The song "Honey," also known as "Honey (I Miss You)," was written by
Bobby Russell. He first produced it with former Kingston Trio member
Bob Shane. Then he gave it to singer Bobby Goldsboro, who recorded
it for his 1968 album of the same name. It spent five weeks at No. 1 the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, from April 7 to May 11 (the 200th song
to do so), and three weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart. It
was Goldsboro’s only No. 1 hit on the Pop Singles and Country Singles
charts and it was his first song to top the Adult Contemporary chart. The
single was ranked the No. 3 song for 1968 by Billboard.

Bobby Goldsboro turned 75 on January 18.

Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016)

Paul Kantner, one of the giants of the San Francisco music scene, died Thursday.

Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, had suffered a heart attack
this week.

His death was confirmed by longtime publicist and friend, Cynthia Bowman, who
said he died of multiple organ failure and septic shock.

Paul Kanter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with other band
members in 1996.

Ted Weems and his orchestra, with Perry Como, Marilyn (Marvel)
Maxwell and Elmo Tanner, 1940.

Beat the Band was a musical quiz show heard on NBC radio from 1940 to
1944 in two distinctly different series. The program popularized the catch
phrase, "Give me a little traveling music”.

In the first series, broadcast on Sundays at 6:30pm from Chicago, host
Garry Moore read music-related questions submitted by listeners to band
members in the 14-piece Ted Weems Orchestra. Originally sponsored by
the General Mills cereal Kix, listeners whose questions were used on the
air received $10; those who stumped the band received $20 and a case
of Kix.

Garry Moore (born Thomas Garrison Morfit, III)
(January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993)

Kix cereal was introduced in 1937 by the General Mills company
of Golden Valley, Minnesota.

The song "Heartbreak Hotel" was Elvis Presley’s first on his new record label RCA
Victor. It topped Billboard‘s Top 100 chart for seven weeks, Cashbox‘s pop singles
chart for six weeks, it was number one on the Country and Western chart for a total 
of seventeen weeks and reached number three on the R&B chart. The record was
Presley’s first million-seller, and one of the best-selling singles of 1956. Guitarist
Chet Atkins and pianist Floyd Cramer added their talents to the recording session.

Mike Gracia