Thursday, September 15, 2022

Darlene LOVE - ONE OF LAST OF SPECTOR FAMILY STILL GOING STRONG, AT 80

DARLENE LOVE was the only hit-making solo performer in the PHIL Spector family, here performing at Bankhead, Livermore, CA, June, 2022
Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home was one of her biggies



 


River Deep Mountain High was Loves tour de force but Spector put it out with Tina Turner at last minute, a dissappointed  Love explains. The music industry was changing and this would-be hit failed when it was finally released in late 60s, even for Tina Turner 


Sunday, September 11, 2022

Literal KILLING of Freedom of Speech Comes to the U.S., What Next?



As an old journalist I can handle much but not when they literally KILL our freedom of speech and the people who fight for it . It happened often in recent years in Third World countries like Afghanistan and Syria but never in the United States to our knowledge. Well, now it has>

Las Vegas reporter remembered as fearless force after elected official, angry at journalist's work, is arrested in his death > https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-reporter-remembered-fearless-force-elected-official-angry-jo-rcna46902

We mentioned elsewhere what Taliban-like actions might be next,  such as David Pearl-like beheadings. Before we could even get this out it already has happened  , though not to another journalist, but right here in the Bay Area. This is the mentality we're now dealing with>
YOUNG MOTHER BEHEADED
"She was putting (her children) in her car and raised her head -- and he cut her head off and her children saw everything," Adrienne Murray said.
https://twitter.com/BettyKPIX/status/1568737947054387200?t=kb2N60fuQa8jXVyDp-n4fw&s=09

Or @kpixtv cbsn.ws/3BsX7kj or

TRUMP CHANNELS REDD FOXX PERFECTLY IN NEW UPDATED SANFORD & SON, AKA TRUMP & SON


CLICK HERE Enjoy updated Sanford and Son you won't see on mainstream TV or even Twitter or FB>  https://rumble.com/v1joy4t-trump-channels-red-foxx-perfectly-in-updated-sanford-and-so.html



Saturday, September 3, 2022

'Old Age' and the First Billboard Top 100

 'He died of old age.' The last time someone officially died of 'old age ' was 1951

Remember when news reports would state  John Doe 'died of old age?'
The last time someone officially died of 'old age ' was 1951. Comic Redd Fox
Used to complain that 'health nuts' went crazy, rightfully so,  when they weren't given a real reason  how people died. So, in 1951 the powers that be decided that death notices must include specific medical reasons how people passed away, i.e.heart attack, cancer, etc. Of course, medical reports have sort of devolved back, but, not to be agist, we can now die of 'natural causes,' still without providing the REAL reason. But then, arent people entitled to privacy , not having to honor others' morbid curiosity?

Continued below


First Billboard Hot 100

The first number one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958.


On August 4, 1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart: the Hot 100. The Hot 100 quickly became the industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13, 1958. What we enjoyed back then was the mix of musical genres including pop, easy listening, instrumental, country and western, rhythm and blues and the new rock and roll


Here is the top 5 for Aug 4, 1958:


The Billboard 100 survey continues today but not sure how 'hot' it is,   based now  not so much on record sales or even CD sales since there are so few .
As Bill O'Reilly notes , the current Top 10 titles you probably never heard of, or don't want to.  'Let's go back to 1958,' he says. For the full top 100 Aug 4 , 1958: https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/



Old Age continued

Aging — in and of itself — is not a cause of death.(There is a phenomenon known as "geriatric failure to thrive," which scientists are studying, but it's extremely rare).

When most of us say someone died of old age, what we really mean is that someone died as a result of an illness (like pneumonia) or an event (like a heart attack) that a healthy, stronger person would likely have survived.

-Business Insider