Videos: 'First Radio Broadcast Christmas Eve 1906'
(Christmas Eve Monday, December 24, 1906, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Canadian physicist Reginald A. Fessenden today became the first person to transmit the human voice (his own) as well as music over radio, broadcasting from Brant Rock on the coast of Massachusetts. Continue reading First human voice, music transmitted over radio 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 24 1906)
(Saturday, December 24, 1966) — “That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Saturday, December 24, 1966) — “A Place in the Sun” by Stevie Wonder peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Saturday, December 24, 1966) — “Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett peaked at #23 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Wilson Pickett’s recording of the song at #434 on a list of “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
