My Top 10 Father's Day Songs...
Thanks mostly to Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd of Creston, Washington, we have Father's Day. Mrs. Dodd was the driving force behind an annual celebration of dad's everywhere when in 1910 she honored her dad and with support from people like William Jennings Bryan, a drive began to pay tribute to the old man once a year, every year. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924 and in 1966 Lyndon Johnson designated the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day...
I hope all you dads are as happy as I am this Father's Day. I have much to be happy about although my dad is no longer here, Lynn and Robert Phillips make me a proud dad and this year I add the title of grandpa to my Father's Day celebration, thanks to the birth of Allyson Phillips last December. Here's to a Happy Father's Day and now...my Father's Day Top 10:
(all songs must contain a title that is a derivative of the words "father", "dad" or "pop")
And my Number One Father's Day Song:
June 16 Memories... 1858] Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said in a speech in Springfield, Ill, "a house divided against itself cannot stand", a reference to slavery... 1883] The New York Giants admit all ladies to the game free creating the 1st "Ladies Day"... 1893] R.W. Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack (thank you, thank you, for not calling it "Rueckheim Jack")... 1922] Henry Berliner pilots the 1st helicopter flight at College Park, MD and then declares "Ich bin ein Berliner"... 1932] The Ford Motor Company is incorporated... 1947] The 1st network newscast ("News from Washington") is broadcast on The Dumont Television Network... 1952] "My Little Margie" starring Gale Storm debuts on CBS-TV for a run of 3 years... 1952] "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" is published in the U.S... 1960] Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" premieres in New York City... 1961] Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West while his troupe is in Paris... 1967] The 1st pop music festival draws a crowd of 200,000 as the First Annual Monterey International Pop Music Festival sees the debut of Jimi Hendrix and stars 32 acts including the Mamas & Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin & Buffalo Springfield... 1970] Woodstock Ventures, the sponsors of the original Woodstock, announce a loss of more than $1.2 million on the 1969 festival... 1978] Now a member of the Cincinnati Reds, Tom Seaver no-hits the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0... 1978] The Yankees Ron Guidry strikes out 18 in a win over the Angels (this game marked the beginning of fans applauding a pitcher when he has 2 strikes on a batter)... 1980] "The Blues Brothers" movie premieres in Chicago... 1981] The Chicago Tribune buys the Chicago Cubs from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Company for $20.5 million (Wrigley throws in a lifetime supply of gum for every employee of the Chicago Tribune)... 1987] A jury in New York acquits Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of 4 youths who he said were about to rob him. He is convicted of illegal possession of a weapon (Goetz ran for public office in Manhattan in the last election)... 1992] Sister Souljah calls future U.S. President Bill Clinton a "draft dodging, pot smoking womanizer". Clinton who had criticized the good sister in June says "you got it all wrong. I never inhaled"... 1996] The legendary "voice of the Yankees", Mel Allen dies at age 83 (thanks to Joe McCoy I finally met Mel Allen at CBS-FM)... 1996] Let's see...how many different titles can we use for a Batman movie ? Let's call this one, "Batman Forever" (brilliant !) has its premiere... 2000] Federal regulators approve the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corp., creating the nation's largest local phone company...Verizon... [To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple references are used in the timeline]... "Happy Birthday...happy birthday"... 1937] Erich ("Love Story") Segal... 1941] Lamont (Motown's Dozier-Holland-Dozier) Dozier... 1942] The O'Jays' Eddie Levert... 1943] Joan ("Knots Landing") Van Ark... 1951] Roberto Duran... 1970] Phil Mckelson... [Today is the 167th day of 2006 with 198 days remaining in the year and 18 days until July 4th] ... Saturday, June 17, 2006... June 17 Memories... 1579] Sir Francis Drake claims San Francisco Bay for England (but not before a man named Bruce slaps Drake in the face with his purse)... 1775] The Battle of Bunker Hill takes place near Boston during the Revolutionary War... 1863] Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford is chartered (it is the 1st accident insurer)... 1866] The New York City Athletic Club is formed... 1885] The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere... 1894] The 1st poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out in Rutland, Vermont... 1928] Amelia Earhart embarks on the 1st trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. She flies from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours... 1941] WNBT-TV (channel 4) in New York City is granted the 1st construction permit to operate a commercial TV station in the United States (the station starts out with the WNBT calls but will change them to WNBC... 1942] "Suspense" debuts on the CBS Radio Network but will move over to TV in 1949... 1950] Dr. Richard H. Lawler performs the 1st kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago (unfortunately he was replacing the man's spleen)... 1960] Ted Williams hits a two-run shot to help the Red Sox beat the Indians 3-1. That home run gives Williams 500 as the Splendid Splinter becomes only the 4th player to hit 500... 1962] 22-year old Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open by 3 strokes defeating Arnold Palmer, who could get no closer than within 1 stroke of the Golden Bear... 1967] The Hollies release "Carrie Ann"... 1967] Barbra Streisand performs in Central Park... 1972] President Richard Nixon's downfall begins with the arrest of 5 burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate complex... 1972] Epic Records releases "Brandy" by Looking Glass... 1972] The 'Candy Man' is number one, babe....Sammy Davis, Jr. tops the charts... 1994] After leading police on a chase (a chase, who're we kidding here ? it was a crawl) through Southern California, O.J. Simpson is arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman... [To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in the timeline]... "Happy Birthday...happy birthday"... 1929] Tennis journalist Bud Collins... 1946] Barry Manilow... 1951] Joe Piscopo... 1961] Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways", "Wings")... 1963] Greg Kinnear... 1965] Olympic gold medal speed skater Dan Jansen... [Today is the 168th day of 2006 with 197 days remaining in the year and 17 days until July 4th]... Sunday, Father's Day, June 18, 2006... June 18 Memories... 1812] The War of 1812 begins as the U.S. declares war against Great Britain. The conflict begins over trade restrictions... 1892] Macademia nuts are planted for the 1st time in Hawaii (calories, what calories ? this is the most delicious nut there is)... 1898] The Atlantic City Steel Pier debuts (Dick Clark presents his "Calvacade of Stars" with Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Frankie Avalon...oh wait, that doesn't come for a while)... 1910] Father's Day is celebrated for the 1st time (feature story)... 1939] The CBS Radio Network airs "Ellery Queen" for the 1st time. The radio show will move over to TV in 1950... 1948] Columbia Records unveils its new long-playing 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record... 1960] Arnold Palmer comes from 7 strokes behind to win the U.S. Open... 1961] "Gunsmoke" is broadcast for the last time on CBS radio. The show had moved over to TV in 1955... 1977] Billy Martin accuses Reggie Jackson of loafing in rightfield and pulls him out of the game against the Red Sox at Fenway. Players have to separate the 2 as they fight in the Yankee dugout. Just another day at the Yankee office... 1979] President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev sign the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna (they celebrate with a plate of Vienna sausage and Vienna cookies)... 1983] Astronaut Sally K. Ride becomes our 1st woman in space as she and 4 other colleagues blast off aboard the space shuttle Challenger... 1984] Denver talk radio show host Alan Berg is shot to death outside his home. Two white supremacists are convicted of civil rights violations in the slaying... 1996] Richard Allen Davis is convicted in San Jose, CA. of the 1993 kidnap-murder of 12-year old Polly Klaas... 2000] Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open by 15 strokes... 2004] An al-Qaida cell in Saudi Arabia beheads American engineer Paul M. Johnson Jr., posting grisly photographs of his severed head on the Internet. Saudi security forces track down and kill the alleged mastermind of the kidnapping and murder... [To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in the timeline]... "Happy Birthday...happy birthday"... 1939] Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock... 1942] Paul McCartney... 1942] Two thumbs up for Roger Ebert... 1952] Carol Kane... 1952] Isabella Rossellini... [Today is the 169th day of 2006 with 196 days remaining in the year and 16 days until July 4th] ...
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