Click on the link here for Audio Player: Never any shortage of scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned, and this April 30th in 1979 was no different. The Senate Ethics Committee was getting ready to hold hearings on violations by Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge and abuses of power,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Not really part of our regularly scheduled posts, nonetheless the passing of yet another iconic musician is more than enough cause to pay tribute. And even though Country-Western music isn’t even a regular feature on Past Daily, the fact that
Click on the link here for Audio Player: the beat – peel sessions – 5 nov. 1979 Since we’re heading into the home stretch for the weekend, and Friday is only minutes away, I thought I would increase the voltage a bit. Tonight it’s The Beat, or The English Beat
Become a Patron! Classic concert this New Years Eve from Blondie, performing in Glasgow on New Years Eve 1979. At the top of their game and their popularity, Blondie ran through a virtual Greatest Hits catalog of iconic songs. I forgot how many hits they had over the course of
Click on the link here for Audio Player: THE SPECIALS – BBC Peel Sessions Diving into the 70’s this Friday night with The Specials. A session recorded at the BBC for the John Peel Program, most of it from May 23, 1979. Here’s what’s on the player: The Specials John
Click on the link here for Audio Player:News for October 11, 1979 October, it would seem, is not historically without its surprises. On this day in 1979 New York City was turned upside down over a United Nations visit from Cuba‘s Fidel Castro, his first since 1959. Air Traffic was
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for Oct. 5, 1979 News for this October 5th in 1979 had to do with good jobs numbers in September and the unemployment rate slipping below 6%. Then, as now, it took most everyone by surprise, but the numbers were reassuring
