{"id":678,"date":"2016-05-14T18:38:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/?p=678"},"modified":"2016-05-14T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:38:22","slug":"18-05-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"18.05.16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eartweaser clues:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/EarTweaser2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-280 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/EarTweaser2-212x300.png\" alt=\"EarTweaser2\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/EarTweaser2-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/EarTweaser2.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roger Coulam (keyboards) formed the band in the autumn of 1969<br \/>\nOther members were:\u00a0Madeline Bell (vocalist), Roger Cook (vocalist), Alan Parker (guitarist), Herbie Flowers (bassist), and Barry Morgan (drummer).<br \/>\nMost of the their songs were written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway<br \/>\nThe band&#8217;s debut single &#8220;Melting Pot&#8221;, was released in1969<\/p>\n<p>Their final album, Fruity, (January 1974)<br \/>\nThe band performed Capital Radio\u2019s jingles when it first went on air in 1973, Madeline Bell also sang the original jingles for pirate radio station \u2013 Radio Caroline<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week we had a little quiz\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Sean John Combs is better known by what stage name?<br \/>\n2. Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones, who&#8217;s missing<br \/>\n3. In May 2015, who dressed up as George Michael to celebrate their 27th birthday and posted the snaps on Twitter?<br \/>\n4. Who was Dionne Warwick&#8217;s most famous cousin?<br \/>\n5 What was Michael Jackson&#8217;s middle name?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Playlist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>XTC &#8211; Senses Working Overtime<br \/>\nAdam &amp; The Ants &#8211; Goody Two Shoes<br \/>\nWestlife &#8211; If I Let You Go<br \/>\nThompson Twins &#8211; You Take Me Up<br \/>\nAdam Faith &#8211; What Do You Want<br \/>\nThe Three Degrees &#8211; When Will I See You Again<br \/>\nAll Saints &#8211; Never Ever<br \/>\nBaby Bird &#8211; You&#8217;re Gorgeous<br \/>\nBarbra Streisand \u2013 Evergreen A Star Is Born<br \/>\nBronski Beat &#8211; Smalltown Boy<br \/>\nThe Real Thing &#8211; You to Me Are Everything<br \/>\nJames Blunt &#8211; 1973<br \/>\nDiana Ross &#8211; Doobedood&#8217;ndoobe, Doobedood&#8217;ndoobe, Doobedood&#8217;ndoo<br \/>\nThe Platters &#8211; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes<br \/>\nLos Bravos &#8211; Black Is Black<br \/>\nLulu &#8211; The Man Who Sold the World<br \/>\nPaper Lace &#8211; Billy, Don&#8217;t Be a Hero<br \/>\nKen Boothe &#8211; Everything I Own<br \/>\nThe Foundations &#8211; Build Me up Buttercup<br \/>\nThe Fat Boys &#8211; Wipeout<br \/>\nBlue Mink &#8211; Good Morning Freedom<br \/>\nBlue Mink &#8211; The Banner Man<br \/>\nThe Beat &#8211; Can&#8217;t Get Used To Losing You<br \/>\nStatus Quo &#8211; Caroline<br \/>\nSteam &#8211; Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye<br \/>\nSpandau Ballet &#8211; To Cut a Long Story Short<br \/>\nSmokey Robinson &amp; The Miracles &#8211; The Tears of a Clown<br \/>\nFreda Payne &#8211; Band of Gold<br \/>\nMillie &#8211; My Boy Lollipop<br \/>\nBucks Fizz &#8211; Making Your Mind Up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eartweaser clues: Roger Coulam (keyboards) formed the band in the autumn of 1969 Other members were:\u00a0Madeline Bell (vocalist), Roger Cook (vocalist), Alan Parker (guitarist), Herbie Flowers (bassist), and Barry Morgan <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/?p=678\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mouthmeltdown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}