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September 11, 1982 –Frank Zappa’s song Valley Girl (featuring his daughter Moon Unit Zappa,) reaches its chart peak of #32 on the Billboard Hot 100, on this date. Frank Zappa released 62 albums in his lifetime (many more appeared after his death), but Valley Girl is his only song to crack the US Top 40.Continue reading “Like – totally entered the lexicon”

Hold fast the time! Guard it, watch over it, every hour, every minute! Unguarded, it will slip away. Hold every moment sacred. Give each one clarity and meaning, each one its true and due fulfillment. – Thomas Mann I have found the following poems helpful in absorbing the enormity of the events of this dayContinue reading “Shape without form, shade without colour”

September 10, 1966 –The Beatles’ Revolver album goes #1 and stays #1 for six weeks, on this date. Revolver is the only album on which George Harrison wrote three of the songs. On all the others he only has two or less cuts. On The White Album he had four, but it was a doubleContinue reading “Revolver topped the charts”

September 10, 1966 –The Supremes started a two-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard Charts with You Can’t Hurry Love, their sixth No. 1 single, on this date. This was written by the prolific songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. It was based on a gospel song entitled You Can’t Hurry God, which was sung byContinue reading “You Can’t Hurry Love topped the charts”

September 10, 1972 –The USA suffered its first loss of an Olympic basketball game on this date, in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at the Munich, Germany Olympic Games. The Soviets won the game by a single point, making the winning basket as time expired and igniting vociferous American objections questioning the legitimacyContinue reading “They’re still talking about it”

September 10, 1985 –The film adaptation of the David Hare play Plenty, directed by Fred Schepisi, and starring Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting, Ian McKellen, and Sam Neill debuted at the Toronto Film Festival on this date. Many critics dismissed this movie as being just a filmed version of David Hare’sContinue reading “The film Plenty premiered”

September 10, 1955 – Gunsmoke premiered on CBS-TV on this date. The television series ran from September 10, 1955 until September 1, 1975 on CBS for 635 episodes. It had the longest run of any scripted series with continuing characters in American primetime television. William Conrad was the first choice to play Marshall Matt DillonContinue reading “Gunsmoke moved from radio to TV”

easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. It’s Cheap Advice Day, celebrates low cost counselors everywhere, whether they are a professional in the psychiatric industry or that friend who just can’t help but offer their unsolicited advice. This holiday originates from an episode of Charles M. Shultz’ Peanuts on September 10, 1992 whereContinue reading “Advice is like castor oil …”

September 9, 1978 –A Taste of Honey’s song Boogie Oogie Oogie was No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. The band got the idea for this song when they played a show at a military base. It was a tough crowd, and the audience was not responding to their songs. Lead singer HazelContinue reading “Boogie Oogie Oogie topped the charts”

September 9, 1890 –134 years ago today a little boy named Harland was born in Kentucky. When Harland was six, his father died and his mother was forced to go to work. Little Harland did most of the cooking for his younger siblings. By the age of seven he was a master of the localContinue reading “Harland Sanders”