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January 10 1984 –Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper became the first female recording artist since Bobbie Gentry (1967) to be nominated for five Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), Record of the Year and Song of the Year on this date. She may be unusual but Cyndi isContinue reading “I’m sorry, baby, I’m leaving you tonight …”

January 9, 1965 –The Beatles album Beatles 65, started a nine week run at No.1 on the US album chart, the group’s fourth No.1, on this date. \ Beatles ’65 includes eight of the fourteen songs from Beatles for Sale and also includes I’ll Be Back from A Hard Day’s Night and the single IContinue reading “This happened once before”

January 9, 1984 –Van Halen released their sixth studio album, 1984, on this date. It was the last Van Halen studio album until 2012 with the release of A Different Kind of Truth, to feature lead singer David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 following creative differences.

January 9, 1968 –It Takes A Thief, starring Robert Wagner, premiered on ABC-TV on this date In the first season, Alexander Mundy was a cat burglar hired by American spy agency: The SIA. In the second season, he became a freelance operative.

January 9, 1997 –Based on the original BBC series, which premiered in 1979, Antiques Roadshow premiered on your local PBS station, on this date. In 2001, PBS began airing the original BBC version of Antiques Roadshow in the United States. In the United States, the BBC version is titled Antiques Roadshow UK to differentiate itContinue reading “It’s worth this much”

It’s the birthday of the 37th President of the United States, Richard Milhous Nixon, born in Yorba Linda, California, on this date in 1913. He had a childhood full of tragedy and disappointment. When Nixon was 12, his older brother had a vision of young Dick’s future and developed a headache that turned out toContinue reading “If you take no risks, you win no victories.”

January 8, 1966 –The Beatles single We Can Work It Out reached No. 1 on the Billboard Charts. It was their 12th No. 1 hit. The Beatles recorded this specifically for release as a single at two quick sessions while they were making the Rubber Soul album in October 1965. When it was released asContinue reading “Try to see it my way”

Elvis the King (who was born in 1935,) (As I always say – lay your hand upon the screen and feel his healing power pulsate through your nether regions.) and Davy Jones, who was born in 1947, somehow were both born on this date – (you may lay your hand upon the screen and feelContinue reading “Hosanna in the highest!”

January 8, 1980 –Prince made his national television debut on the NBC variety show Midnight Special, on this date. He performed I Wanna Be Your Lover and Why You Want To Treat Me So Bad. He was introduced by that evening hosts, members of the band Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show.

January 8, 1978 – The TV series, based on the books by James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small, starring Robert Hardy and Christopher Timothy, debuted on BBC TV, on this date. Alf Wight (the real James Herriot) initially stipulated that all the incidents in the TV series had to be closely based on thoseContinue reading “The first TV version of All Creatures Great and Small premiered”