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June 28, 1975 –David Bowie released the song, Fame, featuring John Lennon on backing vocals, on this date. It become Bowie’s first #1 hit in the US. John Lennon helped write this song – he came up with the title and also sang the background Fame parts in the high voice. They started working onContinue reading “… bully for you, chilly for me …”

June 28, 1944 –Universal Pictures released Robert Siodmak’s obscure film noir, Christmas Holiday starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly, on this date. Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz changed the setting from a Paris brothel to a nightclub in New Orleans and the main character was changed from a prostitute to a more ambiguous nightclub singer andContinue reading “Christmas Holiday premiered”

June 28, 1996 –Tom Shadyac’s remake of the Jerry Lewis classic, The Nutty Professor, starring Eddie Murphy (in just about ever role,) Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle and John Ales, went into general release in the US on this date. The family scene was nearly cut out of the final film dueContinue reading “The Nutty Professor reboot opened”

Paul Bunyan is a larger-than-life folk hero who embodies frontier vitality. He is a symbol of might, the willingness to work hard, and the resolve to overcome all obstacles. He was popularized by newspapermen across the country in 1910 and has been a part of the American culture ever since.

June 27, 1966 – The first broadcast of Dark Shadows aired on ABC-TV on this date. For more than a year and a half the characters of Dark Shadows used almost every possible phrase to refer to Barnabas Collins (“He’s not alive!” “He’s one of the undead.” “He walks at night but he ain’t alive.“)Continue reading “Kids rushed home from school”

June 27, 1949 –Guardian of the Safety of the World, private citizen-scientist Captain Video and his Video Rangers, premiered on the Dumont Network on this date. During the Vietnam War, American soldiers who were taken as Prisoners of War by the North Vietnamese were often interrogated and asked whom the American military leaders were. Reportedly,Continue reading “Evil doers of the world. Beware!”

June 27, 1964 –Peter & Gordon’s A World Without Love – written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney – goes to #1 in the US, on this date. This song found its way to Peter Asher when Paul McCartney was living in the Asher household at 57 Wimpole Street in London during his time datingContinue reading “Please lock me away …”

June 26, 1964 –The Beatles third studio album, A Hard Day’s Night was first released in the United States by United Artists Records on this date and on July 10, 1964 in the UK by Parlophone. In contrast to the band’s first two albums, all thirteen tracks were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney,Continue reading “A Hard Day’s Night (the album) went of sale”

June 26, 1965 –The Byrds went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their version of Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man. (Only Roger McGuinn from the band played on the song, the drummer Hal Blaine who played on the track also played on Bridge Over Troubled Water.) The Byrds version is based on BobContinue reading “Mr Tambourine Man topped the charts”