By The Numbers
6 — Ranking among world countries, in geographic size, of Colombia, this year's Memphis in May honoree
8,500 — Feet above sea level of Bogota, Colombia's capital
8,163 —Difference in elevation between Bogota and Memphis
1889 — Year East End, at the corner of Madison and Cooper, opened its gates
1949 — Year we bid goodbye to East End
15 — Number of times the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever has gone platinum
8 — Number of times Grease did the same
131 —Ranking of SNF soundtrack among Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time (2003). The Grease soundtrack didn't make the cut.
1978 — Year in which Grease was released in theaters
5 — Number of Golden Globe nominations Grease received
1982 — Year in which Grease 2 was released
1982 — Year in which Grease 2 was a major flop at the box office
1991 — Year in which editor played Cha Cha in a high school production of Grease
5 — Number of calls editor received from readers who fell for our change to an "all advertising" format of Memphis — an April Fool's joke
