JUNE 21st is the Summer Solstice: It’s Summer Y’All!!!

The June solstice is here once again, marking the longest daylight period of the year and the start of astronomical summer in Earth’s northern hemisphere…






At 5:04 UTC (1:04 a.m. EDT) on June 21, the sun can be seen straight overhead along the Tropic of Cancer, while the North Pole reaches its maximum annual tilt toward the sun… 



As the planet rotates on its axis, areas within the Arctic Circle see the sun circle through the sky for 24 hours…

 

Long hours of daylight only slowly fading into darkness make the summer solstice a day worth savoring. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, take a moment to admire this seasonal and astronomical turning point before the nights grow longer again. In the meantime, the warmest days of summer are just arriving – even as the sun begins to spend ever less time in the sky…

Bottom Line:

IT’S SUMMER TIME Y’ALL!!!

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MARCH 31 In The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll… What an eclectic gaggle of ROCK ‘n ROLL History rolls out of the last day of March!?!

MARCH 31

In The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll...

What an eclectic gaggle of

ROCK ‘n ROLL History rolls out of

the last day of March!?!

Way back in 1949, before anybody knew that ROCK and ROLL went together, Brother Amos Milburn was tearin’ up

the R ‘n B Chart,

 coming in at NUMBER TWO with

HOLD ME BABY…

In 1956, Those white girls who’d been puttin’ out Pop hits like “Mr.Sandman” and “Lollipop,”    put on their Doo-Wop stilettos and

 "Eddie My Love" hits #14…

So March 31, 1964 rolls along…

 and a LOT of us realize that this JAZZ cat, John Coltrane is really layin’ it down with his release of

A LOVE SUPREME…

Six years down the road and

Brother Sly and his Family Stone

 hit the top of the Charts

 (on March 31, 1970)

with

 "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"…

March 31, 1973: It was all comin’ together when TRAFFIC hit #6 on the Chart with

 SHOOT-OUT AT THE FANTASY FACTORY…

On that same date—SAME YEAR—Lou Reed had an unlikely, yet smash, hit with

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE…

And on this date in 1973,

Loudon Wainwright III

hits #16 with

DEAD SKUNK…

Eclectic for sure,


 

BUT IT’S ALL ROCK ‘n ROLL TO ME…

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