"Ringo" is a popular song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair. It was a hit single for Canadian-born actor Lorne Greene in 1964. It reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts on December 5, 1964, as well as garnering the same spot on the "Easy Listening" chart, where it retained the position for six weeks. The single also peaked at #21 on the Hot Country Singles chart. In Canada, it hit #1 on the RPM top singles chart on December 7, 1964.
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56 years ago today:
Bonanza
S8E33: Maestro Hoss
Hoss is conned into buying a violin from a gypsy fortune teller, and everyone on the Ponderosa--except for Hop Sing--suffers the consequences.
Airdate: 1967-05-07
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/8/episode/33
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55 years ago today:
Bonanza
S9E28: To Die in Darkness
While the others are away, Ben and Candy are lured by an old friend of Ben's to go somewhere. The ""friend"" traps them in a deep pit. He comes back to give them food, but how long will he be feeling ""generous""?
Airdate: 1968-05-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/9/episode/28
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59 years ago today:
Bonanza
S5E31: The Dark Past
Moody bounty hunter, Dev Farnum, shows up on the Ponderosa, where the Cartwrights are harboring the wife of the man he is after.
Airdate: 1964-05-03
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/5/episode/31
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44 years ago today:
Battlestar Galactica
S1E22: The Hand of God
Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base.
Airdate: 1979-04-29
https://themoviedb.org/tv/501/season/1/episode/22
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55 years ago today:
Bonanza
S9E27: In Defense of Honor
Davey - a orphaned Yute that Ben helped raise and has worked as a ranch hand on the Ponderosa - falls in love with one of his own. A fellow Yute's jealousy over the blossoming relationship, and later his murder jeopardize a treaty between the white man (which Ben has helped negotiate) and the Yutes.
Airdate: 1968-04-28
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/9/episode/27
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54 years ago today:
Bonanza
S10E29: The Fence
While Ben and Hoss visit an old friend to negotiate the purchase of a mine, former Confederate soldiers arrive wanting to exact revenge on the Cartwrights' friend for starving POWs during the Civil War.
Airdate: 1969-04-27
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/10/episode/29
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59 years ago today:
Bonanza
S5E30: Enter Thomas Bowers
After a triumphant tour in Europe, a famous Negro singer encounters racial prejudice in Virginia City when he arrives for a concert.
Airdate: 1964-04-26
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/5/episode/30
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58 years ago today:
Bonanza
S6E30: Lothario Larkin
Ladies' man Lothario Larkin creates havoc whenever he hits Virginia City, so Roy Coffee orders him out of town. Naturally, Hoss takes him in.
Airdate: 1965-04-25
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/6/episode/30
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54 years ago today:
Bonanza
S10E28: Speak No Evil
Coley Clayborn, who has always thought his mother abandoned him and his father, thinks she is only after the gold mine he inherited when she recently returned to Virginia City.
Airdate: 1969-04-20
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/10/episode/28
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58 years ago today:
Bonanza
S6E29: To Own the World
One of the wealthiest men in the world, Charles Augustus Hackett, offers to buy the Ponderosa, price no object. Ben says the ranch is not for sale and Hackett refuses to give up.
Airdate: 1965-04-18
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/6/episode/29
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58 years ago today:
Bonanza
S6E28: A Good Night's Rest
First Ben's sons are making lots of noise, so he goes into town to sleep in the hotel. Then, various noises and things interrupt Ben's sleep. Will he ever get his desired good night's rest?
Airdate: 1965-04-11
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/6/episode/28
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53 years ago today:
Bonanza
S11E26: The Horse Traders
In this second episode to feature Meena Calhoun and her father, Hoss and Joe's plans to sell horses from the livery stables in town is thwarted. Virgil and his two brothers also go into the livery business which creates troubles for Hoss and Joe.
Airdate: 1970-04-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/11/episode/26
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59 years ago today:
Bonanza
S5E27: The Roper
Will is having second thoughts about staying on at the Ponderosa, and outlaws hit the ranch and take him with them. The leader, Lee Hewitt, is a young killer and plans on robbing the Ponderosa, so Will must take action to save himself, Hewitt's wife, the doctor, and his newfound relatives, the Cart...
Airdate: 1964-04-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/5/episode/27
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58 years ago today:
Bonanza
S6E27: Dead and Gone
Adam tries to find the good in Howard Mead, a talented troubadour who refuses to stay on the right side of the law. Dramatic debut of singer/songwriter Hoyt Axton. Last episode Pernell Roberts worked on, although he appears in the next two, that were made prior to this episode and aired afterwards...
Airdate: 1965-04-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/6/episode/27
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52 years ago today:
Bonanza
S12E27: Kingdom of Fear
Ben, Hoss and Joe, along with Candy and a fellow rancher, are jailed on false trespassing charges by a greedy mining tycoon. The despot runs a gold mine (i.e., a thinly-veiled prison camp) and acquires slave labor by pressing phony criminal charges against the unfortunate inmates.
Airdate: 1971-04-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/12/episode/27
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51 years ago today:
Bonanza
S13E26: One Ace Too Many
While the Cartwrights are away to Carson City, ruthless land baron Bradley Meredith (Lorene Greene in a dual role) poses as Ben in a scheme to get control of the Ponderosa ... by pretending ""Ben"" is seriously ill and selling his holdings to friends.
Airdate: 1972-04-02
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/13/episode/26
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56 years ago today:
Bonanza
S8E28: The Prince
The Cartwrights play host to Russian royals, who are the target of jewel thieves.
Airdate: 1967-04-02
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/8/episode/28
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Did you know the #Bonanza theme song had lyrics? #LorneGreene could actually sing.

Bonanza (Theme Song) by Lorne Greene - With Lyrics https://youtu.be/QUBgzSBMtpc

The #Hollywood mythology of the Old West was terrible and gave a distorted picture of conquest by European settlers and marginalizing of Native Americans.

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Lorne Greene:
🎵 Bonanza

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