Tuesday 26 March 2024

1967, Music: Belgian Single Charts 28/01/1967




N° 20
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Flamingo

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Ted Grouya, Edmond Anderson
- Highest Position: N° 16
- Weeks in the charts: 4
- Video clip

N° 19
Pascal Danel – Kilimandjaro

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Michel Delancray, Pascal Danel
- Highest Position: N° 15
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip

N° 18
Adamo – Inch' Allah

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Salvatore Adamo
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 15
- Video clip

N° 17
Frank Sinatra – That's Life

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay Thompson
- Highest Position: N° 15
- Weeks in the charts: 2
- Video clip

N° 16
The Easybeats – Friday On My Mind

- Country: Australia
- Music/Lyrics: Harry Vanda, George Young
- Highest Position: N° 11
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip

N° 15
John Lamers – Ik bewonder jou

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Ralph Bernet, Pi Vèriss, Guy Mardel, Joop Portengen
- Highest Position: N° 9
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip

N° 14
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Brian Wilson, Mike Love
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip

N° 13
The Kinks – Dandy

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Ray Davies
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

N° 12
John William – La chanson de Lara

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Hubert Ithier, Maurice Jarre
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 27
- Video clip

N° 11
The Kinks – Dead End Street

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Ray Davies
- Highest Position: N° 11
- Weeks in the charts: 5
- Video clip

N° 10
Anneke Soetaert – Rio de Janeiro

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Rudi Witt, Ernie Sons, Tony Rendall, Al Van Dam
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

N° 9
Donovan – Mellow Yellow

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Donovan Leitch
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip

N° 8
Rocco Granata – Hello buona sera

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Rocco Granata
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip

N° 7
David Garrick – Dear Mrs. Applebee

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: P.L. Barr, Billy Meshel
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip

N° 6
The Monkees – I'm A Believer

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Neil Diamond
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 15
- Video clip

N° 5
Jacques Dutronc – Les playboys

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Lanzmann
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

N° 4
Engelbert Humperdinck – Dommage dommage

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip

N° 3
Herman's Hermits – No Milk Today

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Graham Gouldman
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

N° 2
Will Tura – El Bandido

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Cy Coben, van Aleda, Nelly Byl
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 20
- Video clip

N° 1
Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass Of Home

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Curly Putman
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 17
- Video clip

Tuesday 19 March 2024

1966, Car Spotting: Brussels, Grand Place, Belgium

Front to back

First row, left to right
Fiat 2300, Volkswagen 1100 (Type 1, Beetle, Oval).

Second row, left to right
Unidentified car probably Peugeot 404, Renault 10, Peugeot 404, Ford Zephyr Mk III.

Third row, left to right
Unidentified blue car, unidentified white car, unidentified red car, Volvo Amazon, Volkswagen T1 (Type 2).

Fourth row, left to right
Volkswagen 1600 TL (Type 3), Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), Volkswagen 1600 TL (Type 3), unidentified truck.

Fifth row, left to right
Peugeot 403, DKW Junior, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), Citroën 2CV, Citroën 2CV, unidentified open roadster, Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle),.

The rest is quite obscure, there are at least an Opel Rekord Caravan A, an Opel Kadett A, a Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle), a Citroën 2CV, a Citroën Ami 6 estate, two Renault 4’s, two Volvo Amazone’s, a Fiat 600 and a Renault 16.

Friday 15 March 2024

1965, Film and Television Awards: 37th Academy Awards

Best Picture
Winner: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • 'Becket'
  • 'Dr. Strangelove'
  • 'Mary Poppins'
  • 'Zorba the Greek'

Best Actor
Winner: Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins in 'My Fair Lady'

Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins

Nominees:


  • Richard Burton as Thomas Becket in 'Becket'
  • Peter O'Toole as King Henry II of England in 'Becket'
  • Anthony Quinn as Alexis Zorba in 'Zorba the Greek'
  • Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove in 'Dr. Strangelove'

Best Actress
Winner: Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins in 'Mary Poppins'

Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins

Nominees:

  • Anne Bancroft as Jo Armitage in 'The Pumpkin Eater'
  • Sophia Loren as Filumena Marturano in 'Matrimonio all'italiana'
  • Debbie Reynolds as Molly Brown in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'
  • Kim Stanley as Myra Savage in 'Séance on a Wet Afternoon'

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson in 'Topkapi'

Peter Ustinov as Arthur Simon Simpson

Nominees:

  • John Gielgud as King Louis VII of France in 'Becket'
  • Stanley Holloway as Alfred P. Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady'
  • Edmond O'Brien as Senator Ray Clark in 'Seven Days in May'
  • Lee Tracy as Art Hockstader in 'The Best Man'

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense in 'Zorba the Greek'

Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense

Nominees:

  • Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Higgins in 'My Fair Lady'
  • Edith Evans as Mrs. St. Maugham in 'The Chalk Garden'
  • Grayson Hall as Judith Fellowes in 'The Night of the Iguana'
  • Agnes Moorehead as Velma Cruther in 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'

Best Director
Winner: George Cukor: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • Peter Glenville: 'Becket'
  • Stanley Kubrick: 'Dr. Strangelove'
  • Robert Stevenson: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Michael Cacoyannis: 'Zorba the Greek'

Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff: 'Father Goose'

Poster 'Father Goose'

Nominees:

  • Alun Owen: 'A Hard Day's Night'
  • Orville H. Hampton and Raphael Hayes: 'One Potato, Two Potato'
  • Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli: 'I compagni'
  • Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe de Broca: 'L'Homme de Rio'

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Winner: Edward Anhalt from Becket by Jean Anouilh: 'Becket'

Poster 'Becket'

Nominees:

  • Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George from Red Alert by Peter George: 'Dr. Strangelove'
  • Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi from Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Alan Jay Lerner from My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw:  'My Fair Lady'
  • Michael Cacoyannis from The Life of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis: 'Zorba the Greek'

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: 'Ieri, oggi, domani' (Italy)

Poster 'Ieri, oggi, domani'

Nominees:

  • 'Kvarteret Korpen' (Sweden)
  • 'Sallah Shabati' (Israel)
  • 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' (France)
  • 'Woman in the Dunes' (Japan)

Best Music Score
Winner: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman: 'Mary Poppins'

Poster 'Mary Poppins'

Nominees:

  • Laurence Rosenthal: 'Becket'
  • Dimitri Tiomkin: 'The Fall of the Roman Empire'
  • Frank De Vol: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • Henry Mancini: 'The Pink Panther'

Best Song
Winner: 'Chim Chim Cher-ee' from 'Mary Poppins', Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

Poster 'Mary Poppins'

Nominees:

  • 'Dear Heart' from 'Dear Heart', Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
  • 'Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte' from 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'; Music by Frank De Vol; Lyrics by Mack David
  • 'My Kind of Town' from 'Robin and the 7 Hoods'; Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • 'Where Love Has Gone' from 'Where Love Has Gone'; Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

Best Cinematography, Color
Winner: Harry Stradling: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • Geoffrey Unsworth: 'Becket'
  • William Clothier: 'Cheyenne Autumn'
  • Edward Colman: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Daniel L. Fapp: 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner: Walter Lassally: 'Zorba the Greek'

Poster 'Zorba the Greek'

Nominees:

  • Philip H. Lathrop: 'The Americanization of Emily'
  • Milton Krasner: 'Fate Is the Hunter'
  • Joseph Biroc: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • Gabriel Figueroa: 'The Night of the Iguana'

Best Costume Design, Color
Winner: Cecil Beaton: 'My Fair Lady'

Poster 'My Fair Lady'

Nominees:

  • Margaret Furse: 'Becket'
  • Tony Walton: 'Mary Poppins'
  • Morton Haack: 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'
  • Edith Head and Moss Mabry: 'What a Way to Go!'

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Winner: Dorothy Jeakins: 'The Night of the Iguana'

Poster 'The Night of the Iguana'

Nominees:

  • Edith Head: 'A House Is Not a Home'
  • Norma Koch: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • Howard Shoup: 'Kisses for My President'
  • René Hubert: 'The Visit'

Best Film Editing
Winner: Cotton Warburton: 'Mary Poppins'

Poster 'Mary Poppins'

Nominees:

  • Anne V. Coates: 'Becket'
  • Ted J. Kent: 'Father Goose'
  • Michael Luciano: 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'
  • William Ziegler: 'My Fair Lady'

Sunday 10 March 2024

1964, Designs: cars, furniture, electronics, clothes II

AMC Rambler Tarpon Concept
- Designed by Chuck Mashigan and Dick Teague, USA, 1963
- Produced by AMC (American Motors Corporation), USA, 1964
- Based on the Rambler with the AMC L6 engine
- Unveiled at the 1964 New York International Auto Show, USA

AMC Rambler Tarpon Concept
AMC Rambler Tarpon Concept
AMC Rambler Tarpon Concept

Fiat 850 Z Coupe Concept
- Designed by Ugo Zagato, Italy, 1964
- Produced by Zagato, Rho, Italy, 1964
- Based on the Fiat 850 the 843 cc engine
- Unveiled at the 1964 Turin Auto Show, Italy

Fiat 850 Z Coupe Concept
Fiat 850 Z Coupe Concept

Braun HLD-231
- Designed by Reinhold Weiss, West Germany, 1964
- Manufactured by Braun GmbH, West Germany, 1964
- Hair Dryer

Braun HLD-231
Braun HLD-231

Carnielli Graziella
- Designed by Rinaldo Donzelli and Teodoro Carnielli, Italy, 1964
- Manufactured by Carnielli, Italy, 1964
- Folding Bicycle

Carnielli Graziella
Carnielli Graziella

Giova Lamp
- Designed by Gae Aulenti, Italy, 1964
- Manufactured by FontanaArte, Milan, Italy, 1964
- Table lamp or vase

Giova Lamp
Giova Lamp

Album Covers: Best Selling British Albums, 1964

Beatles for Sale (Parlophone, The Beatles)
The Rolling Stones (Decca, The Rolling Stones)
A Hard Day's Night (Parlophone, The Beatles)