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!
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.
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!
Nouns & the launch of Grammar Rock The parts of speech, which traditionally let others do the talking for them, will become the stars of
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
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
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
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
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
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.
‘Shake It Up’ is a full-fledged quandary by Jon Pareles The new wave groups in the platinum bracket — the Cars, Blondie, the Police —
Marilyn Monroe’s charming, controversial and utterly unforgettable performance of Happy Birthday, sung to President Kennedy was,one of her last big splashes.
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
Have you seen the well-to-do… >> Download the MP3 of “Puttin’ On The Ritz” here!
The real death of a cheerleader story (1985) 
Say, Say, Oh Playmate: We traced the story of this old song and hand clapping game, and have the lyrics 
Inside vintage grocery stores & old-fashioned supermarkets of yesteryear 
How to make 30 classic cocktails & drinks (1946) 
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