Month: June 2019

Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children’s author, political cartoonist, and animator. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen […]

This tune wasn’t just catchy, it was awe inspiring and completely different than any other song up until then. Holly used double-tracking– the lineup of two guitars, bass and drums. This all became even more […]

“Elvis the Pelvis” had been around a few years already and was huge when he made a movie by this name. The world embraced a hit song from a film with the same name — […]

Exxon replaced the Esso, Enco, and Humble brands in the United States in 1973. The Esso name was a trademark of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and attracted protests from other Standard Oil spinoffs […]

“Who’s on first?” by Abbot and Costello is a comedy routine from 1945’s “The Naughty Nineties.” The first time that Bud Abbott (1895-1974) and Lou Costello (1906-1959) performed their seminal comedy routine “Who’s On First?” […]

Album: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel Rank: Song peaked at number 3 in the charts in 1969 The Boxer, by Paul Simon, is one of the iconic folk-rock ballads of the Baby Boomer […]

Bonanza is an American western television show that was part of the NBC network for more than 14 years. It lasted from 1959 to 1973 and had 430 episodes. It it the longest running western […] […]