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101 number one song of the day was a surprise hit for everyone involved but mostly for the person who sang it. In fact, after it was recorded, she never expected to hear it again. It was a demo she did for music legend Quincy Jones who, at the time, had yet to achieve that vaunted status. He was a staff producer for Mercury Records who happened to hear today’s featured artist during her band’s very first paying gig. He liked what he heard and asked her to come in and lay down a couple of tracks but expectations were not very high. In fact, she was told that record companies often let these things sit on the shelf indefinitely. But as it so happened, one of the songs she recorded that day was about to be released by a rival record company and so Mercury rushed her single out to radio stations in NYC. A mere six days after she sang the song for the first time, she heard it on one of those stations and she almost drove off the road. It was then offered for wide release and it quickly climbed the charts. It arrived at the top on June 1, 1963 and became Quincy Jones first number one song. And the seventeen year old who recorded it, found herself with many more paying gigs from that time on. Here’s your 101 number one song of the day for Leslie Gore. “It’s My Party”
The length of women’s mini skirts being sold online can predict changes in the weather – according to ebay. Analysts at the company said the length of skirts on the website becomes shorter several days before the weather changes for the better and lengthens when colder conditions are due. On occasions, the trend is said to have predicted a shift in the weather before any advice has been issued by weather authorities using more traditional meteorological methods. They’re calling it mini skirt meteorology.
Germany’s first national strip poker contest is going global. The Texas hold’em tournament was held in front of hundreds of spectators was so popular, organizers plan on making it international although not all those that reach the final were prepared to use their option of trading in their underwear to gain more chips.
A bus company in China has launched a new drive safely campaign by handing big bowls of water next to their drivers who must drive gently to avoid spilling any water. They are expected to ensure the bowls are still full when they finish their routes.
A Serbian artist has completed the world’s longest ever piece of performance art by staring at members of the public for 700 hours. Marina Abramovic sat staring for seven hour a day, six days a week at visitors to the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Some of her more challenging solo work has also included playing with fire, standing motionless for six hours and stabbing herself.
Sure sounds like fun.
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