(Sunday, January 23, 1972, 5:00 p.m. EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were interviewed today at their Bank Street apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City by Village Voice journalist Howard Smith. as they listened to the radio station WPLJ’s Beatles 17-hour marathon. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono interviewed by Howard Smith at couple’s New York City apartment 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 23 1972)
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‘Leather and Lace’ by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 23 1982)
(Saturday, January 23, 1982) — “Leather and Lace” by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Leather and Lace’ by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 23 1982)
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‘She’s Got a Way’ by Billy Joel peaks at #23 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 23 1982)
(Saturday, January 23, 1982) — “She’s Got a Way” by Billy Joel peaked at #23 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘She’s Got a Way’ by Billy Joel peaks at #23 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 23 1982)
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‘You Are Everything’ by The Stylistics peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
(Saturday, January 22, 1972) — “You Are Everything” by The Stylistics peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘You Are Everything’ by The Stylistics peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
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‘The Concert For Bangla Desh’ live triple album by George Harrison & Friends peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
Video: 'Intro by George Harrison | Concert for Bangladesh | 50th Anniversary : : Apple Music OST from LP'
(Saturday, January 22, 1972) — The Concert For Bangla Desh live triple album by George Harrison and celebrity friends peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart for six non-consecutive weeks. Continue reading ‘The Concert For Bangla Desh’ live triple album by George Harrison & Friends peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
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Paul McCartney’s first album with Wings, ‘Wild Life,’ peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
Video: 'Wings Wild Life full album (1971)'
(Saturday, January 22, 1972) — Wild Life, the debut album by Paul McCartney’s new post-Beatles British–American rock band Wings, peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart for two consecutive weeks. Continue reading Paul McCartney’s first album with Wings, ‘Wild Life,’ peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1972)
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Jackie Wilson performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 1962)
Video: 'Jackie Wilson "That's Why (I Love You So)" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, January 21, 1962, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Jackie Wilson performed “That’s Why (I Love You So)” on tonight‘s live edition of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from CBS Studio 50 in New York City. Continue reading Jackie Wilson performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 1962)
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform ‘Imagine’ during third taping as co-hosts for ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1972)
Video: 'John Lennon & Yoko Ono - The Mike Douglas Show, 17/02/1972 (Legendado PT-BR)'
(Thursday, January 20, 1972, evening EST) — John Lennon and Yoko Ono taped their third of five appearances this evening as co-hosts on the prestigious Emmy award-winning WBC (Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation) afternoon talk show The Mike Douglas Show for airing in syndication on Feb. 17, 1972. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform ‘Imagine’ during third taping as co-hosts for ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1972)
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Nazi officials formalize plans for ‘Final Solution to the Jewish question’ at Wannsee Conference 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1942)
Video: 'The House of the Wannsee Conference'
(Tuesday, January 20, 1942, approximately noon-1:30 p.m. Central European Summer Time; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered today at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question,” an attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, an estimated 11 million persons. Continue reading Nazi officials formalize plans for ‘Final Solution to the Jewish question’ at Wannsee Conference 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1942)
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially approves project to make first atomic weapons 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1942)
Video: 'The Birth of the Manhattan Project - WW2 Special'
(Monday, January 19, 1942; during World War II) — Responding to a Nov. 27, 1941, recommendation by Vannevar Bush that “an atomic bomb WAS feasible,” U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, spurred on by the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, replied today with a brief handwritten note, “V. B. OK — returned — I think you had best keep this in your own safe FDR.” Continue reading U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially approves project to make first atomic weapons 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1942)
