AUGUST 5, 2014 – NATIONAL NIGHT OUT – NATIONAL UNDERWEAR DAY – NATIONAL OYSTER DAY
Birthdays:
Loni Anderson 69 (WKRP), Maureen McCormick 58 (Marsha Brady); Terri Clark 46 (Country singer)
Advice of the Day (Old Farmers Almanac): http://www.almanac.com/advice/daily
Soft words win hard hearts.
1995 – Alan Jackson turns up at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with “I Don’t Even Know Your Name”
1989 – Dolly Parton scores a #1 country single in Billboard with “Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That”
1976 – NBC-TV aired “The Beach Boys: It’s O.K.” The show was a 15th anniversary special for the group.
1958 – The Coasters performed “Yakety Yak” on “American Bandstand’s” anniversary show.
1957 – Elvis Presley registers a #1 country single in Billboard magazine with “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear”
1957 – American Bandstand made its network debut on ABC-TV. The show was hosted by Dick Clark. Until this day the show had been a local show in Philadelphia since 1952.
