Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026 …
These individuals were a Welsh singer known for songs such as “Total Eclipse of the Heart”; an actor who was the firefighter John Gage in Emergency!; was an actress who played Mata Bond in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale; and a character actor who was known for his roles in Police Academy 2 and The Naked Gun 2½.
The album Rumours became a phenomenon almost without precedent, eventually spending 31 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Fleetwood Mac began in London in 1967 during the peak of the British blues explosion, growing directly out of the enormously influential circle surrounding John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
I love this movie and the soundtrack as well.
Josie and the Pussycats: Music from the Motion Picture was released on March 27, 2001, as the soundtrack to the film Josie and the Pussycats. While marketed as an album by the fictional band Josie and the Pussycats, it also features songs by the fictional boy band DuJour and was designed to function both as a soundtrack
I have updated the “Memorials” page to include all the people that I have written about.
If you’ve been looking at my posts, you already know that I create Memorials when celebrities pass away. What you may not realize is that I have a Memorials page that lists all the names that have been entered. You can find it in the menu section of Doyle’s Space (doyletatum.com).
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026…
These individuals were a woodwind musician and a founding member of Chicago; an American economist who served as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve; a visual effects artist known for his work in films such as Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, etc.; and an actress, television writer, best known for being Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Despite the abundance of theories, modern research has gradually narrowed the field.
For more than a century, scientists have puzzled over one of nature’s most striking visual features: the black-and-white stripes of zebras. Since the days of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace1, researchers have proposed numerous explanations
Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s real-life nephew, makes his feature-film acting debut in the title role.
Michael (2026) is an American biographical musical drama about the life and career of Michael Jackson, directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter John Logan. The film was produced by Graham King, John Branca, and John McClain through GK Films and Optimum Productions, with Lionsgate handling distribution in the United States and Universal Pictures releasing it internationally. Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s real-life nephew, makes his feature-film acting debut in the title role, with Juliano Krue Valdi portraying Michael as a child.
This “Stand Out Single” spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in February 1969, remaining there for two weeks.
Released in late 1968, “Crimson and Clover” marked a dramatic artistic shift for Tommy James and the Shondells. Up to that point the group had built its reputation on energetic pop-rock hits such as “Hanky Panky,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” and “Mony Mony,” but Tommy James wanted to move into a more psychedelic and atmospheric direction.
Dedicated to the people of Washington County, Georgia, who helped rescue a pig from a well in 1933.
The Pig Monument in Washington County, Georgia, is one of the state’s most unusual historical markers, commemorating not a famous person, military event, or political achievement, but a pig whose rescue became a symbol of community cooperation during the Great Depression. Located near the small town of Oconee,
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Patriotic Songs!
Johnny Cash’s 1974 spoken-word classic “Ragged Old Flag” stands as one of the most distinctive patriotic recordings in American music, blending storytelling, history, and national reflection into a three-minute recitation that remains closely associated with both the singer and the American flag itself.
