DYR Today, September 19

By Kelsey Cassetta
9 years ago

“Born Today”

“Died Today”

Eve March (Born: September 27, 1910 / Died: September 19, 1974)
Orville Redenbacher (Born: July 16, 1907 / Died: September 19, 1995)
Skeeter Davis (Born: December 30, 1931 / Died: September 19, 2004)

“Movies”

1968 – Hot Millions
1980 – The Exterminator
1980 – Melvin and Howard
1984 – Amadeus
1986 – The Men’s Club
1990 – Goodfellas
1997 – L.A. Confidential
1997 – In & Out
1997 – Wishmaster

“Music”

1960 – Brook Benton’s “Kiddio” was the #1 song on the R&B chart
1960 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” was the #1 song

1964 – Dean Martin’s “Everybody Loves Somebody” was the #1 song for the 8th week on the Easy Listening chart
1964 – The Animals still had the #1 song with “House of the Rising Sun”
1968 – “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf became Gold

1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising was the #1 song in the U.K. The band also released “Fortunate Son/Down on the Corner”
1970 – Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart
1970 – “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor reached #50 on the chart
1970 – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” became Diana Ross’s first #1 as a solo artist

1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cosmo’s Factory spent its 5th week as the #1 album
1974 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band welcomed a new drummer, Max Weinberg
1974 – The first album from Bad Company reached Gold
1974 – Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff” reached Gold
1975 – Queen signed John Reid as manager
1977 – The Bee Gees released “How Deep Is Your Love”

1978 – Linda Ronstadt released Living in the U.S.A.
1981 – The Rolling Stones had the #1 album with Tattoo You
1981 – “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie remained the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart
1981 – Dan Fogelberg’s “Hard to Say” went from #45 to #29
1983 – Billy Joel released “Uptown Girl”

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1987 – Michael Jackson’s “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” was the #1 song on the R&B chart
1987 – The Dirty Dancing Soundtrack was the #1 album
1987 – Whitney Houston’s “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart

1988 – Bon Jovi released New Jersey
1989 – Janet Jackson released Rhythm Nation 1814
1992 – Don Henley and Patty Smyth’s collaboration “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart

1992 – Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” spent its 6th week at #1
1998 – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was the #1 album

“TV/Radio”

1955 – NBC aired the play Our Town and Frank Sinatra performed “Love and Marriage”
1963 – The Jimmy Dean Show aired on ABC
1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS

1971 – NBC aired Goin’ Back to Indiana which featured The Jackson 5
1981 – HBO aired Simon & Garfunkel’s The Concert in Central Park in front of 750,000 fans
1989 – Doogie Howser, M.D. premiered on ABC
1994 – ER premiered on NBC

“Other Important Events…”

1947 – Jackie Robinson was named Rookie of the Year