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August 6, 1965 –The Beatles released their fifth album, Help! — the soundtrack to their second film, on this date. Originally, the album cover showed The Beatles spelling out the word “Help” using the semaphore system of communicating with flags, which was usually used by ships. The photographer, Robert Freeman, didn’t like the pose becauseContinue reading “Help! the album dropped”

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. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters tried toContinue reading “Come on baby, let’s do the Twist”

August 6, 1938 – … In this corner, at 203 and one-third pounds, the most magnificent marvelous multiple monstrous mad mauling mass of meaty muscles ever to master, modify, mat, make mince-meat, and mangle many menacing monsters from Manitoba to Minneapolis! An early pairing of this comedy duo, Porky and Daffy, was released on thisContinue reading “Porky and Daffy premiered”

August 6, 1982 – Alan Parker’s rock-musical interpretation of the classical album, Pink Floyd The Wall, premiered in NYC on this date. In his autobiography Is That It?, Bob Geldof says that his agent first told him about the project while he was riding in a taxi, and that he said that he didn’t wantContinue reading “Oh, by the way, which one’s Pink?”

August 6, 1911 –One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.. Lucille Ball, film and television executive, actress and comedian, was born on this date. A comment from a member ofContinue reading “Lucille Désirée Ball”

A quick check of the calendar : It’s the half way point of summer today and there are 141 days until Christmas

August 5, 1966 –This was a big day in Beatles history: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.

August 5, 1978 –The Rolling Stones had their eighth US No.1 hit with the single Miss You, on this date. The song was written by Mick Jagger after jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for forthcoming club dates the Stones were playing.

August 5, 1966 – Based of the TV series, Doctor Who, the sequel to the film, Dr. Who and the Daleks, Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., starring Peter Cushing, Roberta Tovey, Jill Curzon, and Bernard Cribbins, premiered on this date. The rebel hideout in 2150 is prominently identified as Embankment station on the London Underground’sContinue reading “Exterminate them, exterminate them (again)”

August 5, 1957 –American Bandstand, a local Philadelphia show dedicated to the teenage “baby-boomers” by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, hosted by Dick Clark, debuted nationally on the ABC television network on this date. Please be careful, Zombie Mr. Clark still roams the nation in search of brains to feastContinue reading “American teens can finally dance nationwide”