Music
Peggy Lee – Fever
“Her wonderful talent should be studied by all vocalists; her regal presence is pure elegance and charm.” – Frank Sinatra, 1994 May 26, 1920 was the day Norma Deloris Egtsrom was born the seventh of […]
Month: November 2019
TV & Radio
First Television Broadcast
From “History Comes to Life” comes this first 1936 television broadcast. This is a filmed record (not a kinescope) of the first actual “public” television broadcast in the United States. (There were perhaps three receivers […]
Advertising
Colt 45 Malt Liquor Commercial 1960s
One of the most uncommon commercials seen in the sixties on television were the Colt 45 Malt Liquor commercials. These tended to be something that people watched repeatedly and they were commercials that people talked […]
Music
Wildfire – Michael Martin Murphey
Wildfire – Geography Okay, we get it. Lyrics to songs aren’t exactly geographical reference material. Case in point: Michael Martin Murphey’s dream inspired “Wildfire.” The lyrics of the opening verse: “She comes down from Yellow […]