ROCKY II was released 47 years ago today.
Bill Conti’s “Gonna Fly Now” became so popular that it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Few movie themes have become as inseparable from a character as Rocky’s iconic training anthem.
I just saw a magazine that ranks the best 500 albums of all time. I flipped through it long enough to find #7 was Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. This is like ranking the top 500 baseball players of all time and putting Buddy Biancalana at #7.
On this date in 2014 the great Casey Kasem passed away at the age of 82.
BITE-SIZED FACT | As a kid who didn’t know his work from voicing Shaggy and Robin, among others and a little program called American Top 40. #80s
On this date in 1979, “Rocky II” starring Sylvester Stallone premiered in theaters.
BITE-SIZED FACT | The boxing sequel grossed over $200 million globally.
On this day in 1775, Congress establishes the Continental Army to defend the 13 Colonies. Before finally being disbanded in 1783, it will reach a peak strength of 80,000 men.
For more about America's first army, see: https://t.co/OgpS8hzIdc