Video: 'John Lennon George Harrison Oh My Love Sessions'
(Friday, May 28, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon tracked 20 takes (6 complete) of “Oh My Love” today at Ascot Sound Studios, his home recording facility at Tittenhurst Park near Ascot in Berkshire.
Continue reading John Lennon records ‘Oh My Love’ with George Harrison, overdubs lead vocal on ‘Gimme Some Truth’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 28 1971)
Video: 'John Lennon The making of Imagine 1971'
(Thursday, May 27, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon tracked 11 takes (6 complete) of “Imagine” today at Ascot Sound Studios, his home recording facility at Tittenhurst Park near Ascot in Berkshire.
Continue reading John Lennon tracks title song for ‘Imagine’ album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1971)
Video: 'What Manner of Man, Part 1'
(Saturday, May 27, 1911) — Hubert Humphrey, the 38th Vice President of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-1969) and the 1968 Democratic presidential nominee, was born today in a room over his father’s drugstore in Wallace, South Dakota.
Continue reading U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey born in Wallace, South Dakota 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1911)
Video: '092 - Sink the Bismarck! - The Pride of the Kriegsmarine's Demise - WW2 - May 30 1941' (Operation Rheinübung at 0:43)
(Tuesday, May 27, 1941, 10:39 a.m. Central European Summer Time; during the Last battle of the battleship Bismarck, part of Operation Rheinübung, part of the Battle of the Atlantic, during World War II) — British ships and planes sank the German battleship Bismarck today 400 miles west of the French port of Brest, with a loss of more than 2,100 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the 42,100-ton battle cruiser HMS Hood with the loss of more than 1,400 lives.
Continue reading British sink German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of some 2,100 lives 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1941)
Video: 'How do you Sleep John Lennon'
(Wednesday, May 26, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon, with former bandmate George Harrison in attendance, tracked 11 takes (5 complete) of “How Do You Sleep?” and recorded 6 takes (2 complete) of “Crippled Inside” today at Ascot Sound Studios, his home recording facility at Tittenhurst Park near Ascot in Berkshire.
Continue reading John Lennon tracks ‘How Do You Sleep?’ and ‘Crippled Inside’ with George Harrison 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1971)
(Saturday, May 25, 1991) — “I Don’t Wanna Cry” by Mariah Carey peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks (May 25, June 1, 1991). Continue reading ‘I Don’t Wanna Cry’ Mariah Carey peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1991)
Video: 'Gimme Some Truth (Take 4)'
(Tuesday, May 25, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon tracked 5 takes (1 complete) of “Gimme Some Truth,” 42 takes (7 complete) of “How?” and one take of “Oh Yoko!” today at Ascot Sound Studios, his home recording facility at Tittenhurst Park near Ascot in Berkshire.
Continue reading John Lennon tracks ‘Gimme Some Truth,’ ‘How?’ and ‘Oh Yoko!’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1971)
Video: 'President Kennedy's "Moon Address" to Congress, May 25, 1961'
(Thursday, May 25, 1961, 12:30-1:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy, addressing a joint session of the Congress today, declared “I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth.” Continue reading President Kennedy aims to put an American on the Moon ‘before this decade is out’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1961)
Video: 'Jealous Guy (Elements Mix)'
(Monday, May 24, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon tracked 28 takes (4 complete) of “Jealous Guy” and 8 takes (3 complete) of a remake of “I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama” today at Ascot Sound Studios, his home recording facility at Tittenhurst Park near Ascot in Berkshire.
Continue reading John Lennon tracks ‘Jealous Guy’ and ‘I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1971)
Video: '092 - Sink the Bismarck! - The Pride of the Kriegsmarine's Demise - WW2 - May 30 1941' (Operation Rheinübung at 0:43)
(Saturday, May 24, 1941, at about 6:00 a.m. local time; during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, part of Operation Rheinübung, part of the Battle of the Atlantic, during World War II) — The 42,100-ton battle cruiser Hood, pride of the British Fleet and the world’s biggest fighting vessel, was blown up today by an “unlucky hit” scored on a munitions magazine by the new German battleship Bismarck in an engagement off Greenland. Continue reading Germans sink British battle cruiser HMS Hood in Battle of the Denmark Strait 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1941)
