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X = 1.75

#1 Go to the top of the class

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X = 1戮

Why thank you. Do I get a gold star?


Eddie Vedder was a security guard in a previous life. Please play



Rise



DC

X = 7/4

Richard Butler - painter:

Psychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters

Don Van Vliet was also an acclaimed artist.

Captain Beefheart - My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains

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X marks the spot.

Icelandic singer-songwriter Mugison used to be a fisherman

'Little Trip To Heaven' - Mugison


...is a cover of Tom Waits song


Tom Waits served with the United States Coast Guard

WEDNESDAY


Poet. Cartoonist. Author of children's books.

You want more? Quicker to check the link.

Please play a song from Old Dogs Volume Two, the Old Dogs being Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare & Jerry Reed. (Shel Silverstein sings backing vocals).


Still Gonna Die - Old Dogs


Keep it Country! Get your 20 points towards a CHOCOLATE EGG here!


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Lou Reed was one of those in-house songwriters prior to his Velvet Underground work, howver post Velvets he was a typist in hi9s Fathers accountancy practice.

Lou Reed - I Love You Suzanne

very radio friendly track.

#12

Gotta be a joke in there somewhere.......

Zoe Muth was a pre-school teacher...

Unusually, I first heard of her via Radio 4!

'I've Been Gone' - Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers

Pilot! Willie Nelson - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground

Robber! Merle Haggard - I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

A pilot and a robber! Willie and Merle - Pancho and Lefty

This must be the night for the singing windae cleaner!!

Van Morrison - In The Days Before Rock n Roll (or The Healing Has Begun)

Signed to play professional football with Brentford but ended up at the side of the park bringing up his breakfast as he couldny hack the training.

Hot Legs / Roderick David Stewart

Al.

I don't see the point of this.

Mick Jagger used to work as a Porter in a Mental hospital.


New Faces seems to be an appropriate Rolling Stones track to play

#18 Glen
Ah thought we were to tie a song in with their previous / post occupation but reading the theme again ah don't think that's the case.

Ah well whit dae ah know.....?

Stoopitfaeraferry.

Al.

#18 it's an exercise in googling

Bobby Gillespie and Robert Young used to do a paper-run for Urquhart's Newsagent's in Mount Florida.

'Know Your Rights' ---- Primal Scream

Mount Florida, Glasgow that is ............

Caption:


Ah the good old days of Scottish education...... Teachers wore ties, gave you real sums and didn't bother leaving the room for their fag break

Jarvis Cocker once worked in a fish market.
Common People would be too obvious a choice. How about some Seductive Barry ? Or maybe I Spy if that's too tediously arty? ;o)

Wonder if Tom was ever a convict.

Tom Waits / Jockey Full of Bourbon



Al.

#24 I Spy one "+" too many on the top line. Real sums, eh?

Look at the way the blackboard, sorry, chalkboard has been rubbed out. Obviously it originally read x+1+ 3x+ 6 =14

- The Jezabels - I think they were students but I like this record. It sounds like Stevie Nicks meets The Killers

- Grinspoon - I don't know what they did but this is a good record too.

#28 Nah - it's just that nobody in the class dared to correct him. That would be a parental letter to the head nowadays, complaining about little Johnny's substandard education.
As you say, changed times. ;o)

I hate boxing as a sport but one of my favourite singer/songwriters was a boxer. I'm sure he is a much better Piano Man, yes the one and only Billy Joel play anything by him for me, except uptown girl, thanks.

#18 & #21

Yup DC "Its Google Night, and the feeling's right, oh yes its Google Night, oh what a night."

JT Taylor, singer with Kool and the Gang till 88, used to be a school teacher.

Is anybody going to check any of this??

(Though there is probably no need to check #9 Icelandic - Fisherman and #22 Scottish - Paper Round.)

#24 ah the good old days of scottish education. If the white chalk fleeing towards you like an exocet missed you, you knew the wooden board duster would be coming next.



Now what did i do with that file of former occupations!

Harry Wayne "KC" Casey used to work in a record store. This courtesy of Wiki:

"KC noticed that often customers would come in not remembering the titles of the records they wanted, and the store would lose the sale 鈥� this is the reason so many of his songs repeat their titles over and over".

(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC and the Sunshine Band




Paulo, did you know that KC co-wrote McCrae's "Rock Your Baby"?

and finally...

McCafferty will be fit tae bust wi a theme like this.

cilla black was a cloakroom attendant at the cavern club
perry como was a barber
Dave dee was a policeman as previously blogged
Billy fury was a tugboat captain
Alex harvey was a lion tamer
Matt monro was a bus driver

Someone else can pick the song as long as its not cilla black

#36 yep I sure did and it's time we heard the full version of the first disco number 1. Good documentary on the beeb last week about the birth of disco. Should still be on the iplayer.

We're no allowed tae watch the iPlayer over here. What was it called?

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The Joy of Disco

Bert Jansch - Strolling Down the Highway

#40 you can have alison again but you cant have a luke again?

Scarlett Johansson was an actress before she became a popstar
Pete Yorn gained a major in the department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies before he became a popstar with his friend Scarlett

Relator - Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn

Liked that Jezabels track so Ive ordered CD - thanks for that one Glen. Turns out they were all studying Civil Engineering in Sydney University.

#22 #34

Another Scottish industry lost due to overmanning.

#45

Heard them on my recent trip. A loss to the profession.

#41 Cheers SG

#43 Thats right. Peety.

#7 Also a bread van driver and a vacuum cleaner salesman.

ODD JOBS from DUST SUCKER by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND

Songbird- Eva Cassiday was a plant propagator.(an indoor gairdener to you and me)

#49 Cassidy.There is no 'a' in Cassidy.(except the 1st one).

This is shaping up to be a fascinating programme.

It's not widely known that teen heartthrob and X Factor winner Frankie Hormone was an astronaut before his groundbreaking debut album Knee Trembler rocketed him to stardom. Speaking from the poolside at his luxury Garngad mansion, Frankie remarked, "I've been very lucky. Singing鈥檚 taken me all over the world.鈥�

#52 It sounds like he's had an incredible journey 鈽�

Model:

Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks

#51 @Glen - I agree Glen! But can you imagine my suprise when googling I have discovered that Bruce Springsteen was never a car mechanic, has never worked construction, worked in a factory, raced cars or been a wrestler. I feel cheated.

What songs were played yesterday?

Kevin was an award winning Hollywood film star before he went to Nashville.

Only a Good Woman / The Bacon Brothers



Al.

Engelbert Humperdinck was a classical composer whose greatest triumph was his opera Hansel and Gretel.However, this turned out to be a bit of a one hit wonder and real success eluded him. Thereafter he faded into obscurity.His agent, whos finger was always on the pulse, suggested Engelbert become more mainstream and more vocal.He changed his name to Gerry Dorsey for a while, but later reverted to the more straightforward Engelbert Humperdinck.Success followed quickly.The chart topper'Release Me' was followed by other hits such as'The Last Waltz','There Goes My Everything'and the inimitable'Ten Guitars'.
Most recently,Engelbert was given the ultimate honour.Representing the UK in the European Song Contest.A far cry from Hansel and Gretel indeed.

#55

He was a rent boy in Philly though.

#56.

No Alison Again either!

Still, it was 1976 on Pick of the Pops, so a good substitute.
Tony B would be a good cover next time Bryan's away.

Mark Knopfler was a junior reporter on the Yorkshire Evening Post.

Cannibals / Mark Knopfler
Not as scary as it sounds, great wee choon.

Al.

#56

I know - I heard the show and can confirm Kirsten has now moved into a commanding lead, but I can't prove it because there's no playlist shown. One of the best shows ever,.....apart from the obligatory Queen track.

Tonight:

Bob Marley used to work as a roofing contractor...

Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers

regardez youse

henri

ps norrie - Hertha Berlin do 'the bouncy'.

#59

I think I resd that he'd do a roaring trade down your neck of the woods - I think that's what Steely Dan's 'Gaucho' is about.

correction, Bob Marley worked in a Chrysler plant - obviously getting back to his Roots.

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Switched on just in time to hear the opening of a Deacon Blue dirge.

Switched the frequency to Mike Harding. Very quickly.

That's Rootes Henri

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Mike Harding's producer is well on the way to winning a CHOCOLATE EGG


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#62

Yes, how on earth was Bicycle Race shoe-horned in?? They even cut it before the bike bells (sound effect anyway) came on!

#65

Eventually he went straight, left the manor and got a job as a DJ. You see, there's good in everyone. Mind how you go, now. 'Evening all.

#65/69

Wonder if the BEEB withhold royalties cheques given one of them is already on the payroll? They really were / are duff!