“The Polish Prince,” and “The Pianist” - This Day in History – Jan 4th

"There! I've Said Again." The Polish Prince goes to #1 with his 9^th hit

Back in 1964, singer, Bobby Vinton also known as “The Polish Prince,” scored his 9^th top 40 hit with his ballad, “There! I've Said Again.”  This was Mr. Vinton’s third #1 single within the past 18 months whish included his signature song, “Blue Velvet.”

Bobby Vinton surpassed other crooners of the 1960’s history.com stated that, “Steve Lawrence, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon: these are the kind of names one could find at or near the top of the pop charts throughout the early 1960s. Yet none of these singers would ever approach their pre-Beatles level of success in the post-Beatles world—not outside of Las Vegas and Atlantic City, anyway. Interestingly, Bobby Vinton was a rare exception in this regard. Before settling into a long and extremely lucrative career as a nightclub singer in Vegas and Branson, Vinton placed another 21 records in the top 40, including a final #1 hit with "Mr. Lonely" in December 1964 and a near-#1 with "My Melody of Love" in October 1974.”

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The Pianist wins Best Picture from Film Critics Society

Back in 2003, director, Roman Polanski’s Holocaust drama, “The Pianist,” won top honors at the 37^th Annual The National Society of Film Critics.

This movie mimicked Polanski’s life when he was young.  As according to history.com, “as a young boy in Krakow during the Nazi occupation of Poland, Polanski saw his parents interned in a concentration camp, where his mother would die. Polanski was able to escape a similar fate by going into hiding during the war years, an experience that The Pianist echoes.”

Actor, Adrian Brody, would win and Academy Award for his performance of the Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman.

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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-begins-supplying-guerrilla-forces?catId=14