February 23, 2003
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Grammy Night
Today’s musical birthday: bassist Steven Priest of Sweet.
Today’s back-to-the-future trip: See the article “Sweet Tunes….” on Chuck Berry at the top of today’s New York Times website.
“Her wallet’s filled with pictures,
She gets ‘em one by one.”
— “Sweet Little Sixteen,” by Chuck Berry
(Chess Records, January 1958)
Click on the above for the context.
“Are you ready, Steve? Aha….
And the girl in the corner is ev’ryone’s mourner.
She could kill you with a wink of her eye.”
— “Ballroom Blitz,” by Sweet
