Video: 'The Searchers' trailer
(Wednesday, May 16, 1956, 8:30 p.m. CDT) — The Searchers, a Western film about a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece, premiered tonight at the Chicago Theatre on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago. Continue reading ‘The Searchers’ epic Western film premieres in Chicago 70 years ago this hour (May 16 1956)
Video: 'Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Cast Recording)' (12 clips)
(Thursday, May 16, 1946, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun, starring Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley and Ray Middleton as Frank Butler, opened tonight on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
Video: 'Paul McCartney and Wings - Live in Landover, MD (May 16th, 1976)'
(Sunday, May 16, 1976, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed the second of two shows tonight at Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland on the seventh stop of the 21-city, 31-show Wings Over America leg of his band’s Wings Over The World tour.
Video: 'The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (2016 Stereo)' (13 videos)
(Monday, May 16, 1966) — Pet Sounds, the 11th studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, widely considered to be one of the most influential albums in music history, was released today. Continue reading ‘Pet Sounds’ album by The Beach Boys released 60 years ago today (May 16 1966)
Video: 'What was China's Cultural Revolution? BBC News'
(Monday, May 16, 1966) — China today launched the Cultural Revolution, a radical, youth-driven reform movement aimed at bolstering Chairman Mao Zedong while purging the country of “counter-revolutionaries.” Continue reading China launches Cultural Revolution 60 years ago today (May 16 1966)
Video: 'Revolver (Recording Sessions Vol. 3), May 9th - June 3rd, 1966' 09:36 For No One (Take 10) [With Overdubs]'
(Monday, May 16, 1966, 2:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. BST) — The English rock band The Beatles resumed production of their seventh studio album Revolver this evening at EMI Studio 2 in London, as Paul McCartney overdubbed lead vocals for his song “For No One.”
(Saturday, May 16, 1936) — “Melody from the Sky” by Jan Garber & his Orchestra (vocal by Lee Bennett; recorded in Chicago February 27, 1936) peaked at #1 on today’s Your Hit Parade weekly music chart for one week.
