The locals gave Stalin a pet dog, which he named Stepan Timofeevich and nicknamed Tishka. There are many different stories that link fascist Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to dogs. First, the Black Russian Terrier is known colloquially as “Stalin’s Dog” because the dog was purposefully bred into existence during Stalin’s…
But Cash only ventured into acting a handful of times, and while his is certainly a mixed legacy it’s also worth a look. Cash first acted onscreen in the 1961 cult thriller, “Five Minutes to Live,” a.k.a. “Door to Door Maniac,” playing Johnny Cabot, a pompadoured troubadour-turned-killer. 1981 The Pride…
In 1999 Cash was honored with a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1998 his songs “I Walk The Line” and “Ring Of Fire” became his first recordings inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame. Not only has Cash won many awards, but Country Music Television distributed “Johnny Cash Visionary…
While John Hughes co-wrote the screenplay for Beethoven, he originally did so under the pseudonym Edmond Dantes. Beethoven went on to become a franchise spanning four sequels and three standalone movies. It was written by John Hughes (under the pseudonym Edmond Dantès) and Amy Holden Jones. The story centers on…
The military career of John Kerry occurred during the Vietnam War. Kerry served as a Lieutenant in the United States NavyUnited States NavyThe Naval Space Command (NSC) was a military command of the United States Navy and former component command of United States Space Command. It was headquartered at Dahlgren,…
John Lennon recorded his version of the song for his 1975 album Rock ’n’ Roll. “Stand By Me” is a song by John Lennon, written by Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Ben E. King. It’s from his album Rock ’N’ Roll … read more. “Stand By Me” is a song by John Lennon,…
Lennon wrote 61 songs credited to ’’Lennon-McCartney’’ entirely by himself, and McCartney composed 43 on his own. All told, Lennon had a hand in composing 84.55 of the 209 songs recorded by the Beatles, and McCartney 73.65. George Harrison was a distant third, with 22.15 credits, and Ringo Starr fourth…
Mayer revealed the news in an Instagram post that read: “After 21 years, eight studio albums, and some wonderful personal and creative relationships, I have decided not to renew my recording agreement with Columbia Records. John Mayer has made headlines recently for a seemingly tame series of events: voicing support…
Mayer has a history of writing songs about the women he’s dated. In 2002, he wrote “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” which was reportedly about his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Love Hewitt. (She later joked to Entertainment Weekly that “My body is far from a wonderland.”) On VH1 Storytellers, Mayer said that…
He did marry in 1880 to Louisa Strentzel. He went into business for 10 years with his father-in-law managing the orchards on the family 2600 acre farm in Martinez, California. John and Louisa had two daughters, Wanda Muir Hanna and Helen Muir Funk. Muir married Louisa Strentzel in 1880. Nine…