Video: '5/8/1978: 'Son of Sam' Pleads Guilty'
(Monday, May 8, 1978) — David Berkowitz, the lonely postal worker who said he was driven by howling demons, pleaded guilty today in a Brooklyn courtroom to all six “Son of Sam” murders in a year-long reign of terror with his .44 caliber revolver. Continue reading ‘Son of Sam’ killer David Berkowitz pleads guilty 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1978)
Video: 'Paul McCartney & Wings - Same Time Next Year (1978 Version) (1990 Remaster)'
(Saturday, May 6, 1978) — The recording of “Same Time Next Year” by Wings was essentially completed today at Abbey Road Studios in London as former Beatle Paul McCartney supervised overdubs of a lavish orchestra following the arrangement of Paul and Fiachra Trench. Continue reading McCartney records overdubs for ‘Same Time Next Year’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1978)
Video: 'London Town' (14 videos)
(Saturday, May 6, 1978) — London Town, Paul McCartney’s eighth studio album since the 1970 break-up of The Beatles (the sixth with his band Wings), peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart for six consecutive weeks. Continue reading ‘London Town’ album by Paul McCartney/Wings peaks at #2 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1978)
(Saturday, May 6, 1978) — “More Than a Woman” by Tavares peaked at #32 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘More Than a Woman’ by Tavares peaks at #32 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1978)
(Saturday, May 6, 1978) — “Ego” by Elton John peaked at #34 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Ego’ by Elton John peaks at #34 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1978)
Video: 'Peace, Love, And Branding: The History Of Ben & Jerry’s In 3 Minutes'
(Friday, May 5, 1978) — Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, an American company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet, was founded today as business partners Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened an ice cream parlor at a converted gas station in Burlington, Vermont. Continue reading Ben & Jerry’s ice cream founded in Burlington 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 5 1978)
(Saturday, April 29, 1978) — “Running on Empty” by Jackson Browne peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Running on Empty’ by Jackson Browne peaks at #11 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 29 1978)
(Saturday, April 29, 1978) — “Sweet Talkin’ Woman” by Electric Light Orchestra peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Sweet Talkin’ Woman’ by Electric Light Orchestra peaks at #17 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 29 1978)
Video: '1978 Ringo' (6 videos)
(Wednesday, April 26, 1978, 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST) — Ringo, a television film starring former Beatle Ringo Starr as both a fictionalized version of himself and his fictional half-brother “Ognir Rrats” (loosely based on The Prince and the Pauper), was broadcast tonight NBC. Continue reading ‘Ringo’ television film debuts on NBC 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 26 1978)
Video: 'The Last Waltz' trailer
(Wednesday, April 26, 1978; 12:45 p.m. EST) — The Last Waltz, a filmed concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, premiered today at The Ziegfeld theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Last Waltz’ premieres in New York City 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 26 1978)
