Sugarhill Gang

black and white image from the 1950s game show

Weekly Wayback: Pop-Culture Anniversaries for Feb. 1-7, 2025

Movies, TV, music and more celebrating anniversaries the week of Feb. 1-7, 2025, including Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Sugarhill Gang’s self-titled debut album, James Taylor’s “Sweet Baby James” and “What’s My Line?”
Teenagers breakdancing next to a wall covered in grafitti, Brooklyn, New York, April 1984.

Bronx Born Hip-Hop Turns 50 Years Old Today

The beat box style was born from a simple party and the rest is history.