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January 9, 1965 –The Beatles album Beatles 65, started a nine week run at No.1 on the US album chart, the group’s fourth No.1, on this date. Beatles ’65 includes eight of the fourteen songs from Beatles for Sale and also includes I’ll Be Back from A Hard Day’s Night and the single I FeelContinue reading “Beatles 65 topped the charts”

January 9, 1984 –Van Halen released their sixth studio album, 1984, on this date. It was the last Van Halen studio album until 2012 with the release of A Different Kind of Truth, to feature lead singer David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 following creative differences.

January 9, 1959 – The TV Western, Rawhide, with Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Clint Eastwood used the same gun and wore the same boots as in his “Spaghetti Westerns” A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He alsoContinue reading “Move ’em on (Head ’em up!) Head ’em up (Move ’em on!)”

January 9, 1999 –The medical drama, Providence, starring Melina Kanakaredes, Paula Cale, Seth Peterson, Concetta Tomei, and Mike Farrell, first aired on this date. Providence was originally intended to be a short run mid-season filler. It proved so popular, additional episodes were ordered and it went on to become a successful series.

January 8, 1966 –The Beatles single We Can Work It Out reached No. 1 on the Billboard Charts. It was their 12th No. 1 hit. The Beatles recorded this specifically for release as a single at two quick sessions while they were making the Rubber Soul album in October 1965. When it was released asContinue reading “We Can Work It Out topped the charts”

Elvis the King (who was born in 1935,) (As I always say – lay your hand upon the screen and feel his healing power pulsate through your nether regions.) and Davy Jones, who was born in 1947, somehow were both born on this date – (you may lay your hand upon the screen and feelContinue reading “We can not comprehend the great mysteries of life”

January 8, 1968 –Welcome to zee exotic world of undersea explorer… The first episode of the documentary series, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau: Sharks premiered on this date.

January 8, 1978 – The TV series, based on the books by James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small, starring Robert Hardy and Christopher Timothy, debuted on BBC TV, on this date. Alf Wight (the real James Herriot) initially stipulated that all the incidents in the TV series had to be closely based on thoseContinue reading “The original series, All Creatures Great and Small premiered”

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon before the creation of wheeled luggage. It just seems so strange given how obvious the idea of wheeled suitcases is now, but while the US spent billions on plans for landing on the moon in the early 1960s (not to mention the moon landing in 1969), wheeled cases weren’tContinue reading “That’s remarkable”

January 7, 1961 –The pilot episode of The Avengers – Hot Snow, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee premiered in the UK on this date. The vast majority of the first series of The Avengers is missing from TV archives and likely lost forever – only the first 15 minutes of this first episode andContinue reading “A clip from the pilot episode of The Avengers”