On 19 September 1960, Chubby Checker’s “The Twist“ reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a cover version of the rhythm and blues hit “The Twist” by Hank Ballard and The Midnighters. It gave rise to a dance craze, popular because it was easy to do, and it was also a… Read More “The Twist” ♥ ♪ ♩ ♫ ♬ ♥
On Friday 18 September 1964 the ABC TV network introduced The Addams Family, a sitcom based on the macabre cartoons of Charles Addams in the magazine The New Yorker. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons (64 episodes). The Addamses are an extended family with macabre interests and supernatural… Read More The Addams Family
Ieri, alla pubblicazione dell’articolo su “B.B. King”, mi è arrivato un messaggio inaspettato: quello era il mio millesimo post! Un bel traguardo, che mi ha portata a pensare: “Tempus fugit” (Il tempo vola/Time flies)e, subito dopo, a proseguire, come auto- augurio per il futuro, “Hic manebimus optime!” (Qui ci resteremo benissimo/ Here we’ll stay… Read More ☆彡(ノ^ ^)ノ 1000 POSTS ヘ(^ ^ヘ)☆彡
Riley B. King, better known as B.B. King, American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, was born on 16 September 1925. He died in 2015 How Blue Can You Get I’ve been downhearted baby Ever since the day we met I said I’ve been downhearted baby Ever since the day we met… Read More B.B. King 🎸
This quote is by Sydney J. Harris, an American journalist who was born on 14 September 1917. Here are two more quotes: “The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.” “Nobody… Read More “Happiness is a direction, not a place.”
“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 –1990) British novelist and short story author… Read More Finding Magic in the World
Maurice Chevalier (12 septembre 1888 – 1972) chanteur, acteur, écrivain français. 👴 “Après tout, ce n’est pas si désagréable que ça de vieillir, quand on pense à l’autre éventualité.” 👵 “On n’arrête pas de rire parce qu’on vieillit! On vieillit parce qu’on arrête de rire.” 👴 “La vecchiaia non è così male… Read More Vieillir
Il 9 settembre 1501, il ventiseienne Michelangelo iniziò a lavorare al blocco di marmo da cui doveva trarre il celebre David, provando la durezza del blocco con qualche colpo di scalpello. La statua (alta 520 cm, incluso il basamento di 108 cm) era stata commissionata dalla corporazione Arte della Lana e dagli Operai del Duomo… Read More Il David di Michelangelo
Peter Sellers, the famous English actor, comedian and singer, was born on 8 September 1925. He died in 1980. 🔗“If I can’t really find a way to live with myself, I can’t expect anyone else to live with me.” 🔗“There used to be a real me behind the mask, but I had it surgically removed.”… Read More Peter Sellers
“Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps we shall learn the truth . . . but let us beware of publishing our dreams before they have been put to the proof by the waking understanding.” “Impariamo a sognare, signori, e forse impareremo la verità. . . ma facciamo attenzione a pubblicare i nostri… Read More Il sogno ispiratore
