August 7, 1982 –After a screaming foul ball critically injured 4-year-old Jonathan Keane in Fenway Park on this date, Boston Red Sox player Jim Rice sprinted out of the dugout, scooped him up, and rushed him into the baseball clubhouse “saving the boy’s life” with medical care that was provided in just seconds. Team physicianContinue reading “If it was your kid, what would you do?”
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How Can You Mend a Broken Heart topped the charts
August 7, 1971 –The Bee Gees early hit How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. It became their first US #1 hit. This was written during the same afternoon as The Bee Gees‘ previous American hit, Lonely Days in Barry Gibb’s basement flat atContinue reading “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart topped the charts”
The Twist becomes a dance craze
August 6, 1960 –Chubby Checker performs his version of The Twist on American Bandstand starting a worldwide dance craze. The song soon reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart—and then, again, for a second time in 1962, making it the only song to hit No. 1 twice. This started a dance craze that gotContinue reading “The Twist becomes a dance craze”
Pink Floyd The Wall premiered
August 6, 1982 –Alan Parker’s rock-musical interpretation of the classical album, Pink Floyd The Wall, opened in NYC on this date. Many of the extras in the Run Like Hell and Waiting for the Worms sequences were actual neo-Nazis cast for realism. Gerald Scarfe became frightened that things were getting out of control when, onContinue reading “Pink Floyd The Wall premiered”
Lucille Désirée Ball
August 6, 1911 –The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Lucille Ball, film and television executive, actress and comedian, was born on this date. A comment from a member of the preview audience of Follow the Fleet about bit-player Ball: “You might give the tall gumContinue reading “Lucille Désirée Ball”
Not to depress you but,
A quick check of the calendar : It’s the half way point of summer today and there are 141 days until Christmas
Tuesday Night Music Club dropped
August 6, 1993 –Sheryl Crow releases her first album, Tuesday Night Music Club on this date. It takes about a year to catch on, but eventually sells over 7 million copies. Tuesday Night Music Club was Crow’s first album, released when she was 31. It took nearly a year for the album to catch onContinue reading “Tuesday Night Music Club dropped”
From Here to Eternity premiered
August 5, 1953 –Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr got busy in the surf and someone may have gotten a horse head telegram delivered to their bedroom – From Here to Eternity, also starring Montgomery Cliff, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, and Ernest Borgnine, opened in NYC on this date. Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and author JamesContinue reading “From Here to Eternity premiered”
Whose Line Is It Anyway? premiered
August 5, 1998 – The American spin-off of the British series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, hosted by Drew Carey and starring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and Wayne Brady, aired on ABC-TV, on this date. The Whose line crew was such a well-oiled machine that they could shoot 9 to 12 episodes on a singleContinue reading “Whose Line Is It Anyway? premiered”
This was a big day in Beatles history:
August 5, 1966 – The Beatles released their Revolver album in UK on this date. and they also released Yellow Submarine and Eleanor Rigby as a double A single in UK. A lot of kids weekly allowance must have flown out the door on this date.
