Articles
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
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
The Davy Crockett television show aired in 1954-1955 and starred Fess Parker. It is considered the first miniseries of all time running only for five episodes as segments of the Disneyland television show. It captured the hearts of both young and old, and became an instant pop sensation.
The theme song “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” soon was a number one single, selling in the... Continue reading
Airing every Friday from October 1960 to March 1964, Route 66 starred Martin Milner as “Tod Stiles” and George Maharis as “Buz Murdock”. The show featured the stars moving from town to town in a Corvette Convertible, and involving themselves with the struggles of the local people. The theme song, composed and performed by Nelson Riddle, became a major hit in pop circles.
West Side Story
1961
The setting is the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s. Like many other musicals of its time, Hollywood looked to a successful Broadway stage play for its source material. After her success in Spendor in the Grass, Natalie Wood was chosen for the lead female role, and Richard Beymer, known for his performance in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), took the... Continue reading
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
An entertaining, charming and amusing comedy/drama of the friendship and camaraderie shared between the two handsome and humorous buddy leads - legendary, turn-of-the-century Western outlaws and their "Hole in the Wall" gang.
In the early 1900s, they came toward the tail-end of a long stream of bank/train robbers and highwaymen in the... Continue reading
YANKEE STADIUM OPENS TO LARGEST CROWD EVER
The Babe Highlights Game with Mighty Blast
April 18, 1923
The Bronx in New York
An announced crowd of 74,217 including commissioner Kennesaw Landis, NY Governor Al Smith, and Colonel Jacob Ruppert, and the dominant sounds of the music played by the Seventh Regiment band directed by John Philip Sousa highlighted the opening of the first ever “... Continue reading
Per the Smithsonian, the smiley face as we know it today was created by Harvey Ross Ball, an American graphic artist. In 1963, Harvey Ball was employed by State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts (now known as Hanover Insurance) to create a happy face to raise the morale of the employees. Ball created the design in ten minutes and was paid $45. His rendition, with bright... Continue reading
The Beatles, the new British sensation, appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show last night. An estimated 73 million Americans, the largest viewership ever, tuned in to watch the band perform their hit songs All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and I Want to Hold Your Hand. 50,000 ticket requests were made, but only 703 people were granted admission to the small... Continue reading
TOP MUSICAL HITS FROM 1964
1. I Want To Hold Your Hand, Beatles
2. She Loves You, Beatles
3. Where Did Our Love Go, Supremes
4. Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
5. I Get Around, Beach Boys
6. Everybody Loves Somebody, Dean Martin
7. My Guy, Mary Wells
8. People, Barbara Streissand
9. Last Kiss, J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
10. Hello, Dolly!, Louis Armstrong
Pages