The Shawshank Redemption premieres - This Day in History – Sept 23

Back in 1994, the movie classic, “The Shawshank Redemption,” debut in theaters throughout the United States.  The movie starred Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins as inmates in prison who become lifelong pals.  Although this film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards including best picture, this movie lost out to another popular movie, “Forest Gump.”

Mac Davis so-called chauvinistic song, scores to #1

Singer, Mac Davis, scored a #1 hit in 1972 with the song, “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me."  This song was sung supposedly from a male’s chauvinistic perspective with lyrics such as, “ Baby, baby, don’t get hooked on me/’Cause I’ll just use you and I’ll set you free."

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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mac-davis-earns-one-of-the-1970s-most-head-scratching-1-hits-with-quotbaby-dont-get-hooked-on-mequot?catId=13