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ALL IN THE FAMILY
Debuted on January 12, 1971
This was a groundbreaking show. All In The Family became one of the most influential comedies in television history and made an immediate impact on the entire television industry. It pioneered a whole new brand of realistic, frank and hard-hitting satire based on the real world. The sitcom revolves around blue-collar worker Archie Bunker and his... Continue reading
The Bee Gees Musical Group
A singing trio of brothers, Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, the three co-wrote most of their own hits. The bands record sales totaled more than 200 million, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; their citation states “ Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney... Continue reading
Harry Belafonte ... The "King of Calypso" is perhaps best known for singing "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O".
GONE WITH THE WIND DEBUTS IN ATLANTA
TO RAVE REVIEWS
Atlanta, Georgia December 15, 1939
“Gone with the Wind”, the film based on Margaret Mitchell’s sweeping novel of the Civil War South premiered tonight at The Atlanta Grand Theater. Judging by the crowds woops and hollers, the reviews were fabulous. The theater was dressed up to resemble Twelve Oaks, the plantation where Scarlett O’Hara... Continue reading
The Godfather
1972
Director Francis Ford Coppola collaborated on the epic film's screenplay with Mario Puzo who had written the best-selling novel of the same name. This gangster film centers on the Corleone crime "family" in the boroughs of New York City in the mid 1940s, dominated at first by aging godfather/patriarch "Don" Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) A turn-of... Continue reading
Rocky
1976
The `Italian Stallion', Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer from Philadelphia works in a meat factory for a pittance, and part time by collecting debts for a loan shark. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become... Continue reading
WOODSTOCK ROCKS
Bethel, New York
August 15 – 17, 1969
The largest rock concert ever, arrived and left, and we will never be the same again. The police estimated that there were a million people on the road trying to get to the festival. Controlling the overwhelming crowd was next to impossible.
The festival actually took place on Max Yasgur's farm about fifty miles away. Woodstock... Continue reading
WOODSTOCK ROCKS
Bethel, New York
August 15 – 17, 1969
The largest rock concert ever, arrived and left, and we will never be the same again. The police estimated that there were a million people on the road trying to get to the festival. Controlling the overwhelming crowd was next to impossible.
The festival actually took place on Max Yasgur's farm about fifty miles away. Woodstock... Continue reading
Top 10 List of Songs from 1969
1. "Crimson & Clover" - Tommy James & The Shondells
2. "Everyday People" - Sly & the Family Stone
3. "Dizzy" - Tommy Roe
4. "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In" - The 5th Dimension
5. "Get Back" - The Beatles w/Billy Preston
6. "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliette" - Henry... Continue reading
Singer – Songwriter, Carole King
At the age of 18, Carole King had her first chart topper as a songwriter with ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’, co-written with Gerry Goffin, the two eventually married and divorced. Over the years, the two wrote dozens of popular songs for a variety of singers, many of which became standards in American popular culture. In 1997, King co-wrote ‘The Reason’ for Celine... Continue reading
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