Getting Help

For those of you that come to this page often, well you know that my wife is Filipino and that we plan to have several businesses in the Philippines in the near future. One of the stepping-stones to this little venture is that I do not speak her native language and let’s face it; she can’t be around all of the time and we'll need help with document translation.

So in order to get over this obstacle, we plan to get help from a document translation service, because lord knows that we are going to need all of the help that we can get. So we have already started in our search for a document translation agency that can help us with our needs, but at a price that we can afford, after all we will just be starting out in these businesses and we will be as thrifty as we can possibly be without giving up any of the quality service that we want to provide.

So, once we get this step finished then it will be on to the next step. We surely are excited about our future and excited about introducing our three month old son to his second country home. so wish us luck friends, thanks!

Today In Rock-N-Roll History 1/28 (Elvis & The Who)

1956

Elvis Presley made the first of four appearances on the weekly TV program Stage Show, where he performed "Shake Rattle And Roll", "Flip Flop and Fly" and "I Got A Woman". Actor Jackie Gleason would say "He can't last, I tell you flatly, he can't last," but after the initial show, Presley's contract was extended to a total of six appearances.

1965

The Who perform their debut hit, "I Can't Explain" on the UK music show Ready, Steady, Go!. To project the desired image, the hand-picked audience consists only of teens dressed in the current Mod fashion.

1966

Brian Poole quit The Tremeloes for a solo career. The move didn't work out for him as he would only achieve moderate success, but the rest of the band would score two big hits with "Here Comes My Baby" and "Silence is Golden".

So many ways

Thanks for the post from Kirk Wood

There are only so many Internet Service Providers in my area and my mom doesn’t seem to think she needs one. She’s all about staying ‘off the grid’ as she calls it which to me means she practically lives in a tree and doesn’t pay income taxes (she does, I make her.) I just don’t understand why mom doesn’t seem to get that she’s got to stay connected somehow – we need to learn how to communicate in a way that doesn’t include a carrier pigeon or a tin can. I love that there are so many ways to live your life but mom’s just so ridiculous when it comes to how crazy she is. I just don’t understand why she’s so adamant about making sure everything’s difficult and hard for anyone to get through to. I just don’t get it…what in the world is she thinking making me chase her around the globe trying to get in touch and see if she’s alright – that’s my prerogative as a daughter.

Today in Rock and Roll History 1/22 (Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke)

1959

Buddy Holly was in the recording studio for the last time. He laid down tracks for "Slippin' and Slidin'", "Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie", "Love Is Strange", "Dearest" and "Smokey Joe's Café". Alone with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder in his New York City apartment, he would make his final recordings, including "Peggy Sue Got Married", "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", "That's What They Say", "What To Do", "Learning The Game" and "That Makes It Tough". The recordings would be overdubbed posthumously and released by Coral Records.

1960

On his 25th birthday, Sam Cooke switched record labels from Keen Records to RCA, even though he had a string of hits with Keen that included "You Send Me", "Only Sixteen", "Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha" and "Wonderful World". The switch was beneficial to all as Sam continued to crank out the chart busters until his death in 1964.

1966

Frank Sinatra's daughter Nancy enters the Hot 100 for the second time with what will be her biggest hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". The song would later go to number one for one week and spend three and a half months on the chart.

Today in Country Music History 1/10 (Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, etc)

1998 Martina McBride soars to #1 on the Billboard country chart with "A Broken Wing"

1982 MCA releases The Oak Ridge Boys' "Bobbie Sue"

1981 Merle Haggard's "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink" makes a stir at #1 on the Billboard country chart

1980 Crystal Gayle's "Miss The Mississippi" album becomes the first country release to receive a gold record during the '80s

1952 Audrey Williams files for divorce from Hank Williams for the second time in four years

1948 Loretta Webb marries Oliver "Mooney" Lynn in Butcher Holler, Kentucky. He gives her her first guitar, becomes her first manager, and inspires many of her feisty domestic songs

Today's Celebrity Birthdays 1/10

Bernard Lee born on January 10, 1908

Roy Edward Disney born on January 10, 1930

Willie McCovey born on January 10, 1938

Sal Mineo born on January 10, 1939

K.J. Yesudas born on January 10, 1940

Walter Hill born on January 10, 1942

Frank Sinatra Jr. born on January 10, 1944

Rod Stewart born on January 10, 1945

Teresa Graves born on January 10, 1948

William Sanderson born on January 10, 1948

George Foreman born on January 10, 1949

Blanca Guerra born on January 10, 1953

Pat Benatar born on January 10, 1953

Michael Schenker born on January 10, 1955

Shawn Colvin born on January 10, 1956

Jay Russell born on January 10, 1960

Evan Handler born on January 10, 1961

Claire King born on January 10, 1963

Zetti born on January 10, 1965

Trini Alvarado born on January 10, 1967

Zoe Tay born on January 10, 1968

Ana Barbara born on January 10, 1973

Hrithik Roshan born on January 10, 1974

Sabrina Setlur born on January 10, 1974

Steve Marlet born on January 10, 1974

Flavia Marco Antonio born on January 10, 1978

Gavin McCann born on January 10, 1978

Luis Eduardo Edu born on January 10, 1979

Maximilian Brückner born on January 10, 1979

Nelson Cuevas born on January 10, 1980

Sarah Shahi born on January 10, 1980

Ana Layevska born on January 10, 1981

Josh Ryan Evans born on January 10, 1982

John Welsh born on January 10, 1984

Cherno Samba born on January 10, 1985

Abigail Clancy born on January 10, 1986

Kirsten Flipkens born on January 10, 1986

Today in Rock-N-Roll History 1/10

1955

Alan Freed hosted his first New York stage show, featuring The Clovers, The Drifters and Fats Domino.

1956

Elvis Presley recorded his first tracks for his new record company, RCA. Among them was the first song written especially for The King, "Heartbreak Hotel". He was backed by a drummer, D.J. Fontana for the first time, in addition to guitarist Chet Atkins and piano player Floyd Cramer in an eight hour recording session.

1959

Jerry Lee Lewis has his only UK #1 single with "Great Balls Of Fire".