Video: McCartney, Jackson in studio Apr. 14-16, 1982 (at 1:52-1:59)
(Friday, April 16, 1982) — Ex-Beatle Paul concluded three days of sessions today with Michael Jackson at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, where they recorded Jackson’s The Girl is Mine. Continue reading McCartney, Jackson record ‘The Girl is Mine’ in Los Angeles 30 years ago today (1982)
(Saturday, April 10, 1982) — The single Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder debuted on today’s Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart at #29.
(Saturday, April 10, 1982) — The album Reel Music, a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were featured in their films, debuted on today’s Billboard 200 top albums chart at #40.
Video: 'The Creation of Venus' (part 1)
(Wednesday, March 31, 1982, 8:30 p.m. ET) — When Venus lets it slip that he was a schoolteacher before he came to WKRP, Andy has to tell Mama Carlson the truth about how he hired Gordon Sims as a DJ and how they came up with the persona of Venus Flytrap on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Continue reading ‘The Creation of Venus’ episodes airs on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ 30 years ago this hour (1982)
(Monday, March 29, 1982) — Chariots of Fire was named Best Picture of 1981 tonight at the 54th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn won Oscars for their co-starring roles as husband and wife in On Golden Pond.
Warren Beatty won Best Director for Reds.
(Monday, March 29, 1982) — The single Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder was released today in both the US and UK (a 12″ single would be released today in Britain and on Apr. 12, 1982 in the US).
(Thursday, March 25, 1982, 9:00 p.m. EST) —Cagney & Lacey, a police procedural series that featured Tyne Daly and Meg Foster (later, Sharon Gless) as New York City police detectives, debuted tonight as a regular series on CBS-TV.
Video: 'Dear Liar'
(Wednesday, March 24, 1982, 8:30 p.m. ET) –When Bailey writes a news story on the Northside Children’s Clinic, Les steals it and reads it on the air on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
Video: 'Victor Victoria' trailer
(Tuesday, March 16, 1982) — Victor Victoria, a musical comedy film that involves transvestism and sexual identity as central themes, premiered today in the U.S.
Directed by Blake Edwards, the film starred Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston and Lesley Ann Warren.
