Video: 'Wings - Silly Love Songs (Official Music Video)'
(Saturday, April 10, 1976) — “Silly Love Songs” by (former Beatle Paul McCartney and) Wings debuted at #58 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘Silly Love Songs’ by Wings debuts at #58 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 10 1976)
(Saturday, April 10, 1976) — “Here, There and Everywhere” by Emmylou Harris (composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) peaked at #65 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The death of Houston billionaire Howard Hughes'
(Monday, April 5, 1976, 1:27 p.m. CST) — American business tycoon, entrepreneur, investor, aviator, aerospace engineer, inventor, filmmaker and philanthropist Howard Hughes, 70, died today of kidney failure on board an aircraft en route from his penthouse at the Acapulco Fairmont Princess Hotel in Mexico to the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Continue reading Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies on emergency flight en route to Houston 50 years ago this hour (Apr 5 1976)
Video: 'When Old Glory was turned into a weapon'
(Monday, April 5, 1976, late morning EST) — During an outdoor demonstration against court-ordered school busing in Boston, a white teenager swung a pole holding an American flag at a black attorney in a scene captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph now known as The Soiling of Old Glory, taken by Stanley Forman of the Boston Herald American.
Video: 'All the President's Men' trailer
(Sunday, April 4, 1976, 8:30 p.m. EST) — All the President’s Men, a political thriller film about two journalists (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward) investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post, premiered tonight in the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as a benefit for the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Continue reading ‘All the President’s Men’ opens in Washington, DC 50 years ago this hour (Apr 4 1976)
(Saturday, April 3, 1976) — “Disco Lady” by Johnnie Taylor peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four consecutive weeks (Apr. 3/10/17/24, 1976). Continue reading ‘Disco Lady’ by Johnnie Taylor peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
(Saturday, April 3, 1976) — “Money Honey” by Bay City Rollers peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Money Honey’ by Bay City Rollers peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
(Saturday, April 3, 1976) — “Golden Years” by David Bowie peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Golden Years’ by David Bowie peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
(Saturday, April 3, 1976) — “I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)” by Diana Ross peaked at #47 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)’ by Diana Ross peaks at #47 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 3 1976)
Video: 'Wings - Silly Love Songs (Official Music Video)'
(Friday, April 2, 1976) — The single “Silly Love Songs“/”Cook of the House” by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American band Wings was released today in the U.S. (Apr. 30, 1976, in the UK), the first single from the group’s album Wings at the Speed of Sound. Continue reading Wings release ‘Silly Love Songs’/’Cook of the House’ single 50 years ago today (Apr 2 1976)
