1970s
Schoolhouse Rock: A Noun Is a Person, Place or Thing (1973)
Between Saturday morning cartoon shows, animated Schoolhouse Rock was on TV from 1973-1985. Here’s a Grammar Rock classic, A Noun Is a Person, Place or Thing!
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1800s
Say, Say, Oh Playmate: We traced the story of this old song and hand clapping game, and have the lyrics
Millions know ‘Say, Say, Oh Playmate’ – also known as ‘Playmate’ – but few today know much about the rhyming song & hand clapping game. Find out more here!
1960s
Jet Screamer’s ‘Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah’ on The Jetsons (1962)
Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah Irate after a typical three-hour daily office grind, and tangling with ‘Sunday astronaut’ drivers on the jammed spaceway, George Jetson
1960s
Creedence Clearwater Revival runs a rock ‘n’ roll factory (1971)
Unlike most rock groups, Creedence Clearwater Revival doesn’t even have a booking agency or a manager, yet they are currently the most successful pop-rock group in the world – and the richest.
1970s
‘I’d like to buy the world a Coke’ TV commercial (1971)
The monumentally-successful ‘I’d like to buy the world a Coke’ ad campaign was heard all over the world back in 1971. See the commercial here!
1970s
Heat Miser & Snow Miser: The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
The Year Without a Santa Claus: When old Santa takes a year off Have you been told. Did you ever hear, Of that curious, furious
1960s
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: A stop-motion musical adventure (1964)
Seven new Christmas songs in Rudolph fantasy “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the shy little buck who emerges as a hero after being humiliated by his
1960s
Look who’s doin’ the Twist! Following a fad (1961 & 1962)
N.Y. becomes Twistin’ Town U.S.A. as dance fad grows New York – This city has turned into a twistin’ town. The latest dance fad has
1960s
Little change in the turntable since Edison (1963)
Little change in turntable since Edison By Preston McGraw One part of a high fidelity stereo system is basically unchanged from the model Thomas A
1940s
Holiday Inn, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire (1942)
Screen legends Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance their way into your heart in one of the most timeless holiday classics of all time, Holiday Inn.
1980s
The Cars “Shake It Up” (1982)
‘Shake It Up’ is a full-fledged quandary by Jon Pareles The new wave groups in the platinum bracket — the Cars, Blondie, the Police —
1960s
Marilyn Monroe sings Happy Birthday, Mr President to Kennedy (1962)
Marilyn Monroe’s charming, controversial and utterly unforgettable performance of Happy Birthday, sung to President Kennedy was,one of her last big splashes.
1930s
Groucho Marx: Hello, I Must Be Going (1930)
Animal Crackers: Hello, I Must Be Going Hello, I must be going, I cannot stay, I came to say, I must be going. I’m glad
1940s
Fred Astaire: Puttin’ On The Ritz (1946)
Have you seen the well-to-do… >> Download the MP3 of “Puttin’ On The Ritz” here!
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