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Nov. 14, 1991: MJ’s Black or White video premiered everywhere at once — MTV, BET, Fox — and instantly crowned him The King of Pop.

Critics hated the ending. Viewers couldn’t look away. Result? MJ’s most-requested MTV video + another no. 1 hit.

1991 pop culture was wild. 👑⚡️
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Nov. 14, 1987: Sonny & Cher reunited on "Late Night with David Letterman" and delivered an unplanned, slightly shaky, totally heartfelt version of “I Got You Babe.”

Dave insisted, Cher resisted, but the moment ended up being a sweet final encore for their classic duet.
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nov. 14, 1983: Michael Jackson premiered his 14-minute short film “Thriller” at the Metro Crest Theater in Los Angeles.

Directed by John Landis, the crowd—filled with stars like Diana Ross, Eddie Murphy, and Warren Beatty—gave it a standing ovation and begged for another screening. 🧟‍♂️🔥
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nov. 13, 2000: The Beatles released 1 — their chart-topping collection of every US & UK No. 1 hit.

It became the world’s best-selling album of the 2000s.

Here’s to the original “1.”

Got it in your collection? 🎵
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nov. 13, 1976: Rod Stewart scores his longest-running no. 1 hit with “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright).”

Featuring whispered French from Britt Ekland, it ruled the Hot 100 for 8 weeks and became one of the decade’s steamiest hits.

Rod was in full charm mode — on-screen and off.
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Nov. 13, 1968: Yellow Submarine set sail in U.S. theaters—The Beatles’ fourth film and their most colourful.

While actors voiced their animated counterparts, the real Beatles closed it out with a sing-along to “All Together Now.” 🎬💛
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Nov. 12, 1984: Madonna’s Like A Virgin hit shelves — her first U.S. no. 1 album. The title track and her VMA performance lit up MTV (and freaked out the censors).

No award that night, but six straight weeks at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 proved who the real Queen of Pop was. 👑
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nov. 12, 1968: On his 23rd birthday, Neil Young releases his debut solo album.

“The Loner” hinted at what was coming, but the record barely made a ripple at first. Even Neil disliked the sound and remixed it a year later.

Every legend starts somewhere. 🎸
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Nov. 12, 1945: Legendary singer/songwriter Neil Young came into the world.

From Buffalo Springfield to CSNY to his iconic solo albums After the Gold Rush and Harvest, Neil’s never stopped exploring new sounds or speaking his mind — on music, politics, or the planet.

Happy 80th, Neil!! 🇨🇦✌️
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nov. 11, 1991: MTV got the memo: start calling Michael Jackson “The King of Pop.” 👑

The move came a week before the Black or White video dropped — and when half a billion people tuned in on premiere night, it sealed the deal.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Nov. 11, 1970: That’s The Way It Is — Elvis’s concert film — hit theatres, showing The King in rehearsal, backstage, and in peak Vegas form.

Re-cut in 2000, revisited in Baz Luhrmann’s "Elvis" and "EPiC", and still pure magic 55 years later.

That’s the way it is. 🎶
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Nov. 11, 1968: John Lennon & Yoko Ono release Two Virgins.

The music: experimental.
The cover: very revealing. 😅

Too hot for stores (literally sold in brown wrapping paper), it became more of an art statement than a hit record. Lennon called it “being ourselves.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Today, we pause to remember.
Wear a poppy. Take two minutes.
Honour those who served and those who continue to serve.

Lest we forget. ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nov. 10, 1979: Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang becomes the first rap song to crack the Billboard Hot 100.

Built on Chic’s Good Times, it changed hit music forever.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Nov. 10, 1975: The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a Lake Superior storm. All 29 crew members perished.

Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” told their story—and became one of the most powerful songs in Canadian history.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nov. 10, 1969: Sesame Street opened its doors and never closed them.

A theme by Toots Thielemans, guest spots from Stevie Wonder to Alicia Keys, and 95% of preschoolers tuning in by age 3.

Still the friendliest street in America. 💛
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Newsom: "It's not about rule of law anymore. It's rule of Don. He's choosing which court decisions he agrees with. He's quite literally running an extortion racket. He's doing it with some of the most powerful corporate leaders. What does everything have in common? Tariffs. They're about leverage"
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Nov. 9, 1974: Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit no. 1 in the U.S. with “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.”
Only the second Canadian band ever to do it — and the first? Randy Bachman’s The Guess Who.
The man basically was the Canadian charts in the ’70s. 🇨🇦🎶
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Nov. 9, 1973: Billy Joel drops Piano Man.

Inspired by his six months playing in an L.A. bar called The Executive Room, the title track gave voice to the regulars — and became his first hit. 🎹

The “waitress practicing politics”? That was Elizabeth Weber, his soon-to-be wife.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nov. 9, 1967: Rolling Stone published its first issue — John Lennon on the cover, a roach clip inside, and a 35¢ price tag.

Decades later? Worth about $400.

The times, they are a-changin’.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Trump’s approval is tanking, the GOP is in disarray, and even some Republicans are pushing back against white supremacists in their ranks. Here’s what you need to know. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-big-p...
This Week In The Big Picture
As Donald Trump’s approval plummets among core constituencies and as the GOP’s Congressional majorities continue to fail the American people, the Republican coalition that drove Trump to a second…
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November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nov. 8, 1994: Sonny Bono — yes, of Sonny & Cher fame — was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served until his untimely death in 1998.

From the stage to the floor of Congress, he proved there’s more than one way to make history.
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nov. 8, 1971: Led Zeppelin released their untitled 4th album, a.k.a. “IV.”
No title, just four symbols and pure rock perfection — “Black Dog,” “Rock and Roll,” and of course, “Stairway to Heaven.” 🎸
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Nov. 8, 1949: The slide guitar queen, Bonnie Raitt, was born in Burbank, CA.

She picked up her first guitar at 8, learned the blues from the masters, and gave us Nick of Time and Something to Talk About, etc.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Blues icon, and lifelong environmental activist.
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nov. 7, 2016: The world lost the poet-priest of song, Leonard Cohen, at 82.

A poet, prophet, and Hall of Famer many times over. His final album, You Want It Darker, won him a posthumous Grammy—one last act of brilliance from a man whose words still echo. 🕯️
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM