Bill Russell
1968 Sportsman of the Year
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Monday, December 29, 2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
#1 Albums - 1969
December 27th 1969
Led Zeppelin II
Starting its 7 non consecutive week run as Billboard's #1 album. This was Led Zeppelin's first album to reach #1 in the US and the UK. In 1999 the RIAA certified it 12x Platinum, over 12 million copies sold. The single "Whole Lotta Love" reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 in the UK.
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Whole Lotta Love" | John Bonham/Willie Dixon/John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant | 5:34 | |||||||
| 2. | "What Is and What Should Never Be" | Page/Plant | 4:46 | |||||||
| 3. | "The Lemon Song" | Bonham/Chester Burnett/Jones/Page/Plant | 6:19 | |||||||
| 4. | "Thank You" | Page/Plant | 4:49 | |||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 5. | "Heartbreaker" | Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant | 4:14 | |||||||
| 6. | "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" | Page/Plant | 2:39 | |||||||
| 7. | "Ramble On" | Page/Plant | 4:34 | |||||||
| 8. | "Moby Dick" | Bonham/Jones/Page | 4:20 | |||||||
| 9. | "Bring It On Home" | Dixon | 4:19 | |||||||
Old Time Radio Show of the Week
DRAGNET
"New Years Eve"
March 8th 1951
Dragnet premiered on June 3rd 1949 on NBC radio starring Jack Webb and Sgt Joe Friday and ran until February 26th 1957. Reruns were broadcast from the end of September 1955 to February 1957.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Billboard Japan Hot 100: 2014 Year-End Chart (Top 50)
Billboard Japan Hot 100
Year End Chart 2014
Top 50 Songs
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Jimmy Fallon and One Direction Christmas
Jimmy's annual Christmas song with toy instruments. This year he duets with the biggest group in music today, One Direction and they sing "Santa Claus is Coming To Town".
Monday, December 22, 2014
Top 30 of Japan Billboard Hot 100 12/22/2014)
Billboard Japan Hot 100
Top 30 Songs
Week Ending December 22nd 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Old Time Radio Show of the Week
Crime Classics
"The Terrible Deed of John White Webster"
July 13th 1953
A vastly underrated radio show from the waning days of radio, it aired on CBS from June 1953 to June 1954. Created, written and directed by radio legend Elliot Lewis, this show examined true crime stories and murders of the past.
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Saturday, December 13, 2014
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 12/14/2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending December 14th 2014
10 - Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(3 weeks on list)
9 - Flesh and Blood - Patricia Cornwell
(3 weeks on list)
8 - Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(7 weeks on list)
7 - Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(5 weeks on list)
6 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(30 weeks on list)
5 - The Burning Room - Michael Connelly
(4 weeks on list)
4 - Revival - Stephen King
(3 weeks on list)
3 - Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(6 weeks on list)
2 - The Escape - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list)
1 - Hope To Die - James Patterson
(DEBUT)
Detective Alex Cross's family is kidnapped by a madman who wants to turn Cross into a perfect killer.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) December 7th 2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending December 7th 2014
10 - Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(4 weeks on list)
9 - The Job - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
(Debut)
The F.B.I. special agent Kate O'Hare works with Nicolas Fox, a handsome con man, to pursue a drug kingpin.
8 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(29 weeks on list)
7 - Flesh and Blood - Patricia Cornwell
(2 weeks on list)
6 - The Cinderella Murder - Mary Higgins Clark
(Debut)
A TV producer plans a show about a cold case - the murder of a UCLA student who was found with one shoe missing.
5 - The Burning Room - Michael Connelly
(3 weeks on list)
4 - The Mistletoe Promise - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
A divorced woman enters into a contract with a strange man to pretend to be a couple until Christmas.
3 - Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(5 weeks on list)
2 - Revival - Stephen King
(2 weeks on list)
1 - The Escape - David Baldacci
(DEBUT)
John Puller, a special agent with the Army, hunts for his brother, who was convicted of treason and has escaped from prison.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Sunday, November 30, 2014
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/30/2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending November 30th 2014
10 - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
(3 weeks on list)
9 - Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(9 weeks on list)
8 - All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(28 weeks on list)
7 - Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(5 weeks on list)
6 - Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(3 weeks on list)
5 - Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(Debut)
Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is stalked by a killer bent on vengeance.
4 - The Burning Room - Michael Connelly
(2 weeks on list)
The LA detective Harry Bosch and his new partner investigate two long-unsolved cases.
3 - Flesh and Blood - Patricia Cornwell
(Debut)
As the Boston marathon trial approaches, Dr.Kay Scarpetta, the chief medical examiner for the state of Massachusetts, pursues a sniper who may be a vigilante.
2 - Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(4 weeks on list) (3 weeks at #1)
1 - Revival - Stephen King
(Debut)
The continuing relationship, over five decades, between a disgraced clergyman who is fascinated by electricity and a drug-addicted musician whom he mentored as a boy.
NY Times Bestseller List (Nonfiction) 11/30/2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non Fiction
Week Ending November 30th 2014
(11 weeks on list)
9 - Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham
(7 weeks on list)
8 - The Colder War - Marin Katusa
(Debut)
A hedge fund manager argues that Vladimir Putin's ambition is to consolidate Russian power by taking control of the world's energy resources.
7 - The Art of Asking - Amanda Palmer
(Debut)
An expansion of a popular TED talk by the singer and blogger about the value of art and of pursuing dreams.
6 - Being Mortal - Atul Gwande
(6 weeks on list)
5 - Small Victories - Anne Lamott
(Debut)
Essays about forgiveness transformation and grace.
4 - The Andy Cohen Diaries - Andy Cohen
(Debut)
One year in the (social) life of the TV producer and host of "Watch What Happens Live".
3 - Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(3 weeks on list)
2 - Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly
(8 weeks on list)
1 - 41 - George W. Bush
(DEBUT)
The former president's portrait of his father, George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Gunsmoke on Radio and Television
"Kick Me"
CBS Radio
Season 2 episode 12
aired November 28th 1953
A bank robber masquerading as a respectable citizen of Dodge is thwarted in his plans by Tobeel, an embittered Indian upon whom he perpetrated a cruel joke. As a result, the robber kills Tobeel, but the Indian's death is the catalyst for his own doom.
CBS Television
Season 2 episode 18
aired January 26th 1957
Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Saturday, November 22, 2014
WE LOVE TV with The Waltons
The 25th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards
May 20th 1973
Winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series -
The Waltons
Winner Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series -
Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton
Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama Series -
Michael Learned as Olivia Walton
Friday, November 21, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 11/16/2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non Fiction
Week Ending November 16th 2014
10 - Stop The Coming Civil War - Michael Savage
(4 weeks on list)
9 - Dreamers and Deceivers - Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe
(Debut)
More little known stories from America's past.
8 - The Innovators - Walter Isaacson
(4 weeks on list)
7 - What If? - Randall Munroe
(9 weeks on list)
6 - Food - Jim Gaffigan
(2 weeks on list)
5 - Jeter Unfiltered - Derek Jeter and Anthony Bozza
(Debut)
The Yankee shortstop and team captain looks back over his career with photographs from his recently concluded final season, as well as older ones.
4 - Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(4 weeks on list)
3 - Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Duham
(5 weeks on list)
2 - Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(6 weeks on list) (last week's #1)
1 - Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(Debut)
A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/16/2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending November 16th 2014
10 - Deadline - John Sanford
(4 weeks on list)
9 - The Peripheral - William Gibson
(Debut)
A woman in the rural south, later in our century, witnesses a murder as part of a video game and is drawn into a power struggle in the further off future.
8 - Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(7 weeks on list)
7 - Pegasus - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
A German aristocrat, fleeing the Nazis, settles in America with a gift of eight purebred horses from his closest friend.
6 - The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe - Alexander McCall Smith
(Debut)
The 15th book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
5 - Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(3 weeks on list)
4 - Havana Storm - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(Debut)
Dirk Pitt becomes involved in a post-Castro power struggle in Cuba.
3 - Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(Debut)
The Vampire Chronicles continue after a long hiatus with the reappearance of Lestat De Lioncourt.
2 - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
(Debut)
An exploration of the world of Auri, a character in the Kingkiller Chronicles.
1 - Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(2nd week on list and 2nd week at #1)
A downsized Wall Street lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town.
WE LOVE TV!
Don Knotts in 1961 with his first Emmy Award for his role as Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show
WE LOVE TV!
June 8th 1969
21st Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards
1968-69 TV season
Werner Klemperer
"Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series"
for his role as Colonel Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes.
This was his 2nd consecutive win in this category, he was nominated 6 times.
1968
1969
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
The Old Time Radio Show of the Week
This week :
"The Whistler".
A radio mystery/suspense drama which aired on CBS radio from
May 16th 1942 to September 22nd 1955.
"The Seeing Eye"
November 12th 1945
Saturday, November 8, 2014
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/09/2014
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending November 9th 2014
10 - Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good - Jan Karon
(8 weeks on list)
9 - Burn - James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
(4 weeks on list)
8 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(25 weeks on list)
7 - Lila - Marilynne Robinson
(3 weeks on list)
6 - Desert God - Wilbur Smith
(Debut)
In ancient Egypt, a freed slave embarks on a journey across Arabia to defeat the Pharaoh's enemies.
5 - Beautiful You - Chuck Palahniuk
(Debut)
A Manhattan lawyer inadvertently becomes a test subject for a line of sex toys.
4 - Deadline - John Sanford
(3 weeks on list)
3 - Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(6 weeks on list)
2 - Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(2 weeks on list)
1 - Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(DEBUT)
A downsized Wall Street lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town, and becomes involved both in real people's lives and in litigation against the coal mining industry.
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