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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.

unencumbered by the whole copyright issue thing, to the Curiosity Rover parked on Mars, at the moment. NASA has programmed the Curiosity Rover to sing itself Happy Birthday every year, on the anniversary of it’s landing date on Mars at 10:32 p.m. PDT on August 5, 2012. And so it goes

On August 4, 1955, Carmen Miranda suffered a heart attack during a segment of the live TV show The Jimmy Durante Show, although she did not realize it. After completing a dance number, she fell to her knees, and Durante instinctively told the band to “stop da music!“. He helped Miranda up to her feetContinue reading “The Death of Carmen Miranda”

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, premiered 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 single weekend.Continue reading “Whose Line Is It Anyway? premiered”

It’s St. Sithney Day. He is the patron saint of mad dogs. Make of this what you wish: A Breton folk story, states that God asked Sithney to be the patron saint of girls seeking husbands, but Sithney said he would rather be the patron saint of mad dogs and get some rest. (And youContinue reading “To his dog, every man is Napoleon”

August 4, 1901 –Louis Armstrong (medicinal marijuana and laxative enthusiast) always stated that his birthday was on the Fourth of July, a date that has been noted in many biographies. During the 1980’s, Louis Armstrong’s baptismal certificate was discovered in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in New Orleans, showing his actual birth date wasContinue reading “Louis Armstrong”

August 4, 1693 –Oh, great day in the morning (this day should be a great religious and national holiday), Blind Benedictine Dom Perignon invents champagne on this date. He has been quoted as saying, “Come quickly, brothers, I’m drinking stars!” upon tasting his accidental brew. (Or maybe the story is apocryphal – what the hellContinue reading “It’s plain to you and me”

August 4, 1958 –The Billboard Hot 100 was published for the first time on this date. The first number-one song of the Hot 100 was Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson. The song was written by 17-year-old Sharon Sheeley when she was still attending high school in Newport Beach, California. Female songwriters were rare atContinue reading “The first Billboard Hot 100”

August 4, 1972 –The blaxploitation classic Super Fly, directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O’Neal, premiered in the US on this date. The soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield became a soul music landmark. All the music in the movie was done by Curtis Mayfield. This is one of only a few films where theContinue reading “Super Fly premiered”

August 3, 1979 –The Talking Heads release their third album, Fear of Music, on this date. The album, produced by Brian Eno, was recorded in Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth’s New York City loft where the band often rehearsed. They parked a mobile recording unit outside to record the tracks as they played from theContinue reading “Fear of Music released”