Absolutely not. Mrs. Brown came out before Henry the Eighth, which was included on their next album as a true music hall song to respond to the 14 million copies Mrs. Brown sold.
And for the trivia, who was Mrs. Brown’s daughter in the movie version?
Sarah Caldwell.
Hah. The trivia mavens amongst you probably thought I was going to say a greyhound because the movie was about a racing dog. But the dog’s name was Mrs. Brown. Sarah Caldwell played girl-next-door Judy Brown, daughter of Mona Washbourne who played Mrs. George Brown.
Don’t worry, sampiro. If you remember 60s trivia correctly, you weren’t really there.
Yep - my Googling supports your statement. I read what I countered with in a music magazine way back in '93 when Pablo Honey came out, so can’t come back with a counter-cite…
The Beatles appeared on an episode of Dr. Who (“The Chase” with the First Doctor). It was taken from one of their other BBC appearances and written into the story: Vicki sees the performance and says she really doesn’t like classical music.
The Mothers added “of Invention” to their name on the insistance of the record company. Hot Tuna also changed their name; they originally called themselves “Hot Shit.”
Singer-songwriter Janis Ian is an active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and has at least seven stories published in pro anthologies.
More Dolly & Porter trivia: When Wagoner was in his 70’s, he was so in debt he was literally impoverished. Parton bought the whole Porter Wagoner songbook for a couple of million, mainly to ensure that he wasn’t destitute in his old age.
The first time Hank Williams sung at the Grand Ol’ Opry he did seven encores with only one song-- “Hey Good Lookin’.”
Bonnie Owens was married to both Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Although she had lived in Missouri since the 70’s, she died only weeks after Buck Owens did.
Rose Maddox started singing with The Maddox Bros and Rose at the age of 11. The radio station wouldn’t hire The Maddox Brothers without a girl singer, so despite her only knowing the lyrics of three songs, Rose was drafted.
In the movie To Have and To Have Not, nineteen year old Lauren BaCall sings a song while standing at a piano played by Hoagy Carmichael. Her voice was dubbed by another teenager – Andy Williams.
Liz Phair sings backup on Sheryl Crow’s “Soak Up the Sun.”
Sting sings backup on Dire Strait’s “Money for Nothing.”
Laurie Anderson’s “Excellent Birds” with Peter Gabriel became Peter Gabriel’s “This Is The Picture” with Laurie Anderson.
Brigitte Bardot’s then-husband Gunter Sachs (who has made some news recently with “scientific” studies of astrology) forbid her from singing with Serge Gainsbourg on his song “Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus.” She was replaced by his lover, Jane Birkin.
One of the pretty girls that joins him is Kathryn Grant who soon became Mrs. Bing Crosby.
Another that he recorded, “All By Myself,” was written by Eric Carmen with a great deal of assistance from Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto.
Much of the old standard “Moonlight in Vermont” by John Blackburn is made up of haiku. For example:
John Prine wrote a song titled “Goof Old World” which had as its working title “if the whole world was as flat as an oyster, everyone would be happy as a clam.” The song’s lyric are almost all cliches.
Young-Holt Unlimited had a big hit in the late 60’s with the instumental “Soulful Strut”. The exact tune, with vocals added, was previously a hit for Barbara Acklin as “Am I the Same Girl” (later covered by Swing out Sister).
For what it’s worth…I remember seeing a television interview with Thom Yorke from back when Pablo Honey came out, and he told a story that was pretty much the same as the one you referenced. Jonny had a habit of checking that his guitar was live by making that “ka-chunk” sound. They thought it was a cool sound and decided to put it on the record.
Dunno if it’s really true, but I definitely remember hearing the story.
I never believed the “sabotage” story w/r/t Creep - they came to hate the song, I’m sure, but they were nobodies when they recorded it and I don’t think they would have screwed up their own work. Either way, I think we can all agree it’s the coolest part of the song.
The Beatles’ “Because” is, more or less, based on the chords of Moonlight Sonata played backwards.
