Happy Birthday

Today would have been the 76th birthday of the King of Rock N Roll Elvis Presley.

It is also the birthday of the most wonderful woman in my life, my beautiful wife Michelle!

I knew I had the perfect wife when I suggested going to Memphis and Graceland for our honeymoon and she was all for it!

We had a great time and have been back with our girls and its still a wonderful trip and a great place to visit.

Here is her favorite Elvis song.

The Jack Benny Program

From Jack's wonderful televison show and his guest the just as legendary Bob Hope from February 24 1957

Bestselling Single for the UK in 2010

The #1 single for 2010

"Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem with Rhianna

Top of the New York Times Bestseller List

The top of the NY Times Bestseller list this week, the first chart for 2011.


The #1 Bestseller Fiction

Dead or Alive - Tom Clancy
(2nd week on list and 2nd at #1)

The #1 Bestseller Non Fiction

Decision Points - President George W Bush
(6 weeks on list and 6th at #1)

In Case You Missed It

Here are the Top Ten money making films of 2010.

(courtesy Boxofficemojo.com)

1 Toy Story 3 $415,004,880

2 Alice in Wonderland $334,191,110

3 Iron Man 2 $312,128,345

4 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $300,531,751

5 Inception $292,525,041

6 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 $278,837,000

7 Despicable Me $251,032,000

8 Shrek Forever After $238,395,990

9 How to Train Your Dragon $217,581,231

10 The Karate Kid $176,591,618

Top of The Pops

Today our Top of the Pops survey is from December 30th 1967.
We have 2 things to mention about this day in music history.
First, the Beatles again topped the charts and 2 of the Monkees celebrate birthdays today. Michael Nesmith turns 68 and Davy Jones is 65.

Here are the Top 5 songs


5 - Woman, Woman - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
on its way to a peak of #4


4 - I Second That Emotion - The Miracles
Peaking at #4 but soon to top the Billboard R&B chart


3 - Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Dropping down after 4 straight weeks at #1


2 - I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight and The Pips
Still holding at #2 and also topping the Billboard R&B chart for 6 weeks


1 - Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
Once again the Beatles reach the top spot and hold it for the next 3 weeks.
The 15th of their 20 #1 singles.

Starrcade 1991

Now for something different here, today in 1991 WCW (World Championship Wrestling) held its annual Starrcade PPV in Norfolk, Virginia.
This year was the first Lethal Lottery where wrestlers were chosen "at random" to form tag teams and the winners would meet in a tag team "Battle Bowl" to crown the winner. This was also the first Starrcade event to not involve Ric Flair.

- Marcus Bagwell and Jimmy Garvin defeated Michael Hayes and Tracy Smothers, when Bagwell pinned Smothers.
- Steve Austin and Rick Rude defeated Big Josh and Van Hammer, when Rude pinned Hammer.
- Richard Morton and Dustin Rhodes defeated El Gigante and Larry Zbyszko, when Rhodes pinned Zbyszko.
- Bill Kazmaier and Jushin Liger defeated Mike Graham and Diamond Dallas Page, when Liger pinned Page.
- Todd Champion and Ricky Steamboat defeats Cactus Jack and Buddy Lee Parker, when Steamboat pinned Parker. Abdullah the Butcher attacked Parker in the locker room before the match.
- Arn Anderson and Lex Luger defeated Terrance Taylor and Tom Zenk, when Luger pinned Taylor.
- Abdullah the Butcher and Sting defeated Bobby Eaton and Brian Pillman, when Sting pinned Eaton.
- Mr. Hughes and Big Van Vader defeated The Nightstalker (subbing for the injured Diamond Studd) and Rick Steiner, when Vader pinned Nightstalker.
- Thomas Rich and Ron Simmons defeated Steve Armstrong and P.N. News, when Simmons pinned Armstrong.
- Sting won the "BattleBowl" battle royale, last eliminating Lex Luger.