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The record remains on the charts for 14 weeks and peaks at #6. The song will later become a hit in a version by pop-folk singer James Taylor in the mid seventies. </div> <bR> <div> 1967 - Decca Records releases the Who's album, "The Who Sell Out," with its very funny cover depicting the band's members endorsing such products as "Ordorono" deodorant. The record is one the first examples of what will come to be known as the "concept album," and includes the classic "I Can See for Miles" and the pre-Tommy mini-opera "Rael." </div> <bR> <div> 1974 - After years of saying he wouldn't, Marty Balin joins the Jefferson Starship on stage at the Winterland in San Francisco. </div> <bR> <div> 1980 - Eagles drummer/vocalist Don Henley is arrested in Los Angeles after paramedics treat a nude sixteen year-old girl suffering from drug intoxication at his home. Henley is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, cocaine and Quaaludes and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.</div> <div> A one hour documentary film, "Van Morrison in Ireland," featuring shots of the singer on-stage in Belfast and Dublin as well as offstage, is premiered at London's National Film Theater. </div> <bR> <div> 1982 - Joni Mitchell marries her bass player, Larry Klein at the Malibu home of her manager, Elliot Roberts. </div> <bR> <div> 1983 - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video premiers in L.A. movie theatres. </div> <bR> <div> 1988 - Pink Floyd release their first live album, "The Delicate Sound Of Thunder". </div> <bR> <div> 1990 -Mick Jagger marries his girlfriend of 10 years, model Jerry Hall, on the island of Bali. </div> <bR> <div> 1995 - The "Beatles Anthology I" sets a first-day sales record, moving 450,000 units.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://lpintop.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lpintop.tripod.com/"><U><U>Laura's Ron Dante Fan Pages</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U><U>Oldies and Bubblegum Music Group</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebrings/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebri"><U><U>Laura's Webrings and Sites</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 19</B></div> <bR> <div> 1942 - Norman Greenbaum is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1946 - Duane Allman, guitarist with the Allman Brothers, is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1947 - Joe Walsh, guitarist and vocalist for the James Gang and the Eagles, is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1959 - Alan Freed, refusing to say he never accepted payola, is fired from WABC television in New York. Eight days later he will be canned from WNEW-TV New York. </div> <bR> <div> 1961 - Billboard reports on the global Twist Craze: WOR-TV, New York, has shot a series of one and five minute "Twist Lessons" with Chubby Checker to be shown hourly every day. Checker has also been inked for a British-American film production; Joey Dee & the Starlighters, whose album, "Doin' the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge" is released this week, have signed for the Paramount film, "Hey, Let's Twist"; Dion has signed to star in Columbia's "Twist Around the Clock"; and in France there are 45 different "Twist" records on the the market. </div> <bR> <div> 1962 - The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" is released on Vee Jay Records. It goes up to Number One, as does their first (and current) hit, "Sherry." Both songs feature lead singer Frankie Valli's falsetto. </div> <bR> <div> 1967 - Time Magazine, reviewing the Doors second albums, "Strange Days," reports the groups music "takes its listeners not only past such familiar landmarks of the youth odyssey as alienation and sex but, into symbolic realms of the unconscious--eerie night worlds filled with throbbling rhythms, shivery metallic tones, unsettling images." The albums will soon hit #3 on the national chart.</div> <div> The Beach Boys "Smiley Smile" album featuring the song "Vegetables," produced by Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys is released in the U.K. on Capitol and in the U.S. on the band's own Brothers label. Unfortunately, the albums doesn't make it to the Top Forty in either country and the single will not chart at all, demonstrating the Beach Boys dwindling popularity and sending leader Brian Wilson further into reclusiveness. </div> <bR> <div> 1970 - For the second time this year, Kinks singer Ray Davies flies to London to re-record one word in a new Kinks single. Back in June it was to change "Coca-Cola" to "Cherry Cola" in the song "Lola." This time, Ray has to change a line from "Apeman," "The air pollution is a-foggin' up" which sounds too much like "a-f***in'." </div> <bR> <div> 1971 - "Inner City Blues" becomes the third R&B Number One single from Marvin Gaye's, "What's Goin' On" album. The others are the title track and "Mercy, Mercy Me." The LP represents the first time a major Motown artist has taken a public stand on controversial social issues. </div> <bR> <div> 1973 - Allan Sherman, the great comedian/songwriter whose album "My Son, the Folksinger,"sold well over a million copies in the early sixties, dies of respiratory ailments. He was 48.</div> <div> Keith Moon collapses twice during the first date of the Who's U.S. tour, in San Francisco. First, he falls over his set during "Won't Get Fooled Again." Then after being tended to backstage, Moon plays for another ten minutes before he's carried off again, allegedly due to jet lag. So, Pete Townsend asks for a volunteer from the crowd to replace him and a 19 year old came up and finished the show. The kid was Scot Halpin, then 19, who took a shot of brandy and sat down at his idol Moon's drum kit. Townsend counted off and Halpin began drumming -- he lasted for 3 songs, "Smokestack Lightning", "Naked Eye" and the anthem "My Generation". </div> <bR> <div> 1975 - The Who kick off a month-long American tour in Houston at the Summit. At a party afterwards, band member John Entwistle is arrested for disorderly conduct and spends a few hours in jail. </div> <bR> <div> 1991 - The Rolling Stones sign a $45 million deal with Virgin, making them rock's highest paid group (the record has since been eclipsed!!) </div> <bR> <div> 1994 - David Crosby gets a liver transplant.</div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 18</B></div> <bR> <div> 1956 - Fats Domino appears on the Ed Sullivan show singing his hit "Blueberry Hill." </div> <bR> <div> 1964 - The Supremes appear on "Shindig!" sining "Baby Love" and "Come See About Me." The Righteous Brothers are also on the show and perform "Little Latin Lupe Lu." </div> <bR> <div> 1968 - Glen Campbell, a former session musician for Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole and the Beach Boys, receives two gold records - one for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and one for "Gentle On My Mind." </div> <bR> <div> 1970 - Jerry Lee Lewis and wife Myra Brown are divorced in Memphis. Brown claims her marriage "has turned into a nightmare." The marriage started with controversy: she is his cousin and was just fourteen when they married. </div> <bR> <div> 1972 - Danny Whitten, former singer/songwriter for Neil Young's Crazy Horse, dies in Los Angeles of a heroin overdose. Whitten is later memorialized in Neil Young's anti-drug album, "Tonight's the Night," released in 1975. </div> <bR> <div> 1975 - The pressures of instant stardom get to Bruce Springsteen, when on unfamiliar turf in London, he reacts to the hype that preceded him across the ocean. At his European debut in London's Hammersmith Odeon, Springsteen tears down lobby posters reading, "Finally the world is ready for Bruce Springsteen." Fed up with his new found fame, the Jersey rocker puts on a lackluster performance. His return to the hall five nights later is much better. </div> <bR> <div> 1980 - The B-52's self-titled debut goes gold. The group is indirectly responsible for John Lennon's return to music later in the year: when Lennon hears the B-52's, he realizes the time is right. </div> <bR> <div> 1987 - U2 opens for itself -- pretending to be a country-rock group called The Dalton Brothers - during a concert in Los Angeles. </div> <bR> <div> 1988 - Phil Collins makes his big screen debut in a starring role, as "Buster" opens. It wasn't his official screen debut, because as a kid he was an extra in "A Hard Days Night". </div> <bR> <div> 1990 - Paul McCartney's birth certificate goes for $18,000 in an auction. </div> <bR> <div> 1995 - The Rolling Stones become the first act to broadcast a concert on the Internet.</div> <div> "Goldeneye" the latest James Bond movie, opens, featuring a title song by Tina Turner.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://lpintop.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lpintop.tripod.com/"><U><U>Laura's Ron Dante Fan Pages</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U><U>Oldies and Bubblegum Music Group</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebrings/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebri"><U><U>Laura's Webrings and Sites</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> -----------And now, for something completely different:</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Monkees!</B></div> <div> The wait is over!! </div> <div> At long last, we will be treated to the DVD collection of <I>The Monkees</I> television series' 26-episode, 7-month last hurrah on the National Broadcasting Company...in other words, its Second Season (1967-68)! And it's especially exciting for me, for 4 of my all-time favourite episodes of <I>The Monkees</I> are of Season 2: ~ahiii/season2/mijacogeo.html"<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="times new roman" ><U>"Mijacogeo" (a.k.a. "The Frodis Caper")</U></FONT>, ~ahiii/season2/onwheel.html"<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="times new roman" ><U>"The Monkees On The Wheel"</U></FONT>, ~ahiii/season2/art4.html"<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="times new roman" ><U>"Art For Monkee's Sake"</U></FONT> and ~ahiii/season2/mindmanor.html"<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="times new roman" ><U>"The Monkees Mind Their Manor"</U></FONT>! </div> <div> The release of <I>The Monkees </I>- Season 2 is a real benefit to all those Monkee fans (myself included); not just to get all 58 original episodes on DVD, but whose price range was just too distant for <I>The Monkees</I> Deluxe Limited Edition Boxed Set in 1995, and for those who just can't stand not watching the show regularly on TV! </div> <bR> <div> Just think! We'll never rely on syndication again!! </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Aaron Handy III -</B> </FONT><A HREF="mailto:ah07_1999@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ah07_1999@yahoo.com"><U><U>ah07_1999@yahoo.com,aaronhandy</U></U></A><U>_</U><A HREF="mailto:aaronhandy_iii@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:aaronhandy_iii@hotmail.com"><U><U>iii@hotmail.com</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, </FONT><A HREF="mailto:ahiii@lycos.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ahiii@lycos.com"><U><U>ahiii@lycos.com</U></U></A><U>, </U><A HREF="mailto:ah3_tv_fan@excite.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ah3_tv_fan@excite.com"><U><U>ah3_tv_fan@excite.com</U></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Aaron Handy III TV Web Shrine</B></FONT> - <A HREF="http://tvwebshrine.topcities.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://tvwebshrine.topcities.com/"><U><U>http://tvwebshrine.topcities.com/</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 17</B></div> <bR> <div> 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1941 - Gene Clark, vocalist for the Byrds, is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1958 - Alan Freed's trial for allegedly inciting a riot after a Boston show on May 3, 1958, set to start today is put back until January 5, 1959. This is due to investigations into a related charge of violating Massachusetts anti-anarchy laws. </div> <bR> <div> 1967 - Davy Jones of the Monkees opens a Greenwich Village, New York boutique, Zilch I. </div> <bR> <div> 1970 - An Elton John concert in New York City is broadcast live over WPLJ-FM and is recorded for his 11-17-70 LP. </div> <bR> <div> 1971 - Rod Stewart & the Faces release A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse, their third LP together. The group scores its biggest hit, "Stay with Me," which hits #17. The LP does make it to the Top Ten. </div> <bR> <div> 1978 - Linda Ronstadt's anthology album "A Restrospective" becomes her eighth gold album. </div> <bR> <div> 1979 - Former Jethro Tull bass player John Glascock dies of a heart attack in London. Though he recorded with Jethro Tull, Glascock's long battle with heart disease kept him from touring with the band. He was 26. </div> <bR> <div> 1987 - U2 frontman Bono pulls a fan onstage in L.A. to sing "People Get Ready" with the group. The fan hands Bono a demo tape. </div> <bR> <div> 1990 - David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. Police say he was speeding and not wearing a helmet</div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 16</B></div> <bR> <div> 1956 - Elvis Presley's film debut, "Love Me Tender," opens in New York. Despite critical reaction, it takes in nearly $4 million in just two months. </div> <bR> <div> 1968 - B.J. Thomas' "Hooked On A Feeling" is released. </div> <bR> <div> 1971 - Led Zeppelin's debut, actually released in early 1969, finally goes gold. By this time, the group is getting ready for their fourth album, "Led Zeppelin IV." It contains the classic "Stairway to Heaven." </div> <bR> <div> 1973 - David Bowie stars in his first TV special, "1980 Floor Show," broadcast here on NBC'S "Midnight Special." The special had been taped a month earlier at London's Marquee Club, a favorite of Bowie's who used to play there with his first band. It was one of the few clubs that would book him because they were considered "a very freaky band." </div> <bR> <div> 1974 - Director Tom O'Horgan who scored off and on Broadway with "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar," tries again with an adaptation of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band." He calls it "not a play" but a "spectacle on the road."</div> <div> John Lennon enjoys his first Number One hit with "Whatever Gets You thru the Night." Helping out on piano and vocals is Elton John. </div> <bR> <div> 1978 - The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton and Billy Preston make their acting debuts as the acting debuts as the movie version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" opens.</div> <div> Queen play at Madison Square Garden in New York with several semi-nude women bicycling on stage for their hit "Fat Bottomed Girls." </div> <bR> <div> 1979 - Young Turk record executive Ron Alexenberg's Infinity label goes out of business. The parent company, MCA Records takes on Infinity's roster of talent like Spro Gyra, Hot Chocolate, Orleans and Rupert Holmes. </div> <bR> <div> 1987 - Musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet marry. They will separate in 1990 and divorce in 1993. </div> <bR> <div> 1988 - Stan Love, former Beach Boys manager and brother of lead singer Mike Love, is sentenced to 5 years probation for embezzling more than $300,000 from the group.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://lpintop.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lpintop.tripod.com/"><U><U>Laura's Ron Dante Fan Pages</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U><U>Oldies and Bubblegum Music Group</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebrings/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebri"><U><U>Laura's Webrings and Sites</U></U></A></div> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 15</B></div> <bR> <div> 1956 - Elvis Presley makes his acting debut as the "Love Me Tender" movie premieres. </div> <bR> <div> 1965 - The Rolling Stones make their debut on NBC-TV's "Hullabaloo" TV rock show, performing "Get Off My Cloud." </div> <bR> <div> 1968 - Memphis soul singer Johnnie Taylor, who replaced Sam Cooke in the Soul Stirrers before starting his solo career, earns his first gold record with "Who's Making Love." </div> <bR> <div> 1969 - Janis Joplin is arrested in Tampa, Florida on charges of using "vulgar and indecent language" at her concert. According to witnesses, the incident started when a policeman with a bullhorn ordered people in the audience to sit down and Joplin responded, "Don't f*** with those people! Hey, Mister, what're you so uptight about? Did you buy a five dollar ticket?" When police backstage instructed Joplin to tell the audience to take their seats she replied, "I'm not telling them sh**." After being arrested in her dressing room, Joplin was released on $504 bond. All charges were eventually dropped.</div> <div> The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, where the Beatles played their first major engagements, announces it will close before the end of the month. Rock and roll bands have become too expensive to book. </div> <bR> <div> 1972 - Singer/songwriter Harry Chapin and his wife have their first son, Joshua Burke, born in New York. </div> <bR> <div> 1974 - The Faces release what will be their last single, "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything." Two years later Rod Stewart leaves them permantly to pursue his solo career. </div> <bR> <div> 1976 - California singer/songwriter Jackson Browne's critically acclaimed fourth album "The Pretender," is certified gold. He had completed work on the record in the wake of the suicide of his wife, Phyllis Major, back in March. His debut album, Jackson Browne, released in 1972, goes gold the next day. </div> <bR> <div> 1978 - Chic is awarded its second gold record of 1978 for "Le Freak," which will hit Number One in January 1979. The group had earlier received a gold record for "Dance, Dance, Dance." </div> <bR> <div> 1980 - David Bowie opens on Broadway in the title role of "The Elephant Man." </div> <bR> <div> 1990 - Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian publicily admits that Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus never sang a note on the Milli Vanilli album. The duo eventually return their Best New Artist Grammy.</div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 14</B></div> <div> 1951 - Steven Bishop is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1955 - A re-issue of Bill Haley & the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" debuts, again, on the U.K chart. It's only the second of the song's five chart appearances. Others follow in 1956, 1968 and 1974. </div> <bR> <div> 1960 - Billboard reports Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never" has become the fastest selling single in U.K. history. It sold 780,000 copies in the first week of release. </div> <bR> <div> 1964 - The Drifters' last Top Twenty hit, "Saturday Night at the Movies," is in the Hot 100 and reaches #18.</div> <div> The Supremes' "Come See About Me" enters the Hot 100, where it will remain for 14 weeks, eventually becoming their third release in a row to reach Number One. </div> <bR> <div> 1970 - Santana's "Black Magic Woman" is released. </div> <bR> <div> 1987 - Sonny & Cher are prodded by David Letterman into singing "I Got You Babe" on his show. </div> <bR> <div> 1990 - The Who's Pete Townshend confesses his bisexuality to Newsweek. Says Pete, "I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man". </div> <bR> <div> 1992 - A member of John Mellencamp's band, keyboardist John Cascella, is found dead in his car in Indiana. Authorities suspected that Cascella had a heart attack while driving.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://lpintop.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lpintop.tripod.com/"><U><U>Laura's Ron Dante Fan Pages</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U><U>Oldies and Bubblegum Music Group</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebrings/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebri"><U><U>Laura's Webrings and Sites</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 12</B></div> <bR> <div> 1961 - The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is released. </div> <bR> <div> 1965 - James Brown's "I Got You" enters both the pop and R&B charts. The song will reach Number One R&B and #3 pop and will become the Godfather of Soul's most enduring and most readily identifiable songs. </div> <bR> <div> 1968 - Rolling Stone Brian Jones buys Cotchford Farms in Sussex, England where A.A. Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh. There are statues of Pooh characters on the grounds.</div> <div> The Beatles' animated movie "Yellow Submarine" premieres nationally. </div> <bR> <div> 1973 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr. is killed in a highway accident near Hernando, Mississippi. Just several days earlier, the 19 year old had appeared on TV's "Midnight Special" as a drummer in his father's band. In 1962, the elder Lewis' only other son, Steven Allen, drowned in the family swimming pool. </div> <bR> <div> 1974 - An imposter posing as Deep Purple guitar player Ritchie Blackmore smashes up a borrowed Porsche in Iowa City, the real Ritchie Blackmore was playing a concert in San Francisco. </div> <bR> <div> 1980 - Cashing in on the resurgence of his old tribal stomp sound, glitter-ear rock star Gary Glitter launches a comeback tour of the U.K. in Norwich's Cromwell's Club. The next day he releases his first record in several years, "What Your Mama Don't See." </div> <bR> <div> 1992 - Elton John performs in Mexico for the first time. 90,000 people attend the concert in Mexico City. </div> <bR> <div> 1999 - Drummer R.J. Vealey of the Atlanta Rhythm Section dies of a massive heart attack. He collapsed 10 minutes after their show in Orlando, Florida. Vealey was 37 and had joined the band in 1995.</div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 11</B></div> <bR> <div> 1945 - Neil Young, guitarist and vocalist for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Buffalo Springfield, is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1955 - Billboard publishes the results of its annual disc jockey poll. The most played R&B single is Johnny Ace's "Pledging My Love," most promising artist is Chuck Berry and the favorite R&B artist is Fats Domino. In the pop category, rock and roll is barely present. Elvis Presley is voted the most promising country & western artist. </div> <bR> <div> 1957 - "Jamboree," the first movie starring Jerry Lee Lewis, previews in Hollywood. Among those featured in the flick are Fats Domino (with whom Lewis shares top billing), Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Slim Whitman and Connie Francis. </div> <bR> <div> 1966 - Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" is released. </div> <bR> <div> 1967 - Jerry Lee Lewis records "To Make Love Sweeter for You." It will be his second country Number One since "Great Balls of Fire" almost ten years ago. </div> <bR> <div> 1970 - The Doors make their last appearance in New Orleans. Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore later recall watching Jim Morrison lose "all his energy" as the show comes to a close. </div> <bR> <div> 1979 - Jefferson Starship singer Marty Balin's rock opera "Rock Justice" opens a four-day run at San Francisco's Old Waldorf night club. Balin stars in and co-directs the musical, about a rock star who dreams he's on trial for not having a hit record. </div> <bR> <div> 1987 - Sly Stone shows up over an hour late for his "comeback" concert in Los Angeles. When he gets there he is arrested for nonpayment of child support. </div> <bR> <div> 1990 - Rolling Stone Ron Wood is injured when he is struck by a car near London.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://lpintop.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lpintop.tripod.com/"><U><U>Laura's Ron Dante Fan Pages</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U><U>Oldies and Bubblegum Music Group</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebrings/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebri"><U><U>Laura's Webrings and Sites</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] Today in Rock History - November 10</B></div> <bR> <div> 1944 - Jesse Colin Young, vocalist for the Youngbloods, is born.</div> <div> Chris Dreja, guitarist for the Yarbirds, is born. </div> <bR> <div> 1957 - Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue" is released. </div> <bR> <div> 1958 - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters record the original "The Twist" in King Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio. </div> <div> 1969 - Jim Morrison of the Doors is jailed for "interfering with the flight of an intercontinental aircraft and public drunkenness." Morrison and friend Tom Baker were en route from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Arizona to see the Rolling Stones, when Morrison pestered a flight attendant, drawing a charge which carries a $10,000 fine and a possible ten year jail sentence. Eventually the attendant withdraws her accusation and all charges were dropped. </div> <bR> <div> 1970 - Two very different albums entitled "Plastic Ono Band", one by John Lennon and the other by Yoko Ono, are released at the same time on Apple in the U.S. and U.K. Also today, Bob Dylan's book "Tarantula" is published by Bantam Books. The book is warmly received. </div> <bR> <div> 1972 - Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley is killed in a mortorcycle accident just three blocks from the site where Duane Allman was killed. He was thrown twenty yards from the crash. At first, he seemed all right, but died, apprently of a brain tumor, twenty minutes after being brought to the hospital. He was 24 years old. </div> <bR> <div> 1973 - Thirty stations across the land broadcast what it billed as a "live" Mott the Hoople show. The reality is that it's nothing more than Hoople's studio tracks with dubbed-in applause. </div> <bR> <div> 1976 - KISS, the heavy-metal/glitter rock band the critics love to hate, earns another gold record for their album, "Rock and Roll Over." It contains the hit "Calling Dr. Love." </div> <bR> <div> 1978 - On the same day that ex-Rufus lead singer Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" hits Number One on the soul chart, the album from which it came, "Chaka," enters the soul LP chart where it peaks at #2. </div> <bR> <div> 1981 - Rod Stewart kicks off his first North American tour in three years in Greensboro, North Carolina. Billed "Le Grand Tour of America and Canada -- Worth Leaving Home For," the tour promotes his latest album, "Tonight I'm Yours." </div> <bR> <div> 1989 - Melissa Etheridge and Joe Cocker entertain Germans celebrating the newly tumbled Berlin Wall.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://lpintop.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lpintop.tripod.com/"><U><U>Laura's Ron Dante Fan Pages</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U><U>Oldies and Bubblegum Music Group</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandbubblegummusic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oldiesandb"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebrings/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://laurapinto.tripod.com/lauraswebri"><U><U>Laura's Webrings and Sites</U></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d168210.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="289" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Photo (press source) in honor of Bobby Hatfield (1940-2003), late tenor of the Righteous Brothers</div> <bR> <div> <B>[Entertainment_Central] This Week's Monkees MUSIC & TV Milestones---And A Greeting!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d3676e0.jpg" border=0 width="359" height="366" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 11, 1972</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>The Monkees</I> went on a 4-week hiatus on ABC in favor of the College Football Pre-Game Show.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 13, 1967</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"The Wild Monkees"</B> (prod. #4765) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 42nd episode of <I>The Monkees</I>.</div> <bR> <div> The week's sponsor was Yardley Of London™, and the songs heard were “Star Collector” written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, and “Goin’ Down” written by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz & David Jones. These were the first appearances of both songs on the series.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 13, 1971</B></div> <bR> <div> "Everywhere A Sheik Sheik", Episode No. 35 of <I>The Monkees</I> (first aired on NBC September 25, 1967), was repeated at Noon Eastern on CBS.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 14, 1966</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>“Here Come The Monkees”</B> (prod. #4091) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 10th episode of <I>The Monkees</I>.</div> <bR> <div> The original sponsor was by Slicker and Black Label by Yardley Of London™, and the songs featured were “I Wanna Be Free” and “Let’s Dance On”, both written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. This was the series' original pilot film, as well as the only episode of the entire run of the The Monkees series to feature a Monkees song (Boyce and Hart's “I Wanna Be Free”) in two different versions. </div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 14, 1967</B></div> <bR> <div> This historical date saw the release of of Monkees’ album #4, otherwise known to one and all as <I><B>Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.</B></I> (Colgems #COM/COS-104), on LP and 8-track. The record represents what Peter Tork called "a compromise," between The Monkees having control of their music and the original production methods of their first two albums. In a time of great Monkee-bashing, they felt this was the best move to make. </div> <bR> <div> The 13 tracks on the album were recorded from April 26 to October 15, 1967, at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood; RCA Victor "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville; American Recorder, Studio City; and in Chicago. Proceedings were slightly hampered by The Monkees' hectic touring schedule that summer, resulting in a great trove of tracks left unfinished. Micky Dolenz even retired from studio drumming at this point as another result; the only track on the entire album featuring Micky on the drums was the first one recorded: “Cuddly Toy”, written by Harry Nilsson. "Fast" Eddie Hoh took over as Monkee studio drummer.</div> <bR> <div> Sessions transferred from regular four-track facilities to newer eight-track facilities in August 1967, which allowed further overdubbing and gave Micky and the late Paul Beaver room to use the Moog synthesizer (on Goffin and King's "Star Collector" and Michael Nesmith's “Daily Nightly”), the first time such a device was used on a rock record. Its mono version features a longer version of Jeff Barry's “She Hangs Out” unavailable elsewhere. Mann and Weil's “Love Is Only Sleeping”, a candidate for a future single release, was added to the album at the last minute when plans for the single were aborted; it replaced Diane Hilderbrand and The Monkees' "Goin' Down", which would later be held down as a flipside of a revamped single. Both sides of The Monkees' fourth single (#1007, realeased on July 10, 1967), Goffin-King's “Pleasant Valley Sunday”, b/w Boyce-Hart's ”Words,” was also included. The only 2 tracks on the album not included in TV episodes were "Hard To Believe" and "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky."</div> <bR> <div> This would be the last Monkees album produced by Chip Douglas, to reach the #1 position on the charts, and to be recorded by The Monkees as a combined unit. </div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 14, 1970</B></div> <bR> <div> "The Monstrous Monkee Mash", Episode No. 50 of <I>The Monkees</I> (prod. #4767, first aired on NBC January 22, 1968), was repeated at 12:30 p.m. Eastern on CBS, with a new song added: "Bye Bye, Baby, Bye Bye," written by Micky Dolenz.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 15, 1969</B></div> <bR> <div> "The Picture Frame" (a.k.a. "The Bank Robbery"), Episode No. 34 of <I>The Monkees</I> (prod. #4759, first aired on NBC September 18, 1967), was repeated at Noon Eastern on CBS.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 20, 1967</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"A Coffin Too Frequent"</B> first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 43rd episode of <I>The Monkees</I>.</div> <bR> <div> Kellogg’s™ originally sponsored the show this week, and the songs at hand were “Goin’ Down” written by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz & David Jones and “Daydream Believer” written by John Stewart...which, as we all know, were flipsides of the Colgems #66-1012 single, issued 10/25/67.</div> <bR> <div> This was the last filmed <I>Monkees</I> episode to feature Michael Nesmith topped by his beloved wool hat.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 20, 1971</B></div> <bR> <div> "Hitting The High Seas", Episode No. 44 of <I>The Monkees</I> (first aired November 27, 1967 on NBC), was repeated @ Noon Eastern on CBS, with a new song added: "Oh My My," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. </div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 20, 1968</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 14 days after its East Coast debut in Manhattan, The Monkees' feature film <I>HEAD</I> stages its West Coast premiere, in Los Angeles, CA.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 21, 1966</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>“Monkees A La Carte”</B> first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 11th episode of <I>The Monkees</I>.</div> <bR> <div> The sponsor was Kellogg’s™, and the songs heard were “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” and “She”, both written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. </div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 21, 1970</B></div> <bR> <div> "The Card-Carrying Red Shoes", Episode No. 41 of <I>The Monkees</I> (first aired November 6, 1967 on NBC), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. Eastern on CBS.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOVEMBER 22, 1969</B></div> <bR> <div> "It's A Nice Place To Visit...", Episode No. 33 of <I>The Monkees</I> (first aired September 27, 1967 on NBC), was repeated @ Noon Eastern on CBS.</div> <bR> <div> For reasons unknown, this was the only rebroadcast of <I>The Monkees</I>' second season opener in the entire Saturday Afternoon run.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Salutations, Entertainment Central!</B> I am <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="times new roman" ><B>Aaron Handy III</B></FONT>, a lifelong classic TV buff. </div> <div> I run a TV Web Shrine in my name, which serves as my "front" page; the URL is in the signature below, and feel free to visit it as well. The TV shows which I fancy are <I>Batman, The Monkees, Get Smart</I> (CBS), <I>M*A*S*H, The Joker's Wild</I> (CBS), <I>The Hollwyood Squares</I> (NBC), <I>Match Game 73-9/PM, The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show, The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, The Harlem Globetrotters</I>, and<I> The All-New Superfriends Hour</I>. 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