Video: 'Thirty Three & 1/3' (first ten videos constitute original album)
(Monday, May 24, 1976) — Former Beatle George Harrison began recording his seventh solo studio album, Thirty Three & 1/3, today at his home studio at Friar Park, a Victorian neo-Gothic mansion and 30-acre estate in Henley-on-Thames, England. Continue reading Ex-Beatle George Harrison begins recording seventh studio album 50 years ago today (May 24 1976)
Video: 'Concorde's First Commercial Flight to the U.S. - ABC News - May 24, 1976'
(Monday, May 24, 1976, first plane landed at 11:54 a.m. EDT) — Britain and France, their Concordes barred from New York in a legal conflict over noise, opened trans-Atlantic supersonic service today to Washington, their destination of second choice.
Video: 'An Inconvenient Truth' trailer
(Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 10:40 a.m. EDT) — An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s campaign to educate citizens about global warming, went into limited release today, opening this morning at AMC Lincoln Square 13 at 1998 Broadway in Manhattan (it had premiered Jan. 24, 2006, at the Sundance Film Festival). Continue reading ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ goes into limited release 20 years ago this hour (May 24 2006)
Video: 'Rail Strike Paralyzes America; Ike in Far East 1946/5/23'
(Thursday, May 23, 1946, 4:00 p.m. EST; during the Strike wave of 1945–46) — A countrywide railroad strike, which if prolonged may cripple the national economy and affect the life of every citizen, went into effect today as thousands of railroad workers walked off of their jobs. Continue reading Strike halts railroads, paralyzes nation 80 years ago this hour (May 23 1946)
Video: 'A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll'
(Sunday, May 23, 1976) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr continued work today on his upcoming album Ringo’s Rotogravure, recording the track “A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” which would later become the album’s lead single. Continue reading Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr records ‘A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ for fifth studio album 50 years ago today (May 23 1976)
(Saturday, May 23, 1936) — “You” by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocal refrain by Edyth Wright, recorded in New York City on March 25, 1936) peaked at #1 on today’s Your Hit Parade weekly music chart for one week. Continue reading ‘You’ by Tommy Dorsey peaks at #1 in USA 90 years ago today (May 23 1936)
Video: 'Paul McCartney Live At The Boston Gardens, Boston, USA (Saturday 22nd May 1976)'
(Saturday, May 22, 1976, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed tonight at Boston Garden in Boston on the tenth stop of the 21-city, 31-show Wings Over America leg of his band’s Wings Over The World tour. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings perform at Boston Garden 50 years ago this hour (May 22 1976)
Video: '"The Caning of Charles Sumner (1856): Violence in the Senate Over Slavery" | Episode : 17'
(Tuesday, May 22, 1856, at around 2:30 p.m. local time) — Congressman Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, beat Senator Charles Sumner, a Republican abolitionist from Massachusetts, with a walking cane today in the hall of the United States Senate in retaliation for a speech Sumner had made two days earlier attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas (“Bleeding Kansas“). Continue reading Abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner beaten unconscious 170 years ago this hour (May 22 1856)
Video: 'Lady Gaye'
(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — Ringo Starr returned to the studio today for the second day of recording sessions for his forthcoming album Ringo’s Rotogravure, cutting the track “Lady Gaye” at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles. Continue reading Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr records ‘Lady Gaye’ for fifth studio album 50 years ago today (May 22 1976)
Video: 'Wings - Silly Love Songs (Official Music Video)'
(Saturday, May 22, 1976) — “Silly Love Songs” by (former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band) Wings peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five non-consecutive weeks (May 22, June 12/19/26, July 3, 1976). Continue reading ‘Silly Love Songs’ by Wings peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (May 22 1976)
