92 years ago, The Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS was born. It became one of the nation’s premiere radio and television networks.
In light of the inauguration of President Joe Biden, Rock and Roll Revisited celebrates the brief prime of comedian Vaughn Meader.
It became a catchphrase for a generation. Here’s the backstory behind the famous Grape Nuts Commercial, “Mrs. Burke I thought you were Dale!”
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Want to feel old? Let’s run through our Rock and Roll Revisited list of music, pop culture icons and people Turning 50 in 2021.
Today in 1966, NBC bought The Monkees television series from Screen Gems. The Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night inspired Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider to create the program.
This week in 1972, Don McLean’s American Pie was number one on the radio and Dirty Harry was cleaning up at the box office.
Today in 1967, Ed Sullivan bans The Rolling Stones for an eye-roll. In his prime, newspaper columnist and host Ed Sullivan could make or break an act. He asked Mick Jagger to change the lyrics of Let’s Spend The Night Together, to “Let’s Spend Some Time Together” (Video). Jagger complied,…
Happy birthday Today. On this date in 1952, The Today Show, starring Dave Garroway, debuts on NBC TV. The program is WAY different today than it was then. (Video) Quoting Wikipedia, the program was the brainchild of television executive Sylvester Weaver, who was then vice president of NBC. Weaver was president of the…
Today in 1962, Chubby Checker was back to No.1 with The Twist. It first hit in 1960 and is the first record to top the charts on two separate occasions.