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<\/a>Led Zeppelin<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s debut album was released in United States 50 years ago today. The group, born out of the remnants of the Yardbirds<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0, \u00a0took 36 hours and spent less than \u00a32,000 to complete the LP. Eva\u00a0Von Zeppelin<\/a><\/strong>, a relative of the creator of the famed dirigible, did not like the album art. It featured the\u00a0Hindenburg<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0crashing in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey. She threatened legal action.<\/p>\n<\/a>In the wake of a very mobile focused Consumer Electronics Show, the last Winter Detroit Auto Show<\/strong> opens today<\/a> in the Motor City. It will feature lots of heavy trucks, SUVs and sports cars as the sedan continues to recede from popularity. Next year, it will happen in the summertime.<\/p>\n BTW: Axios says<\/a> that the predicted smaller tax refunds this year may negatively impact auto sales. How do you typically invest yours?<\/p>\n Speaking of CES: What was the coolest gadget there<\/a>? According to radio programming guru, Fred Jacobs<\/strong>,\u00a0\u201cI’ve learned that these past few years at CES, it’s been less about that one breakthrough innovation, and more about the confluence of all this technology, and what it means to our lives and the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n Fun Factoids from the Web:<\/strong><\/p>\n What’s the current all-time most popular image on Instagram<\/strong>? The one at left. Currently, it has over 257 million likes. The photo finally answers, once and for all, the perennial question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg.<\/p>\n Today in History:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Today in 1952, The Today Show<\/strong>, starring Dave Garroway<\/strong>, debuts on NBC TV. The program is WAY different today than it was then. (Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n In 1972 “Sanford & Son<\/strong>” premieres. Redd Fox<\/strong> becomes a household name. (Vide0<\/a>)<\/p>\n On this date in \u00a01981 Radio begins its downhill slide as the FCC<\/strong>\u00a0frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish. Naturally broadcasters overdo it.<\/p>\n Happy Birthday to:<\/strong> Clarence Carter (Patches, Strokin), 1936; Allen Toussaint (Producer), 1938 (d. 2015); Faye Dunaway, 1941; Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed), 1948; LL Cool J, 1968; Dave Grohl, 1969<\/p>\n Much More Music:<\/strong><\/p>\n Today’s Quote Worth Re-quoting:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cIt is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all\u2014in which case, you fail by default.<\/em>\u201d ~ JK Rowling<\/strong><\/p>\n We leave you with the Number One song from this date in 1966. It was written and recorded by\u00a0Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, better known to his fans as Lou Christie<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0. His record label,\u00a0MGM reportedly disliked the tune that Christy and his long time writing partner,\u00a0Twyla Herbert<\/a>\u00a0penned, but radio airplay in California launched the record on its way to the stratosphere.<\/p>\n<\/a>Meet Margaret Hamilton<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 (No not the wicked witch Margaret Hamilton) the working mom and unsung MIT math wizard who literally wrote the code for the Apollo Missions and won a Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n<\/a>Bet you didn’t know:\u00a0Margaret<\/strong> and H.A. Rey<\/strong>, authors of the beloved children books featuring\u00a0Curious George<\/strong>, escaped the Nazis and the Holocaust \u00a0by bicycle. \u00a0They rode 439 miles from Paris to the Spain border with little else besides their unpublished manuscript.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>Today in 1970, was Diana Ross<\/strong>\u2019 last appearance with The Supremes<\/strong> at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas.She introduced Jean Terrell<\/strong>, who would sing lead on 7 more hits for Motown<\/strong>, including ‘Up The Ladder To The Roof<\/em>‘. (Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/a>On this date in 1973 Elvis Presley’s<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0“Aloha from Hawaii – Via Satellite” becomes the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer. Here\u2019s \u201cSuspicious Minds<\/em>\u201d from that show. (Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/a>Birthday Boy Clarence Carter<\/strong> turns 82 today. Here he is, singing his first hit, “Patches<\/em>“. The tune was\u00a0originally recorded by The Chairmen of the Board <\/strong>and written by the band’s lead singer,\u00a0General Johnson<\/strong> with his songwriting partner Ronald Dunbar<\/strong>. The tune about a sharecroppers son in Alabama became Clarences biggest hit.\u00a0(Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n