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The United Nations General Assembly designated this date, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educationalContinue reading “Action Is the Only Remedy to Indifference”

January 27, 1976 –Laverne and Shirley, a spinoff from Happy Days, starring Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Various cast members from Happy Days have talked about the vicious fights next door on set of Laverne and Shirley, so loud that they wouldContinue reading “Give us any chance we’ll take it”

January 27, 1984 –Cyndi Lauper released the second single, Time After Time, from her debut album She’s So Unusual on this date. Cyndi Lauper wrote this song with Rob Hyman, who also sang backup. Hyman was in a Philadelphia band with Eric Bazilian and Rick Chertoff. When Rick took a job as a staff producerContinue reading “… I hear the clock tick and think of you …”

January 27, 1991 –The little remembered TV series, Davis Rules, starring Randy Quaid and Jonathan Winters first aired on ABC TV on this date. (The series moved to CBS TV for its’ second and final season.) The show premiered right after the Super Bowl in 1991.

January 26, 1979 –The sitcom McLean Stevenson left MAS*H for, Hello, Larry, created by Dick Bensfield and Perry Grant, premiered on NBC TV, on this date. (TV Guide ranked the sitcom #12 on their 50 Worst Shows of All Time in 2002.) Since it was cancelled, the show has become a metaphor for low-quality andContinue reading “Yes, it really is pretty bad”

January 26, 1967 – The Star Trek episode, Tomorrow is Yesterday in which, the crew of the Enterprise is flung back in time to the sixties, where they must correct the damage they have caused to the timeline, first aired on this date on NBC TV. This is one of the rare occasions in whichContinue reading “Tomorrow is Yesterday premiered”

January 26, 1970 –Simon and Garfunkle’s fifth and last studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, was released on this date. The album went on to be the biggest selling ever for Columbia Records. The title song, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, is one of the most-covered songs ever. In the ‘70s, so many people sang aContinue reading “Sail on, silver girl”

January 26, 1974 –Ringo Starr’s song, You’re Sixteen, hit #1 on this date. Richard Perry, who worked with Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles and many other stars, produced this track. He said that producing Ringo’s album was the “greatest thrill” of his career.

January 25, 1927 –The composer and primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, was born on this date. If you are in your 50’s or 60’s, you probably wouldn’t have been born without the help of this guy – go ask your parents.

January 25, 1964 –The Beatles scored their first No.1 best seller in the US when I Want To Hold Your Hand reached the top of the Cash Box Magazine music chart, on this date. The Fab Four would eventually rack up 25 No.1’s in America.