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On this day in 1977, the Eric Clapton single “Lay Down Sally” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #50 (December 18)
The song from his fifth full-length studio album “Slowhand” is in the style of one of his favorite songwriters, the Oklahoma musician J.J. Cale.
The B-side of the single was actually Clapton's cover of Cale's song "Cocaine."
Clapton also attributed other members of his band – co-songwriter George Terry, Carl Radle, Jamie Oldaker and others – as influencing the song, saying “"It's as close as I can get, being English, but the band being a Tulsa band, they play like that naturally.”
Marcy Levy, one of Clapton's backup singers was also a co-songwriter, and sang on the track with Yvonne Elliman (of “If I Can’t Have You” fame).
Levy toured with Bob Seger before joining Clapton's band in 1973, and in 1988, using the name Marcella Detroit, Levy joined former Bananarama singer Siobhan Fahey to form Shakespears Sister; whose song "Stay" was #1 in the UK for eight weeks in 1992.
Marcy Levy told Q magazine how this song came about:
“We were in the studio one day and he [Clapton] said, 'I want to write this song called 'Lay Down Sally.'' So I went into the corner and came up with the melody.
At first it had more of a Little Feat groove. But we worked at it all day and eventually Eric hit on the rhythm and I played keyboards, and we recorded the track. Then Eric said, 'Can you write some lyrics at home tonight?'
So I did, and we recorded the vocals the next day."
The single went to #2 in Hungary, #3 in the US and Canada, #5 in Japan, #8 in Sweden, #12 in France, #38 in Italy, and #39 in the UK.
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🥋 Masutatsu Oyama:
The Man Who Refused “Soft” Karate
Masutatsu Oyama didn’t just practice karate — he challenged it.
Born Choi Yeong-eui in 1923, Oyama believed karate was drifting toward form, safety, and comfort. His answer? Return it to truth. Truth meant pain. Truth meant pressure. Truth meant breaking limits — or being broken by them.
He trained alone in the mountains, fighting exhaustion, fear, and himself. Not to look strong — but to remove weakness. When he came down, he wasn’t interested in trophies or rules. He wanted proof.
That proof became legend.
Oyama fought bulls — not as a stunt, but as a statement: “If karate cannot face raw force, it is incomplete.” Critics called it madness. Followers called it conviction. Either way, the world paid attention.
In 1964, he founded Kyokushin Karate — full-contact, no excuses. No light taps. No pretending. Kyokushin demanded spirit, conditioning, and humility under pressure. Many joined. Many quit. Only a few stayed.
Oyama didn’t teach people to win fights.
He taught them to survive discomfort, to bow before discipline, and to accept that karate is not meant to be gentle — it is meant to be controlled.
Some say Oyama made karate too violent.
Others say he saved it from becoming empty.
But one thing is undeniable:
Modern karate debates exist because Masutatsu Oyama dared to ask an uncomfortable question —
Does your karate still work when it hurts?
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What does it truly mean to be wealthy and to live in luxury?
Many think luxury = mansions, cars, and signature brands.
And wealth = millions in bank accounts.
But real luxury and true wealth go far beyond material and temporal things.
The real flex is a life fulfilled. Not just one that looks good.
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On this day in 1970, Stephen Stills’ self-titled LP debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #30 (December 19)
Stephen Stills’ debut solo album was one of four high-profile albums (all charting within the top fifteen) released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their legendary 1970 chart-topping album “Déjà Vu”, along with “After the Gold Rush” (Neil Young, September 1970), “If I Could Only Remember My Name” (David Crosby, February 1971) and “Songs for Beginners” (Graham Nash, May 1971).
In addition to Crosby & Nash, the album features an array of well-known guest musicians, including John Sebastian, Cass Elliot and Rita Coolidge who contributed vocals. Ringo Starr drums on two tracks under the pseudonym "Richie," and Stills' album is also the only album to which both Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix supplied guitar work.
According to Stills, he "bumped into Eric one evening, and he came by and the night degenerated into an endless jam of The Champs’ Tequila.
Then we did the album track (Go Back Home) in the studio. His solo was one take and he got a fabulous sound".
With regards to Hendrix, Stills recalled in 1991:
“Hendrix and I cut a bunch of stuff together…..He was a very dear friend of mine, we were lonely in London together and hung out a lot.
I left England suddenly, and years later I learned from Mitch Mitchell that Jimi had been looking for me everywhere – wanted me to join the Experience as the bass player, which would have been my greatest dream in life!
It had something to do with a manager deciding it was a wrong career move and said, 'we don't know where he is.'
I learned to play lead guitar from Jimi he showed me the scales and said things like, 'You begin by thinking about the chord position and base your improvisations on that.'
Or he'd make some little remark like, 'F sharp is really cool,' and we'd develop a jam around that. We'd make up songs, play the blues.
He'd improvise until the inspiration began to ebb, then he'd look at me and say, 'You drive.'
You had to hear that cat play acoustic guitar!
We once jammed for about five days, one long marathon session in my beach house in Malibu. The sheriff's deputy overheard our guitar playing. When he found out it was us he asked permission to park his police car directly outside the house so he could listen in while he fielded radio calls.
Told us not to worry about a thing, he'd be looking out for us!”
In the charts, the album went to #3 in the US and Sweden, #5 in the Netherlands, #7 in Canada, and #8 in Australia.
In 1974, it was ranked number 70 by the NME writers in their best albums of all time.
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On this day in 1978, the Exile single “Kiss You All Over” went to #1 on the Australian charts (December 18)
The song from the prolific and successful writing team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn also reached #1 in the US and New Zealand, #2 in Canada and Sweden, #3 in Switzerland and Germany, #4 in the Netherlands, #5 in Norway, and #6 in the UK.
Here’s how it happened, according to Songfacts:
Chapman moved from England to Los Angeles in 1975 (for a girl) and struggled to find his footing.
He came across a band called The Exiles in a stack of demo tapes and liked what he heard.
The band had been around for about a decade, but their only chart success was a minor hit in 1970 with "Church St. Soul Revival," a Tommy James cover.
Chapman signed them to a management/production contract, changed their name to Exile, and wrote and produced a song for them called "Try It On," which made #97 US in 1977.
He had trouble generating momentum for the band, but that changed when he came up with "Kiss You All Over" in a flash of inspiration.
The LA-based Chapman then got Chinn over from London and Exile from Kentucky, and they recorded the song that rocketed them up the charts.
In an interview with Billboard, Chapman said: "It's a very unusual song and is very much about what music in the US is all about in 1978.
It's MOR (Middle Of the Road) soft rock, slightly disco though not pure disco, and has a sensuous lyric line that Americans love.
Americans are big lyric listeners and listen to every word."
It was to be their only major hit on the mainstream pop charts as the band shifted their focus to country music after lead singer Jimmy Stokley left the band in 1980, and passed away 5 years later from hepatitis, aged 41…
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On this day in 1977, the Carly Simon single “Nobody Does it Better” debuted on the Australian charts at #78 (December 19)
The song eventually peaked at #8 in Australia, and went all the way to #1 in Ireland, #2 in the US and Canada, #4 in Argentina, #5 in France and Norway, and #7 in the UK.
"Nobody Does It Better" was recorded by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me”, starring Roger Moore.
It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film since “Dr. No”, although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is included in the lyrics.
The song was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album.
The lyrics were written by Carole Bayer Sager.
"Nobody Does It Better" is Carly Simon's longest-charting hit, as well the most successful hit of hers that she did not write herself.
Her earlier hit "You're So Vain" spent three weeks at #1; however, its chart run was two months shorter than that of "Nobody Does It Better".
Among the most successful Bond themes, the song received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Original Song in 1978, losing both to "You Light Up My Life" from the 1977 film of the same title.
At the 20th Annual Grammy Awards held in 1978, "Nobody Does It Better" received a nomination for Song of the Year, and Simon was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.
In 2004, the song was also honored by the American Film Institute as the 67th greatest song as part of their 100 Years Series.
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The Specials lead singer Terry Hall passed away on this day in 2022, aged just 63 (December 18)
Terry Hall was the face of the 2 Tone and ska revival legends since 1977, and continued to front the Specials until his unexpected passing.
Hall was inspired by the likes of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, who he saw on tour with some friends in the 1970s.
The Coventry-born singer then joined The Coventry Automatics in 1977, who later became The Specials.
He was charismatic (in a non-popstarish way), and still retained the non-conforming individual sensibilities of The Specials from back in the day, as the band continued to play their trademark danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude to fans around the world.
And his voice was still excellent.
I had the pleasure of catching one of their brilliant shows with Terry up front a few years ago…
Hall also found commercial success with Fun Boy Three (with fellow former members Neville Staple and Lynval Golding) after the Specials first split, and co-wrote the Go-Go’s song “Our Lips Are Sealed” with Jane Wiedlin.
A sad loss…
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