Top 5 Hottest Google Searches: Frankie Avalon, iPod Nano and More

April 9, 2009 — -- Here's what people are searching for on Google so far today.

You remember him, right? You don't? He was one of the country's hottest singers in 1959 -- right around the time Simon Cowell, the "American Idol" judge, was born.

Last night on "Idol," as Randy Jackson was grousing that the contestants were reaching back to 1959 for material -- out came Frankie, singing "Venus," his No. 1 hit back then. He still sings, and people agreed he still looks great.

You mean you don't have one? Woot.com is among the reviewers that love it, and found a clever way to say so. Apple says it'll hold 2,000 songs or eight hours of video, which you can squint to watch on its 2-inch screen.

Also known as Holy Thursday, this is the day on the Christian calendar that commemorates Jesus' love for his disciples, even though he said at the Last Supper that he knew one of them would betray him. It is marked around the world (note this editorial from the Manila Bulletin) as Jesus' last full day on earth before the crucifixion on Good Friday. Holy week culminates on Easter, this Sunday.

If you live around Nashville, Tenn., the chances are good you grew up with Dan Miller, the low-key, good-natured anchorman at Channel 4 there, WSMV. He joined the station (then WSM-TV) back in 1969, and became a regular evening fixture in Tennesseans' living rooms for nearly 40 years.

He left Nashville briefly, anchoring at a Los Angeles station and then appearing as Pat Sajak's sidekick on a late-night talk show on CBS in the early 1990s. But Nashville was his adopted home, and he came back in 1994.

He was in his hometown of Augusta, Ga., for the Masters Golf Tournament when he had a heart attack Wednesday night, reportedly while showing friends around his old neighborhood. He was 67 when he died.