Sunday, August 2 at 9 p.m.
On May 3, 2009, folk music legend Pete Seeger celebrated his 90th
birthday with an unforgettable night of music at New York’s Madison Square
Garden in support of an environmental group that he founded more than 40 years
earlier. In 1969 he created Clearwater, to preserve and protect the Hudson
River. The Clearwater Concert featured an all-star roster of musicians
performing classic Pete Seeger songs, iconic civil rights anthems and some of
their own Seeger inspired originals. With over 18,000 in attendance the sold out
arena, filled with amazing music and Pete’s generous spirit, had the sense of an
intimate gathering of old friends.
Do you have a favorite Pete Seeger song or a story about how his music influenced your life?
Leave us a comment and let us know.
My Music presents more great Motown memories with a collection of tunes from Hitsville USA. The special focuses on archival hits and rare interviews from five Motown Legends: the Temptations, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes and Marvin Gaye. Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, hosts.
A team of NASA scientists who will smash two SUV-sized rockets onto the lunar surface and unleash a debris cloud to study data that could provide the key to understanding how to build a permanent base on the moon; microbiologist Jack Griffith, who made a phenomenal discovery — the oldest known organic molecules on earth; research on an Australian songbird called the zebra finch, shedding light on the neuronal processes that lead from understanding sounds to producing them; and a profile of climate scientist Lonnie Thompson, aka Tropical Ice Core Man.
John Ott believes he may have a piece of Amelia Earhart’s airplane, the missing Lockheed L-10E Electra in which she made her ill-fated around-the-world attempt. Host Elyse Luray tests the shape and the metal of the fragment and checks the story against historic records. In Oregon, a man inherited what looked to be a U.S. presidential pardon signed by Millard Fillmore in 1851. Fillmore’s pardon saved a Native American man's life; why? And why did this case about an unknown Native American matter to a U.S. President? In Colorado, a couple in a new home immediately recognizes the supports as railroad car rods. Was their home made from a boxcar? The search for answers takes viewers on an excursion from the scarcity of the Great Depression to the resourcefulness of World War II.
This special episode spotlights celebrities, big-shots and headliners through objects connected to their lives. It features a stellar lineup of appraisals that give new meaning to the term “face value.” Highlights include the first mask ever worn by television’s Lone Ranger; a collection of photos and memorabilia documenting Marilyn Monroe’s rise to fame; an eye-popping collection of memorabilia from the Ramones punk band; James Dean’s 1948 high school junior yearbook, signed with his name and nickname, “Rack”; signed souvenir photos of Wild West legends Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill; a reproduction plaster cast of the 1860 life mask of Abraham Lincoln, found in an attic; and a rare, mint-condition vintage set of Beatles nodder dolls, in their original box.
Joe and Clarence are two sailors who have a few days leave in Hollywood. All Joe wants to do is to have a good time and meet up with his girl, the unseen Lola. Clarence on the other hand just wants to get a girl. They soon meet a little boy who ran away from home and wants to join the navy. They take him home and meet his beautiful singer-wannabe aunt Susan. Stars Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson.
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