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February 13th, 1983 –Marvin Gaye sang the National Anthem at the 33rd National Basketball Association All-Star Game at The Forum in Inglewood, California, on this date. Gaye’s rendition went on to become one of the most legendary performances of The Star Spangled Banner in sports history. The performance unconventionally made use of a drum machine.Continue reading “Finally, someone sang it the right way”

February 13, 1996 –The Fugees release their second and final album, The Score, on this date. The band broke up a few months later. At the time of the release of the album, Lauren Hill was still taking classes at Columbia University; when their record company had her and her bandmates appear at a NewContinue reading “The Score went on sale”

February 12, 1943 – Much of the cast of Citizen Kane/ The Magnificent Ambersons was reunited for the Action/ Thriller, Journey Into Fear, directed by Norman Foster and starring Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead, and Orson Welles, opened in NYC on this date. When production on Journey Into Fear began, co-starsContinue reading “Journey Into Fear premiered”

On this day in 1940, Superman appeared on a radio station (a Mutual Radio station WOR in New York City) for the first time, the first time in a non-print medium. It was the debut of the radio show called The Adventures of Superman and the episode was called The Baby From Krypton. We don’tContinue reading “Superman premiered”

February 12, 1972 –The Rev. Al Green’s song, Let’s Stay Together, hit no. 1 on this date. You do not have to place your hands upon the screen when listening to the good reverend; just hearing his voice will send the healing power directly to your nether regions.

Some of you may actually be watching the Super Bowl later today. According to the Hass Avocado Board, more than 61 million pounds of avocados were shipped into the U.S. last week. The price of a 20-pound box of avocados from the state of Michoacan in Mexico — the country’s largest exporter of the fruitContinue reading “Enjoy the game”

February 11, 1975 –NBC-TV premiered the TV movie Sarah T: Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic, directed by Richard Donner starring Linda Blair, Larry Hagman, William Daniels and Mark Hammill, on this date. While Richard Donner was on a talk show discussing Superman, which he had recently directed, and was asked questions about his early directorialContinue reading “Sarah T: Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic premiered”

February 11, 1963 –Julia Child whetted America’s appetite for better cooking when The French Chef premiered on this date. In her first black-and-white episode, she made Boeuf Bourguignon, spending a half hour in the kitchen, recording the show live.

February 11, 1987 –Morrissey’s favorite Smiths’ song went to No.1 in the UK indie charts with Shoplifters Of The World Unite, on this date. The title alludes to the communist slogan “workers of the world, unite!” Morrissey has explained the meaning of the song as follows: “It’s more or less spiritual shoplifting, cultural shoplifting, takingContinue reading “Shoplifters Of The World Unite topped the charts”

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