Wipe Out was the surf music instrumental released in 1963 by the group Surfaris. The members of the group included Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller, and Ron Wilson. Wilson was the drummer for the song and his fast-paced drumming is considered a classic by musicians. The song has been featured in over 20 films and TV series since 1964.
Land of Confusion was a song released in 1986 by the British rock band Genesis. The song was on their thirteenth studio album titled Invisible Touch. At the time, the members of Genesis included Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Land of Confusion was written by Mike Rutherford. Genesis was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
The British synth-pop duo known as the Eurythmics released the song and album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) on January 21, 1983. The duo of Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart collaborated on this album after their departure from The Tourists band. The group was very successful with many top 100 hits. Lennox eventually left the duo to pursue a solo career.
On Dec. 21, 1967, the movie The Graduate was released. Dustin Hoffman starred in the movie as Benjamin Braddock, who just graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree and has moved home to Pasadena, California. The actor, Walter Brooke, who played Mr. McGuire gives Benjamin his advice for the future. He tells him one word —plastics! “There’s a great future in plastics.”
In 1578, Dr. Guillaume de Baillou of France recorded the first known outbreak of whooping cough in Paris. The cough has a high-pitched whoop sound lending itself to the common name of whooping cough. The medical term for whooping cough is pertussis. Due to the long duration of the cough from 6-10 weeks or longer, whooping cough has also been referred to as the 100-day cough.
To sow a seed of doubt means to cause someone to have doubts, worries, or concerns. The sow of the seed conveys that someone is planting information into your head creating doubt. A recent study maybe planting a seed!
Carrie Underwood released the crossover hit Something in the Water on September 29, 2014. The song hit on both the Christian and Country charts. It won a Grammy for Underwood for Best Country Solo Performance.
In the last edition of the Herald, retired ONU Professor Jed Marquart offered some takes on the recent commercial airline mishaps. He has a Ph.D. in Aerospace, worked as a civilian contractor at Wright Patterson Airforce Base and taught at ONU for 33 years. In this article, he offers his opinions on various aspects of fighter jets and space exploration.
On March 1, 1972, Mac Davis recorded Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me and the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Easy Listening Hot 100. The song was part of an episode on The Muppet Show hosted by Davis. Many may not realize how successful Mac Davis was as a songwriter before he became a performer in his own right. He is famous for writing songs for Elvis such as Memories, In the Ghetto, and A Little Less Conversation.