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May 2, 2023

Biography,
Music

gordon lightfoot, canadian singer, folk music, songwriter, hit songs, if you could read my mind, sundown, the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, black day in july,

If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot

Among the many hits by legendary Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, are classics like If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, Rainy Day People, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,…

April 23, 2023

Biography,
Fashion

rose marie reid, swimsuit designer, canadian, mormon, swimwear designs, bathing suits, 1950, 1945, rhonda fleming, swimsuit model,

Swimsuit Designer Rose Marie Reid

How a Canadian Mormon girl from Cardston, Alberta, became a twice-divorced single mom of three and founded the largest swimsuit manufacturing company in the world... (Rhonda Fleming in a 1950…

April 16, 2023

Were You Alive in April 1945?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia From April 1945: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies & President Harry S. Truman is sworn into office; World War II events in Europe & North…

April 2, 2023

Biography,
TV

charlies angels, tv shows, 1970s television series, actresses, jaclyn smith, farrah fawcett majors, kate jackson, models,

Boomer TV Trivia: Charlie's Angels

Q1. Which two characters on the original Charlie's Angels television series appeared in all 110 episodes (including the pilot 1976 made-for-tv movie)? Q2. Which character was represented on almost every…

March 26, 2023

the streets of san francisco, 1970s tv series, television shows, cop shows, karl malden, actors, michael douglas, tv stars, city of san francisco

Boomer TV Trivia: The Streets of San Francisco

Q1. Two actors that guest-starred frequently on The Streets of San Francisco would end up starring as police officer partners in their own television series (1975-1979). What was the series…

March 18, 2023

lassen peak, volcano eruption, california volcanoes, 1914, steam explosion, historical photograph, vintage automobiles, state parks, new crater, mount lassen, sierra nevada mountains

Lassen Peak Volcano Photographer B. F. Loomis

Images of the volcanic eruptions of Lassen Peak in the Cascade Mountains of California in 1914-1915, were captured in Collier's Magazine and newspapers around the country. "On May 30, 1914,…

March 10, 2023

robert blake, 1959, american actor, 1950s tv shows, westerns, television series, zane grey theater, bobby blake, mickey gubitosi, michael gubitosi, child actor, our gang, little rascals, 1940

That Little Rascal Robert Blake

Actor Robert Blake's legacy includes a long list of notable performances in movies and on TV, beginning as a child actor in the 1930s Hal Roach Little Rascals / Our…

February 16, 2023

raquel welch, american actress, playboy model, sex symbol, 1960s, 1970s

Raquel Welch - One in a Million

Raquel Welch burst into the public consciousness with her role in the prehistoric cave-man / woman fantasy One Million Years B.C. (1966). Welch died February 15, 2023 at the age…

February 10, 2023

Biography,
Music

Love, Sweet Love: Burt Bacharach Songs

Celebrating the life story and songs of composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach, with 7 vintage and newer hits - Only Love Can Break A Heart, Blue Velvet; I Say a…

February 8, 2023

Biography,
Music

billy squier, rock singer, songwriter, 1980s music, hit songs, late 1980s, everybody wants you, my kinda lover, in the dark, rock me tonite, the stroke, most sampled song, interviews

Everybody Wants You, Billy Squier

Vintage music videos from 80's American rock icon and boomer rock music favorite Billy Squier (The Stroke, My Kinda Lover, Everybody Wants You, Rock Me Tonite, and In the Dark).…