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October 6, 1973 –Cher’s single, Half-Breed, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. (Sorry for the earworm.) Cher was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Centro, California, to an Armenian American father and an Arkansas-born mother with English, German, Irish, French, and Dutch ancestry. Around the time Half-Breed was released, Cher claimedContinue reading “Half-Breed topped the charts”

October 6, 1969 –The Beatles release a double A-side single Something and Come Together on this date. It was the only song written by George Harrison released as a single by The Beatles. George Harrison wrote this during a break while The Beatles were working on The White Album. It was not recorded in timeContinue reading “Something/ Come Together were dropped”

October 6, 1948 –In the late 40s through the 50s, the CIA led a top secret campaign, called Militant Liberty that encouraged studios to insert the theme of freedom into Hollywood movies. Alfred P. Sloan (think about the name and it will come to you) the recently retired head of of General Motors from 1923Continue reading “Make Mine Freedom premiered”

October 6, 1927 –Good, bad or indifferent to it, The Jazz Singer (the first feature-length movie with audible synchronized dialogue), premiered in NYC on this date. Although The Jazz Singer is often cited as one of the turning points in cinema, Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA),Continue reading “The Jazz Singer premiered”

October 5, 1969 – The British Empire had been on a long slow decline for many years. The last flourish of that dying world power happened on this date – Monty Python’s Flying Circus made its debut on BBC-TV. The Pythons did almost all of their own stunts, including Graham Chapman (a qualified mountaineer) readingContinue reading “Monty Python’s Flying Circus premiered”

October 5, 1950 –You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx with his announcer George Fenneman, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Its’ run lasted 11 years. Not to creep you out but every single person in that audience is dead yet you’ve hear them your entire life – most of the canned laughter usedContinue reading “You Bet Your Life premiered”

October 5, 1991 –Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch’s (featuring Loleatta Holloway) single, Good Vibrations, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. This samples Love Sensation, a 1980 song by the disco singer Loleatta Holloway, who sings on this with Marky Mark. Dan Hartman received royalties from Good Vibrations because heContinue reading “Good Vibrations topped the charts”

October 5, 1973 –The seventh studio album by Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, (a double LP,) was release on this date. Elton and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin went to Jamaica to record the album, but the studio wasn’t up to standard, so the project was abandoned there with only a rough version ofContinue reading “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road premiered”

It’s National Vodka day. (I’ve always thought it was October 2.) While it’s not my first choice of drink – I’m not one to pass up the chilled neutral spirit. Whatever brand you drink, it always taste better fresh out of the freezer. And if you feel the need to scream because you haven’t hadContinue reading “I’ve been celebrating it on the wrong day”

October 4, 1976 –Barbara Walters made her debut on ABC-TV as the first female nightly network news anchor on this date, and offered a then-unheard of million dollar a year salary to co-anchor with veteran Harry Reasoner. But Reasoner was not pleased with having her there. In addition to their lack of chemistry, the network’sContinue reading “Barbara Walters’ first appearance on ABC News”