Daily Archives: November 17, 2025

McCartney’s ‘Spies Like Us’ promo video premieres on MTV 40 years ago this hour (Nov 17 1985)

1980s, Movies 1980s, Popular Music 1980s, Television 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us 1985'

(Sunday, November 17, 1985, 7:00 p.m. EST) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney’s promotional video for “Spies Like Us,” the title song to the motion picture of the same name, premiered in the U.S. today on MTV, more than a month after being filmed at Abbey Road Studios in London. Continue reading McCartney’s ‘Spies Like Us’ promo video premieres on MTV 40 years ago this hour (Nov 17 1985) →

‘Chickery Chick’ by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago today (Nov 17 1945)

1940s, Popular Music 1940s

(Saturday, November 17, 1945) — “Chickery Chick” by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (vocal refrain by Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and The Kaye Choir) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Selling Retail Records chart for three non-consecutive weeks (Nov. 17, Dec. 15/29, 1945; tied with “Till the End of Time” by Perry Como on Nov. 17, 1945).