Video: 'THE SUPREMES COME SEE ABOUT ME'
(Tuesday, October 27, 1964) — The single “Come See About Me”/”You’re Gone, But Always in My Heart” by The Supremes was released today. Continue reading ‘Come See About Me’ by The Supremes released in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 27 1964)
Video: 'Hollywood Couples - Marilyn Monroe And Joe Dimaggio' (Oct. 27, 1954, at 33:16)
(Wednesday, October 27, 1954) — Actress Marilyn Monroe and baseball player Joe DiMaggio were divorced today in Santa Monica, California, after only nine months of marriage.
Video: 'Benjamin Davis'
(Wednesday, October 27, 1954) — U.S. Air Force Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was promoted to brigadier general by President Dwight Eisenhower today, the first black officer to achieve that rank in the USAF.
Video: 'The Terminator' (trailer)
(Friday, October 26, 1984) — The Terminator, a science fiction action film about a deadly robot from the future that travels back in time to kill a woman whose son will one day defeat its masters, was released today in the U.S.
Directed by James Cameron, the film starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Lance Henriksen and Paul Winfield.
Video: 'Paul McCartney's Rupert And The Frog Song 1985 Cartoon'
(Friday, October 26, 1984) — Rupert and the Frog Song an animated film based on the comic strip character Rupert Bear, written and produced by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and directed by Geoff Dunbar and Raymond ‘George’ Taylor, was released theatrically today as an accompaniment to the national release of McCartney’s feature film Give My Regards to Broad Street.
Video: 'Beatles Anthology (4/7) - Part 2' (Oct. 26, 1964, at 4:39-4:59)
(Monday, October 26, 1964, 7:30-10:00 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles completed production of their fourth album Beatles For Sale this evening, finishing the recording of “What You’re Doing” at EMI Studio 2 in London. Continue reading The Beatles finish recording fourth album, annual Christmas message 50 years ago this hour (Oct 26 1964)
(Saturday, October 26, 1974) — “Then Came You” by Dionne Warwick & Spinners peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, October 26, 1974) — “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Video: 'The Beatles - Honey Don't (Mono)'
(Monday, October 26, 1964, 4:30-6:30 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles resumed production of their fourth album Beatles For Sale this afternoon, completing the recording of Carl Perkins’ “Honey Don’t” at EMI Studio 2 in London. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Honey Don’t’ 50 years ago this hour (Oct 26 1964)
(Saturday, October 26, 1974) — “Stop and Smell the Roses” by Mac Davis peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
