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May 27, 1957 –Buddy Holly and the Crickets released their first record, That’ll Be The Day, on this date Holly and his band The Three Tunes recorded this in Nashville in 1956, but Decca records didn’t like the result and refused to release it. A year later, Holly re-recorded it with The Crickets in aContinue reading “Well, that’ll be the day …”

May 27, 1933 –Walt Disney classic take on The Three Little Pigs, opened on this date. The commercial tie-in with Esposito’s pork sausages during the original screenings of the cartoon wasn’t such a big hit though.

May 27, 1964 –The second spy film in the James Bond series, From Russia with Love, was released in the US on this date. Hoping for an end to the Cold War, producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman didn’t want James Bond’s main enemy to be Russian, so for the movie version, his nemesisContinue reading “From Russia with Love opened”

May 27, 1982 – With the only known directorial effort by Robin Williams, the last episode of Mork and Mindy, aired on ABC TV on this date. This episode was filmed before the Gotta Run, trilogy and was originally scheduled as the 19th episode of the season (before the three-part series finale) instead it airedContinue reading “The day Mork went back to Ork”

May 26, 1979 –Blondie’s song Sunday Girl off the album Parallel Lines became the group’s second UK No.1 hit single on this date. Though never released as a single in the United States, the song became a #1 hit in the United Kingdom and in Australia. In Britain the sales were boosted by another previouslyContinue reading “Sunday Girl topped the charts”

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. – Michael N. Castle Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last MondayContinue reading “Remember why you have the day off”

Saint Vitalis of Assisi (not to be confused with St. Vitalis of Milan, patron saint of grey haired Lotharios) was an Italian hermit and monk who died in 1370. He became a saint despite an early life marked by licentiousness and immorality. However, in an attempt to atone he went on pilgrimages to various sanctuaries.Continue reading “He may be the suavest of saints”

May 26, 1970 – The final episodes of I Dream of Jeannie, My Master The Chili King aired on this date. During several interviews, Sidney Sheldon admitted that he used the comedy movie, The Brass Bottle, a film about a man, portrayed by Tony Randall, that unleashed a male genie, that was portrayed by BurlContinue reading “The end of navel gazing”

May 26, 1988 –Frank Sinatra appeared in a commercial for Michelob singing The Way You Look Tonight, as part of the brewery’s “The Night Belongs to Michelob” ad campaign. At the time, Anheuser-Busch marketing explained Sinatra’s presence in the ad, “We’re trying to show the length and breadth of ‘the night.’” That and the brewingContinue reading “I’m guessing, even he, needed the money.”

May 24, 1974 –The final episode of The Dean Martin Show was aired on NBC on this date. The show had been on the air for nine seasons. Dean Martin’s contract stipulated that he was only required to work on Sundays. This necessitated that blocking the camera setups and rehearsals be done on Saturdays. ItContinue reading “That’s little old winemaker closed up shop”