Dead Rock Stars Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt. His mother invented the typewriter correction Liquid Paper. He died of heart failure in 2021 at age 78.

"It's so funny," Micky Dolenz told Ultimate Classic Rock , when he included the song on his Dolenz Sings Nesmith album. "He went to the [Monkees] producers in the early days and brought 'em 'Different Drum.' He played it for them, and they said, 'Well, that's nice, but it's not a Monkees tune.' He said, 'Wait a minute. I am one of the Monkees.' They said, 'Yeah, yeah, we know. But no thanks. It's really not a Monkees tune.' So he said, 'Okay,' and gave it to Linda Ronstadt, and look what happened." Read More: Michael Nesmith's Rejected Monkees Song Hit for Linda Ronstadt | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-nesmith-linda-ronstadt-different-drum/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

US Guns Murder Suicide

Gun violence
The United States has the highest rate of civilian gun ownership per capita.
Bad news
According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2014 there have been 185,718 homicides from use of a firearm and 291,571 suicides using a firearm.
Good News
Despite a significant increase in the sales of firearms since 1994, the US has seen a drop in the annual rate of homicides using a firearm from 7.0 per 100,000 population in 1993 to 3.6 per 100,000. In the ten years between 2000 and 2009, the ATF reported 37,372,713 clearances for purchase, however, in the four years between 2010 and 2013, the ATF reported 31,421,528 clearances.

Deep Purple and Black Sabbath Personnel Connections

photo By Warner Bros. Records

Bob Daisley was with Ozzy Osborne,Rainbow and Black Sabbath on Bass.
Bobby Rondinelli was a drummer for Black Sabbath and Rainbow.
Cozy Powell was a drummer for Whitesnake, Rainbow and Black Sabbath.
Don Airey is a keyboardist who played with Black Sabbath, Deep Purle, Rainbow, Ozzy and Whitesnake.
Glenn Hughes was a bassist/lead singer for Deep Purple and Lead singer for Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell
Neil Murray was a bassist for Black Sabbath, John Lord and Whitesnake.
Ian Gillan was lead singer for Deep Purple and Black Sabbath
Ronnie James Dio was Lead Singer for Black Sabbath and for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Scott Warren played keyboards for Dio and Heaven and Hell.
Vinny Appice played drums for Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell.
Wayne Gruber played bass with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Last in Line and on an album with Don Airey.

Black Sabbath

By Warner Bros. Records

Discography
Black Sabbath (1970)
Paranoid (1970)
Master of Reality (1971)
Vol. 4 (1972)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Sabotage (1975)
Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Never Say Die! (1978)
Heaven and Hell (1980)
Mob Rules (1981)
Born Again (1983)
Seventh Star (1986)
The Eternal Idol (1987)
Headless Cross (1989)
Tyr (1990)
Dehumanizer (1992)
Cross Purposes (1994)
Forbidden (1995)
13 (2013)

List of Oscar Awards Hosts

YEAR 2016 HOST Chris Rock 2015 Neil Patrick Harris 2014 Ellen DeGeneres 2013 Seth MacFarlane 2012 Billy Crystal 2011 James Franco and Anne Hathaway 2010 Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin 2009 Hugh Jackman 2008 Jon Stewart 2007 Ellen Degeneres 2006 Jon Stewart 2005 Chris Rock 2004 Billy Crystal 2003 Steve Martin 2002 Whoopi Goldberg 2001 Steve Martin 2000 Billy Crystal 1999 Whoopi Goldberg 1998 Billy Crystal 1997 Billy Crystal 1996 Whoopi Goldberg 1995 David Letterman 1994 Whoopi Goldberg 1993 Billy Crystal 1992 Billy Crystal 1991 Billy Crystal 1990 Billy Crystal 1989 No Host 1988 Chevy Chase 1987 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn,Paul Hogan 1986 Alan Alda, Jane Fonda,Robin Williams 1985 Jack Lemmon 1984 Johnny Carson 1983 Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore,Richard Pryor,Walter Matthau 1982 Johnny Carson 1981 Johnny Carson 1980 Johnny Carson 1979 Johnny Carson 1978 Bob Hope 1977 Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda,Richard Pryor 1976 Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly,Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert Shaw 1975 Sammy Davis Jr.,Bob Hope,Shirley MacLaine,Frank Sinatra 1974 John Huston, Burt Reynolds, David Niven,Diana Ross 1973 Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston,Rock Hudson 1972 Helen Hayes, Alan King,Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Lemmon 1971 No Host 1970 No Host 1969 No Host 1968 Bob Hope 1967 Bob Hope 1966 Bob Hope 1965 Bob Hope 1964 Jack Lemmon 1963 Frank Sinatra 1962 Bob Hope 1961 Bob Hope 1960 Bob Hope 1959 Bob Hope, David Niven,Tony Randall, Mort Sahl,Laurence Olivier, Jerry Lewis 1958 Bob Hope, David Niven,James Stewart,Jack Lemmon,Rosalind Russell,Donald Duck 1957 Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm 1956 Jerry Lewis,Claudette Colbert,Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1955 Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter 1954 Donald O’Connor, Fredric March 1953 Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel 1952 Danny Kaye 1951 Fred Astaire 1950 Paul Douglas 1949 Robert Montgomery 1948 Agnes Moorehead, Dick Powell 1947 Jack Benny 1946 Bob Hope, James Stewart 1945 Bob Hope, John Cromwell 1944 Jack Benny 1943 Bob Hope 1942 Bob Hope 1941 Bob Hope 1940 Bob Hope 1939 No Host 1938 Bob Burns 1937 George Jessel 1936 Frank Capra 1935 Irvin S. Cobb 1934 Will Rogers 1933 NO AWARDS THIS YEAR 1932 Lionel Barrymore, Conrad Nagel 1931 Lawrence Grant April : 1930 Conrad Nagel November :1930 William C. deMille 1929 Douglas Fairbanks,William C. deMille

Official Members of The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman
Brian Jones*
Charlie Watts
Ian Stewart*
Keith Richards
Mick Jagger
Mick Taylor
Ronnie Wood

*RIP

BRAIN TEASERS AND TRIVIA TO TEST YOUR BRAIN SPEED

Kentucky Derby Winners

2019 Country House
2018 Justify 7
2017 Always Dreaming
2016 Nyquist 13
2015 American Pharoah
2014 California Chrome
2013 Orb
2012 I'll Have Another
2011 Animal Kingdom
2010 Super Saver
2009 Mine That Bird
2008 Big Brown
2007 Street Sense
2006 Barbaro 3
2005 Giacomo 10
2004 Smarty Jones
2003 Funny Cide
2002 War Emblem
2001 Monarchos
2000 Fusaichi Pegasus
1999 Charismatic
1998 Real Quiet
1997 Silver Charm
1996 Grindstone
1995 Thunder Gulch
1994 Go for Gin
1993 Sea Hero
1992 Lil E. Tee
1991 Strike the Gold
1990 Unbridled
1989 Sunday Silence
1988 Winning Colors
1987 Alysheba
1986 Ferdinand
1985 Spend a Buck
1984 Swale 15
1983 Sunny's Halo
1982 Gato Del Sol
1981 Pleasant Colony
1980 Genuine Risk
1979 Spectacular Bid
1978 Affirmed
1977 Seattle Slew
1976 Bold Forbes
1975 Foolish Pleasure
1974 Cannonade
1973 Secretariat
1972 Riva Ridge
1971 Canonero II
1970 Dust Commander

World Cities with the Most Murders

Rank City Country Homicides
(2018) Population
(2018) Homicides
per 100,000
per year
1 Tijuana Mexico 2,640 1,909,424 138
2 Acapulco Mexico 948 857,883 111
3 Caracas Venezuela 2,980 2,980,492 100
4 Ciudad Victoria Mexico 314 365,089 86
5 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 1,251 1,462,133 86
6 Irapuato Mexico 473 580,808 81
7 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 645 823,722 78
8 Natal Brazil 1,185 1,587,055 75
9 Fortaleza Brazil 2,724 3,939,460 69
10 Ciudad Bolívar Venezuela 264 382,095 69
11 Cape Town South Africa 2,868 4,322,031 66
12 Belém Brazil 1,627 2,491,052 65
13 Cancun Mexico 547 848,465 64
14 Feira de Santana Brazil 386 609,913 63
15 St. Louis United States 187 308,626 61
16 Culiacán Mexico 585 966,609 61
17 Barquisimeto Venezuela 683 1,205,142 57
18 Uruapan Mexico 189 346,640 55
19 Kingston Jamaica 639 1,180,771 54
20 Obregón Mexico 179 343,613 52

Most Popular Dog Breeds

Breed Rank
Retrievers (Labrador) 1
German Shepherd Dogs 2
Retrievers (Golden) 3
French Bulldogs 4
Bulldogs 5
Beagles 6
Poodles 7
Rottweilers 8
Pointers (German Shorthaired) 9
Yorkshire Terriers 10
Boxers 11
Dachshunds 12
Pembroke Welsh Corgis 13
Siberian Huskies 14
Australian Shepherds 15
Great Danes 16
Doberman Pinschers 17
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 18
Miniature Schnauzers 19
Shih Tzu 20
Boston Terriers 21
Bernese Mountain Dogs 22
Pomeranians 23
Havanese 24
Shetland Sheepdogs 25
Brittanys 26
Spaniels (English Springer) 27
Pugs 28
Mastiffs 29
Spaniels (Cocker) 30
Vizslas 31
Cane Corso 32
Chihuahuas 33
Miniature American Shepherds 34
Border Collies 35
Weimaraners 36
Maltese 37
Collies 38
Basset Hounds 39
Newfoundlands

Keith Richard

By Machocarioca - Own work, Public Domain, Link

Stevie Nicks

By Warner Bros. Records - Billboard, page 86, 25 Jun 1977, Public Domain, Link

Fleetwood Mac

By Warner Bros. Records - Billboard, page 86, 25 Jun 1977, Public Domain, Link

NHL Teams

Anaheim Ducks
Arizona Coyotes
Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Calgary Flames
Carolina Hurricanes
Chicago Blackhawks
Colorado Avalanche
Columbus Blue Jackets
Dallas Stars
Detroit Red Wings
Edmonton Oilers
Florida Panthers
Los Angeles Kings
Minnesota Wild
Montreal Canadiens
Nashville Predators
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Ottawa Senators
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
San Jose Sharks
St. Louis Blues
Tampa Bay Lightning
Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver Canucks
Vegas Golden Knights
Washington Capitals
Winnipeg Jets

NBA Teams

Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
New York Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards

Donnie Osmond

By Philkon at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, Link

Most listened to Radio Stations

KIIS-FM 102.7 – Los Angeles
KBIG-FM 104.3 MYFM – Los Angeles
KOST-FM 103.5 – Los Angeles
WCBS-FM 101.1 – New York
KRTH-FM K-EARTH 101 – Los Angeles
WBMP-FM 92.3 AMP Radio – New York
KAMP-FM 97.1 AMP Radio – Los Angeles

Best Selling Cars of 2018

The Best-Selling Cars Of 2018 Are trucks
Ford F-Series
Ram trucks
Chevrolet Silverado
Toyota RAV4
Nissan Rogue
Honda CR-V
Toyota Camry
Honda Civic

List of Actors Who Portrayed James Bond

Sean Connery: 1962–1967.
David Niven: 1967.
George Lazenby: 1969.
Sean Connery 1971.
Roger Moore: 1972–1985.
Sean Connery 1983.
Timothy Dalton: 1986–1994.
Pierce Brosnan: 1994–2004.
Daniel Craig: 2005–present.

The Wizard of Oz

By Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - LOC, transferred from en.wikipedia; transfer was stated to be made by User:Sven Manguard., Public Domain, Link

STARRING

Judy Garland
Frank Morgan
Ray Bolger
Bert Lahr
Jack Haley
Billie Burke
Margaret Hamilton
Charley Grapewin