Nostalgia

He was an amazing ball player, a gentleman, and he broke baseball's color barrier. The great JACKIE ROBINSON was born 100 years ago today.  

Very loud and very fun - comic actress KAYE BALLARD has died at the age of 93. TV audiences will likely best remember her from The Doris Day Show, What a Dummy, and especially The Mothers-In-Law on which she co-starred with Eve Arden. After her career began to wind down, she settled in Palm Springs, California and lived on a street named for her...

So smooth. And dig those suits!!!!! Watch today's birthday guy, DAVID RUFFIN (he would've been 78 today) in his heyday as he lip-syncs to the #1 Motown classic "MY GIRL" by clicking on the link below.

Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from family this day in 1959 to begin what later became a musical empire. Called "The Music of Young America," MOTOWN was the little engine that could, churning out hits by Mary Wells, Barrett Strong, the Miracles, Marv Johnson, Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the

All in the Family debuted on CBS this day in 1971, and TV has never been the same. CBS canceled The Governor and J. J. to bring on this new satirical sitcom. Suddenly, the topics that had been taboo on TV previously were out in the open. Historic indeed...

Do you think he's STILL sexy? ROD STEWART is 74 today. After success with the Faces, he opted to go solo - definitely a good career move. He's never forgotten his roots, and has re-recorded many earlier Motown classics, including the Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart of Mine...

JIM CROCE was born January 10, 1943. He would've been 76 today, but his life was tragically cut short at the height of his chart success. He racked up a long list of hits in his short life span, such as "Bad Bad Leroy Brown," "You Don't Mess around with Jim," the poignant "Time in a Bottle," "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song," "It Doesn't Have to B

He began with a doo wop and soul group called the Corvetts in his native Georgia, but found great success as a solo performer. His name was ARTHUR CONLEY, and he was born this day in 1946. We lost him in 2003, but his songs still receive a goodly amount of airplay...

One of Rock and Roll's true pioneers and treasures, FATS DOMINO, recorded one of his signature songs this day in 1957. Click below to see a live performance of "I'M WALKIN'."

The Captain in "The Captain & Tennille," Daryl Dragon has died at 76. He was also briefly a member of the Beach Boys. Even though he and Tennille had split up, she was reported to be by his side when he passed on. Maybe love REALLY DID keep them together. Cl...

His real name was Ray Sawyer, and he began his recording career in 1959 under that name with a rockin' tune titled "Rockin' Satellite" for the small Sandy Record label of Mobile, Alabama. Because he lost an eye in 1969 in a car accident, had to wear an eye patch and was nicknamed Dr...

He had other hits, but his self-titled BO DIDDLEY became his signature tune. He was BO DIDDLEY and he was born this day in 1928. He remained a popular concert attraction for decades after his chart success in the 1950s. The "Bo Diddley Beat" displayed in this song also influenced countless hits that followed, such as "Hey little Girl in the High School Sweater," "Hang On,