The 1995-96 basketball season began with more anticipation than normal.  The season started off with the Houston Rockets celebrating their second straight championship and one of the game’s greatest players would be making his return for a full season.  That player is Michael Jordan.   Jordan had taken an eighteen-month break from the game to go live out a childhood dream of playing professional baseball.  He took a swing (actually, numerous swings) at it and realized there was only one game for him and that was basketball.

Jordan (switching to the number 45) would make his return for part of the NBA season in March of 1995, but his Bulls would fall to the Orlando Magic in the NBA Playoffs in six games.  Jordan, back in his number 23 Bulls jersey, was out to prove a point.  The Bulls added a player who would go down as one of the greatest rebounders and defenders in the game and was once a hated rival, Dennis Rodman.  Head coach Phil Jackson raved about Rodman’s “individualistic nature” and said how much more “potent” this team became upon his signing.  Jackson wasn’t the only one excited about “The Worm” coming to Chicago.  Scottie Pippen was a fan as well.  “I appreciate and respect the work a guy like Dennis brings to the court,” Pippen said.  

There was something special about this group of Bulls and their 41-3 start to the season added to that feeling.  Jordan went on to win the league scoring title averaging over 30 points a game, All-Star Game MVP, and league MVP.  He also made first-team All-NBA and was also a first-team All-Defensive player.  Dennis Rodman led the league in rebounding averaging nearly 15 boards a game.  Their record-setting 72 regular season wins assured them home court advantage seeing as how the second seeded team in the Eastern Conference finished with 60 wins.  The team was on their way to achieving what Michael Jordan called their “ultimate goal” in the preseason. 

Postseason
The Bulls kicked off their postseason with a matchup against the Miami Heat, whom the Bulls made very quick work off sweeping them in three games.  The Bulls had a scare in game two when Michael Jordan went up for a layup and suffered what he called a “spasm.”  His right-hand man had to take over.  Scottie Pippen picked up where Jordan left off.  Coach Jackson took notice saying Pippen “knew he had to be the initiator.”  

Round two pitted them against an old “friend” in the New York Knicks.  Jackson, Jordan, and Pippen all agreed the Knicks were a much more physical team than the Heat.  Jordan felt experience would play a major role in the next series.  “It’s time to perform at the highest level.  We’re not going to sweep ‘em.  I think it’s gonna be very competitive,” Rodman added.  They almost did sweep them, but the Knicks pulled one out and that was all they could muster.  The Bulls took the series in five games. 

One obstacle stood in the way of the Bulls and their journey back to the NBA Finals.  It was the very team that eliminated them the previous year, the Orlando Magic.  They proved to be no match this time for the Bulls.  Orlando was handled easily in four games.  Now the Bulls could sit, heal, and wait for their opponent to come out of the West.  It would either be Karl Malone, John Stockton, and the Utah Jazz or Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton and the Seattle Supersonics.  The Western Conference Finals went the full seven games and it would be the Seattle Supersonics prevailing four games to three.

The stage was set.  One of the Bulls’ ten losses in the regular season happened to come against the Seattle Supersonics.  This time it was different.  This matchup was on the biggest stage there is in the National Basketball Association.  The Bulls took games one and two and would be heading to Seattle with a two game cushion.  Scottie Pippen wasn’t taking the lead for granted.  “We realize they’re going to play much better at home,” Pippen said following their four-point win in game two.  Game three was no different from the first two.  The Bulls walked away with a 108-86 victory and were one game away from hoisting their fourth championship trophy in six years.  Seattle found their legs and won the next two in convincing fashion and in the blink of an eye, this series got a lot more interesting.  The Bulls saw their lead all but disappear, but they would be returning to their home court with the following game coming on Father’s Day.  Michael Jordan’s father was murdered following the Bulls’ last championship season and this would be the first chance Michael would have to raise a trophy without his father.  It wasn’t a pretty performance, but the Bulls got it done defeating the Seattle Supersonics 87-75.  Jordan scored 22 points and Dennis Rodman snared 19 rebounds.  Jordan went on to win Finals MVP averaging just below 27.5 points a game. 

1969

1973, Roberta Flack had her second No.1 when ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’, started a five-week run at the top. The song was written about US singer songwriter Don McLean.

1973, The Byrds made their final live appearance when they played at The Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. (The then-current incarnation of the Byrds, which included Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, John York and Gene Parsons).

1975, After nearly a two-year wait since Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin release Physical Graffiti. It goes to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart in a record-breaking two weeks.

1976, The Eagles ‘Greatest Hits’ became the first album to be certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. New certification’s represented sales of 1 million copies for albums and two million for singles.

1979, The Police release their single “Roxanne.” It becomes their first American hit, peaking at No. 32.

1982, The Police won best British group at the first annual Brit Awards held in London, Adam And The Ants won best album for ‘Kings Of The Wild Frontier’, Cliff Richard won British Male Solo Artist, Randy Crawford won British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act went to The Human League, British Producer was Martin Rushent and Outstanding Contribution went to John Lennon.

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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins^[2] (born 5 May 1988), better known mononymously as Adele, is a British recording artist and songwriter. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on MySpace in 2006. The next year she received the Brit Awards “Critics’ Choice” and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success in the UK. 19 was certified four times platinum in the UK.^[3] Her career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.^[4][5]

Adele released her second album, 21, in early 2011.^[6][7] The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut.^[8] 21 helped Adele earn six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equalling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night.^[9][10] The album has also helped her receive numerous other awards, including two Brit Awards and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 14 times platinum in the UK;^[3] in the US the album has held the top position longer than any other album since 1990.^[11]

The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book Of World Records. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK.^[12] With her two albums and the first two singles from 21, “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You“, Adele became the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964.^[13][14] With her third release from the album, “Set Fire to the Rain“, becoming her third number one single in the US, Adele became the first artist in history to lead the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Billboard Hot 100 number ones.

The Rolling Stones in 1966

1966, During an 11-date tour of Australia and New Zealand The Rolling Stones played at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide, supported by The Searchers.

1968, Genesis released their first single ‘The Silent Sun.’ Not a chart hit.

1969, Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England. Support act was David Bowie performing a one-man mime act.

1970, Appearing at The Roundhouse Spring Festival in Camden, London David Bowie and the Hype, (first live performance of the new band), along with Bachdenkel, Groundhog and Caravan.

David Bowie and Mick Ronson

1970, Tonight on TV, Ringo Starr is the special guest on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.

1974, the first of two nights at London’s Rainbow with former David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson.

1974, Led Zeppelin decide to call their own label Swan Song. Names turned down include Superhype, Slag, Eclipse, Deluxe, and that old reliable, Shit.

1975, Scottish group The Average White Band went to No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Pick Up The Pieces’, the bands album AWB also went to No.1 on the chart.

1977, The Sex Pistols won ‘Turkey Of The Year’ in the NME readers poll.

1980, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, featuring Roger Glover, Graham Bonnet and Cozy Powell appeared at The Royal Highland Exhibition Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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On this edition of Dorf on Sports Fred  and Andy discuss the trade rumors in LA and how Kobe is handling the situation. They guys also talk about some of the other NBA teams like the Heat and how well they are playing. Its seems as though LeBron and Wade are building chemistry.  Also in the mix is some politics as the Republicans are debating in Arizona. Fred and Andy take calls from listeners. The guys also catch up with Sports Agent Leigh Steinberg. We talk about how his life has had some great ups, but has also has some major downs. He tells us how alcohol played a major role in his poor decision making. He is very open and honest about where he is in life at this moment. To be a part of the show listen online at1100kfnx.com Wednesday nights 9-10 pm Arizona Time and call in 866-536-1100.

Alannah began writing songs at the age of 9. She performed in a songwriting group for the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto at 12 years of age and by the time she was a teenager, began performing solo gigs in Southern Ontario. She eventually met Christopher Ward, a WMG recording artist and songwriter who helped her to form her own band, and performed cover versions of T. Rex, AC/DC, Bob Seger, Ann Peebles, the Rolling Stones, and the Pretenders. By the time she was in her early mid-twenties, she and Christopher began collaborating with David Tyson to produce her self-titled debut album, Alannah Myles. She appeared in a 1984 installment of the television series program The Kids of Degrassi Street, in which she played the role of an aspiring singer and single mother. She was featured in several other TV and film productions as a guest prior to her success as a recording artist.

In May 1989, Warner Music in Canada released Alannah Myles. It produced four Top 40 selections, including “Love Is”, “Lover of Mine”, and “Still Got This Thing”, and the number-one hit “Black Velvet“. In early 1990 Atlantic Records released “Black Velvet” in the U.S., making her first album ineligible for possible Grammy nominations. For Myles, “Black Velvet” became a number one hit worldwide and was named the most played song on radio for 1989 & 1990. By 2000 it had received the ASCAP Millionaire Award for having received over five million airplays at radio.^{[citation needed]} “Black Velvet” won Myles a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance in 1991, and three Juno Awards.