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June 22, 1968 –Herb Alpert’s single This Guy’s in Love with You, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. Alpert sang this to his first wife in a 1968 TV special called The Beat of the Brass. The sequence was taped on the beach in Malibu. The song was not intendedContinue reading “This Guy’s in Love with You topped the charts”

June 21, 1982 –Paul McCartney released the single Take It Away from his album Tug of War, on this date. The video looks like it’s about the discovery of McCartney’s group Wings, although they had broken up by then. The song is Paul McCartney’s most successful as a solo artist in the early ‘80s.

June 21, 1977 –Marvin Gaye’s song Got To Give It Up, reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, replacing Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, on this date. This song was the subject of a landmark court case filed by Marvin Gaye’s estate in 2013 against the writers of Robin Thicke’s hit Blurred Lines.Continue reading “Got To Give It Up topped the charts”

June 21, 1977 – Martin Scorsese’s homage to movie musicals – New York, New York, premiered on this date. Producer Irwin Winkler said that during filming, Robert De Niro would constantly be walking around with a copy of the book Raging Bull. Raging Bull became the next film that De Niro and Martin Scorsese madeContinue reading “New York, New York premiered”

June 21, 1969 –In an ill-advised attempted to make the British royal family seem more ‘approachable‘, the BBC aired the documentary Royal Family, on this date. Created at the behest (I absolutely love the word behest,) of Queen Elizabeth, eager to humanize the Royal Family at a time of social upheaval, it only aired twice.Continue reading “Royal Family premiered”

June 21, 1905 –It would have been the 119th birthday of Jean-Paul Sartre today. But what the hell does he care; he’s dead and it doesn’t mean anything anyway.

Today is the first full day of Summer Hopefully your day goes better than Martin’s does.

June 20, 1942 –It’s Brian Wilson’s birthday today, ushering in those lazy, hazy days of summer. Let’s all appreciate the fact that Brian Wilson is still around and kicking.

June 20, 1966 –The Beatles released their ninth album issued on Capitol Records and twelfth American release overall, Yesterday and Today, with the amended cover, on this date. The original release of the album Yesterday and Today by the Beatles, with the so-called “Butcher cover”, is one of the most widely recognized valuable albums inContinue reading “The controversial Yesterday and Today went on sale”

June 20, 1981 –The mash-up single by Stars on 45 (known as Starsounds in Europe,) Stars On 45 Medley reached No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. The title on the US single was the names of the songs that make up the medley: “Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I’ll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do YouContinue reading “Stars on 45 topped the charts”