples (Down – LW 45)

US Billboard Top 50 Singles Chart

1. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (LW 1)
2. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (LW 2)
3. No – Meghan Trainor (Up – LW 6)
4. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Up – LW 8)
5. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 3)
6. My House – Flo Rida (Down – LW 4)
7. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Down – LW 5)
8. Me, Myself & I – G-Eazy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down – LW 7)
9. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (Up – LW 10)
10. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (Up – LW 12)
11. Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (Down – LW 9)
12. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (Up – LW 13)
13. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 11)
14. Panda – Desiigner (Up – LW 21)
15. Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK (Up – LW 17)
16. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Down – LW 14)
17. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (Down – LW 15)
18. 2 Phones – Kevin Gates (LW 18)
19. Hello – Adele (LW 19)
20. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (Down – LW 16)
21. Oui – Jeremih (Up – LW 24)
22. Middle – Dj Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (Down – LW 20)
23. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down – LW 22)
24. Don’t – Bryson Tiller (Down – LW 23)
25. Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (Up – LW 31)
26. Down In The DM – Yo Gotti Feat. Nicki Minaj (Down – LW 25)
27. Close – Nick Jonas Feat. Tove Lo (NEW)
28. Low Life – Future Feat. The Weeknd (Up – LW 29)
29. Exchange – Bryson Tiller (Down – LW 26)
30. Let It Go – James Bay (Up – LW 35)
31. You Should Be Here – Cole Swindell (Up – LW 32)
32. Jumpman – Drake & Future (Down – LW 27)
33. The Hills – The Weeknd (Down – LW 28)
34. Youth – Troye Sivan (Up – LW 36)
35. Drunk On Your Love – Brett Eldredge (Up – LW 40)
36. Summer Sixteen – Drake (Down – LW 33)
37. Back To Sleep – Chris Brown (Down – LW 30)
38. Hotline Bling – Drake (Down – LW 34)
39. Cheap Thrills – Sia Feat. Sean Paul (Up – LW 71)
40. 679 – Fetty Wap Feat. Remy Boyz (Down – LW 39)
41. What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 37)
42. Say It – Troy Lanez (Down – LW 38)
43. Somewhere On A Beach – Dierks Bentley (Up – LW 54)
44. Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw (Up – LW 51)
45. Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett (Down – LW 44)
46. Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor Feat. John Legend (Down – LW 41)
47. Lost Boy – Ruth B (Up – LW 67)
48. Came Here To Forget – Blake Shelton (Up – LW 61)
49. White Iverson – Post Malone (Down – LW 45)
50. My Church – Maren Morris (Up – LW 53)

Be here the same time next week to see the new chart standings! Thanks guy’s untill next week…

If you can’t be good, then be good at it!

Presh 😉

On This Day 7th April 2016

Welcome to On this Day for the 7th April lets kick it off with….

1956, when the CBS Radio Network premiered the first regularly scheduled national broadcast rock & roll show, Alan Freed’s ‘ Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party.

1958, The Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show played two shows at the Memorial Hall in Canton, Ohio, featuring, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, The Diamond’s, Bill Ford, Danny & The Juniors, The Chantels, Larry Williams, Screaming Jay Hawkins, The Pastels and Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

1962, while at Ealing Jazz Club, in Ealing, West Londo, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for tge first time. Jones was calling himself Elmo Lewis and was playing guitar with singer Paul Jones, who was preforming under his real name of P. P. Pond.
Also in 1962, The Beatles played at the Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool without George Harrison who was ill. This was the group’s last performance before leaving for their third extended engagement in Hamburg, West Germany.

1966, working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded overdubs on the new John Lennon song ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ and the new Paul McCartney song ‘Got to Get You Into My Life’ for the forthcoming Revolver album.

In 1970, On this week’s US Top 5 singles chart;
No.5, ‘Bridge Over Trouble Water’ – Simon & Garfunkel.
No.4, ‘Spirit In The Sky’- Norman Greenbaum
No.3, ‘Instant Karma!’ – John Lennon
No.2, ‘ABC’ – The Jackson Five
No.1, ‘Let It Be’ – The Beatles

1973, Diana Ross started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Lady Sings The Blues’.

1979, Aerosmith, VanHalen, Cheap Trick, The Boomtown Rats and Ted Nugent all appeared at the California Music Festival. Siouxsie and The Banshees played a charity gig for MENCAP, but after crowd trouble were later faced with a £2,000 bill for seat damage. The Doobie Brothers went No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Minute By Minute’, the group’s only US chart topper.

1981, producer and manager, Kit Lambert died of a cerebral hemorrhage after falling down a flight of stairs at his mother’s home in London, England. Lambert managed The Who from 1964- 1967 and produced the ‘Tommy’ album. Also produced Arthur Brown’s 1968 hit ‘Fire’.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their firts full-scale tour in Hamburg, Germany. This was Springsteen’s first tour outside North America, which would take in 10 countries.

1985, Wham! became the first western pop group to preform live in China, whenthey played at the workers gymnasium in Beijing.

1988, During a European tour, Alice Cooper accidentally hung himself in a rehearsal when the safety rope snapped; he dangled for several seconds before a roadie saved him.

1990, Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee was injured when performing a stunt during a concert, falling 20 feet from a lighting rig. Taylor Dayne went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Diane Warren song ‘Love Will Lead You Back’, a No.69 hit in the UK. The Carpenters started a rwo-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Only Yesterday’; The LP went back to the top at the end of April 1990 for a further five weeks.

1994, Lee Brilleaux singer, harmonica player and founding member of Dr Feelgood died of throat cancer aged 41. They had the 1979 UK No.9 single ‘Milk And Alcohol’ and the 1976 UK No.1 live album ‘Stupidity’. In 1976, Brilleaux helped fund Stiff Records one of the driving forces of the ‘New Waves’ of the mid-to-late 1970s, with a loan from singer-songwriter John Hiatt.
Courtnet Love was arrested on drugs and theft charges after a reported overdose. At this time, Love was unaware that her husband Kurt Cobain was dead at their home, (his body wasn’t discovered untill April 8, by an electrician who had arrived to install a security system at their house).
US soul singer Percy Sledge pleaded guilty to tax evasion after he failed to report $260,000 in income earned between 1987 and 1989. He was sentenced to serve six months in a halfway house.

1997, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher married actress Patsy Kensit at Marylebone Registry office, London. They divorced three years later.

1998, George Michael was arrested at The Will Rogers Memorial Park for committing a sex act in a public toilet. He was arrested by undercover Beverly Hills police officer Marcelo Rodriguez. Michael later said; “I was followed into the restroom and this cop – well, I didn’t know her was a cop at the time obviously started playing this game. I think it’s called – I’ll show you mine, you show me yours, and then when you show me yours, I’m going to nick you!” The singer was later fined $810 (£500) after being convicted of a “Lewd act.”

2000, Heinz base player and singer with The Tornadoes died age 57. The group had the Joe Meek produced 1962 UK & US No.1 single ‘Telstar’, making them the first UK group to score a US No.1 single. Heinz had the 1963 solo hit ‘Just Like Eddie’, a tribute to Eddie Cochran, ( which featured future Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore).

2001, Paul McCartney brought the four-bedroom Beverly Hills home of Courtney Love for $3.995m. The gated 1930’s house had its own swimming pool and 1.5 acres of land.

2002, UK pop ldol runner-up Gareth Gates was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of ‘Unchained Melody’. Making Gates the seventh act to have a Top 40 hit with the song. Jennifer Lopez was at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Ain’t It Funny’. And Celine Dion had the UK & US No.1 album ‘A New Day Has Come’.

2003, Avril Lavigne dominated Canada’s national music awards the Junos, winning four prizes including best single, album and new artist. Shania Twain who hosted the show won three awards. Best group went to Sum 41.

2008, Feist won five prizes, including album of the year at the Junos, Canada’s top music awards. The Canadian singer-songwriter won single of the year for ‘1234’, album and pop album for The Reminder, as well as artist and songwriter of the year.

2013, Andy Johns, the veteran producer and engineer who worked on classic albums by Led Zeppelin, (Led Zeppelin II and all albums through to physical Graffiti), the Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen and many others, he died at the age of 61.

2015, The original manuscript of Don McLean’s American Pie sold for $1.2m (£806,000) at a New York auction. The 16-page draft had been expected to fetch as much as 1.5m (£1m) at the Christie’s sale. McLean said writing the song was “a mystical trip into his past”.
Well thats a wrap for this week’s ‘On This Day’ be sure to check back same time next week.

The Inspiration Behind Norman Bates **GRAPHIC CONTENT**

Since there was not Bates Motel episode this week i thought i would have a look into what or who inspired Hitchcock’s Psycho and the birth of Norman Bates and what I found was totally disturbing but very intriguing nonetheless. Norman Bates was a fictional character created by Robert Bloch for his novel Psycho and was portrayed by Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock’s 1960 film of the same name, but did you know that Norman wasn’t just purely fictional, he was actually based on a convicted murderer by the name Ed Gein.

*WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT TO FOLLOW*

Who is Ed Gein you ask? Well Ed was born on the 27th August 1906 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Ed also goes by The Mad Butcher, he was killer and a body snatcher and his crimes were all committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin where he exhumed corpses from local cemeteries and fashioned keepsakes and trophies from their bones and skin. Ed Gein confessed to killing Mary Hogan a tavern owner on December 8th, 1954 and Bernice Worden the Plainfield hardware store owner on November 16th, 1957. Gein had been in the hardware store the evening before Bernice Worden disappearance, the Police suspected Gein and searched his property and what they found was disturbing. Investigators found Worden’s decapitated body in a shed, hung upside down by ropes at her wrists, with a crossbar at her ankles. Her torso was dressed out like a deer and she had been shot with a .22-caliber rifle, the mutilations to her body occurred after her death. Upon searching the house the investigators were even more shocked, sickened and disturbed by what they had found.

The following is what was found in Gein’s house:

● Whole human bones and fragments
● A wastebasket made of human skin
● Several chairs covered in human skin
● Skulls on his bedposts
● Female skulls and some with the tops sawn off
● Bowls made out of human skulls
● A corset made from a female torso skinned from shoulders to waist
● Leggings made from human leg skin
● Masks made from the skin of female heads
● Mary Hogan’s face mask in a paper bag
● Mary Hogan’s skull in a box
● Bernice Worden’s entire head in a burlap sack
● Bernice Worden’s heart in a plastic bag in front of Gein’s potbellied stove
● Nine (9) vulvae in a shoe box
● A young girls dress and the vulvas of two (2) females judged to have been about fifteen years old
● A belt made from female human nipples
● four (4) noses
● A pair of lips in a window shade drawstring
● A lampshade made from the skin of a human face
● Fingernails from female fingers

All the items found at Gein’s house were photographed and then destroyed, he told investigating officers that between 1947 and 1952 he made as many as 40 night visits to three different cemeteries to exhume recently buried bodies while he was in a “daze-like” state (similar to what we see with Norman’s blackouts) On 30 of those visits he would come out of the daze while still in the cemetery and left the grave in good order and return home emptyhanded. On other occasions he would dig up recently buried middle-aged women he thought resembled his mother and took them home, where he tanned their skin to make paraphernalia. Soon after the death of Gein’s mother, he began to create a “woman suit” so that he could become his mother to literally crawl into her skin. His practice of donning the tanned skins of women was described as an “insane transvestite ritual”

Sheriff Art Schley from Waushara County, reportedly assaulted Gein during questioning by banging Gein’s head and face into a brick wall and as a result Gein’s initial confession was ruled inadmissible. In 1968 Art Schley died of heart failure at the age of 43, before Gein’s trial, its said by many who knew Schley that he was traumatized by the horror of Gein’s crimes and his fear of having to testify about assaulting Gein, caused his death. November 21st 1957 Gein was arraigned on one count of first degree murder and pled not guilty by reason of insanity, he was found mentally incompetent and unfit for trial and sent to Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and later sent to Mendota State Hospital where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. On November 14th 1968 Gein was found guilty of first-degree murder by Judge Robert H. Gollmar and spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital. Gein’s house and property were scheduled to be auctioned March 30, 1958 , amid rumors the house was to become a tourist attraction but on March 27th the house was destroyed by fire and arson was suspected but was never officially solved. The car he used to haul the bodies of his victims was sold at public auction for $760 to a carnival sideshow operator Bunny Gibbons, later Gibbons charged carnival goers 25 cents admission to see it. Gein died on July 26, 1984 of respiratory failure due to lung cancer at the age of 77 in Stovall Hall at the Mendota Mental Health Institute.

Ed Gein’s story has had lasting effects on American pop culture by its numerous appearances in film, music and literature. His story first came to widespread public attention in the fictional version by Robert Bloch in his 1959 suspense novel Psycho, then in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film of Bloch’s novel. Gein’s story has been loosely adapted into a number of movies, including Deranged (1974), In the Light of the Moon (2000), Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007), Hitchcock (2012), and the Rob Zombie movies House of 1000 Corpses and its sequel, The Devil’s Rejects. Gein has also served as a model for several book and film characters, most notably such fictional serial killers as Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs) and Bloody Face from American Horror Story.

It goes without saying that Gein was a deranged human, but he will forever be a source of inspiration for all things dark and twisted.

References:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein

Damien SN1 EP5 – ‘ Seven Curses ‘

Wow! What an episode, it was dark with little twists that are slowly starting to unravel bit by bit. By far the darkest episode yet, and I believe its only going to get darker as it unravels more. Before we get in to the ‘Seven Curses’ let’s do a quick recap of ‘The Number of a Man’.

‘Number of a Man’ SN1-EP4

Detective Shay asks Damien to come in for further questioning, in regards to the recent deaths that are centered around Damien. They each threaten each other, before Damien mentions Ann’s interested in him. Shay visits Ann, she shows him the vault which is now a wine cellar and suggests Damien’s time spent as a war photographer has effected his mind. Simone’s mother brings in a witch doctor to put Kelly’s spirit to rest. The witch doctor burns her belongings which emits an orange flame before turning blue. In the ashes, they find her journal with the number 666 burned into the page. Shay’s son Jacob nearly drowns in the backyard pool.

Ok lets jump into ‘Seven Curses’ SN1-EP5

Like i said before, this episode was a cracker and Glen Mazzara, his team and the cast are killing it! Just to be clear they are killing it an awesome way, every episode just gets better and it hooks me in just that little bit more. This episode we see Damien looking for help which makes us believe he’s not just the beast in the making but also a man, will he be able to balance both sides of himself or will the beast take over? Damien seeks help from a Doctor which leads him to a veteran hospital where he runs into the woman who’s son he had saved from the on coming train, she was visiting her husband who was in the hospital and asks Damien if he would meet him.

We see an immediate connection between Damien and veteran, it pulls at the heartstrings and he photographs the veterans daily struggles in the hops of getting their story out. Simone believe Damien is the sole cause of he sisters death but Amani believes he is suffering mentally . We see Ann asking if she has been a good mother and keeping him safe, hinting she is actually his biological mother. Simone gets more than she bargained for while looking for photos at Damien’s apartment, two men in dark clothing and masks break in and ransacked Damien’s apartment looking for him. While at the hospital the veteran asks Damien to assist him in committing suicide, but he wants no part in it, he has had seen too much death. Damien searches the hospital when he finds the Veterans bed empty and he stumbles across a group of injured individuals that start chanting about the serpent with the number 666 when he enters the room. Damien’s connection with the vet leads him down a dark path as he photographs his suicide, its raw, dark and heartbreaking.

In this episode we are also starting to see a relationship form between Amani and Veronica and we have also learned that Veronica is Ann’s daughter and Damien’s sister. The Vatican also comes into play in this episode and you see the crypt where the daggers are held. This by far is the best episode to date, we are learning more about this life and the people surrounding him but there are still many questions to be answered.

Episode Rating This Week: 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

Charts As Of The 4th April 2016

ARIA Singles Chart

1. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (LW 1)
2. Faded – Alan Walker (LW 2)
3. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (LW 3)
4. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Up LW 5)
5. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (Up LW 12)
6. Cheap Thrills – Sia (Up LW 11)
7. 1955 – Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum (Down LW 4)
8. My House – Flo Rida (Up LW 9)
9. Hide Away – Daya (Down LW 6)
10. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Down LW 8)
11. No – Meghan Trainor (Up LW 13)
12. Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (Down LW 10)
13. Dont Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (Up LW 25)
14. Dance Off – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Idris Elba & Anderson .Paak (Down LW 7)
15. The Sound Of Silence – Disturbed (Up LW 23)
16. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Down LW 15)
17. Gold – Kiiara (Down LW 14)
18. Dangerous – Ariana Grande (Up LW 20)
19. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (Down LW 17)
20. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down LW 19)
21. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (LW 21)
22. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (Down LW 16)
23. Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (Up LW 24)
24. Love Yourself vs F@*K Yourself – Yo Preston Feat. Kelly Kiara (Down LW 18)
25. Lush Life – Zara Larsson (Down LW 22)
26. I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien (New)
27. Wild Things – Alessia Cara (LW 27)
28. Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King (Down LW 26)
29. Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (Up LW 37)
30. Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (LW 30)
31. Me Myself & I – G-Eazy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down LW 28)
32. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down LW 29)
33. Like I Would – Zayn (Up LW 42)
34. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down LW 31)
35. Company – Justin Bieber (Up LW 41)
36. All My Friends – Snakehips Feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper (Down LW 32)
37. Middle – Dj Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (Down LW 35)
38. Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (Down LW 34)
39. Rock Bottom – Hailee Steinfeld Feat. DNCE (New)
40. You Were Right – Rüfüs
41. Hello – Adele (Down LW 39)
42. Always – Samantha Jade (Down LW 33)
43. Team – Iggy Azalea (New)
44. History – One Direction (Down LW 36)
45. Keeping Score – L D R U Feat. Paige IV (Down LW 38)
46. I Know What You Did Last Summer – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello (Down LW 40)
47. What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber (Down LW 43)
48. Ocean Drive – Duke Dumont (Down LW 44)
49. Youth – Troye Sivan
50. Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK

Billboard Singles Chart

1. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake
2. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (Up LW 3)
3. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down LW 2)
4. My House – Flo Rida (Up LW 5)
5. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Down LW 4)
6. No – Meghan Trainor (Up LW 12)
7. Me Myself & I – G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha (LW 7)
8. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Down LW 6)
9. Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (LW 9)
10. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (Up LW 11)
11. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down LW 8)
12. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (Up LW 13)
13. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (Down LW 10)
14. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (LW 14)
15. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (LW 15)
16. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Roses (Up LW 17)
17. Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK (Up LW 19)
18. 2 Phones – Kevin Gates (LW 18)
19. Hello – Adele (Down LW 16)
20. Middle – Dj Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (Up LW 26)
21. Panda – Desiigner (Up LW 33)
22. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down LW 20)
23. Don’t – Bryson Tiller (Down LW 21)
24. Oui – Jeremih (Up LW 27)
25. Down In The DM – Yo Gotti Feat. Nicki Minaj (Down LW 22)
26. Exchange – Bryson Tiller (Up LW 30)
27. Jumpman – Drake & Future (Down LW 24)
28. The Hills – The Weeknd (Down LW 25)
29. Low Life – Future Feat. The Weeknd (Up LW 35)
30. Back To Sleep – Chris Brown (Down LW 29)
31. Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (Up LW 54)
32. You Should Be Here – Cole Swindell (LW 32)
33. Summer Sixteen – Drake (Down LW 31)
34. Hotline Bling – Drake (Down LW 28)
35. Let It Go – James Bay (Up LW 38)
36. Youth – Troye Sivan (Down LW 23)
37. What Do You Mean – Justin Bieber (Down LW 36)
38. Say It – Tory Lanez (Down LW 37)
39. 679 – Fetty Wap Feat. Remy Boys (Up LW 40)
40. Drunk On Your Love – Brett Eldredge (Up LW 44)
41. Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor Feat. John Legend (Up LW 46)
42. Team – Iggy Azalea (New)
43. Be Alright – Ariana Grande (New)
44. Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett (Down LW 43)
45. White Iverson – Post Malone (Up LW 49)
46. Hide Away – Daya (Down LW 41)
47. Here – Alessia Cara (Down LW 39)
48. Same Old Love – Selena Gomez (Down LW 45)
49. Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King (Down LW 48)
50. When We Were Young – Adele (Down LW 34)

UK Singles Chart

1. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (LW 1)
2. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (Up LW 3)
3. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (Down LW 2)
4. Cheap Thrills – Sia (Up LW 8)
5. Lush Life – Zara Larsson (Down LW 4)
6. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (LW 6)
7. Fast Car – Jonas Blue & Dakota (LW 7)
8. Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (Up LW 9)
9. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Up LW 10)
10. Say You Do – Sigala Feat. Imani & Dj Fresh (Down LW 5)
11. Faded – Alan Walker (Up LW 18)
12. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (LW 12)
13. Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat. Nyla (Down LW 11)
14. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down LW 13)
15. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Up LW 16)
16. Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (Down LW 14)
17. Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (Up LW 21)
18. Me Myself & I – G-Eazy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down LW 15)
19. Nothing Like This – Blonde & Craig David (Down LW 17)
20. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (LW 20)
21. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down LW 19)
22. Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (LW 22)
23. All My Friends – Snakehips Feat. Tinashe & Chance (Up LW 24)
24. When We Were Young – Adele (Down LW 23)
25. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (LW 25)
26. Roses – Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (Up LW 33)
27. What Do You Mean – Justin Bieber (Down LW 26)
28. Adventure Of A Lifetime – Coldplay (LW 28)
29. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Up LW 31)
30. No – Meghan Trainor (Up LW 42)
31. Get Ugly – Jason Derulo (Down LW 29)
32. History – One Direction (LW 32)
33. Never Forget You – Mnek & Zara Larsson (Down LW 30)
34. When The Baseline Drops – Craig David & Big Narstie (Up LW 35)
35. Army – Ellie Goulding (Down LW 34)
36. The Sound – 1975 (Down LW 27)
37. Girl Is Mine (Destiny’s Child & Brandy) – 99 Souls (Down LW 36)
38. Like I Would – Zayn (Up LW 41)
39. Hello – Adele (Down LW 38)
40. Bang My Head – David Guetta Feat. Sia (Down LW 39)
41. Stay – Kygo Feat. Maty Noyes (Down LW 40)
42. Rinse & Repeat – Riton Feat. Kah-Lo (Down LW 37)
43. Desire – Years & Years (Up LW 50)
44. I’m In Control – Alunageorge Feat. Popcaan (Up LW 45)
45. How Deep Is Your Love – Calvin Harris & Disciples (Up LW 47)
46. Sugar – Robin Schulz Feat. Yates (Down LW 44)
47. Can’t Feel My Face – Weeknd (Up LW 48)
48. Eyes Shut – Years & Years (Up LW 51)
49. IN2 – Wstrn (Down LW 43)
50. Sweet Lovin’ – Sigala Feat. Bryn Christopher (Down LW 46)