Video: 'The Beatles - Help! - Camera Fight'
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — On the 12th day of filming for The Beatles’ second feature film Help!, the group returned to Nassau International Airport for scenes in which they descended aeroplane steps and took photographs of each other. Continue reading The Beatles film airport sequence for ‘Help!’ in Bahamas 50 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “My Girl” by The Temptations peaked today at #1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. In 2004, this track was ranked number 88 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “The Jolly Green Giant” by The Kingsmen peaked today at #4 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke peaked today at #31 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week (less than three months after he was fatally shot Dec. 11, 1964). In 2005, the track was voted number 12 by representatives of the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Video: 'WW2: Cologne / Köln, Germany. (March 6 1945)'
(Tuesday, March 6, 1945; during World War II) — The Allied offensive west of the Rhine swept toward a triumphant close today when Cologne, fourth largest city of the Third Reich, fell to tank crews and doughboys of Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ First Army. Continue reading Shattered Cologne falls to 1st Army 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1945)
