Archive for July, 2011

MORE MUSIC FROM THE BIRTHDAY GAL

“When Will I Be Loved” was written by Phil Everly of the Everly
Brothers and went to peak position #2 on Billboard Hot 100 chart
in April of 1975.

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LINDA RONSTADT BECAME 65 TODAY

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Singer Linda Ronstadt  has earned ten Grammy Awards, two Academy of
Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMS Award numerous U.S.
and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in
addition to Tony Award and Golden Globe nominations.

Ronstadt has released over 30 solo albums, more than 15 greatest hits
albums, charted thirty-eight Billboard Hot 100 singles, twenty-one of which
have reached the top 40, ten of which have reached the top 10, three
peaking at No. 2, the No. 1 hit, "You’re No Good”. She has also charted
thirty-six albums, ten Top 10 albums, and three No. 1 albums on the
Billboard Pop Album Charts.


Reached the #5 spot on the Billboard chart.

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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE IN 1950

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"Mona Lisa" was written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the
Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey,U.S.A. (1950). The song won
the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1950.The arrangement
was  by Nelson Riddle with Les Baxter and his Orchestra. Nat King  
Cole’s soundtrack version spent eight weeks at number on the
Billboard singles chart. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of
Fame in 1992. 

mona lisa 78 rpm

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AIRCRAFT CO. INCORPORATED ON THIS DATE IN 1916

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Original Boeing logo

WILLIAM BOEING

In March 1910 William E. Boeing (above) bought Heath’s shipyard located on
the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington. This location later became his first
airplane factory. It was incorporated by Boeing on July 15, 1916, as “Pacific Aero Products”. On May 9, 1917, the company became the “Boeing Airplane Company”.

William Boeing originally worked in the timber industry, where he acquired his wealth
and knowledge about wooden structures which would prove invaluable in the design
and assembly of his airplanes.

The company stayed in Seattle, taking advantage of the local supply of Spruce  
wood. Many of Boeing’s early planes were seaplanes built and assembled in the 
lakeside hanger located in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood. 

first Boeing seaplane

Replica of Boeing’s first plane, the Boeing Model 1, at the Museum of Flight at King County international Airport/Boeing Field in Tukwila, Washington, south of Seattle.

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FATS DOMINO HIT ON THIS DATE IN 1956

FATS DOMINO ALBUM

“I’m In Love Again” went to the top of the R&B chart and held
the #3 position on the pop chart.

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