Workaholic Stop and Smell Something Day

It’s a day for workaholics to consider what they might be missing.

Politicians tend to be workaholics.  They certainly spend a lot of time running for election and then re-election.  Especially for Congress because the cycle is every two years.  Today, Congressman Harry Teague stopped by the 101 Gold Studios.  For the conversation with Mike & KC, click here

History 101: One of the most famous shootouts in history happened on this day in 1881 at Tombstone, Arizona, when Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday took on the Clanton Gang in the "Gunfight at the OK Corral" -- three Clantons went to Boot Hill, and Earp's brothers were wounded.

Music History 101: 1994: Singer Wilbert Harrison died of a stroke at age 65. His biggest hit was "Kansas City" in May 1959.

The 101 number one song of the day was recorded by today’s feature group and quickly forgotten, literally. When the head of their label told them it would be their biggest hit, at first they couldn’t remember even recording it.  It was finished in a couple of takes and quickly relegated to album cut status. Soon after, Berry Gordy called them into his office at Motown and told them to be prepared for the biggest hit of their career, one of the members of the quartet, Duke Fakir, remembers trying to figure out what song had the title to which Gordy referred. The group assumed it was a pep talk and didn’t place too much faith in their boss’s prediction. Two weeks later when almost every radio station in America was playing the song they realized he was right. And not just in the U.S. – In Britain, where they had failed to crack the top 20, they were suddenly number one. And on October 26^th 1966, it was number one right here in New Mexico – for the Four Tops – Reach Out, I’ll Be There.