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November 16, 1974 –John Lennon’s song Whatever Gets You Thru the Night hits #1 on the Billboard charts on this date. With this song, John Lennon became the last of the Beatles to hit #1 US in their respective post-Beatles careers. By this time Paul McCartney had hit #1 three times, and George Harrison andContinue reading “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night topped the charts”

November 16, 1979 –Paul McCartney released what many consider the worst Christmas tune ever, Wonderful Christmastime, on this date. Paul has the last laugh concerning the song, music industry sources estimate that McCartney makes between $400,000 to $600,000 annually from royalties on Wonderful Christmastime alone.

November 15, 1986The Beastie Boys‘ debut studio album Licensed to Ill, released by Def Jam and Columbia Records, went on to become the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart, was released on this date. With their debut album, Licensed To Ill, released in November, and over the next few months, the BeastieContinue reading “Beastie Boys Debut Album: Licensed to Ill”

Today in 1864 –In Atlanta, Captain Rhett Butler rescues Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton, her sister-in-law Melanie Wilkes and her sister-in-law’s brand new baby from Aunt Pittypat’s Peachtree Street home before the Union army advances on the city. Rhett declared his love for Scarlett but she rebuffed him. But that’s not why we’re here … Meanwhile inContinue reading “The problems of a few people don’t mean a hill of beans …”

November 15, 1940 –The film that introduced Abbott and Costello to movie audiences, One Night in the Tropics, opened on this date. The film was a flop but Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were so popular that Universal offered the team a two-picture deal with the option to extend the contract. Also, they would receiveContinue reading “One Night in the Tropics premiered”

November 15, 1935 –… … And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor.. The Marx Brother’s first film made without Zeppo, A Night at the Opera, premiered on this date. Kitty Carlisle said the atmosphere on theContinue reading “The film not the album”

Why is this child taunting a turkey with a bowl of fresh fruit? Before you go – Boots UK, (think CVS or Walgreens) wants to show Mrs. Claus giving Santa a hand getting ready for Christmas. But what it got is an outcry from some small anti-woke, anti-black, homophobic segment of the British population thatContinue reading “I’m curious –”

Today is America Recycles Day. Its also known as national clean out the refrigerator day. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, today’s a good day to make some room in the frig (one could start looking through the freezer for a of those few ‘frozen corpse‘ meals that have there for several weeks.). While theContinue reading “I started yesterday”

November 14, 1975 – Queen released its fourth album A Night at the Opera on this date (There actually were other songs on the album besides Bohemian Rhapsody you know.) As it appears on the album, the song Death on Two Legs had “Dedicated to…” written after it. It was dedicated to their ex-manager whenContinue reading “You suck my blood like a leech …”