Tuesday May 31, 2005

"...Let's go surfin' now..." The era of Surf Music began 3 years ahead of the Beach Boys in 1958 when Dick Dale performed his "Let's Go Trippin" at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, California... May 31 Memories... 1957) #1 song: "Love Letters In The Sand"-Pat Boone... 1964) The Dave Clark Five debut on TV's "Ed Sullivan Show"... 1964) The Mets and Giants endure the longest doubleheader in baseball history. The agony lasted 9 hours, 52 minutes... 1972) #1 song: "I'll Take You There"-Staple Singers... 1975) #1 song: "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"-Freddy Fender... 1997) Ila Borders becomes the first woman to pitch in a regular season professional game, for St. Paul in the Northern League. She gives up 3 earned runs without getting an out... Birthdays 1928) Tom Noonan 1930) Clint Eastwood 1943) Joe Namath 1965) Brooke Shields 1967) Rob Phillips 1976) Colin Farrell Commentary Tom Noonan who made his mark when he started the Pop charts at Billboard Magazine turns a very young and vibrant 77 today. Tommy became an executive at Columbia Records and later Motown. Tom is a legendary figure in the entertainment business and now publishes the Columbia/Epic Records Alumni Association newsletter, working tirelessly and endlessly at his own expense to write, edit and post each newsletter to over 430 members of the association of present and former employees of Columbia/Epic/Associated/SONY. Tommy just posted his 59th issue and is nearing 10 years with his labor of love. The association will celebrate its annual luncheon in New York on June 17th. In addition to present and former employees, the association also welcomes friends of the family of labels. For more information contact Tom Noonan at Tenoonan8@aol.com