A Roll Call For 2008…

(New Year’s Eve Edition) 

“Happy Trails” 2008:

Remembering those we lost in Radio, Records & TV in 2008:

January George (WATD) Denham, Maila(”Vampira”) Nurmi, Suzanne Pleshette…
February Barry (”The Fugitive”) Morse, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Jess Cain, Myron Cope, John McWethy, William F. Buckley Jr., Buddy Miles, Phil Gerhhard, Mike Smith…March  John E. Callaghan, Jack(John Larsh) Armstrong, Wally Phillips…April  Ron Piccolo, Dr. George Butler, Don Gillis, Betsy Cohen Henning, Will Spens, Big Ron O’Brien…May  Eddy Arnold, Keeve Berman, Dick Martin, Hugh Jarrett, Harvey Korman…June  Bo Diddley, Jim McKay, Tim Russert, Danny Davis, Dody Goodman, Charlie Jones, George Carlin…July
Roger Allan (Bump), Bobby Murcer, Les Crain, Estelle Getty, Larry (Bozo the Clown) Harmon…August  Skip Caray, Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, Ike Pappas, Jerry Wexler, Irwin Segelstein…September  Jerry Reed, Don La Fontaine, Neil McIntyre, Bette Hahn, Norman Whitfield, Dick Lynch, Walter Lee…October
Lloyd Thaxton, Jack Narz, Edie Adams, Levi Stubbs, Dee Dee Warwick, Richard Blackwell, Studs Terkel…November
Michael Crichton, Miriam Makeba, Herb Score, Bill Drake…December
Bud Prager…Freddie Hubbard…Delaney Bramlett…John Slatton (my first radio boss)…

“Happy Trails“ to all of you and may you rest in peace. Thanks for the memories…  

10 Timeline Memories: 

1. 0404] Curtains: The last gladiator competition is held in Rome and taped for later use as a NBC-TV special (1/1)…1966] The final episode of “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” is filmed (1/1).  This was a Christmas episode…1995] The last “Far Side” cartoon runs. Started in 1980 by Gary Larson, ‘Far Side’ books and calendars continue to be best sellers (1/1)…
2. 1863] Mine eyes have seen the glory: Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that slaves in rebel states are free (1/1)…
3. 1892] Debuted on this date: The Ellis Island Immigrant Station opens in New York Harbor (1/1)…1902] The first ‘Tournament of Roses’, later renamed the ‘Rose Bowl’ collegiate football game is played in Pasadena (CA) (1/1)…1935] Charles Darrow patents the game of Monopoly (12/31)…
4. 1898] I’ll take Manhattan: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island are consolidated into New York City (1/1)…
5. 1943] Old Blue Eyes takes Manhattan: Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater. His career explodes after this appearance (12/31)….
6. 1953] ‘Happy Trails’: Legendary Country singer Hank Williams is found dead in his car, a victim of a drug and alcohol overdose at 29 (1/1)…1972] Future Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente is killed on a mercy mission when the cargo plane he had chartered goes down in the Caribbean. Clemente, 38, was en route to helping victims of a Nicaraguan earthquake (12/31)…1985] Teen Idol Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash on his way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Dallas (12/31). Rick was one of the nicest people I had the pleasure of knowing…1997] Michael Kennedy, 39-year old son of the late Robert Kennedy is killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain (12/31)…1999] Sarah Knauss, the world’s oldest person (119) dies of natural causes (12/31). Sarah was born in 1880…
7. 1959] Castro takes control: Fidel Castro overthrows the government of Fulgencio Batista and seizes power in Cuba (1/1)…
8. 1967] Equal but separate: The FCC starts requiring AM/FM combo stations to be at least 50 percent separate in programming (1/1). Lots of great stations will be born, including WRKO (in March)…
9. 1990] This I Swear: David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City’s first black mayor (1/1)…
10. 2007] Dig it: Boston’s ‘Big Dig’ construction project ends. It’ll be great once it’s finished (12/31)…

Music Memories:

• 1956] Recorded on this date: “Heartbreak Hotel” - Elvis Presley (1/1)…1964] “Fun, Fun, Fun” - Beach Boys (1/1)…
• 1966] Number One on this date: “I’m A Believer” - Monkees (12/31)…

“Happy Birthday…happy birthday“:

(12/31) Joey McIntyre (36), Val Kilmer (49), Bebe Neuwirth (50), Donna Summer (60), Burton Cummings (61), Diane Von Furstenburg (62), Ben Kingsley (65), Sarah Miles (67), Clay Cole (70) and Anthony Hopkins (71)…
(1/1) Verne Troyer (40), NJ Governor Jon Corzine (62), Don(Father Guido Sarducci) Novello (66), Country Joe McDonald (67), Frank Langella (71) and J.D. Sallinger (90)…

Timeline Countdown: Happy New Year, 3 days until the NFL Wild Card Playoffs, 20 days until MLK Day, 21 days until Inauguration Day and 32 days until the Super Bowl

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