On this day in 1963
"Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto was the #1 song.
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"The Greatest Music Of All Time?"
To welcome the new season on Friday, the theme this week is Summer songs.
What’s the name of the Texas duo that had eight Top 40 hits between 1972 and ‘78 – the first of which, like their other two biggest hit singles, peaked at #6 on the charts and fits this week’s Summer theme?
What’s the name of the Texas duo that had eight Top 40 hits between 1972 and ‘78 – the first of which, like their other two biggest hit singles, peaked at #6 on the charts and fits this week’s Summer theme?
The answer to the music trivia question can be found at the end of today's post.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Actress (Arrow) Willa Holland, 22. Actress (13 Going on 30)/singer Renee Olstead, 24. Actor (Grimm) David Giuntoli, 33. Model/actress (Law & Order) Alana De La Garza, 37. Country music singer Blake Shelton, 37. Model/actress (Bridget Jones’s Diary) Lisa Barbuscia, 42. Actress (Treme, Deadwood, The Blind Side) Kim Dickens, 48. Actress (General Hospital) Robin Christopher, 48. Singer Alison Moyet, 52. Producer (James Bond films beginning with GoldenEye) Barbara Broccoli, 53. Actor (Valley of the Dolls) Tom Reilly, 54. Actress (Passions, One Life to Live) Andrea Evans, 56. Actor (Private Practice, Dream On) Brian Benben, 57. Actress (Taxi, The Princess Bride, Annie Hall) Carol Kane, 61. Model/actress (Blue Velvet, Fearless) Isabella Rossellini, 61. Actor (Agatha Christie's Poirot, Little Voice) Philip Jackson, 65. Keyboardist (Box Tops member) John Evans, 65. Actress (Knots Landing, The Out-Of-Towners) Constance McCashin, 66. Actress (The Avengers, Half Past Dead) Linda Thorson, 66. Singer Sandy Posey, 66. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sir Paul McCartney, 71. Minister/florist/Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock, 74.
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What A Day This Has Been
June 18, 1815…An international army under the command of the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in present-day Belgium, and then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The defeat ended Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French; he officially abdicated four days later.
June 18, 1817…London's Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames opened.
June 18, 1873…Susan B. Anthony was tried, convicted by a jury, and fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. She refused to pay the fine and the judge did not require her to be jailed.
June 18, 1898…Atlantic City, New Jersey opened its Steel Pier. It was described as "An Amusement City at Sea" and "A Vacation in Itself." It also was once called the "Showplace of the Nation" and in the 1930s included such acts as the High Diving horse, and Rex the Wonder Dog, a water-skiing canine.
June 18, 1927…A special 10-cent postage stamp displaying Charles Lindbergh's airplane "Spirit of St. Louis" was offered by the U.S. Post Office.
June 18, 1936…U.S. crime boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano was found guilty on 62 of 90 counts of compulsory prostitution in his role as leader of one of the largest prostitution rings in American history. He was sentenced to 30 to 50 years in prison but was paroled in 1946 on the condition that he leave the United States. In 1962 at the airport in Naples, Italy, Luciano died of a heart attack at age 64.
June 18, 1939…The radio detective series "The Adventures of Ellery Queen," starring Hugh Marlowe, began its nine-year run, with two stints on both CBS and NBC before its final season on ABC.
June 18, 1942…Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield Robinson became the first black officer in the U.S. Navy.
June 18, 1948…In New York City, Columbia Records publicly unveiled its new long-playing phonograph record that turned at 33 1/3-RPM rather than the standard 78. Unlike 78-RPM discs, which held only three minutes of music on each side, the LP could hold a full 23 minutes per side.
June 18, 1953…Egypt proclaimed itself a republic and named General Mohammed Neguib as its first president. Naguib was forced to resign in 1954 by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
June 18, 1956…In the studios of WUNC-Radio at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, George Hamilton IV recorded "A Rose And A Baby Ruth."
June 18, 1957…At Bell Sound Studio in New York City, Jimmie Rodgers recorded "Honeycomb."
June 18, 1958…At Bell Sound Studio in New York City, Jimmie Rodgers recorded "Are You Really Mine."
June 18, 1958…At Metropolitan Studios in New York City, Connie Francis recorded "Stupid Cupid," which turned out to be a huge break for the tune's fledgling songwriters, Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka.
June 18, 1958…At the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City, Marty Robbins recorded "Sittin' In a Treehouse."
June 18, 1958…At Bell Sound Studio in New York City, Buddy Knox recorded "Somebody Touched Me."
June 18, 1958…At Gold Star Recording Studios in Hollywood, Ritchie Valens recorded "Come On, Let's Go," "Framed," and "Donna."
June 18, 1959…At the Cosimo Recording Studio in New Orleans, Fats Domino recorded "I Want To Walk You Home."
June 18, 1959…Actress (Portrait of Jennie, The Spiral Staircase, Pinky, None But The Lonely Heart, Young at Heart, Deadline-U.S.A., The Farmer's Daughter, The Story of Three Loves, That Midnight Kiss, Rasputin and the Empress, The Great Sinner, The Red Danube, Just for You, It's a Big Country, Moonrise, The Divorcee, Moss Rose, The Paradine Case, Night Song, Kind Lady, Johnny Trouble, The Secret of Convict Lake) Ethel Barrymore died of cardiovascular disease at the age of 79.
June 18, 1961…CBS Radio aired the final episode of "Gunsmoke," starring William Conrad as the voice of Marshal Matt Dillon, after a nine-year run. The supporting cast included Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant Chester Proudfoot.
June 18, 1963…Elvis Presley released the single "(You're The) Devil In Disguise."
June 18, 1965…Composer/conductor George Melachrino died at age 56. Along with Mantovani, Percy Faith, and Andre Kostelanetz, he was a leading exponent of the so-called "Golden Age of Mood Music."
June 18, 1967…The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its debut performance on the final day of the Monterey Pop Festival in California. Hendrix wowed concertgoers with his playing and by setting his guitar on fire.
June 18, 1967…Spanky and Our Gang performed "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show."
June 18, 1972…Newspapers around the country made brief mention of a burglary at an apartment and office complex called the Watergate in Washington, DC. Events surrounding the incident and its coverup would later drive President Richard Nixon from the White House.
June 18, 1972…In Fort Worth, Texas, Elvis Presley performed at the Tarrant County Convention Center.
June 18, 1972…In Dallas, the Eagles performed at Memorial Auditorium.
June 18, 1973…Joe Walsh released his second album, "The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get."
June 18, 1975…In Memphis, Elvis Presley entered Mid-South Hospital supposedly to have "an extensive eye examination." It was rumored, however, that he was actually there to get a facelift.
June 18, 1976…In Stockholm, ABBA performed for Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath on the eve of their Royal Wedding. ABBA sang "Dancing Queen" for the first time, as a tribute to Sweden's queen-to-be.
June 18, 1976…On NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special," guest hosts Seals & Crofts introduced performances by Billy Joel, Thelma Houston, Freddy Fender, Tanya Tucker, and Eddie Kendricks.
June 18, 1976…The Electric Light Orchestra's greatest hits collection, "OLE ELO" was certified Gold, just as they began their first major British tour.
June 18, 1979…At their meeting in Vienna, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) 2.
June 18, 1981…U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retired and was replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the high court.
June 18, 1982…Actor (The Spy Who Loved Me, The Enemy Below, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Battle of Britain, Lord Jim, The Longest Day, I Aim at the Stars, The Mephisto Waltz, The Assassination Bureau, The Blue Angel, Goldengirl, This Happy Feeling, The Sleep of Death, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Invincible Six, Hello-Goodbye, Cannibas) Curt Jürgens died following a heart attack at age 66.
June 18, 1983…Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman (and then-youngest American) in space as a crew member on Space Shuttle Challenger.
June 18, 1988…Bruce Springsteen separated from his wife of three years, actress/model Julianne Phillips. Their divorce was finalized in March 1989, ending four years of marriage.
June 18, 1988…Nearly 80,000 people filled the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California for the final concert of Depeche Mode's world tour.
June 18, 1991…Actress (Sally, My Favorite Husband, The Unsuspected, Blue Skies, Dear Ruth, The Lady Says No, The Rains of Ranchipur, Monsieur Beaucaire, Pony Express Rider, Buckskin, Red Tomahawk, Cattle King, The Pretty Girl, Dear Wife, The Sainted Sisters, Welcome Stranger) Joan Caulfield died of cancer at age 69.
June 18, 1992…Singer (Fly Away)/songwriter (I Go To Rio, Arthur's Theme, Don't Cry Out Loud, I Honestly Love You) Peter Allen died of AIDS-related throat cancer at age 48.
June 18, 1992…Actor Jameson Parker married actress Darleen Carr, the third marriage for both.
June 18, 1993…A&M Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert announced they were leaving the company they founded more than 30 years earlier. They had sold A&M in 1990 to Polygram for about $500 million. Moss and Alpert started the label in the garage of Alpert's Los Angeles home in 1962.
June 18, 1996…Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel's 9th prime minister.
June 18, 1997…U2 played the first of two nights at the Oakland Coliseum in northern California, with Oasis as their opening act.
June 18, 1998…In Atlanta, soul singer/songwriter/producer Curtis Mayfield's right leg below the knee was amputated due to an incurable infection. He had been paralyzed from the neck down since an accident in 1990.
June 18, 1998…David Cassidy began selling a two-CD set exclusively on the cable TV shopping channel QVC.
June 18, 2000…Actress (The Sopranos, Lou Grant, Another World, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!) Nancy Marchand died of emphysema and lung cancer at 71.
June 18, 2002…U2 guitarist "The Edge" married his girlfriend of ten years Morleigh Steinberg. The couple first met when she was a belly dancer on the band's Zoo TV tour. They have two children.
June 18, 2002…Sportscaster (CBS-TV, CBS Radio Network, KMOX-St. Louis) Jack Buck, longtime voice of baseball's St. Louis Cardinals and father of sportscaster Joe Buck, died of multiple illnesses including lung cancer and Parkinson's disease at age 77.
June 18, 2003…Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby, the second black player (after Jackie Robinson) to play in the modern major leagues and the first to do so in the American League, died of cancer at 79. Appointed manager of the Chicago White Sox in 1978, Doby was the second African-American (after Frank Robinson) to lead a major league club.
June 18, 2004…Ray Charles' funeral was held at the First AME Church in Los Angeles. Stevie Wonder, Glen Campbell, B.B. King, Wynton Marsalis, and Willie Nelson performed during the service. Non-performing mourners included Clint Eastwood, Berry Gordy, Jr., and Little Richard.
June 18, 2006…Director (Medical Center, Mr. Skeffington, All Through the Night, The Young Philadelphians, Adventures of Don Juan, The Second Time Around, The Man Who Talked Too Much, Affair in Trinidad, The Hasty Heart, Flight from Destiny, A Fever in the Blood, Nora Prentiss) Vincent Sherman died at the age of 99.
June 18, 2007…Singer (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)/record producer (Rick Springfield, Dan Hill, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Melissa Manchester, the Chiffons)/music publisher/record label executive Hank Medress, onetime member of the Tokens, died of lung cancer at 68.
June 18, 2008…The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles filed suit against Phil Spector, his wife and agent for failing to pay for accommodations for lawyers and expert witnesses in his murder trial, claiming that by the time trial ended with a hung jury, the defendants owed the hotel more than $104,000.
June 18, 2009…With its independence from Denmark, Greenland assumed control over its own law enforcement, judicial affairs, and natural resources. Greenlandic became the official language.
June 18, 2010…John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the Beatles song "A Day In The Life" sold for $1.2 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contained some corrections and other notes penned in red ink.
June 18, 2011…Part of 36th Street at Cottage Grove on Chicago's South Side was re-named Sam Cooke Way in honor of the late soul singer and the city's native son.
June 18, 2011…Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher married his second wife, long-time girlfriend Sarah MacDonald. They have two children.
June 18, 2011…Saxophonist (You're A Friend of Mine w/ Jackson Browne, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, Glory Days, Born In The U.S.A., Hungry Heart, Born To Run) Clarence Clemons, nicknamed "the Big Man" and a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died of complications following a stroke at the age of 69.
June 18, 2012…Former pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty of lying to Congress during an investigation of steroid use among major league baseball players. The case against him involved one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements, and two counts of perjury. The jury found Clemens not guilty on all six counts.
June 18, 2012…Actor (Magical Mystery Tour, Help!, A Hard Day's Night, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Little Prince, Voyage of the Damned, Hardcore, The Taming of the Shrew, Start the Revolution Without Me, Emily, The Biggest Bundle of Them All, The Wild Affair, Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?) Victor Spinetti died of prostate cancer at 82.
I Did Not Know That!
Whoever said, “It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,” probably lost. – Martina Navratilova
Joke du Jour During a recent outing, Kay sneaked off to visit a fortune teller of some local repute.
In a dark and hazy room, peering into a crystal ball, the mystic delivered grave news.
“There’s no easy way to say this,” said the fortune teller, “so I’ll just be blunt. Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband, Brian, will die a violent and horrible death this year.”
Visibly shaken, Kay stared at the woman’s lined face, then at the single flickering candle, then down at her hands. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself. She simply had to know. She met the fortune teller’s gaze, steadied her voice and asked her question:
“Will I be acquitted?”
Answer:
“Summer Breeze” was a hit for Seals & Crofts.
Enjoy your day! Make it matter.
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