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TV, Radio, Press
1993 : George Harrison and David Crosby lend their voices and cartoon likenesses to the season 5 premiere of The Simpsons in the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet." |
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Awards and Honors (2)
| 1988 : John Lennon is awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine St. |
| 1991 : Entertainer Liza Minnelli receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Her mother, Judy Garland, has three stars on the famous boulevard. |
Births (14)
Charts (4)
| 1971 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Maggie May by Rod Stewart |
| 1977 : Exile's "Kiss You All Over" hits #1 |
| 1983 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler. |
| 2008 : Hot on the heels of the mega-successful The Evolution of Robin Thicke, Robin Thicke’s 3rd solo album Something Else debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200. The album moves 140,000 copies in the first week. |
Concerts and Festivals (2)
| 1997 : Fleetwood Mac's reunion show at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., grosses a house record of $1,094,520. |
| 2006 : Farm Aid co-founders Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young are joined by Dave Matthews (The Dave Matthews Band), Steel Pulse, Gov't Mule, Jerry Lee Lewis, Steve Earle and Allison Moorer for the organization's 21st anniversary concert at the Tweeter Center in Camden, N.J. |
Deaths (5)
| 1955 : James Dean dies in a car accident at age 24. He would show up in the lyrics to many songs, including Don McLean's American Pie. The Eagles even released a song called James Dean. |
| 1977 : Mary Ford |
| 1992 : Paul Jabara dies of AIDS-related causes |
| 2003 : Ronnie Dawson |
| 2011 : Marv Tarplin (The Miracles) |
Debuts (2)
| 1954 : Julie Andrews makes her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend. |
| 1965 : Donovan makes his U.S. television debut on the Shindig musical variety show. |
Legal Issues (1)
| 1989 : Bette Midler is awarded $400,000 in a lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company over their use of a soundalike singer in their commercials. |
Miscellaneous (6)
| 1935 : The Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess opens at Boston's Colonial Theatre. While not commercially successful, a revival in 1942 would turn it into one of the longest-running musicals in history. |
| 1954 : Patsy Cline signs a contract with Four Star Music Sales. |
| 1965 : Elvis Presley meets Tom Jones for the first time, on the set of the King's Paradise, Hawaiian Style movie. The two become fast friends. |
| 1997 : U2 cause controversy during its show in Tel Aviv, Israel, with frontman Bono appealing for the release from imprisonment of nuclear secrets traitor Mordechai Vanunu. |
| 1997 : Randy Travis becomes the first artist to ink a deal with DreamWorks Records Nashville. His signing instantly raises the stock of the new country label. |
| 2010 : After 10 years, the first ever John Lennon museum closes. Located outside of Tokyo, it shuts down because Yoko wants Lennon's spirit to remain in motion, saying, "If the Museum which houses his spirit never moved, it would be a grave, not a Museum." |
Recordings (4)
| 1941 : The Larry Clinton Orchestra, "That Solid Old Man" |
| 1963 : The Beatles, Money (That's What I Want), I Wanna Be Your Man |
| 1964 : The Beatles, Every Little Thing, What You're Doing, No Reply |
| 2008 : Disney releases Nightmare Revisited, a cover album of songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas.The new album commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the film's original 1993 release, and features new arrangements by KoRn, Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Marilyn Manson. |
Releases (3)
| 1977 : Ringo Starr, Ringo The 4th |
| 1997 : Patty Loveless, Long Stretch of Lonesome |
| 2006 : Shine On, Jet’s sophomore album is released to mixed reviews. Most notably the indie music website Pitchfork’s review is nothing but a video of a chimpanzee urinating into its own mouth. The title track and 3rd single from the record “Shine On” is a tribute to Nic and Chris Chester’s dad, who died from cancer in 2004. |
TV, Radio, Press (8)
| 1933 : WLS radio in Chicago's popular program The National Barn Dance, one of the first country music radio programs, goes national with a move to NBC radio. |
| 1967 : The UK radio network BBC Radio One takes the airwaves tonight with an opening spin of the Move's Flowers In The Rain. |
| 1987 : Roy Orbison's comeback picks up speed at a Los Angeles concert filmed for the Cinemax special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, and J.D. Souther all perform at the show, which is billed as "Roy Orbison: A Black And White Night" and is filmed in black and white. |
| 1989 : Neil Young performs Rockin' In The Free World, on Saturday Night Live. |
| 1993 : George Harrison and David Crosby lend their voices and cartoon likenesses to the season 5 premiere of The Simpsons in the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet." |
| 1998 : Blues guitar prodigy Jonny Lang, rock guitarist Slash, punk rocker Joey Ramone, and Cheap Trickster Rick Nelson are among the musicians who guest-star on The Drew Carey Show. On the program, Carey's band is looking for a lead guitarist, and a string of axemen audition for the gig - including Ramone, even though he didn't play guitar in the Ramones. |
| 2002 : Pat Boone guests on the WB's Seventh Heaven TV show. |
| 2011 : Pearl Jam wrap up a week long tribute to Pink Floyd on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with a performance of "Mother." |
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