Today is Administrative Professionals Day, Hug An Australian Day, National Pretzel Day, and Richter Scale Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1960 Production begins on Elvis' first post-Army movie, G.I. Blues in Los Angeles.
1962 Jerry Lee Lewis' begins a tour of England. Four years previously, Lewis fled the UK because of the disclosure that he was married to his thirteen year old cousin.
1963 Frankie Avalon agrees to appear in the movie, Beach Party, also starring Annette Funicello.
1967 16 year old Janis Ian sings "Society Child" on the TV show, Inside Pop - The Rock Revolution.
1975 B.J. Thomas' hit "Hey Won't You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" sets the record for the longest song title to reach #1.
1982 Phoebe Snow of the 1975 hit "Poetry Man", died at the age of 60.
MADONNA SLAMS BIOPIC! One person who won't be buying a ticket for her own biopic. After news broke of the planned movie, Blond Ambition, Madonna took to Instagram to denounce the project saying "Only I can tell my story." Madonna has never told her story in movie or book form. Get more material girl.
ABBA REISSUE! ABBA will release a 25th anniversary limited-edition version of their 1992 best-of collection, Gold: Greatest Hits, on June 30. The two-album set will be pressed in gold-colored vinyl and will also include a card enabling MP3 download of the tracks as well. Meanwhile, Abba is reportedly reuniting to work on a new project. Get the details.
1982 Phoebe Snow of the 1975 hit "Poetry Man", died at the age of 60.
MADONNA SLAMS BIOPIC! One person who won't be buying a ticket for her own biopic. After news broke of the planned movie, Blond Ambition, Madonna took to Instagram to denounce the project saying "Only I can tell my story." Madonna has never told her story in movie or book form. Get more material girl.
ABBA REISSUE! ABBA will release a 25th anniversary limited-edition version of their 1992 best-of collection, Gold: Greatest Hits, on June 30. The two-album set will be pressed in gold-colored vinyl and will also include a card enabling MP3 download of the tracks as well. Meanwhile, Abba is reportedly reuniting to work on a new project. Get the details.
FAKE MUD JEANS! Nordstrom is rolling our another wacky clothing item. For a mere $425, you can own a pair of fake mud-caked Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans described as, "Heavily distressed medium-blue denim jeans in a comfortable straight-leg fit embody[ing] rugged, Americana work wear that's seen some hard-working action with a crackled, caked-on muddy coating that shows you're not afraid to get down and dirty." Hopefully the mud spatter isn't the same in every pair. Click here to get dirty.
