a day to actually start reading an entire book you only read the Cliff Notes version of in college.
Drummer Appreciation Day, a day to honor those who add so much to the rhythm of life.
History 101: 1804 -Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton to death in their famous duel.
Music History 101: 1964 - 18-year-old girl from Jamaica was riding high on the pop music charts with the number 2 in the nation. Although she didn’t do much after that, one of her back up musicians went on to have a pretty impressive career. Her name is Millie Small…but playing the harmonica was Rod Stewart and here’s the song: My Boy Lollipop
T he 101 number one song of the day was recorded by a hit making machine that often was slammed by the critics for not writing their own material. The critics should have recognized their incredible knack for discovering a long list of unknowns who would go on to make up who’s who of pop songwriters.
They recognized the talent and recorded the work of Laura Nyro, Harry Nilsson, Leo Sayer, Elton John and Bernie Taupin before they were discovered by the public. The song that reached number one on July 11, 1970 was written by Randy Newman
who would go on to have a huge hit with his composition, “Short People” – the group was Three Dog Night and here’s the 101 number one song of the day: Mama Told Me Not to Come.
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