Blue Monday (date) the melancholic mind-set of "Blue Monday"". The date is generally reported as falling on the third Monday in January, but also on the second or fourth Monday, or the Monday of the last full week of January. The first such date declared was 24 January in 2005 as part of a Sky Travel press release. The formula uses many factors, including: weather conditions, debt level (the difference between debt accumulated and our ability to pay), time since Christmas, time since failing our new year’s resolutions, low motivational levels and feeling of a need to take action. One equation used by
Blue Monday Jamboree of "Blue Monday Jamboree" in 1927 featured Juliette Dunne, Harvey Austin and the Hawaiians and Mac's Haywire Orchestra. The announcer was Harrison Hollaway. Meredith Willson made his radio debut on the program in 1928. Al Pearce was one of the entertainers featured on the program. He eventually starred in a spinoff program, "Happy Go Lucky Hour", that began on KFRC, later moving to NBC and being renamed "Al Pearce and His Gang". Other members of the troupe included Jane Green, Midge Williams and Bea Benaderet. Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree is an old-time radio variety program in the United