"It's Alright" is a song by American singer Chanté Moore. It was written by Moore and Vassal Benford for her debut studio album, Precious (1992), and produced by Benford. The song was released by Silas and MCA Records on January 23, 1993 as the album's second single. Like the previous single "Love's Taken Over", the song peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.
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1833 Marie-Antoine Carême died in Paris. Carême was known as "the cook of kings and the king of cooks". He is the founder and architect of French haute cuisine. His story is one out of a Dickens novel.
1885 John Bloomfield Jarvis died. A civil engineer, he designed and built the Boston Aqueduct and the 41 mile long Croton Aqueduct (New York City's water supply for over 50 years from 1842).
1899 Paul Hermann Muller was born. A Swiss chemist who discovered that DDT was a potent insecticide. It was the most widely used insecticide for more than 20 years, and helped to increase food production around the world. Due mainly to its accumulation in animals that eat insects, and its toxic effects on them and those further up the food chain, it has been banned in the U.S. since 1972. However its residue is still found in some foods grown in the U.S. in 2002!
1906 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 100 for the first time, closing at 100.25.
1909 Thomas A. Edison received U.S. patent No. 909,806 for "Waterproofing Fibers and Fabrics".
1916 Ruth Rogan Benerito was born. American chemist who was a pioneer in the development of wash and wear fabrics. She also helped develop cotton fabrics that are stain resistant. Thanks to Benerito, your chef's jacket can be clean and wrinkle free.
1942 The National War Labor Board (NWLB) is created to forestall labor-management conflicts during World War II.
1943 Due to wartime meat shortages, the U.S. Office of Price Administration announced that frankfurters would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages' made of meat and soybean meal or other substitute.
1948 The opening of Britain's first supermarket, at Manor Park, run by the London Co-Op.
I have conflicting information on this. Some sources say the first supermarket in Britain, ‘The Premier,’ opened on September 1, 1951.
2001 William Hewlett died. Founder with David Packard of Hewlett Packard Company. Before they became famous for computers and printers etc., some of their early inventions were an automatic urinal flusher and a weight loss shock machine!
2010 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastates the Island nation of Haiti, killing over 200,000 people and leaving almost 1 million homeless.
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1808 Salmon Portland Chase was born. He was Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, and later Chief Justice.
1885 Alfred C. Fuller was born (died Dec 4, 1973). Canadian-born American businessman, founder of the Fuller Brush Company in 1906 in Hartford, Connecticut.
1921 Pierre Franey was born. A French chef who became famous as the chef of 'Le Pavillon' restaurant in New York City from 1945 to 1960. He published several cookbooks and collaborated with Craig Claiborne on the New York Times food column, 'The 60 Minute Gourmet'.
1949 To protect its dairy industry, Prince Edward Island, Canada, bans the sale or manufacture of margarine.
1951 Bernard Loiseau was born (died Feb 24, 2003). French chef, owner of La Cote d'Or in Saulier, a Michelin three-star recipient. He committed suicide, supposedly in response to reports that his restaurant might lose one of its 3 stars.
1957 *Production of the Pluto Platter began (renamed Frisbee in 1958) for patent. The pie tins of the Frisbie Pie Company in Connecticut were the inspiration for the creation of the Frisbee. *Many sources give Jan 23 as the date. I am not sure which is correct.
1962 Ernie Kovacs, innovative comedian, died. One of Kovacs' first TV appearances was in Philadelphia in 1950 with a chef, Albert Mathis from the Gulph Mills Country Club, in a live unrehearsed cooking show titled 'Deadline for Dinner.'
1968 "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Gladys Knight & Pips is #1 on the charts.
1999: Michael Jordan announces his second retirement from the NBA.
Michael Jordan announces his second retirement from the NBA.
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel while watching a football game on TV in the White House.
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass, or Teddy Pendergrass, was an American R&B musician, born on 26 March 1950, in Kingstree, South Carolina. In a career that lasted for over 4 decades, Pendergrass became enthralled with the R&B scene of the 1970s and 1980s. In this period, he would learn the drums, guitar, piano and what he was most famously recognized for, his outstanding vocals. While Pendergrass dreamt of becoming a pastor in his early years, little did he know of the glory that awaited him in the next few decades. In the late 1960s, he began learning the drums and played for a number of bands, most famously The Cadillacs, before being spotted by the founder of Blue Notes, Harold Melvin.
While Teddy Pendergrass was primarily known for his drumming skills, Melvin realized that his vocals displayed just as much vigor and genuineness. In a jam session, he heard Pendergrass sing along to a recording, and was so impressed that Pendergrass was instantly made the new vocalist of the group. Thus began a marvelous musical journey, with Pendergrass featuring in many of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes’ songs in the early 1970s. Their first single came in the form of a catchy ballad tune, called “I Miss You”. Known for his raw baritone voice, Pendergrass was fully suitable to sing along with the music of the tune. This was one of many songs to become a hit single, firmly placing The Blue Notes on the professional radar.
Not long after, The Blue Notes released their second single, “If You Don’t Know Me by Now”, in September 1972. Like the previous hit single, this song was also meant to be recorded by another artist, Patti LaBelle, who would become Pendergrass’ friend until his death in 2008. However, due to his dominant bluesy voice, he was more suitable for the recording. The song reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 list and number 1 in the Soul Singles list. In the next few years, the group released a number of successful tunes, with the likes of “The Love I Lost” and “Hope That We Can Be Together Soon”
Even Mecham, then governeor of Arizona, rescinded the gubernatorial decree by former Governor Bruche Babbit that established the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a state holiday.