Friday, January 04, 2008

Alan Rock's Trivia

Actress Dyan Cannon was born January 4th, 1937. Can you name the famous movie actor she married in 1965 and divorced in 1968? A: Cary Grant.

The Billboard published the first pop music charts on Jan 4, 1936. Was the #1 song: (a) "Stop, Look and Listen" by Joe Venuti and Orchestra; (b) "Quicker Than You Can Say" by Ozzie Nelson and Orchestra; (c) "The Music Goes Round" by Tommy Dorsey and Orchestra; or (d) all three of those songs? A: All three were #1. Three charts listed the 10 best sellers of the three top recording companies: Columbia, Brunswick, and RCA-Victor. Each week there were three #1 songs.

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