E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an audiobook and soundtrack companion album for the 1982 blockbuster film directed by Steven Spielberg. Composed by John Williams, the album was narrated by Michael Jackson (pictured), and distributed by MCA Records. The original song "Someone in the Dark", sung by Jackson, bookends the album. The album was released on November 15, 1982 – before Jackson's album Thriller was released later that month – which led to a lawsuit by his label, Epic Records, over the soundtrack being released first. The soundtrack album was withdrawn, and the release of the single "Someone in the Dark" was prohibited. The album also featured a poster of Jackson with an animatronic model of E.T.; the image appeared on the cover of Ebony magazine the following month. Despite its curtailed release, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reached number 37 on the Billboard 200 and number 82 on the UK Albums Chart. Well-received critically, it won Jackson a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1760:
The chapel of the newly constructed Castellania in Valletta, Malta, was consecrated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellania_%28Valletta%29
1864:
American Civil War: Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea, inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure using scorched-earth tactics on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman
1922:
Fountain of Time (detail pictured), in Chicago's Washington Park, was dedicated as a tribute to 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_of_Time
2012:
Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
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bric-a-brac: 1. Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value. 2. (by extension) Any collection containing a variety of miscellaneous items; a hodgepodge, an olio. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bric-a-brac
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