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September 27, 1951 –Marvin Lee Aday, singer songwriter was born on this date. Despite his famous moniker, Marvin didn’t like to eat meatloaf.

September 26, 1969 –The Beatles release the Abbey Road album in London, on this date. It was their 13th album in the U.K. It was also their last album together as a group.

September 26, 1990 –One of the stranger series in TV history, Cop Rock debuted on ABC-TV on this date. In a May 2009 poll, this show was voted the fifth worst TV show in broadcast history. Ahead of it were The Gong Show, Friends, The Jerry Springer Show, and My Mother the Car.

September 26, 1774 or 1776 or 1783 (Who knows, I wasn’t there.) –Frontier missionary and pioneer nurseryman John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman was born in Leominster, Massachusetts on this date. After collecting apple seeds from cider presses in western Pennsylvania he embarked on a long trek westward, walking barefoot, planting a series of apple nurseries fromContinue reading “(Stick with us) The Beverly Hillbillies premiered”

September 26, 2003 –The famous blue eyed soul singer, Robert Palmer, also known for his sharp suits, died in Paris of a heart attack on this date. Palmer won two Grammy Awards – 1986 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Addicted To Love) & 1988 Best Male Rock Vocalist (Simply Irresistible) – He also won MTV’s BestContinue reading “Robert Palmer”

September 26, 1945 –Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off. Bryan Ferry, lead singer of the group Roxy Music and solo artist, was born on this date.

September 25, 1965 –The Beatles Cartoon Show premiered on ABC-TV on this date. It racked up a 13 score (or 52 share), then unheard of in daytime television. After the end of the series, Al Brodax and George Dunning would continue with Beatles animation by creating the animated feature Yellow Submarine.

September 25, 1975 –Pink Floyd’s ninth studio album Wish You Were Here, goes No. 1 om the Billboard Album Charts on this date. During the final mixing sessions of this song in June of 1975, Syd Barrett wandered into the studios, ready to help out. He was fat, bald, and as crazy as they remembered,Continue reading “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”

September 25, 1943 –An rare but excellent Merrie Melodies cartoon, A Corny Concerto, featuring all of the Looney Tunes major players, was released on this date. A parody of Disney’s 1940 feature Fantasia, the film uses two of Johann Strauss II’s best known waltzes, Tales from the Vienna Woods and The Blue Danube, adapted byContinue reading “The music goes round and round …”

September 25, 1964 –The series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., starring Jim Nabors (who was not married to Rock Hudson) premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Frank Sutton, whose best-known role was as Gunnery Sgt. Vince Carter in this series, could not pass the US Marine Corps physical during World War II, and ended up serving inContinue reading “Well Golly!”