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Chuck's Daily Diggs for 03/07

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Friday, March 7, 2013

The 66th day of 2013 with 299 days remaining. 

Today is ... Weird Al's Favorite Day

It was in 1994 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies poking fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" and do not require permission from the copyright holder. One of the best traffickers in parady songs id Cleveland's own Weird Al Yankovich.   

Today in Music

1962, The Beatles recorded their first radio appearance for the BBC radio program Teenager's Turn - Here We Go'. 
 
1965, During a Rolling Stones gig at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, England a female fan fell from the circle while the group were playing. The crowd below broke her fall and the girl escaped serious injury just breaking a few teeth.
 
1966, Brian Wilson released 'Caroline No' the first solo single by a Beach Boy. Before it evolved into the final song we know today, the song was originally written as 'Carol I Know'.
 
1966, Tina Turner recorded her vocal on the Phil Spector produced 'River Deep Mountain High'. It went on to make No.3 in the UK but only No.88 on the US chart.
 
1967, Working on their next album The Beatles recorded additional overdubs for 'Lovely Rita', including harmony vocals, effects, and the percussive sound of a piece of toilet paper being blown through a haircomb.
 
1970, Lee Marvin was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Wand'rin Star', taken from the film 'Paint Your Wagon.'
 
1970, Simon and Garfunkels album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' started a ten week run at No.1 on the US chart. The duo had split-up by the time of release.
 
1971, Jamacan saxophonist and flautist, Harold McNair died of lung cancer aged 39. Worked with Donovan, Melanie and Ginger Baker's Air Force, and had toured Europe with Quincy Jones.
 
1973, During a showcase gig at Max's Kansas City, New York, CBS records boss John Hammond suffered a heart attack. The event was to mark the signing of his new act Bruce Springsteen.
 
1973, A song from the movie Deliverance called 'Dueling Banjos' by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel became one of the few 1970s instrumentals to be awarded a Gold record. 
 
1976, Elton John was immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds in London. The first rock star to be so since The Beatles.
 
1987, The Beastie Boys became the first rap act to have a No.1 album in the US with their debut album, 'Licensed To Ill.'
 
1987, The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! were released on Compact disc. 
 
1991, The readers of Rolling Stone voted George Michael the best male singer and sexiest male artist.
 
1998, Madonna went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Frozen' the singers eighth UK No.1. Taken from her dance-influenced album 'Ray of Light'.
 
2004, Britney Spears scored her fourth UK No.1 single with 'Toxic', won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
 
2007, Rhett Hutchence the brother of INXS singer Michael Hutchence defended his decision to sell some of the late star's belongings online saying he needed the money 
 
2009, Rapper Coolio was charged with drug possession after being arrested at Los Angeles International Airport. The 45-year-old, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr, was later released on $10,000 bail.

Top of the Charts!

1977 - Streisand earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, her second Oscar overall, as composer of the song. With "Evergreen", Streisand also earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year. She and Williams also won Golden Globes in the category of Best Original Song for the song.
 
"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" by Barbra Streisand
 

This and That

Liar Liar

A survey on liars found that men lie 3 times more often than women. Men tell three lies a day while women tell one. Who do we lie to most? Men and women agree -- we lie to our boss. 

Top five lies told by men: 

  1. Yes, I’ve done it- 45%
  2. Sorry, I had no signal (cellphone)- 41%
  3. I’m on my way- 39%
  4. I didn’t see you’d called/texted- 35%
  5. I don’t look at other women- 30%
Top five lies told by women:
  1. I'm fine- 27%
  2. I’m on my way- 26%
  3. It was on sale- 24%
  4. You look really nice- 19%
  5. Sorry, I had no signal- 16%

Speaking of Deception

10 secrets men keep from women (yeah, that;s one of them) Here is the list 

Facebook Fade? 

Nearly 4 in 10 women have either decreased or totally stopped using social networks during the past month. Translation: Logging out of Facebook! Major reason: "Just lost interest."

And Face Remake

If the rumors are true, the King of All Media might be set to take the one media that has elluded (America's Got Talent not withstanding). Word is the Morning Mouth could end up being the late night prince. According to The New York Post, the answer is Howard Stern. The newspaper says that NBC is "grooming" the shock jock andAmerica's Got Talent judge to take over Late Night.Get the story here

 


TV Stuff

Rhoda ready to exit laughing. Valerie Harper reveals that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

  AMERICAN IDOL (8p ET, FOX) -- In this extended 90-minute edition, the finalists will be revealed.
 THE BIG BANG THEORY (8p ET, CBS) -- New
 SHARK TANK (8p ET, ABC) -- Everything on ABC is repeats. Zero Hour has been cancelled.
 COMMUNITY (8p ET, NBC) -- James Brolin guest stars in this new episode.
 TWO AND A HALF MEN (8:30p ET, CBS) -- New
 PARKS AND RECREATION (8:30p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
 PERSON OF INTEREST (9p ET, CBS) -- Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and Luke MacFarlane (Brothers & Sisters) guest star in this new episode.
 THE OFFICE (9p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
  PROJECT RUNWAY (9p ET, Lifetime) -- The designers must create fashion-forward prom wear out of duct tape in this new edition.
  GLEE (9:30p ET, FOX) -- Tonight’s new episode will feature the show’s 500th musical performance.
 1600 PENN (9:30p ET, NBC) -- Tim Bagley (This is 40) guest stars in this new epsilon.
 LAW & ORDER: SVU (10p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
 ELEMENTARY (10p ET, CBS) -- Repeat
 

Big Screen - Iron Man 3


Birthdays

• TV weather personality Willard Scott is 79
• Daniel J. Travanti (Captain Frank Furillo in Hill Street Blues) is 73
• John Heard is (the dad in Home Alone, CSI: Miami) 68
• Peter Wolf of The J. Geils Band is 67
• Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcolm In The Middle) is 57
• Comedian Wanda Sykes is 49
• Rachel Weisz (Oz the Great and Powerful, The Brothers Bloom, The Mummy) is 43
• Peter Sarsgaard (Green Lanter, An Education, married to Maggie Gyllenhaal) is 42
• Jenna Fischer (The Office, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Solitary Man) is 39
• Laura Prepon (That '70s Show) is 33

Last modified on Wednesday, 06 March 2013 23:31
Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins - mid days 10 - 3

Program Director, Mid Day Host, 1590 WAKR. Chuck began his career in the early 70’s, part of the original cast in a Cleveland radio footnote called M105. He came to Akron in 1988. “After learning the craft, the art and honing the skill some, I wake up everyday knowing that I am one of the luckiest people on the planet: I love what I do! Keeping the flame of 1590 WAKR, a vital and historic Radio Station burning brightly is not a job, it's a privilege. Add to that I get to compile and manage a library of songs we all grew up with, well, just try to drag me out of here.” Chuck is also operations director for Rubber City Radio Group, WAKR/WQMX/WONE.

Contact Chuck by email ccollins@wakr.net.

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