Video: 'BOB HOPE on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, June 26, 1955, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Comedian Bob Hope performed “on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading Bob Hope performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour (June 26 1955)
Video: 'Wings 'Venus and Mars' [TV Ad]'
(Thursday, June 26, 1975) — A 60-second TV commercial to promote the Venus And Mars album by (former Beatle) Paul McCartney and his band Wings, directed by Karel Reisz at a private house in Holland Park, London the previous month, debuted tonight across the UK ITV network.
Video: 'Sonny & Cher Interview at The Tonight Show in 1975 - Rare'
(Thursday, June 26, 1975) — Sonny and Cher Bono’s divorce was finalized today in Santa Monica, California. They had married in 1964 (four days after the divorce, Cher married Greg Allman).
(Saturday, June 26, 1965) — “Mr. Tambourine Man” by The Byrds (the group’s first appearance on the chart) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. The Byrds’ version of “Mr. Tambourine Man” was listed as the number 79 song on Rolling Stone‘s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Video: 'Kansas City - Beatles VI - The Beatles'
(Saturday, June 26, 1965) — Beatles VI, by The Beatles debuted at #149 on Billboard‘s 200 album chart. (click here to listen to the full album). It was the group’s 13th appearance on the chart since Feb. 1, 1964.
Video: 'Beatles In Italy, Genova June 1965 Home Movie'
(Friday, June 25, 1965, 4:30/9:30 p.m. CEST) — The Beatles performed two shows today at Palazzo dello Sport in Genoa, Italy, the band’s seventh and eighth concerts of their 1965 European Tour. Continue reading The Beatles perform at Palazzo dello Sport in Genoa 50 years ago this hour (June 25 1965)
(Tuesday, June 24, 1975, 4:05 p.m. EDT) — 113 people were killed today when Eastern Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 727 carrying 124 people, crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (click here to view video of the wreckage).
Video: 'Cat Ballou' (trailer)
(Thursday, June 24, 1965) — Cat Ballou, a comedy Western film about a prim schoolteacher who turns outlaw queen when the railroad steals her land, opened today at the Trans-Lux 52d Street and the Victoria theaters in New York City. Continue reading ‘Cat Ballou’ opens in New York City 50 years ago today (June 24 1965)
Video: 'THE BEATLES A Spaniard In The Works' (broadcast live June 18, 1965)
(Thursday June 24, 1965) — John Lennon’s second book A Spaniard In The Works, featuring 18 stories and numerous illustrations, was published today.
Video: 'I Beatles in Italia (1/12) Twist and Shout' (The Beatles at Velodromo Vigorelli at 1:46)
(Thursday, June 24, 1965, 4:30 p.m. CEST) — The Beatles performed the fifth show of their 1965 European Tour this afternoon at Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan, Italy (they performed again here tonight at 9:30 p.m. CEST). Continue reading The Beatles perform at Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan 50 years ago this hour (June 24 1965)
