Daily Archives: January 27, 2022

John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform with Chuck Berry during fourth taping as co-hosts for ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Chuck Berry - The Mike Douglas Show, 16/02/1972 (Legendado PT-BR)'

(Thursday, January 27, 1972) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, taped their fourth of five appearances as co-hosts on the prestigious Emmy award-winning WBC (Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation) afternoon talk show The Mike Douglas Show today at KYW-TV studios in Philadelphia for airing in syndication on Feb. 16, 1972. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform with Chuck Berry during fourth taping as co-hosts for ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1972) →

‘Peppermint Twist’ by Joey Dee and the Starliters peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1962)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, January 27, 1962) — “Peppermint Twist” by Joey Dee and the Starliters peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Jan. 27, Feb. 3/10, 1962). Continue reading ‘Peppermint Twist’ by Joey Dee and the Starliters peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1962) →

‘I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More)’ by Barbara George peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1962)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, January 27, 1962) — “I Know (You Don’t love Me No More)” by Barbara George peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More)’ by Barbara George peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1962) →

G. Gordon Liddy proposes a series of criminal acts to disrupt political opposition to President Richard Nixon’s re-election 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1972)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Watergate


Video: 'WATERGATE AFFAIR BBC DOKUMENTATION 1994' (Operation Gemstone at 29:16)

(Thursday, January 27, 1972, 11:00 a.m. EST; during the Watergate Scandal) — G. Gordon Liddy, Finance Counsel for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP, but often mocked by the acronym CREEP), presented Operation Gemstone, a $1 million campaign intelligence plan that involved a series of clandestine or illegal acts against political opponents of President Richard Nixon’s re-election. Continue reading G. Gordon Liddy proposes a series of criminal acts to disrupt political opposition to President Richard Nixon’s re-election 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1972) →