A '---ing nightmare': Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/f-ing-nightmare-trump-team-damage-control-dines-ye-white-supremacist-n-rcna58780

This was the unarmed man shot five times by police as he was on his hands and knees in a hotel hallway.

Mesa settles with Daniel Shaver's widow for $8 million after police killed him in 2016 https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2022/11/24/widow-of-daniel-shaver-reaches-8-million-settlement-with-mesa/69674434007/

Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139180002/twitter-loses-50-top-advertisers-elon-musk?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Wordle 525 5/6*

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(I had somehow forgotten that Spector had died while incarcerated in 2021, possibly of covid.)

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I just got an email from Sarah Longwell thanking me for my continued subscription to the Bulwark. Does that mean we're now buds?

The lead singer for the Blossoms--the voice you hear on the recording--is Darlene Love. Over the years, she has been one of the most sought-after background singers in the business. She also played Murtaugh's wife in Lethal Weapon.

If all this sounds iffy--it was. Spector has always been cray-cray. A musical genius, yet. But also a stark raving loon.

However, the Crystals were on tour and unavailable for the recording, so Spector hired the Blossoms to perform the song in the studio and then credited it to the Crystals.

One odd quirk about "He's a Rebel" is that it wasn't recorded by the Crystals--it was recorded by another group called the Blossoms. Spector had the Crystals under contract, but heard that Vicki Carr was going to record the song and wanted to beat her to the market.

However, though it lacks strings, "He's a Rebel" was the first number 1 hit to have that distinctive Spector trademark--the "wall of sound."

However, though it lacks strings, "He's a Rebel" was the first number 1 hit to have that distinctive Spector trademark--the "wall of sound."

It was produced by Phil Spector. It wasn't his first number 1 hit--that was "To Know Him is to Love Him" in 1958. (Yes, that's Spector on the guitar.) https://youtu.be/sV718cKqJLw

This song is important in musical history. From listening to it, can you guess why?

60 years ago, Billboard #8 for the week of Nov. 19, 1962: He's A Rebel - The Crystals https://youtu.be/aF7V2dSvxpo

50 years ago, Billboard #9 for the week of Nov. 19, 1972: The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin https://youtu.be/9muzyOd4Lh8

Trump’s Day in Court (and Court and Court and Court) https://www.thebulwark.com/trumps-day-in-court-and-court-and-court-and-court/