10/15/64 – The St. Louis Cardinals win their seventh World
Series title, beating The New York Yankees in game seven by a final score of
7-5 at Busch Stadium.St. Louis Pitcher
Bob Gibson is named MVP.(Incredibly, on
August 23rd, The Cardinals were eleven games back in the National
League.)
Also on 10/15, American composer Cole Porter dies
and ... from our FH Buddy Chuck Buell ...
73 YEARS AGO TODAY ...
It was on this day, October 15, in 1951 that “I Love Lucy” First aired on TV and ran for six amazing years.
With that in mind, I have some “splaining
to do” for you.
You may find it of some interest that during that
entire run of the series, Desi Arnez’ character, Ricky Ricardo never
said, “Lucy, you got some ‘splaining to do!”
Perhaps that came from an episode’s storyline
where at one point Ricky did say, “I think I’m
entitled to a little explanation,” actually pronouncing “explanation”
clearly - not leaving off the first ”ex” syllable of the word.
And moments later, while talking to Ethyl, Lucy
said, “that she has a little explaining to do to Ricky.”
Nevertheless, over the years, that alleged unspoken “signature” phrase has
been permanently embedded into “All Things Lucy!”
Including Today’s Lucy-style emojis!
CB ( which stands for “Conga-Babalu” Boy!” )
Yeah, and Lassie never saved Timmy when he fell down the well!!!
You've got to wonder how these sayings get started ... and then stick around for 50, 60 and even 70 years!!! Especially when BOTH shows have been available in syndication nearly that entire time! (You think it'd be easy enough to check!!!)
But c'mon ... who DOESN'T Love Lucy?!?! (kk)
(Well, maybe not DISCO Lucy so much ... but incredibly THIS is the version that became a hit!)
We told you that our FH Buddy Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon lost
his wife of 60+ years, Jeanette, a couple of weeks ago and I know from talking
to him just how devastated he was by this loss.
But it ‘tis the Halloween Season … so hopefully Freddy can
find some amount of cheer in teaming with Svengoolie again to sing his rocker new
rocker “Hey Svengoolie!”
Tom Cuddy tells us more …
SIXTY FIVE YEARS LATER FREDDY “Boom
Boom” CANNON IS BACK WITH A NEW RELEASE!
Sixty-five years after his first
Billboard Top Ten hit “Tallahassee Lassie,” Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon is back
with a Halloween rocker called “Hey Svengoolie.”
The song he wrote and sang is a
modern day “Monster Mash” dedicated to the horror movie host on ME-TV Saturday
nights. Svengoolie is played by radio-TV veteran Rich Koz.
Cannon, a huge fan of horror films,
became a fan of Svengoolie almost 20 years ago, Back in 2016, he wrote his
first song for the TV host, “The Svengoolie Stomp.”The ME-TV crew flew Cannon to Chicago, where
the show is produced, and filmed a video for the tune.
Now, eight years later, in
preparation for the horror host debuting “Hey Svengoolie” later this month on
ME-TV, Koz’s crew flew to Los Angeles this fall, where Cannon lives, to make a
video of the newest musical creation.
Cannon, who holds the record for the
most appearances of any artist on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand (110 times),
gave us numerous hits over the years, including:
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Transister Sister
- Palisades Park (written by game
show host Chuck Barris)
**Robert Plant: “I love Tallahassee
Lassie and once recorded it with my band”
**Freddy wrote his autobiography in
2011. Dick Clark wrote the Introduction
**Bruce Springsteen has sung
“Tallahassee Lassie” in concert
**When they met for the first time,
Elvis Presley told Freddy he has “Tallahassee Lassie” in his jukebox
**Chuck Berry: “To my ears, Freddy
Cannon is a rock & roll original.
**Paul McCartney owns the publishing
rights to many of Freddy’s songs.
Several years ago, Freddy recorded the track called “The
Svengoolie Stomp,” dedicated to long-time Chicago television personality Rich
Koz, who hosts Svengoolie’s Horror Movies on Me-TV.Here’s a picture of me, Freddy and Sven from
a few years back, taken after Freddy had done a show at The Arcada Theatre …
Have you heard the new Duran Duran’s new single???
It’s a very exciting remake of the ELO classic “Evil Woman”
(and the lyric video ties in PERFECTLY with today’s Halloween theme!)
The recently-inducted Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame group hasn’t
had a Top 40 Hit in DECADES (1993 to be exact!) … but this one sure sounds like
a winner to me!(kk)
More from Chuck Buell … aka The Sequel!
Because so many told me how much
they enjoyed our "CB Special Fun Stuff" the other day, here's
another that I think you might find that also quite possibly
personifies both you and me!
So . . . . .
"Here We Go
Again!" 1:25
I hope you enjoy
this one too!
Chuck!
And here's another one from Buell ...
He points out that this is where we are today!
We Free-Wheelin' Forgotten Hitters Children of the 1960s Rockin’ the Rockies in our Custom VW Minibuses in 2024!
CB
( which stands for “Cruising Boy!” )
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
10/14/64 – It is announced that Martin Luther King, Jr. will
be this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.He is the youngest person ever to receive
this honor.
Also on 10/14, Nikita Khrushchev is voted out as leader of
The Soviet Union
