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January 27, 1956 –Elvis Presley released the first of his 14 records in a row that sold more than a million copies, Heartbreak Hotel, on this date. It climbed to the top of the pop chart reaching #1 in April and spending eight weeks at the top. The success of Heartbreak Hotel began Elvis‘ periodContinue reading “Heartbreak Hotel first went on sale”

Today is the Sixth day of Lunar New Year, and the garbage from the first five days of celebrating is piling up. The rubbish from the first to the fourth day of the Chinese New Year is considered “wealth”, but after the fifth day, the garbage will turn into a sign of “poverty”. So onContinue reading “Get rid of that trash, or else”

January 26, 1979 – Dukes of Hazzard premiered on CBS television with One Armed Bandits – (A shipment of slot machines is hijacked.) High comedy indeed.

January 26, 1973 –Elton John’s sixth studio album, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, was released on this date. It was his second straight No. 1 album in the US. According to Elton John: The Definitive Biography, here’s how the album got its title: While in Los Angeles, Elton was introduced to theContinue reading “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player went on sale”

January 26, 1970 –Simon and Garfunkle’s fifth and last studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, was released on this date. The album went on to be the biggest selling ever for Columbia Records. The title song, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, is one of the most-covered songs ever. In the ‘70s, so many people sang aContinue reading “Bridge Over Troubled Waters went on sale”

January 26, 1967 – The Star Trek episode Tomorrow is Yesterday in which, the crew of the Enterprise is flung back in time to the sixties, where they must correct the damage they have caused to the timeline, premiered on this date on NBC TV. This is one of the rare occasions in which itContinue reading “Tomorrow is Yesterday premiered”

Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year celebrations. Known as the Festival of Po Wu. It is the welcome day for the God of Wealth, Caishen also called Cai Boxing Jun or Po Wu. Many families worship the God of Wealth in the early morning. After the ceremony, people usually light firecrackersContinue reading “Break free of restrictions”

January 25, 1970 –Robert Altman’s Oscar winning film starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, M*A*S*H, opened in NYC on this date. The operating scenes were almost cut out due to their graphic nature. However, two women who were visiting the set told the producers that the operating scenes were what made the movie, and shouldContinue reading “M*A*S*H premiered”

January 25, 1949 – The first Emmy Awards, which were devoted solely to local Los Angeles programming, were held on this date, at the Hollywood Athletic Club. The very first Emmy, for Outstanding Personality, went to Shirley Dinsdale, a 20-year-old ventriloquist from UCLA, star of the children’s show Judy Splinters—named after her talking puppet andContinue reading “It’s actually named after an Immy”

January 25, 1964 –The Beatles scored their first No.1 best seller in the US when I Want To Hold Your Hand reached the top of the Cash Box Magazine music chart, on this date. The Fab Four would eventually rack up 25 No.1’s in America.