The answer to today's Flashback Pop Quiz: a mobile home or trailer.
Today is Dare Day and Flip A Coin Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1957 Sam Cooke records "You Send Me."
1959 The first edition of Juke Box Jury airs on the BBC in Britain.
1971 Elvis' birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi, was opened to the public.
and Gladys Knight is the last musical guest to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1975 Ron Wood replaces Mick Taylor on his first tour with The Rolling Stones.
1977 Billy Joel wraps up a four month tour of the US by appearing at Carnegie Hall in New York.
1984 Nate Nelson, lead singer of The Flamingos died at the age of 52.
1987 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is released in CD format in the UK.
1991 50 year old David Ruffin, formerly of The Temptations, died of an overdose of crack cocaine.
1997 Re-issued to mark the 40th anniversary of its release, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" re-entered the UK album chart at #47. To date, the album spent a total of 201 weeks on the UK charts.
SGT. PEPPER'S ANNIVERSARY! It was 50 years ago today that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band got its official release in the U.K. The album spent 15 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and has since gone on to sell more than 11 million copies in the U.S. and more than 5 million in the U.K. Click here for a Q&A with Paul McCartney.
NEW MOVIES IN THEATERS! New flicks to check out this weekend include Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (PG), Wonder Woman (PG-13), and Three Idiotas (PG-13). Click here to check out the rest of the movies opening nationwide tomorrow.
ATM ON FIRE! On Tuesday police Washington, responded to a drive-up ATM on fire. Apparently the would-be thieves used a blowtorch to try and break in to the ATM's cash and would up setting the money on fire. Police easily rounded up the suspects thanks to surveillance cameras. Get the police report.
JANET JACKSON REALITY SHOW! Janet Jackson's marriage to, and ongoing divorce from Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, was something the singer kept a relatively private affair, but we could be learning a lot more about the whole matter in a Netflix 10-part documentary series chronicling Janet's new motherhood, divorce and return to music. Get the details.
