Friday 31 August 2018

1966, Music: Belgian Single Charts 23/07/1966 (BRT, Radio 2)

N° 20
Cher with "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Sonny Bono
- Highest Position: N° 9
- Weeks in the charts: 9


N° 19
Will Tura with "Heimwee naar huis"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Will Tura, van Aleda, Nelly Byl
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 22



N° 18
Marino Falco with "Laisse-moi seul"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Rocco Granata, Gerd Frank, Jean Darlier, Marino Falco (Marijn Devalck)
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 11


N° 17
Roy C. with "Shotgun Wedding"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Roy Charles Hammond
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 7



N° 16
The Peels with "Juanita Banana"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Tash Howard, Murray Kenton
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 13



N° 15
The Troggs with "Wild Thing"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Reg Presley, Chip Taylor
- Highest Position: N° 15
- Weeks in the charts: 4



N° 14
Will Tura with "Arrivederci Maria"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Will Tura, van Aleda, Nelly Byl
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 19



N° 13
Hervé Vilard with "Mourir ou vivre"
- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Danyel Gérard, Ralph Bernet
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 17



N° 12
Percy Sledge with "When A Man Loves A Woman"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 16


N° 11
Micky Day with "Oh Oh What A Kiss"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Harry Stranger, Georges Panken, Willy Blox
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 17



N° 10
Roy Orbison with "Lana"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 16



N° 9
Will Andy with "Oh, Oh What A Kiss"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Harry Stranger, Georges Panken, Willy Blox
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 19



N° 8
Adamo with "Ton nom"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Salvatore Adamo
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 10



N° 7
The Beatles with "Paperback Writer"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 9



N° 6
The Beach Boys with "Sloop John B"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Brian Wilson, Traditional
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 11



N° 5
Crispian St. Peters with "The Pied Piper"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Steve Duboff, Artie Kornfeld
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 13



N° 4
The Rolling Stones with "Paint It, Black"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 22



N° 3
Michel Polnareff with "La poupée qui fait non"
- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Michel Polnareff, Franck Gérald
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 14


N° 2
The Mamas & The Papas with "Monday Monday"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: John Phillips
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 12


N° 1
Frank Sinatra with "Strangers In The Night"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Bert Kaempfert, Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 18


Friday 24 August 2018

1965, Television: "Lost in Space"

On September 15, 1965, the first episode of the American TV series "Lost in Space" was broadcast on CBS. The first episode titled "The Reluctant Stowaway" was directed by Anton Leader and written by Shimon Wincelberg (as S. Bar-David). Most of the music in the series, including the theme tune, was composed by John Williams.

"Lost in Space" is a science fiction television series created and produced by Irwin Allen. The series follows the adventures of the space colonists family Robinson. When their spaceship, the Jupiter 2, is sabotaged and thrown off course, they try to survive in space. A total of 83 episodes were produced in three series from 1965 to 1968. Main star of the show is Guy Williams, famous from his role as Zorro, he plays Professor John Robinson an astrophysicist specialised in planetary geology. He is the expedition commander and the father of the Robinson children.
June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson and Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson
Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson, Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith,
Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson, Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson,
June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson, Bill Mumy as Will Robinson and
Mark Goddard as Major Don West
Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson and Bill Mumy as Will Robinson
Synopsis first episode
On October 16, 1997, (in 1965 32 years in the future) the United States is about to launch the Jupiter 2, a saucer-shaped spaceship. Its mission is to take a single family on a 5,5 year journey to a planet orbiting the nearest star, Alpha Centauri. The mission is sabotaged by Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris), a foreign agent, who slips aboard the spaceship and reprograms the robot to destroy the spaceship and its crew...
Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson and Mark Goddard as Major Don West
Bill Mumy as Will Robinson and Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith
Bob May as The Robot, Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith,
Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson, Bill Mumy as Will Robinson,
Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson, June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson,
Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson and Mark Goddard as Major Don West
Main cast
  • Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson
  • June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson
  • Mark Goddard as Major Don West
  • Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson
  • Bill Mumy as Will Robinson
  • Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson
  • Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith
  • Bob May as The Robot

Opening and closing credits season 1


Opening and closing credits season 2

Sunday 12 August 2018

1964, Car Spotting: Hopmarkt, Aalst, Belgium

First row, left to right
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia (Type 14), Austin (A55) Cambridge Mark II, Opel Olympia Rekord (1956), Vauxhall Viva HA.

Second row, left to right
Peugeot 403, Opel Rekord (P1), Ford Cortina Mark I, Opel Rekord (P1), Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), Peugeot 404, Opel Rekord Coupé (P2), Peugeot 403, Ford Taunus 17M (P3 aka Bath-tub Taunus), Morris Minor 1000, Opel Rekord (P1), DKW 3=6 Sonderklasse.

Third row, left to right
Opel Rekord (P1), Citroën DS, Renault R4, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), Ford Taunus 17M Turnier (P3 aka Bath-tub Taunus), unidentified car, unidentified car, Volkswagen 1500 Notchback (Type 3), Austin A60 Cambridge, Volkswagen 1500 Notchback (Type 3), Peugeot 203.

Fourth row, left to right
Mercedes-Benz W110, unidentified Van probably Ford Taunus Transit.

The four cars parked in the bend of the parking lot, left to right
Simca Aronde P60, Austin A60 Cambridge, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), Ford Taunus 17M Turnier (P3 aka Bath-tub Taunus).

Cars parked left of the shop with the Hella sign, front to back
BMW 700, unidentified small car, Ford Cortina Mk I, four unidentified cars, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle).

Fifth row, left to right
Opel Kadett A, Opel Rekord (P1), Vauxhall VX4/90 FB, Opel Rekord (P1), Volkswagen 1500 Notchback (Type 3), Volkswagen Limousine (Type 1, Beetle), Citroën 2CV.

Sixth row, left to right
Unidentified car probably Mercedes-Benz, Opel Rekord A, Peugeot 404, Opel Rekord (P1), Renault Caravelle cabriolet, Opel Kadett A.

Seventh row, left to right
Citroën 2CV, unidentified car, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), unidentified car probably Peugeot, unidentified car, unidentified car, Triumph Herald, unidentified car, Ford Anglia 100E.

Eight row, left to right
Unidentified car, Renault 4CV, Simca Aronde P60, DKW Junior, Ford Taunus 17M (P3 aka Bath-tub Taunus).

Ninth row, left to right
Ford Taunus 17M (P3 aka Bath-tub Taunus), Ford Taunus 12M (P4), three unidentified cars, Ford Anglia 105E, Opel Rekord (P1), unidentified van probably Morris J2.

Parked along the street in the back, left to right
Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), Ford Taunus 12M/15M (P1 aka Globe Taunus), unidentified car, unidentified car.
Aalst, Hopmarkt (Hop Market)

Monday 6 August 2018

1963, Belgian Comics: Kari Lente, "De Verloren Zoon"

In 1963 the "Kari Lente" story "De Verloren Zoon" ("The lost Son") was published (09/02/1963 – 19/04/1963) in the Belgian newspaper "Gazet van Antwerpen". The series "Kari Lente", initially titled "Kari Lente lost het op", was created by Bob Mau (1926 - 2006) in 1962. The album "De Verloren Zoon" was published in 1971 by "K.L.A. van den Bossche". The album was republished in 2010 by “Bonte”.

The main characters of the comic are the journalist Kari Lente (translation: Kari Spring), along with her faithful little cat Titus and fellow journalist Bikkel. The somewhat frumpy detective Sus Pens, the strange creature Slurfie and the awkward professor Knitsel were added later.
"Kari Lente", "De Verloren Zoon"
Synopsis
Kari and Bikkel are sent to Saint Noritz to report on the return of the lost son of textile magnate Süderwald...
Bikkel, Kari Lente and Boterklont
Commisaris, Titus and Kari Lente
Hans Süderwald, Freddy Braun and Bikkel
Kari Lente and Hannelore Nord
Main characters
Kari Lente, Bikkel, Titus, Boterklont, Vijsman, Hans Süderwald, Hannelore Nord, Freddy Braun, Lotte, Commisaris,
Kari Lente, Vijsman and Bikkel
Lotte
Titus
Cars
  • MG A
  • Renault Dauphine
MG A
Renault Dauphine

References
Song “Quando Calienta El Sol” (“When the Sun Heats”) by Los Hermanos Rigual (1962)
Reference to the song "Quando Calienta El Sol"