Flashback - Billboard Top 50 Country Singles 09/23/1978

New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction Aug 11th 2012

Here are the top ten bestselling novels in the Us according to the NY Times Book Review for the week ending:

August 12th 2012

10 - A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin   (51 weeks on list)

9  -  Creole Belle - James Lee Burke   (2 weeks)
The Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux hunts for a missing cajun singer.

8  -  Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness   (3 weeks)
(former #1)

7  -  I, Michael Bennett - James Patterson   (3 weeks)

6  -  Broken Harbor - Tana French
(Debut)
In French's fourth Dublin murder squad novel, a detective's investigation of a crime in a seaside town evokes memories of his disturbing childhood there.

5  -  The Fallen Angel - Daniel Silva  (2 weeks)
(Last week's #1)

4  -  Black List - Brad Thor
(Debut)
If the counterterroism operative Scot Harvath can discover who targeted him for death, he can prevent a terrorist attack.

3  -  Friends Forever - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
Three boys and two girls who meet in kindergarten maintain their bonds as they grow to adulthood.

2  -  Where We Belong - Emily Griffin
(Debut)
A woman's successful life is disrupted by the appearance of an 18 year old girl with a link to her past.

1  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(3rd non consecutive week at #1)
A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?

Billboard Korea K-POP Hot100 Top50 08/02/2012

Bonanza Season 6

After the fun with Gunsmoke Season 3 I have decided to do another legendary western's first season as the #1 television show in prime time, Bonanza.

Season 6, 1964-65 saw Bonanza take over the top spot in prime time television, after Gunsmoke fell to #2 behind Wagon Train in 1960 then first 2 season of the Beverly Hillbillies being the #1 show, Bonanza moved to the top after sitting at #2 for the previous 2 seasons.

Here is the season premiere episode from the 1964-65 season of Bonanza

The Invention of a Gunfighter  
aired September 20 1964

Gunsmoke - Season 3 - Born To Hang

Season 3, 1957-58, Gunsmoke's first season as the #1 show in prime time television.

Born To Hang

Episode 8 of Season 3, November 2nd 1957

Joe Digger is nearly killed by two men who tried to lynch him.  Now he is giving Matt until midnight the next day to bring them to jail, or he will track them down and kill them both.

Flashback - Top 40 Cashbox Singles April 21 1984

Jack Benny's New Look - 1969 TV Special

From 1969, one of Jack's tv Specials for NBC, Jack Benny's New Look.
This is a good example of why Jack seemed to stay relevant and more generations knew him and loved him because of these specials.  Of course you can say that about Bob Hope and George Burns also but Jack seemed to transcend all boundries of age and time.  Forever 39

Aired December 3rd 1969 (brought to you in living color by Kodak)

Billboard K-POP Chart 07/30/2012

With commentary on the charts. It does have subtitles.

Billboard Country Singles Top 50 01/08/1983

NY Times Non Fiction Bestsellers July 28th 2012

The Top Ten bestselling non fiction books on the NY Times Bestseller list for the week ending:

July 28th 2012

10 - Yes, Chef - Marcus Samuelsson  (3 weeks on list)

9  -  Mick - Christopher Andersen  (Debut)
The rock n roll life of Mick Jagger

8 -  The President's Club - Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy  (11)
7 -  The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg  (18)
6 -  Cowards - Glenn Beck  (5)
5 -  Killing Lincoln -  Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard  (42)
4 -  The Amatuer - Edward Klein   (9)

3 -  The Dream Team - Jack McCallum  (Debut)
The 1992 U.S. men's Olympic basketball team

2 -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand  (87)

1 -  Wild - Cheryl Strayed   (13)
(2nd consecutive week at #1)
A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail

New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction July 28th 2012

The Top 10 novels on the NY Times bestseller list for fiction. 

For the week ending July 28th 2012

10 - Night Watch - Linda Fairstein (Debut)
The prosecutor Alexandra Cooper becomes involved when a wealthy man assaults a maid in a Manhattan hotel

9 - Prisoner of Heaven - Carlos Ruiz Zafon  (Debut)
In 1950s Barcelona, two friends pursue a secret from the early days of Franco's dictatorship.

8 - A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin  (49 weeks on list)

7 - The Great Escape - Susan Elizabeth Phillps  (Debut)
A young woman runs out on her wedding in search of herself and a new man.

6  -  Wicked Business - Janet Evanovich  (4 weeks)

5  -  The Next Best Thing - Jennifer Weiner  (2 weeks)
A young woman who moves to Hollywood to make it in television finds success, but her life remains complicated.

4  -  Backfire - Catherine Coulter  (Debut)
The F.B.I. Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock investigate the murder of a judge.

3  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn  (6 weeks)
(last week's #1)

2  -  I, Michael Bennett - James Patterson  (Debut)
A New York detective takes refuge with his 10 children in upstate New York.

1  -  Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness
(Debut)
An Oxford scholar/witch and a vampire geneticist pursue history, secrets and each other in Elizabethan London.

Flashback - Billboard Top Albums January 22, 1977 Top 50