The Sunday Round-Up: 10th-16th March (exploring Quincy Jones' legacy and celebrating 3 groundbreaking albums by Radiohead, 2Pac, and Kendrick Lamar)
Exploring the legacy of Quincy Jones and celebrating the anniversaries of three groundbreaking albums: Radiohead's The Bends, 2Pac's Me Against The World, and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly
The week, we celebrate what would have been the 92nd birthday of the iconic Quincy Jones; the 30 year anniversaries of two seminal albums, Radioheads’ The Bends and 2Pac’s Me Against The World, and 10 years of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, the record that inspired David Bowie.
Before we dive in, here is a quick rundown of the other historical music events that happened in the week ahead:
12th March 1975
This coming Wednesday marks 50 years since ABBA recorded ‘Mamma Mia’, the single that has, in some ways, gone on to represent part of ABBA’s enduring legacy, as title to a global smash hit musical and two blockbuster movies, ‘Mamma Mia!’ and ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’. According to abbasite.com, the single was the last to be recorded for ABBA’s third studio album, the self-titled ABBA.
‘Today, not much is remembered about the creation of the song, except that Björn recalls that…