“I do thank you for coming all dressed up in your own cooking pot.”
I love that look of sudden comprehension as it runs across their faces.
“I do thank you for coming all dressed up in your own cooking pot.”
I love that look of sudden comprehension as it runs across their faces.
“Of course.”
“And dragons breath fire, right?”
“Yes. . .” A little less sure of himself.
“And metal conducts heat?”
No answer.
(cont.)
“Of course.”
“And dragons breath fire, right?”
“Yes. . .” A little less sure of himself.
“And metal conducts heat?”
No answer.
(cont.)
Another one. I sighed and went to the doorway.
He was certainly dressed for the occasion. Full metal breastplate, back and front, metal helmet, metal chaps, clinking as he sat atop his horse.
“Come out and meet your doom, worm!” Not very polite.
(cont.)
Another one. I sighed and went to the doorway.
He was certainly dressed for the occasion. Full metal breastplate, back and front, metal helmet, metal chaps, clinking as he sat atop his horse.
“Come out and meet your doom, worm!” Not very polite.
(cont.)
Posting just the weekly top song(s).
7/27/40-10/12/40 #1 in Stores: I'll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey - Frank Sinatra, vocals)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEn-...
Posting just the weekly top song(s).
7/27/40-10/12/40 #1 in Stores: I'll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey - Frank Sinatra, vocals)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEn-...
- Sally Rand and Milton Berle do well in Detroit. Gene Autry parks his horse to fly to Oklahoma City for a radio benefit. Kitty Kallen at the Patio Grill, Hotel Roosevelt, Jacksonville, FL. Rudy Vallee at the Strand in NY.
- Sally Rand and Milton Berle do well in Detroit. Gene Autry parks his horse to fly to Oklahoma City for a radio benefit. Kitty Kallen at the Patio Grill, Hotel Roosevelt, Jacksonville, FL. Rudy Vallee at the Strand in NY.
7/27/40 cont.-1
- American acts flee Europe. England lists just 14 American performers left in the country.
- Balaban & Katz, co-owners of a theatre corporation in Chicago, announce they will start a TV station in that city, operations to begin 1/1/41.
7/27/40 cont.-1
- American acts flee Europe. England lists just 14 American performers left in the country.
- Balaban & Katz, co-owners of a theatre corporation in Chicago, announce they will start a TV station in that city, operations to begin 1/1/41.
Just “this song is the most popular.” With this issue, it becomes “this song by this performer is the most popular.” That’s where we come in.
7/27/40 – Music Popularity Charts begin. No. 1 in Best Sellers in Stores: I’ll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey)
Just “this song is the most popular.” With this issue, it becomes “this song by this performer is the most popular.” That’s where we come in.
7/27/40 – Music Popularity Charts begin. No. 1 in Best Sellers in Stores: I’ll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey)
Starting from the beginning of the Music Popularity Charts. Previously, starting in 1938, BB (Billboard) had its own charts, and the Lucky Strike Parade of Hits, but the songs weren’t differentiated by performer. Just “this song is the most popular.”
Starting from the beginning of the Music Popularity Charts. Previously, starting in 1938, BB (Billboard) had its own charts, and the Lucky Strike Parade of Hits, but the songs weren’t differentiated by performer. Just “this song is the most popular.”
I wanted a spreadsheet of all songs that made it to Billboard's top charts. I also noted items of interest in the formation of today's entertainment world. I'll start posting it here.
I wanted a spreadsheet of all songs that made it to Billboard's top charts. I also noted items of interest in the formation of today's entertainment world. I'll start posting it here.