‘TAKE IT ON THE RUN’
REO SPEEDWAGON
# 19 JUN 1981
“TAKE IT ON THE RUN” IS THE FIFTH TRACK ON THE REO SPEEDWAGON ALBUM HI INFIDELITY. IT WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE IN 1981 AND REACHED #5 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY GUITARIST GARY RICHRATH. “TAKE IT ON THE RUN” WAS THE FOLLOW-UP SINGLE BEHIND THE GROUP’S #1 HIT, “KEEP ON LOVING YOU”. THE COVER BAND ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES HAS PUNK-COVERED THIS SONG FOR THEIR LIVE ALBUM RUIN JONNY’S BAR MITZVAH.
THIS SONG WAS RELEASED AS A DOWNLOADABLE ADD-ON FOR THE ROCK BAND VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE ON APRIL 21, 2009.
1964, ELLA FITZGERALD BECAME THE FIRST ARTIST TO HAVE A HIT WITH A BEATLES COVER WHEN ‘CAN’T BUY ME LOVE’ ENTERED THE UK CHART.
1973, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE WERE PREVENTED FROM GIVING A FREE CONCERT IN GOLDEN GATE PARK WHEN SAN FRANCISCO AUTHORITIES PASSED A RESOLUTION BANNING ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS. THE GROUP LATER WROTE ‘WE BUILT THIS CITY’ ABOUT THE BAN.
1982, THE UK MUSICIANS UNION MOVED A RESOLUTION TO BAN SYNTHESIZERS AND DRUM RHYTHM MACHINES FROM SESSIONS AND LIVE CONCERTS FEARING THAT THEIR USE WOULD PUT MUSICIANS OUT OF WORK.
1991, PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL LAVINE TOOK WHAT WOULD BE THE PUBLICITY SHOTS FOR NIRVANA’S ‘NEVERMIND’ ALBUM AT JAY AARON STUDIOS IN LOS ANGELES. THE IDEA FOR THE FRONT COVER SHOT OF THE BABY SWIMMING WAS TAKEN AFTER KURT COBAIN AND DAVE GROHL SAW A TV DOCUMENTARY ON WATER BABIES AND WAS TAKEN BY KIRK WEDDLE. SEVERAL BABIES WERE USED; FIVE-MONTH OLD SPENCER ELDON’S PHOTO CAME OUT BEST.
1992, A STATEMENT ISSUED BY FREDDIE MERCURY’S ATTORNEYS STATED THAT MERCURY HAD BEQUEATHED THE MAJORITY OF HIS ESTATE (£10 MILLION – $17 MILLION) TO HIS LONG-TIME FRIEND MARY AUSTIN.
2002, WINNERS AT THE 47TH IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS INCLUDED, DIDO FOR SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR, BEST SONG WENT TO U2, ‘WALK ON.’ KYLIE MINOGUE WON THE DANCE AWARD AND MOST PERFORMED WORK AND INTERNATIONAL HIT FOR ‘CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD.’ HEAR’SAY WON BESTSELLING UK SINGLE FOR ‘PURE AND SIMPLE’. MICK HUCKNALL WON OUTSTANDING SONG COLLECTION AND KATE BUSH WAS AWARDED OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1934 – ROBERT MOOG, INVENTOR OF THE SYNTHESISER. HE BUILT HIS FIRST ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, A THEREMIN – AGED 14 AND MADE THE MINIMOOG, “THE FIRST COMPACT, EASY-TO-USE SYNTHESISER” IN 1970.
1947 – BILL HUNT, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
1953 – RICK FENN, 10CC,
1946 – DANIEL KLEIN, BASS, J GEILS BAND,
1983 – HEIDI RANGE, VOCALS, (ORIGINAL MEMBER OF ATOMIC KITTEN), THE SUGABABES,
1967 – JUNIOR WAITE, MUSICAL YOUTH,
