#mar. 28

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Nat King Cole and singer Maria Hawkins Ellington were married in the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, March 28, 1948. Performing the ceremony was the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D-NY), Congressman from Harlem. Historians said the $17,500 wedding and reception was the most elaborate in Harlem since 1923.

Photo: Jacob Harris for the AP via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Groucho Marx and Mary Martin in rehearsal for a two-hour TV special celebrating the then ten-year partnership between composer Richard Rodgers and librettist-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, March 28, 1954. Groucho hosted the show, which was broadcast live.

Photo: Lawrence Fried via Iconic Images Ltd.

[theosideblog33]

I’m meeting Josh’s family this Easter and i’m flipping out. I just want to make a good impression on them.

[upsideofwriting]

She's the kind of girl

She’s the kind of girl

To backflip over the world

And walk the tightrope

Sans the net She’s the kind of girl

To turn her skin to starlight

Just to know the brilliance

Of the Sun She’s the kind of girl

To give up all she owns

So she’s not weighed down

When she soars