February 21

BORN TODAY

• 1987 – Ashley Greene
• 1987 – Ellen Page
• 1986 – Charlotte Church
• 1983 – Melanie Laurent

• 1983 – Eoin Macken
• 1980 – Brendan Sexton III
• 1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt
• 1979 – Jordan Peele
• 1978 – Nicole Parker
• 1975 – Wish Bone
• 1974 – Jonathan Cheban
• 1963 – Billy Baldwin

• 1962 – Vanessa Feltz
• 1962 – Chuck Palahniuk
• 1961 – Christopher Atkins
• 1958 – Mary Chapin Carpenter
• 1958 – Kim Coates
• 1955 – Kelsey Grammer
• 1953 – William Petersen

• 1953 – Christine Ebersole
• 1946 – Anthony Daniels
• 1946 – Alan Rickman (RIP)
• 1943 – David Geffen
• 1934 – Rue McClanahan (RIP)
• 1933 – Nina Simone (RIP)
• 1929 – Chespirito (RIP)

MOVIES TODAY

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• 1927 – Alice at the Rodeo
• 1986 – The Hitcher
• 1992 – Radio Flyer

MUSIC TODAY

• 1948 – Little Jimmy Dickens makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, performing “John Henry” and “I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair”
• 1953 – The late Hank Williams registers a #1 country single in Billboard with “Kaw-Liga”

• 1966 – The Lovin’ Spoonful released the single “Daydream”.
• 1966 – The Beatles released the single “Nowhere Man”.
• 1970 – Simon & Garfunkel rose to #1 in the U.K. with their album Bridge Over Troubled Water.
• 1970 – Sly & the Family Stone remained on top with “Thank You”.
• 1976 – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson share the top spot on the Billboard country chart with “Good Hearted Woman”
• 1976 – The Four Seasons had the top U.K. song with “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)”.
• 1976 – Art Garfunkel scored a #1 on the Adult chart this week with “Break Away”.
• 1976 – Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan moved to #1 on the R&B chart with their sweet song “Sweet Thing”.
• 1978 – Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams released the single “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”.
• 1981 – Phil Collins debuted at #1 on the U.K. Album chart with Face Value.
• 1981 – Ronnie Milsap crossed over for a great #1 Adult Contemporary song–“Smoky Mountain Rain”.
• 1981 – Dolly Parton completed the climb to #1 with “9 to 5”

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• 1981 – REO Speedwagon, which had toiled for ten years with little success, finally was rewarded as Hi Infidelity became the #1 album.
• 1987 – Ben E. King had the new #1 song in the U.K. as “Stand By Me”, which was featured in the movie of the same name, was re-released.
• 1987 – Lionel Richie, one of the most successful Adult Contemporary artists of all-time, remained at #1 for the third straight week with “Ballerina Girl”.
• 1990 – Bonnie Raitt was the winner of four awards at the Grammys, including Album of the Year for Nick of Time.
• 1990 – In yet another blunder by the Grammy Awards, Milli Vanilli won the Best New Artist award.  It was later admitted that they were not the vocalists on the album, and their award was vacated.
• 1996 – Garth Brooks’ “Fresh Horses” album is certified gold, platinum and triple-platinum

TV/RADIO TODAY

• 1956 – Clarence Nash (the voice of Donald Duck), Cliff Edwards (Jiminy Cricket) and José  Oliveira (José Carioca) appear on the ABC-TV series Mickey Mouse Club.

• 1970 – The Jackson 5 made their television debut on American Bandstand.

• 1977 – Neil Diamond’s live concert television special aired on NBC.
• 1981 – Prince appeared on Saturday Night Live on NBC.
• 1986 – Pat Boone was a guest star on The Fall Guy on ABC-TV.
• 1987 – Bobby Rydell and Fabian appeared on The Facts of Life on NBC-TV.

OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…

• 1952 – A 17-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis marries his first wife, preacher’s daughter Dorothy Barton, in what is rumored to be a shotgun wedding.
• 1968 – McGraw-Hill publishing company outbid eight other competitors for the rights in the United States to Hunter Davies’ authorized biography of the Beatles. McGraw-Hill paid $150,000.
• 1970 – Boys’ Club Days at Disneyland kicks off for the next two days.
• 1976 – American vocalist Florence Ballard passed away, she was one of the founding members of the popular Motown vocal female group the Supremes (June 30, 1943 / February 22, 1976)
• 1978 – The 50^th Academy Award nominations are announced with Disney receiving 3 for:
  • Pete’s Dragon (Candle On he Water) – Music, Original Song Score
  • “Candle on the Water” (from Pete’s Dragon) – Music, Original Song
  • “Somebody’s Waiting for You” (from The Rescuers) – Music, Original Song
• 1980 – Janet Vogel of the Skyliners passed away (June 10, 1942 / February 21, 1980)

• 1982 – Murray “the K” Kaufman passed away, professionally known as Murray the K, was an influential rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. (February 14, 1922 / February 21, 1982)

• 1997 – The very first Star Wars Weekend ever debuts at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida.

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