Wednesday March 20

The 79th day of 2013 with 286 days remaining

Today in Music

1961, Elvis Presley started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Surrender',

1964, The Beatles appeared live on the UK television program Ready Steady Go!, miming to ‘It Won't Be Long’, and 3 other tunes

1965, London's Finsbury Park Astoria featured Stevie Wonder, The Miracles, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes and The Temptations.

1969, John Lennon married Yoko Ono at the British Consulate Office in Gibraltar.

1970, David and Angela Bowie were married at Beckenham Registry Office, London. They were divorced in 1980.

1971, Janis Joplin started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Kris Kristofferson's 'Me And Bobby McGee'. Joplin died the year before on 4th October aged 27.

1973, Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Com On Feel The Noize', the group's fourth UK No.1.

1977, Lou Reed was banned from appearing The London Palladium in England because of his punk image.

1982, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll',

1990, Gloria Estefan's tour bus was rammed by a tractor-trailer on the way to a concert. Emilio Estefan and their son Nayib were injured; Gloria suffered a serious back injury, which required an operation two days later.

1991, Eric Clapton's four year old son, Conor, fell to his death from the 53rd story of a New York City apartment. The tragedy inspired his song ‘Tears in Heaven’.

1991, Michael Jackson signed a $1 billion contract with Sony, the richest deal in recording history.

Top of the Charts

In 1978 a disco song, written and performed by the Bee Gees first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title. Stigwood liked the title Night Fever, but was wary of marketing a movie with that name. He combined the two suggestions and the idea for Saturday Night Fever as a motion picture was born.

Night Fever" by The Bee Gees

This and That

Let's NOT Get Cancer

"Life's Simple 7" is a list of rules that, if followed, can slash your risk of dying from cancer or heart disease by up to 50%. In fact, just following six will do the job. Here are the 7... 

1) Be physically active
2) Keep a healthy weight
3) Eat a healthy diet
4) Maintain healthy cholesterol levels
5) Keep your blood pressure down
6) Regulate blood sugar levels
7) Don't smoke 

Meet 6 of those factors and reduce cancer by 51%. Meet 4 and reduce your risk by 33%, or two and reduce it by 21%.

The chart was originally compiled by the American Heart Association to prevent heart disease until research proved it also prevents cancer. 

Quitting smoking is a biggie. In fact, a Canadian study earlier this year found that those who give up smoking by age 44 can live almost as long as those who never smoked.

Advice on Kids

Our child's doctor has plenty of great advice, but our biggest problem is following it! A University of Michigan study found that only a third of parents follow the advice of our child's pediatrician all the time. 13% say only occasionally. 

We seem to listen to our doctor's advice when it comes to nutrition, going to the dentist and using car seats, but we ignore the experts when it comes to discipline, putting the child to sleep, and watching TV. 

Facebook/Phones: Will you confess a well known "child no-no" that you've let slip through the cracks? Ours is letting our child watch television --before the age of two! Yep we did! And his head didn't explode, thank goodness. We're just hoping he doesn't grow up to steal cars because he watched The Wiggles when he was 9 months.

Dress Sale

A collection of dresses once worn by Diana, Princess Of Wales has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million. The midnight blue Victor Edelstein gown the late royal wore when she famously danced with John Travolta at a 1985 state dinner at the White House was the top draw at the auction, selling for $362,470, while two Catherine Walker dresses, including a beaded black design Diana donned for a Vanity Fair photoshoot, raised $163,091 each. The outfits were among 10 Diana costumes to go under the hammer in London on Tuesday.

Creep Out Alert

There are spiders big enough to eat bats, and they live on every continent in the world, except Antarctica. The so-called "bat-catchers" can snare bats in their huge webs or, in some areas, just chase them down. They’re mostly in the tropics but can be found in warmer areas of North America. Yow!

Too Good To Be...Not Recalled

Lululemon Athletica says it may recall its accidentally produced see-through yoga pants. Lululemon's iconic black yoga pants have "a bleeding dye issue." The result is yoga pants that are, as one newspaper put it, "sheer, very sheer, as in see-through."

TV Tonight

  AMERICAN IDOL (8p ET, FOX) -- The nine finalists perform in this new edition.
 SURVIVOR CARAMOAN: FANS VS. FAVORITES (8p ET, CBS) -- New
 THE MIDDLE (8p ET, ABC) -- Repeat
 WHITNEY (8p ET, NBC) -- A new episode is followed by a repeat.
 ARROW (8p ET, CW) -- New
 THE NEIGHBORS (8:30p ET, ABC) -- Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel guest stars in this new episode.
 CRIMINAL MINDS (9p ET, CBS) -- New
 LAW & ORDER: SVU (9p ET, NBC) -- Dean Winters returns as Brian Cassidy in this new episode.
 MODERN FAMILY (9p ET, ABC) -- Repeat
 SUPERNATURAL (9p ET, CW) -- New
 SUBURGATORY (9:30p ET, ABC) -- New
 CSI: (10p ET, CBS) -- Michaela McManus (Law & Order: SVU) guest stars in this new episode.
 NASHVILLE (10p ET, ABC) -- Repeat
 CHICAGO FIRE (10p ET, NBC) -- New
  PSYCH (10p ET, USA) -- Parminder Nagra (ER) guest stars in this new episode.
 SOUTHLAND (10p ET, TNT) -- New

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