Billboard Hot 100 (Top Ten Singles) 06/01/2013

Billboard Hot 100

Top Ten Singles

Week Ending June 1st 2013

10 - Get Lucky - Daft Punk w/Pharrell Williams
9  -  I Love It - Icona Pop w/Charli XCX
8  -  Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
7  -  Come and Get It - Selena Gomez
6  -  Cruise - Florida Georgia Line w/Nelly
5  -  Stay - Rihanna w/Mikky Ekko
4  -  When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars
3  -  Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
2  -  Just Give Me a Reason - Pink w/Nate Ruess
1  -  Can't Hold Us - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis w/Ray Dalton
(3rd consecutive week at #10

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

This week Jack tries his hand at science fiction.

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The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

I Flew To Mars

05/17/1953

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (05/26/2013)

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 26th 2013

10 - Robert B. Parker's Wonderland - Ace Atkins
(Debut)
Spenser uncovers plans to build a huge casino north of Boston; a continuation of the series by Parker, who died in 2010.

9  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(49 weeks on list)

7  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(4 weeks on list)

6  -  A Delicate Truth - John Le Carre
(Debut)
A young man investigates a private-public antiterrorist operation, supposedly a great success but actually a disaster.

5  -  A Step of Faith - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
In the fourth book of the "Walk" series, Alan faces new challenges on his walk to Key West.

4  -  The Hit - David Baldacci
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  12th of Never - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(2 weeks on list)  (Last week's #1)

2  -  Silken Prey - John Sandford
(Debut)
Lucas Davenport is drawn into the investigation of a Minnesota political scandal and the disappearance of an operative.

1  -  Dead Ever After - Charlaine Harrris
(DEBUT)
The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse searches for the truth about the death of the former barmaid Arlene.

Memorial Day Flashback - 1983

Memorial Day Weekend 1983
(30 years ago)

May 29th

Tom Sneva wins his first Indianapolis 500 by getting past Al Unser Jr and Al Unser Sr in the last 10 laps.

May 29th

Neil Bonnett wins his second consecutive NASCAR World 600 
(now called the Coca Cola 600)

May 29th

The Philadelphia 76ers win game 3 of the NBA finals, beating the LA Lakers 111-94 to take a 3-0 series lead.  They would sweep the Lakers by winning Game 4 on Tuesday May 31st to win the 1983 NBA World Championship

Topping the Billboard Hot 100 was the title song to the movie Flashdance,
 Irene Cara was spending her first of 6 consecutive weeks at #1 with 
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"

On prime time television "60 Minutes" was the #1 show for the 1982-83 season

Topping the NY Times bestseller list for fiction was John Le Carre's 
"Little Drummer Girl"

New York Times Bestseller List - NonFiction 05/26/2013

New York Times Bestseller List

Non Fiction

Week Ending May 26th 2013

10 - Keep It Pithy - Bill O'Reilly
(Debut)
A "highlight reel" of previous writings, updated, from the host of the "The O'Reilly Factor" on The Fox News Channel.

9  -  Bunker Hill - Nathaniel Philbrick
(2 weeks on list)
Eighteen months in pre-Revolutionary Boston, and the events leading up to the Battle of Bunker Hill.

8  -  Obsessed - Mika Brzezinski 
(Debut)
The "Morning Joe" co-hose discusses the obesity epidemic and her own struggles around food.

7  -  The Duck Commander Family - Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach
(6 weeks on list)

6  -  Waiting To Be Heard - Amanda Knox
(2 weeks on list)
Knox, who was convicted of the murder of her roommate in 2009 when she was an American student in Italy, a conviction that was overturned in 2011, tells her story.

5  -  Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan
(Debut)
Life with 5 kids in a two bedroom New York City apartment.

4  -  Cooked - Michael Pollan
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls - David Sedaris
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
(9 weeks on list)  (Last week's #1)

1  -  Happy, Happy, Happy - Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
(DEBUT)
The Duck Commander pays tribute to "faith, family and ducks."

2012-13 Prime Time TV Ratings

The Final season ratings for the 2012-13 prime time television season

The Top 20

Total Viewership

1 - NCIS  (CBS)
2 - Sunday Night Football  (NBC)
3 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
4 - NCIS : LA  (CBS)
5 - Person of Interest  (CBS)
6 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)
7 - Dancing with the Stars  (ABC)
8 - American Idol - Thursday  (FOX)
9 - The Voice  (NBC)
10 - Two and a Half Men  (CBS)
11 - Dancing with the Stars - Results (ABC)
12 - The Voice - Tuesday  (NBC)
13 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)
14 - Elementary  (ABC)
15 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)
16 - Modern Family  (ABC)
17 - Castle   (ABC)
18 - Criminal Minds   (NBC)
19 - Vegas   (NBC)
20 - The Following   (FOX)

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 05/19/2013

A little late but its here

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 19th 2013

10 - Paris - Edward Rutherford
(2 weeks on list)

9  -  Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Fly Away - Kristin Hannah
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(48 weeks on list)

6  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
(Debut)
In a creepy battle between real and imaginary worlds, a brave biker chick is pitted against a ghoulish villian who lures children to a place where its always Christmas.

4  -  Best Kept Secret - Jeffrey Archer
(Debut)
In Volume 3 of the Clifton Chronicles, the focus shifts to a new generation - Sebastian, the son of Harry and Emma Clifton.

3  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  The Hit - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list) (Last week's #1)

1  -  12th Of Never - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(DEBUT)
One Week after the birth of her baby, Detective Lindsay Boxer must return to Work to investigate a string of grisly murders; a Women's Murder Club novel.

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

This week as part of Buck Benny's podcast he talks about the survey done by Those Were The Days, asking for listeners favorite Radio Show.   He includes results from 1986, 1999 and 2012.

This week Jack is still in San Diego and welcomes then California Lt Gov Goodwin Knight.  Mr. Knight would then become Governor later in the year when Earl Warren resigns as Governor to become Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

From San Francisco

Air date - 05/10/1953

2013 Preakness Stakes (05/18/2013)

The 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Park in Baltimore MD saw the heavy favorite get a bad starting gate and then get squeezed and knocked off his game.  This left the door open for wire to wire winner Oxbow to runaway from the pack.

Billboard Top 20 Digital Songs (05/18/2013)

Billboard Digital Songs Chart

Top 20

Week Ending May 18th 2013

UK Official Chart Top 50

UK Official Chart

Top 50 (Video Countdown)

Week Ending May 18th 2013

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

Tonight is the first appearance of  Jack Benny favorite/regular on the tv show, Gisele Mackenzie

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

Live from San Francisco  with guest Gisele Mackenzie

aired 05/03/1953

(thanks again to Buck Benny and his Podcast)