After years of bitter squabbling among the various incarnations of groups taking the stage as "The Beach Boys", a court settlement has restored good vibrations among the three surviving original members. Although terms of the deal were not made public, the years of litigation that was part of the group's legacy will end, possibly paving the way for a long-awaited reunion of co-founding Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine...
A 50 year anniversary performance of The Beach Boys would be monumental. I mean how many acts have lasted that long? That 50th year will be celebrated in 2011 since the group started in Los Angeles in 1961. The closest we've gotten to a reunion was when Al Jardine joined Brian Wilson in November of 2006 during Wilson's "Pet Sounds" album tour. Take it from me, that was a phenomenal show. Here in New York it was at the Beacon Theater...
Carla DiMare who represents the Carl Wilson estate made this statement, "Mr. Love and Mr. Jardine are looking forward to bringing more great Beach Boys music to the United States and around the world." Carl, along with Dennis Wilson, two of the original members of Beach Boys have passed on. There aren't any quotes from either Brian Wilson or his attorney. We know Brian has no problem performing with Jardine but patching up his differences with Mike Love might be tough. We can only hope that for the sake of Beach Boys music-lovers everywhere that they will...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1775] Liberty or Death: Patrick Henry calls for America's independence from Britain, telling the Virginia Provincial Convention: "Give me liberty or give me death." (3/23)...
- 1894] The Stanley Cup runneth over: Hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game is played with Montreal beating Ottawa 3-1 in Montreal (3/22)...
- 1950] Debuted on this date: "Beat The Clock" premieres on CBS-TV hosted by Bud Collyer (3/23). The original show will run through February, 1958 when the show moves to ABC-TV until January 1961, then it goes into syndication where it lasts until September of 1979...
- 1952] Cleveland rocks: A riot breaks out at the "Moondog Coronation Ball" in Cleveland as Alan Freed a.k.a. "King of the Moondogs" hosts what many consider the spark that ignited Rock 'n' Roll (3/21). This is what the 54th anniversary of the original show looked like in 2006 ...
- 1958] 'Happy Trails': Movie Producer and third husband of Elizabeth Taylor, Mike Todd dies in a plane crash (aboard "Lucky Liz") (3/22). The couple had been married for just one year. Todd was 51...1978] Karl Wallenda, 73-year old patriarch of The Flying Wallendas, falls to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between 2 hotels in San Juan (PR) (3/22)...1987] Dean Martin Jr. dies in a plane crash during a blizzard while serving in the Air National Guard (3/21). The former member of Dino, Desi and Billy was just 35...
- 1963] Wedding Bells: Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould walk down the aisle (3/21). The marriage will last for 8 years...
- 1993] Spring Training Tragedy: Cleveland Indians pitchers Steve Olin and Tim Crews are killed in a boating accident in Florida. Another pitcher, Bob Ojeda is literally scalped but will survive (3/22)...
- 1995] Guilty as charged: Colin Ferguson is sentenced to life for the LIRR massacre in which he killed 6 people in 1993 (3/22). Ferguson is now making license plates at Attica Prison...1999] Acting as his own lawyer (like Ferguson did) Dr. Jack Kevorkian a.k.a. "Dr. Death", goes on trial for murder (3/22). He tells the jury he was carrying out the wishes of his patient in an assisted suicide broadcast on "60 Minutes". Kevorkian served seven years but was paroled in December, 2006 due to a terminal illness...
- 1997] Tara's Place: Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest female World Figure Skating Champion at 14 years, 10 months (3/22)...
- 1998] Titanic is the word: "Titanic" wins 11 Oscars tying "Ben-Hur" and "The Lord of the Rings (the Return of the King)" with the most Academy Awards in history (3/23) including "Best Picture" ...
Music Memories:
- 1939] Recorded on this date: "God Bless America" - Kate Smith (3/21)...1961] "Can't Help Falling In Love" - Elvis Presley (3/23)...
- 1963] Released on this date: "Surfin' U.S.A." - Beach Boys (3/23)...1970] "ABC" - Jackson Five (No other station in New York would introduce this song by plugging WABC at the time) (3/21)...
- 1964] Number One on this date: "She Loves You" - Beatles (3/21)...1970] "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel (3/22)... 1980] "Another Brick in The Wall" - Pink Floyd (3/22)...1981] "Rapture" - Blondie (3/23)...1983] "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (3/23)...1985] "Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel (3/23)...
Commentary:
Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate on Sunday. Spring is here and baseball is right around the corner as the World Champion Red Sox take on Oakland in Tokyo bright and early (for us anyway) on Tuesday morning with live coverage starting at 6 a.m. Baseball is back and all is right with the world now. Enjoy...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
(3/21) Matthew Broderick (46), Rosie O'Donnell (46), Stylistic's lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (57), Eddie Money (59), Timothy Dalton (62) and Solomon Burke (68)...
(3/22) Reese Witherspoon (32), Stephanie Mills (51), Bob Costas (56), Wolf Blitzer (60), George Benson (65), Jeremy Clyde (67), Roger Whittaker (72), William Shatner (77), Easy Ed Macauley (80), USA Today's Allen Neuharth (84) and Karl Malden (96)...
(3/23) Keri Russell (32), Jason Kidd (35), Amanda Plummer (51), Chaka Kahn (55), Ric Ocasek of The Cars (59), Sir Roger Bannister (79) and Marty ("Hello Dere") Allen (86)...
Timeline Countdown: 2 days until Easter Sunday, 4 days until opening day and 29 days until Passover...
