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February 17, 1997 –Mike Nesmith directed himself and the other original Monkees in Hey, Hey, It’s the Monkees, a one-hour comedy special which premiered on ABC, on this date. The special assumes the Monkees have been living in their beach house all the years since the series ended and have continued having adventures. This oneContinue reading “Hey Hey, they were still the Monkees”

February 17, 1971 –On this day, Boston native James Taylor made his primetime television debut on the Johnny Cash Show. Other guest on the show that evening included Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt.

February 17, 1967 –The Beatles released Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever on this date. These songs were intended for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but Capitol Records decided to release the two songs as a single, partly to regain popularity from John Lennon’s “The Beatles are bigger than Jesus” comment.

It’s Generic Executive Office Holder of the Government Day. So let’s hear it for all the generic Presidents.

February 16, 1940 –A truncated version of A Chump at Oxford (the second to last Laurel and Hardy feature) was released on this date. The short version of the film was originally in four reels, a “streamliner” designed to compete with theaters’ new double feature concept. Hal Roach produced only a few of these hybrids,Continue reading “He wants me to serve the salad undressed”

February 16, 1957 –Ingmar Bergman’s classic take on life, death and a chess-playing grim reaper, The Seventh Seal, starring Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, and Bibi Andersson, premiered in Sweden on this date. The inspiration for this film was said to be drawn from the period films of Akira Kurosawa, of which Ingmar Bergman wasContinue reading “The Seventh Seal debuted”

February 16, 1982 –The Jam had two of their singles, A Town Called Malice, and Precious, at No.1 on the UK singles chart on this date. The title of Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice inspired the title, but the inspiration for the song came from Paul Weller’s friend Dave Waller by means of describingContinue reading “The Jam’s double hit”

February 16, 1964 – The Beatles appeared for the second time on the Ed Sullivan Show on this date. The Beatles performed six songs: She Loves You, This Boy, All My Loving, I Saw Her Standing There, From Me To You and I Want To Hold Your Hand. The Beatles received $25,000 for their appearance;Continue reading “Ed had them back”

February 15, 2005 –The Norah Jones mellow, jazzy album Come Away With Me is certified Diamond for sales of over 10 million in America on this date. The Come Away With Me album is a rare massive seller with no big hits. The only song to land in the Hot 100 was Don’t Know Why,Continue reading “I waited ’til I saw the sun”

February 15, 1758 – Mustard was first advertised for sale in America on this date, by Benjamin Jackson who had set up business in Globe Mills, Germantown, Philadelphia, selling mustard packed in glass bottles with his label on them. In the Philadelphia Chronicle, he claimed to be “the original establisher of the mustard manufactory inContinue reading “Hooray for Brassica juncea”