Archive for January, 2012

SINGLE SET A RECORD ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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Chubby Checker’s "The Twist", which reached number one on the Billboard
chart on September 19th, 1960, made a surprise return on January 13, 1962
to the top spot on The Hot 100 for two weeks. It is the only Rock record by the
same artist to ever accomplish the feat. The song was written and originally
released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters.  

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chubby today
Chubby Checker turned 70 in October

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PORTLAND BACK IN 1949

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SW 1st & Alder

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THE NUMBER ONE SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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steve miller guitar pick

steve-miller today
Steve Miller became 68 on October 5th

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TV VARIETY SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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arthur godfrey 

Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
was a television variety show hosted by Arthur
Godfrey. The hour-long series aired on CBS from Wednesday, January 12, 1949
to June 1957 (as The Arthur Godfrey Show after September 1956), then again as
a half-hour show from September 1958, to April 1959. The show was live and often unscripted with Godfrey improvising. He never did a commercial for a product he
did not believe in.

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COMIC BOOK CHARACTER TV DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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                 Burt Ward                                                       Adam West 

Batman
is a television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same
name. It aired on the ABC-TV network for three seasons from Wednesday, January
12, 1966 to March 14, 1968 for a total of 120 episodes.

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1940

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