{"id":10676,"date":"2023-11-17T17:54:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=10676"},"modified":"2023-11-18T02:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T08:39:33","slug":"my-favorite-singers-bands-highlight-the-best-in-music-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=10676","title":{"rendered":"My favorite singers, bands, highlight the best in music performance&#8230;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Bee Gees, Van Morrison,\u00a0 Queen,\u00a0 and Freddie Mercury top my list&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freddie Mercury &amp; Montserrat Caball\u00e9 - How Can I Go On (Live at La Nit, 1988 Remastered)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ksNoe8W2jTc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?attachment_id=10682\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10682\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10682 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/article-2216408-14D52655000005DC-267_634x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/article-2216408-14D52655000005DC-267_634x546.jpg 634w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/article-2216408-14D52655000005DC-267_634x546-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>I am 70.\u00a0 I have been in love with music since the early age of five, when I would listen to my turquoise music radio box that sat on my nightstand.\u00a0 Sure, I only listened to the number one radio station in the country, KOMA, which sent its signal out to the far reaches of the western part of the United States as of its huge wattage coverage.\u00a0 But KOMA played the hits of the day and had the largest radio audience in places like Montana, Arizona, Idaho, and West Texas, not to mention Oklahoma City where the station resides.\u00a0 Nothing touched KOMA, not even Wolfman Jack.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>I will just say that I listened to all music platforms, including radio, movie soundtracks, artistic legends, TV greats, and instrumentals.\u00a0 Opera and musical Broadway shows included.\u00a0 My mother took me to various Broadway hits of the day, including South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, and of course, Rogers and Hammerstein&#8217;s Oklahoma.\u00a0 I was never in my car without the radio playing.\u00a0 Never, and if it was not a football game or basketball contest, it was KOMA or WKY Radio while in OKC.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>My favorite stand-alone singers:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>Joe Cocker, Elton John, Dean Martin, Janis Joplin, Bob Seger, Buddy Holly, Linda Ronstadt, Van Morrison, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, Warren Zevon, Leon Russell.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>My favorite groups:\u00a0 Bee Gees, Beatles, Queen, The Animals, Manfred Mann&#8217;s Earth Bank, The Delfonics, The Spinners, The Supremes, The Rolling Stones, The Killers.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>My favorite original music soundtracks:\u00a0 Once Upon a Time in America, Lawrence of Arabia, The Godfather, Jaws, The Magnificent Seven, Chinatown, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>My favorite musical composers:\u00a0 Ennio Marricone, Maurice Jarre, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>My favorite Broadway musicals:\u00a0 Evita, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>My favorite musical movies:\u00a0 Jesus Christ Superstar, La La Land, Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, Yankee Doodle Dandy,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><strong>Feature photo of Janis Joplin:\u00a0 <span class=\"c-gallery-vertical-slide__photo-credit\">Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Image<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ennio Morricone - The Best of Ennio Morricone - Greatest Hits (HD Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jjq6e1LJHxw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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