Welcome to Jon Kutner's website
Here you can have a go at my on-line quiz and find out about my weekly quiz venues. You can view the galleries as well as see a comprehensive list of featured artists and dates when they were done. Just click on quiz venues at the bottom.
You can also read about some of the latest news items or read my biography.
There is an interactive guestbook, please feel free to make a suggestion or leave a comment on it.
If you are looking to book me for a function why not take a browse at Function DJ / Host page and then contact me directly.
I am continuing to do a 'single of the week' piece and if you have a track you'd like me to write about, please send your requests via the site by clicking here. This week it's the request from Jade who asked for Wide Open Space by Mansun. Click here to read the story. You can also view the archive of all past Singles and Albums of the week on this page.
You Tube Clip Of The Week:
There are many mash-ups around but here's a great one made by the DJs From Mars combining vocals and video for Gotye meeting Robert Miles. Watch it by clicking here.
Did You Know...
The original title of The Bee Gees' hit Stayin' Alive was to be Saturday Night, but the group decided that there were already too many songs with that name.
In 2011, a team of scientists at Goldsmiths University in London, England concluded that We Are The Champions by Queen was the catchiest song in musical history with Y.M.C.A coming in second.
Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to Elton John's 1973 hit, Daniel in a morning, Elton put them to music in an afternoon and the band had recorded it by the end of the day.
Elvis Presley once said that he had never tasted alcohol.
The policeman whose car killed John Lennon's mother, Julia, later became a postman. One of his routes covered Paul McCartney's home in Forthlin Road.
All four members of The Monkees were paid $450 for each episode in the first season of their TV show. For the second season it was raised to $750 but sadly they received virtually nothing for any of their merchandising.
The longest piano piece ever written was by Erik Satie called Vexations. It consists of a 180 notes and on the composer's orders, had to be repeated 840 times so that the whole performance would last 18 hours 40 minutes. It was first performed in September 1963 in New York and required a relay team of 10 pianists. The New York Times critic fell asleep at 4am and the audience dwindled to six masochists. At the conclusion, one sado-masochist shouted "Encore!"
The On-Line Quiz
After six weeks there is a tie at the top and five points separate the top 10. Week seven is now ready so good luck and enjoy!
The quiz runs from midday Sunday until 11am the following Sunday. Set yourself a reminder to do it every week and this league is all alphabetical.
There will be another randomly pre-picked number and that number is 121, but remember, to qualify for the prize you will need to have taken the quiz for all 12 weeks.
In 10 leagues there have been 8 different winners, can you make it into this elite group. It's here from 12.
If you are doing it on a phone or iPad make sure you have a wi-fi connection otherwise you may score zero as you know what some of these devices can be like.
You can check out the previous week's answers by hovering over the on-line quiz tab at the bottom and selecting the sub menu which says 'last week's answers'.
Here is a list of music related people who celebrate, or would have celebrated, their birthday this week. The ones no longer alive are shown in green.
Sunday:
Joe Brown (71), Richie Valens (71), Mary Wells (69), Overend Watts (Mott The Hoople) (63), Stevie Wonder (62), Danny Kirwin (Fleetwood Mac) (62), Johnny Logan (58), Martin Brammer (Kane Gang) (54), Lorraine McIntosh (Deacon Blue) (48) & Darius Rucker (Hootie & The Blowfish) (46)
Monday:
Mike Preston (78), Bobby Darin (76), Charlie Gracie (76), Jack Bruce (69), Derek Leckenby (Herman’s Hermits) (69), David Byrne (60), Ian Astbury (50), Danny Wood (New Kids On The Block) (43), Shanice (39), Natalie Appleton (39), Sinead O’Carroll (B*Witched) (39) & Olly Murs (28)
Tuesday:
Eddy Arnold (94), Trini Lopez (75), Lena Martell (72), Tich (67), Brian Eno (64), Mike Oldfield (59), Andrew Eldridge (Sisters Of Mercy) (53), Peter Wiggs (Saint Etienne) (46), Jake Shillingford (My Life Story) (46) & Richard Blackwood (40)
Wednesday:
Liberace (93), Robert Fripp (66), Jonathan Richman (61), Richard Page (Mr Mister) (59), Hazel O’Connor (57), Glenn Gregory (56), Janet Jackson (46), Ralph Tresvant (44) & Simon Katz (Jamiroquai) (41)
Thursday:
Charlie Charles (Blockheads) (67), Bill Bruford (62), Paul Di Anno (Iron Maiden) (53), Enya (51), Tracy Bryn (Voice Of The Beehive (50), Trent Reznor (47), Jordan Knight (42) & Andrea Corr (38)
Friday:
Perry Como (100), Alma Cogan (80), Albert Hammond (67), Rick Wakeman (63), Enigma (55), Toyah (54), Ferry Ridderhof (Doop) (48) & Martika (43)
Saturday:
David Jacobs (86), Mickey Newberry (72), Pete Townshend (67), Phil Rudd (AC/DC) (66), Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) (63), Romeo Challenger (Showaddywaddy) (62), Grace Jones (60), Joey Ramone (60), Martyn Ware (Heaven 17) (56), Yazz (52), Ben Volpeliere (Curiosity Killed The Cat) (47), Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) (44) & Stuart Cable (Stereophonics) (42)
The following people died on this week in history:
Sunday:
Chet Baker (1988)
Monday:
Keith Relf (1976) & Frank Sinatra (1998)
Tuesday:
Barbara Alston (Crystals) (1992) & Clint Warwick (Moody Blues) (2004)
Wednesday:
Sammy Davis Jr. (1990), Marv Johnson (1993) & Ronnie James Dio (2010)
Thursday:
Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson (1996)
Friday:
Ian Curtis (1980) & Norman Vaughan (2002)
Saturday:
Freddie Garrity (2006) & Kathy Kirby (2011)