Entertainment

Tinseltown Talks: Newhart Turns 90

Details: Written by Nick Thomas Nick Thomas

Known for his gentle satire, basset-hound eyes, and witty routines, former Chicago accountant-turned-comedian Bob Newhart turns 90 this month (Sept. 5). This year is also the 60th anniversary of Newhart’s show business career — he signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1959.

It Was 50 Years Ago Today: ‘Sugar, Sugar’

Details: Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill

The Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” was the bestselling single of 1969, yet the singing group was never photographed together, never gave an interview, never appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, never headlined in Las Vegas, and never traveled the lucrative tour road.

COVER STORY: They Were Stardust, They Were Golden: The Reality of Woodstock 1969

Details: Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill

Half a century ago, in an atmosphere redolent of cow manure and marijuana smoke, 500,000 young people came together on the hillside of a farm in New York state.

Tinseltown Talks: Congratsamundo to Happy Days’ Anson Williams for Saving Lives

Details: Written by Nick Thomas Nick Thomas

As one of the most popular television shows in the late ’70s to early ’80s, Happy Days helped propel many cast regulars into the production side of show business.

It Was 50 Years Ago Today: ‘Oh Happy Day’

Details: Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill

“I had been singing at my Pentecostal church in Richmond, California, and at local R&B clubs — secretly, because the church would have frowned on that,” admits Dorothy Morrison, the booming lead voice behind the majestic gospel hit single “Oh Happy Day.”