The Sunday Before

Happy Thanksgiving

Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (Live on SNL) ft. Bruno Mars

"Uptown Funk" live on SNL

Put "happy" in happy holidays!

Music History - November 1963

 1963

Highlights

November 30, 1963 -

The Beatles album, Please Please Me, spent 30 weeks at No. 1 on UK Albums Chart.  On November 22, The Beatles released With the Beatles, becoming No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

November Albums Released -

November 11, 1963 

The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles

November 15, 1963

Fun in Acapulco - Elvis Presley 

November 18, 1963

Romantically - Johnny Mathis

November 22, 1963

A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector - Phil Spector

With the Beatles - The Beatles

- November Births -

11/1/1963 - Rick Allen (British drummer for Def Leppard)

11/2/1963 - Bobby Dall (American rock bassist for Poison)

11/12/1963 - Sam Lloyd (American actor and singer for The Blanks)

- November Passing -

11/1/1963 - Elsa Maxwell (Songwriter)

11/15/1963 - Fritz Reiner (Hungarian Conductor)

11/19/1963 - Carman Amaya (Flamenco dancer & Singer)

11/26/1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci (Operatic soprano)

11/29/1963 - Ernesto Lecuona (Cuban composer, pianist, bandleader)

(Wikipedia)

5th Annual Grammy Awards - May 15, 1`963

Record of the Year - "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (Tony Bennett...Second win - Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male)

Album of the Year - The First Family (Vaughn Meader)

Song of the Year - "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Songwriters - Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley ... Performed by Sammy Davis Jr.)

Best New Artist - Robert Goulet

(Wikipedia)

21st Century Pop Culture - Justin Timberlake

 

Justin Randall Timberlake

January 31, 1981

"Prince of Pop"

One of the best-selling recording artists with over 117 million records sold worldwide

Honors -

Solo career - over 32 million albums sold/over 56 million singles sold 

10 Grammy Awards

4 Primetime Emmy Awards

3 Brit Awards

9 Billboard Music Awards

7 American Music Awards

11 MTV Video Music Awards

Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame

MTV's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award (2013)

Innovator Award at 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2015 - Youngest recipient)

Timberlake and the original members of NSYNC received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2018)

Honorary Doctor of Music from Berklee College of Music (2019)

All of Timberlake's albums certified Platinum or higher by RIAA.

As of 2014, seven songs with over 3 million in digital downloads.

In the U.S. alone, 5 songs at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100.

NSYNC formed in 1997 

4 commercially successful albums 

One of the best-selling boy bands of all time with over 70 million in sales worldwide

Justified (debut, 2002)

Solo hits - "Cry Me a River" & "Rock Your Body"

Future Sex/Love Sounds (second album, 2006)

No. 1 on Billboard 200

3 consecutive Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles - "SexyBack," "My Love," "What Goes Around...Comes Around"

Debut & second albums sold in excess of 10 million/3x Platinum in the U.S.

No. 1 on nine Billboard Year-End charts (2013)

Billboard Top Male Artist (2014)

No. 5 on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Pop Songs Artists/No. 1 soloist (2017)

No. 25 on Billboard's Top 60 Male Artists of All Time (2018)

Filmography - (Recording break to act in film)

The Love Guru (2008)

The Social Network (2010)

Bad Teacher (2011)

Friends with Benefits (2011)

In Time (2011)

The 20/20 Experience (third album, 2013...Best selling in 2013)

The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 (fourth album 2013)

Both peaked at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles - "Suit & Tie," "Mirrors," Not a Bad Thing"

Voiced "Branch" in the Trolls film franchise

"Can't Stop the Feeling!" - On soundtrack from first film, Timberlake's fifth No. 1 ... Academy Award nomination

Man of the Woods (fifth album, 2018)

No. 1 album

Everything I Thought I Was (sixth album, 2024)

Sixth consecutive Top 5 album

Justin Timberlake's early years, career to date, further honors, and more can be found on Wikipedia.  The source will say the rest of it.  Follow the link above.

Burn It to the Ground

 2024 Presidential Special

Donald J. Trump - 47th

United States Division

Will the country burn itself to the ground?

Special Edition - His & Hers Fashion

 His & Hers Fashion

Her - Beauty in Stone

Blue Sodalite Stretch Bracelet

Sodalite is a gemstone that brings confidence.

White howlite is a gemstone that brings calm.

(The coin bracelet is a custom piece.)

Announcement

Dear readers and passersby,

I will not be available on Monday, November 18th for personal reasons.

With regards to The Wizard of Oz Sunday series - The film airs every November leading up to Thanksgiving.