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January 6, 1979 –Soul Man, recorded by comedians John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the fictitious singing team, The Blues Brothers, debuted on Billboard’s pop charts. The Blues Brothers had originally been created for TV’s Saturday Night Live, and had been so popular that it prompted several records and a movie with Jake and ElwoodContinue reading “The Blues Brothers made their way up the charts”

January 6, 1963 –See Jim try to swim to his dugout canoe through a lake of piranhas, while I watch safely from the studio, confirming the second pitcher of martinis is properly chilled. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins began on NBC on this date.

January 6, 1973 –The animated lesson series Schoolhouse Rock premiered on ABC with the Multiplication Rock series. You have to love a children’s cartoon that celebrates threesomes.

Some have suggested that many of the answers to ACME quizzes are both arbitrary and capricious – these are not: What were the gifts of the Magi (what were the names of the Magi?) Bonus question: There was a fourth gift – what was it and who was it from?

The final gift tally (365 gifts): you would have received 12 drummers drumming, 22 flutist, 30 members from the house of Lords, hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock, 36 Fan dancers, 40 angry dairy workers, on permanent coffee break, 42 Swans, trying to mate in your dining room (avert the children’s eyes) , 42Continue reading “We’re assuming you taken out a restraining order against your true love”

January 5, 1980 –The Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, was the first hip-hop song to made it to the Top 40 on this date. This was the first rap song to enter the US Hot 100. Rap music had been around for about seven years, but it was usually heard at block parties and discos whereContinue reading “Rapper’s Delight broke the top 40”

January 5, 1973 –Produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos, Bruce Springsteen’s debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., was released on this date, but sold just 25,000 copies in its first year. After eight years playing in bars where audiences usually didn’t listen to or couldn’t hear the words, Springsteen used his first albumContinue reading “Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. went on sale”

January 5, 1961 – Mister Ed, the talking horse (with a daily diet was twenty pounds of hay, washed down with a gallon of sweet tea.,) debuted on CBS-TV on this date. This was one of the few television series to start in syndication, then be picked up by a major network.

January 4, 1975 –Elton John cover of the Lennon – McCartney song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds reached the No. #1 spot on the Billboard Charts on this date. The “Lucy” who inspired this song was Lucy O’Donnell (later Lucy Vodden), who was a classmate of John Lennon’s son Julian when he was enrolledContinue reading “Elton topped the charts with Lucy”

January 4, 1941 – The animated short Elmer’s Pet Rabbit was released on this date: it marks the second ‘official‘ appearance of Bugs Bunny and the first to have his name on a title card. It was directed by the legendary Chuck Jones. (Note that Bugs hasn’t developed his characteristic buck teeth yet.)