Daily Archives: July 21, 2022

The Doors perform at Aragon Ballroom in Chicago 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1972)

July 21, 20221970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Doorsadmin

Video: 'The Doors July 21 1972 Aragon Ballroom Chicago IL'

(Friday July 21, 1972, following the 8:00 p.m. CDT scheduled start time for opening acts Dr. John, the Night Tripper and Phlorescent Leech & Eddie) — Two years and 18 days after lead singer Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, the surviving members of the American rock group The Doors — keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore — performed tonight at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Continue reading The Doors perform at Aragon Ballroom in Chicago 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1972) →

‘The Wah-Watusi’ by The Orlons peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1962)

July 21, 20221960s, Popular Music 1960sadmin

(Saturday, July 21, 1962) — “The Wah-Watusi” by The Orlons peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘The Wah-Watusi’ by The Orlons peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1962) →

‘Boom Boom’ by John Lee Hooker peaks at #60 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1962)

July 21, 20221960s, Popular Music 1960sadmin

(Saturday, July 21, 1962) — “Boom Boom” by John Lee Hooker peaked at #60 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Boom Boom’ by John Lee Hooker peaks at #60 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1962) →

May 19 1935: T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') dies six days after motorcycle crash
May 20 1965: The Rolling Stones perform for 'Shindig'
May 20 1995: Connie Chung fired as co-anchor of 'CBS Evening News'
May 21 1945: Film actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall wed in Lucas, Ohio
May 21 1955: Chuck Berry records his first single, 'Maybellene,' for Chess Records in Chicago
May 21 1955: 'Dance with Me, Henry' by Georgia Gibbs peaks at #2 in USA
May 21 1975: 'The Return of the Pink Panther' opens in New York City
May 22 1835: Democrats unanimously tap VP Martin Van Buren as Andrew Jackson’s successor
May 22 1865: Jefferson Davis held at Ft. Monroe for two years beginning today
May 22 1915: Lassen Peak volcano in Northern California explodes
May 22 1965: 'Ticket to Ride' by The Beatles peaks at #1 in USA
May 22, 1965: 'Iko Iko' by The Dixie Cups peaks at #20 in USA
May 22 1965: 'Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious' by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke peaks at #66 in USA
May 22 1965: 'Good Lovin’' by The Olympics peaks at #79 in USA
May 22 1965: 'Play with Fire' by The Rolling Stones peaks at #96 in USA
May 22 1985: James Bond feature film 'A View to a Kill' premieres in San Francisco

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1985: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1975: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1965: Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: >Harry S. Truman-(vacant)
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: Calvin Coolidge-Charles G. Dawes
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1905: Theodore Roosevelt-Charles Fairbanks
1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1885: Grover Cleveland-Thomas Hendricks
1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1865: >Andrew Johnson-(vacant)
1855: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1845: *James K. Polk-George M. Dallas
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: John Quincy Adams-John C. Calhoun
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
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@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office