Archive for March, 2012

ALBUM CHART DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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When Billboard magazine premiered a weekly Best-Selling Popular Albums chart,
the position count varied anywhere from 10 to 30 albums. The first number-one
album on the new weekly list was Belafonte by Harry Belafonte.The chart was
renamed to Best-Selling Pop Albums later in 1956, and then to Best-Selling
Pop LPs in 1957. The chart is now titled the Billboard 200.

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TOP STORY 23 YEARS AGO TODAY!

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IT WAS PRIVATE PRESLEY ON THIS DAY IN 1958

ELVIS SWEARING IN

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Early on the morning of Monday, March 24, 1958, Elvis Presley, accompanied by his 
parents and a group of family and friends, reported to the Memphis Draft Board and
from there, he and twelve other recruits were bused to Kennedy Veterans Memorial 
Hospital where he was given a physical, sworn in and then taken to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas for further processing. 

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Private Elvis Presley

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‘’THE KING OF COOL’’ BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1930

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                         Terrence Stephen
"Steve" McQueen 

                         (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980)

Steve McQueen was top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s. He
received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles
(1966). His other popular films include The Great Escape (1963), Bullitt
(1968),
and The Towering Inferno (1974).. In 1974, he became the
highest-paid movie star in the world.

McQueen was an avid racer of both motorcycles and cars. While he studied
acting,he partially supported himself by competing in weekend motorcycle
races and bought his first motorcycle with his winnings.

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McQueen in a scene from The Great Escape

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Steve McQueen in Bullitt

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PORTLAND POSTCARD

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