April Fools’ Day!

KC tried to fool Mike by saying they were closing Highway 70 for good due to expanding White Sands.  She said they even removed it from the map.  But Mike fooled her because he wasn’t listening to her close enough to hear it.  Ha!

Today is National Fun Day and the beginning of Laugh at Work Week, a time to play clever, fun pranks on friends, family, and co-workers.

Here’s something that will make you happy at home:

Callie is a female kitten who is about four months old.  She behaved very well today in the 101 Gold studios and would make a wonderful addition to the right home.  She can be adopted from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley.  For more info about location, hours, fees, etc. click here - http://www.ascmv.org/

History 101: April 1, 1938 The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.

A sad day in Music History 101: April 1, 1984 In Los Angeles, CA, this famous singer was shot to death – by his father – Marvin Gaye, Sr.

 

The 101 number one song of the day was produced on a shoe-string budget but went on to earn a lot of money for its writer but not for many years after it was a hit. It was produced by Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress and Jay Siegal, better known as the Tokens who were famous for the “Lion Sleeps Tonight” who although signed to a production deal for Capitol Records, had exhausted their budget for any new recordings. So they paid for it out of their own pocket and played all the instruments in the session. Years later a famous musician wrote and recorded a song which was determined to have plagiarized today’s featured record and a substantial sum of money was awarded to the estate of the late Ronnie Mack who had written the song. That was George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord which brings us to the song that was number one on April 1, 1963 – Here are the Chiffons and “He’s So Fine.”