Your Morning Show Blog for Monday, February 8, 2010

International Flirting Week begins today. Today is Laugh and Get Rich Day, a day to recognize laughter's power to help workers be more effective, remember things better, and not change jobs as often. Today is Science Fiction Day, the birthday of Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, on this date in 1828.

Congratulations to Yvonne Santistevan who won the Birthday Party watch this morning from Julienne Jewelry in Mesilla and 101 Gold.

The 101 number one song of the day reached the top despite a boycott from a number of radio stations. It once elicited a headline in one newspaper, “Blood Runs in the Grooves. It was the mother of all tragedy songs. It was originally recorded at the dinner table after the writer Jean Surrey sang it for her brother. Before the dishes could be cleared, a microphone and tape recorder was set up so he could record it. A month later he was in a record store playing it in a listening booth when a crowd gathered. Many started asking if they could get a copy. There were only a handful of demo copies in existence but, as a result of the excitement it created, he quickly signed a contract and the single took off. It reached the top of the charts on February 8, 2006 for Mark Dinning. The song is “Teen Angel.”