SONG OF THE DAY: Stevie Wonder "Superstition"

The #1 Song in the U.S. this week in 1973 was STEVIE WONDER's "Superstition".. The song was written, produced, arranged AND performed by STEVIE at the age of 22.. The song was released on MOTOWN records and reached #1 on both the Pop and Soul charts..

FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: Media Mogul, OPRAH WINFREY, MAGNUM P.I. star TOM SELLECK, actress ANN JILLIAN, Chinese singer TERESA TANG, "ROSEANNE" actress SARA GILBERT, "AMERICAN IDOL" Contestant, ADAM LAMBERT, blues singer, JONNY LANG.. Posthumously: comedian W.C. FIELDS, 25th U.S. President, WILLIAM MCKINLEY..

25 Years Ago Today.. January 28, 1986

** I remember coming home from school and being told by my aunt, whom was visiting from Alaska, that the Space shuttle had exploded.. There was alot happening at my house. One of my sisters had just been born and I had been at school all day on the 28th. My 4th Grade teacher was not in class that day as he was on some type of field trip or school business. We had a substitute teacher who was either 1) unaware that the Challenger had blown up and the demise of the 7 astronauts or 2) didn't want to go there with a room of 4th Graders so she chose not to. My teacher discussed it with us when he returned to class the following day.




On the night of the Challenger tragedy, President Reagan, whom was originally going to deliver his "State of the Union" address, consoled a grieving nation by delivering a televised national address:



The impact of the Spaceshuttle Challenger tragedy and the demise of those 7 astronauts that day is one that weighed heavy on the minds of myself and many other Americans. For American youth, this National Tragedy was consoled by an episode of the popular sitcom "Punky Brewster" entitled "Accidents Happen". This episode aired on March 9, 1986, nearly a month and a half after the tragedy. The message though was very relevant to the circumstances.

SONG OF THE DAY: January 27 -- Dionne & Friends

SONG OF THE DAY: Before she started communicating with her psychic friends, DIONNE WARWICK and her "Friends" got together to record the record "That's What Friends Are For", which was the #1 song on the U.S. charts today in 1986..

The song was written in 1982 by legendary songwriter BURT BACHARACH and CAROLE SAGER and originally recorded by ROD STEWART for the film "Night Shift".. DIONNE got together with ELTON JOHN, STEVIE WONDER and GLADYS KNIGHT to record this song for AIDS research in late 1985..




FAMOUS PEOPLE BOR TODAY: Actress Bridget Fonda, football player Cris Collionsworth, "Pink Floyd" drummer Nick Mason.. Posthumously: music legend, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Narnia" writer Lewis Caroll, 50's teen idol, Troy Donahue, actress Donna Reed..

THE TOP 5 SONGS -- JANUARY 27, 1986 -- SOURCE: BILLBOARD

1. DIONNE & FRIENDS - "That's What Friends Are For"
2. LIONEL RICHIE - "Say You, Say Me"
3. SURVIVOR - "Burning Heart (From "Rocky IV")
4. STEVIE NICKS - "Talk to Me"
5. WHAM! - "I'm Your Man"

Fisher Price Record Player

Saw this at TARGET the other day along with many other "Blast from the Past" Toys.. The Fisher-Price Music Box Record Player was my very first record player! I played out the little colored records with all of the big toddler hits, "Jack & Jill", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "The Farmer and the Dell". In addition, Fisher Price has also re-released the "Corn Popper" the hand-cranked music box and the hand-cranked "television"..

SONG OF THE DAY: January 26, 2011: Van Halen - Dance the Night Away

SONG OF THE DAY: Happy 56th Birthday to legendary guitarist, EDDIE VAN HALEN.. "Dance the Night Away" was the band, VAN HALEN (led by DAVID LEE ROTH)'s first U.S. single release from their second album "VAN HALEN II" which reached the U.S. Top 40..
The song was inspired by FLEETWOOD MAC's "Go Your Own Way", which the band hummed in the studio while recording the album.. DAVID LEE ROTH originally wanted to call this song "Dance Lolita Dance"..




OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: Talk show host ELLEN DEGENERES, actor PAUL NEWMAN, singer ANITA BAKER, blues singer LUCINDA WILLIAMS, hockey player WAYNE GRETZKY, activist ANGELA DAVIS, baseball player & "Mr. Belvadere" star BOB UECKER, actor SCOTT GLENN.. POSTHUMOUSLY: movie critic GENE SISKEL, Gen. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR..

SONG OF THE DAY: January 25, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: This week in 1990, the Belgium studio group, TECHNOTRONIC was at #2 on the U.S. Pop charts with "Pump up the Jam".. The song was a Worldwide smash that featured vocalist Ya Kid K though the video featured Congo-based model Felly Kilingi as the vocalist (this stunt was later done by dance acts C+C Music Factory and Black Box with Martha Wash)...