Wednesday 21 April 2021

1961, Car Spotting: Fountains Janssingels, Arnhem, Netherlands

Parked in front of the fountains, left to right:
DKW Sonderklasse (3=6), Opel Rekord P2, Peugeot 403, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1) and Opel Kapitän P2.

Parked alongside the fountains, bottom to top:
Peugeot 403, Renault Dauphine, unidentified car probably Ford Taunus 17M (P2, "Baroque Taunus" or "Flying carpet"), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), unidentified car probably Ford Taunus 12M (P1, "Side-stripes Taunus"), Renault Dauphine, unidentified truck and an unidentified American car.

Left to right, first row, bottom to top:
Unidentified dark coloured car, Renault Caravelle / Floride, Singer Gazelle, Opel Rekord P1, Citroën 2CV, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Ford Consul (EOTA), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Renault Dauphine, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen Transporter T1 (Type 2), unidentified car probably Opel Rekord P2.

Left to right, second row, bottom to top:
Unidentified light coloured car, Opel Rekord P1, DKW Sonderklasse (3=6), Plymouth Belvedere / Fury, Renault Dauphine, Fiat 1800 / 2100, unidentified car, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Opel Olympia Rekord, Fiat 500, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1).

Left to right, third row, bottom to top:
Unidentified dark coloured car, DKW Sonderklasse (3=6), Opel Kapitän P2, Ford Taunus 17M (P2, "Baroque Taunus" or "Flying carpet"), Ford Taunus 12M/15M (P1, "Globe Taunus"), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Simca Aronde (P60), unidentified car, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Hillman Minx.

Left to right, fourth row, bottom to top:
DAF Daffodil, Simca Aronde (P60), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Ford Anglia (100E), Mercedes-Benz W120/W121, Simca Aronde (90A).


Thursday 15 April 2021

1960, Music: Belgian Single Charts 01/06/1960

N° 20
Edith Piaf with "Milord"

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Marguerite Monnot, Georges Moustaki
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 28
- Video clip


N° 19
De Strangers with "T.V. Truut"

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Mario Panzeri, Vittorio Mascheroni, Al Van Dam
- Highest Position: N° 19
- Weeks in the charts: 4
- Video clip


N° 18
Johnny Preston with "Running Bear"

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Jiles Perry Richardson
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip


N° 17
Neil Sedaka with
"Oh! Carol"

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts:
28
- Video clip


N° 16
Bobbejaan Schoepen with
"Ik ben boos op de maan"

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Howard Barnes, van Aleda, Ke Riema, Clifford William Adams
- Highest Position: N° 14
- Weeks in the charts:
16
- Video clip

N° 15
Earl Grant with
"House Of Bamboo"

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Bill Crompton, Norman Merrells
- Highest Position: N° 15
- Weeks in the charts: 1
2
- Video clip


N° 14
Peter en zijn Rockets with
"Kom van dat dak af"

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Koelewijn
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 28
- Video clip

N° 13
Conny with
"Kleine Lucienne"

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Fred Oldörp, Gerhard Froboess
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 1
2
- Video clip


N° 12
Jo Leemans with "Diep in mijn hart"

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Jaap Valkhoff
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts:
16
- Video clip


N° 11
Dalida with
"Romantica"

- Country: Italy / France
- Music/Lyrics: Dino Verde, Gilbert Obermair, Fernand Bonifay, Renato Rascel, Roger Berthier, Arno Gillo, Eduardo Verde
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts:
12
- Video clip


N° 10
The Everly Brothers with
"Cathy's Clown"

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Don Everly, Phil Everly
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip


 

N° 9
Camillo und die Hansen-Boys with
"Sag warum"

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Phil Spector, Jean Nicolas
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 28
- Video clip

N° 8
Bill Forbes with
"Too Young"

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 16
- Video clip



N° 7
Jacqueline Boyer with
"Tom Pillibi"

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: André Popp, Pierre Cour
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 1
2
- Video clip


 

N° 6
Paul Anka with
"My Home Town"

- Country: Canada
- Music/Lyrics: Paul Anka
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 16
- Video clip


 

N° 5
Bobbejaan Schoepen with "Een hutje op de heide"

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Willy Albimoor, Jean Rolle, van Aleda, Ke Riema
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts:
40
- Video clip

N° 4
Elvis Presley with "Stuck On You"

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Aaron Schroeder, John Leslie McFarland
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 16
- Video clip


N° 3
Die Regento Stars mit Bruno Majcherek
with
"Leila"

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Fritz Löhner-Beda, Dol Dauber
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 2
4
- Video clip


N° 2
Bob Azzam et Eddy Barclay with
"Mustapha"

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Bob Azzam, Eddie Barclay
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts:
20
- Video clip


N° 1
Paul Anka with "Puppy Love" and
"Adam And Eve"

- Country: Canada
- Music/Lyrics: Paul Anka
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 24
- Video clip

 

Monday 12 April 2021

1977, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

  • "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • "Bugsy Malone" (Alan Parker, UK, 1976)
  • "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Best Actor
Winner: Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

  • Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)
  • Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976) and Thomas Babington Levy in "Marathon Man" (John Schlesinger, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Walter Matthau as Morris Buttermaker in "The Bad News Bears" (Michael Ritchie, Bill Lancaster, USA, 1976) and as Willy Clark in "The Sunshine Boys" (Herbert Ross, Neil Simon, USA, 1975)

Best Actress
Winner: Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

  • Lauren Bacall as Bond Rogers in "The Shootist" (Don Siegel, Glendon Swarthout, Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale, USA, 1976)
  • Liv Ullmann as Jenny Isaksson in "Ansikte mot ansikte" (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1976)
  • Rita Moreno as Googie Gomez in "The Ritz" (Richard Lester, Terrence McNally, UK, 1976

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

  • Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee in "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Martin Balsam as Howard Simons in "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Michael Hordern as King in "The Slipper and the Rose" (Bryan Forbes, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, UK, 1976)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Jodie Foster as Tallulah in "Bugsy Malone"
(Alan Parker, UK, 1976) and as Iris in "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Nominees:

  • Annette Crosbie as Fairy Godmother in "The Slipper and the Rose" (Bryan Forbes, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, UK, 1976)
  • Billie Whitelaw as Baylock in "The Omen" (Richard Donner, David Seltzer, UK/USA, 1976)
  • Vivien Merchant as Ruth in "The Homecoming" (Peter Hall, Harold Pinter, UK/USA, 1973)

Best Direction
Winner: Miloš Forman with "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

  • Alan J. Pakula with "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Alan Parker with "Bugsy Malone" (Alan Parker, UK, 1976)
  • Martin Scorsese with "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Best Screenplay
Winner: Alan Parker for "Bugsy Malone"
(Alan Parker, UK, 1976)

Nominees:

  • William Goldman for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)
  • Neil Simon for "The Sunshine Boys" (Herbert Ross, Neil Simon, USA, 1975)

Best Cinematography
Winner: Russell Boyd "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
(Peter Weir, Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green, Australia, 1975)

Nominees:

  • Gerry Fisher and Peter Allwork for "Aces High" (Jack Gold, Howard Barker, R.C. Sherriff, Cecil Lewis, UK/France, 1976)
  • Gordon Willis for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler and William A. Fraker for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Best Costume Design
Winner: Moidele Bickel for "Die Marquise von O..."
(Éric Rohmer, Heinrich von Kleist , West Germany / France, 1976)

Nominees:

  • Monica Howe for "Bugsy Malone" (Alan Parker, UK, 1976)
  • Judy Dorsman for "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Peter Weir, Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green, Australia, 1975)
  • Julie Harris for "The Slipper and the Rose" (Bryan Forbes, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, UK, 1976)

Best Film Editing
Winner: Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
(Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

  • Robert L. Wolfe for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Jim Clark for "Marathon Man" (John Schlesinger, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro for "Taxi Driver" (Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, USA, 1976)

Best Sound Track
Winner: Les Wiggins, Clive Winter, Ken Barker for "Bugsy Malone"
(Alan Parker, UK, 1976)

Nominees:

  • Milton Burrow, Jim Webb, Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi and Dick Alexander for "All the President's Men" (Alan J. Pakula, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman, USA, 1976)
  • Mary McGlone, Robert Rutledge, Veronica Selver, Larry Jost and Mark Berger for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Milos Forman, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, USA, 1975)
  • Greg Bell and Dan Connelly for "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Peter Weir, Joan Lindsay, Cliff Green, Australia, 1975)