Thursday’s Nostalgic News – May 11

“BORN TODAY”

• Matt Giraud (1985) – Singer/Songwriter
• Holly Valance (1983) (Felicity “Flick” Scully-Neighbours)
• Cory Monteith, (1982- RIP 2013) Actor and musician (“Glee”, “Monte Carlo”)
• Jonathan Jackson (1982) – Actor
• Laetitia Casta (1978) – Model/Actress
• James Haven (1973) – Actor (“Breaking Dawn”)
• Nicky Katt (1970) – Actor (“The Boiler Room”)
• Austin O’Brien (1981) – Actor (“Apollo 13”, “My Girl 2”, “Lawnmower Man”)
• Jeffrey Donovan (1968) – Actor (“Burn Notice”)
• Tim Blake Nelson (1964) – Actor (“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Incredible Hulk”)
• Natasha Richardson (1963 – RIP 2009) Actress (“The Parent Trap” and “Nell”)
• Martha Quinn (1959) – One of the original video jockeys on MTV
  J.J. Jeczalik (1955) – Musician (Art of Noise)
• Mark Herndon (1955) – Musician (Alabama)
• Boyd Gaines (1953) – Actor (“Funny Games”, “One Day at a Time” and “Sure Thing”)
• Shohreh Adhdashloo (1952) – Actress (“House Of Sand And Fog”)
  Frances Fisher (1952) – Actress (“Titanic,” “Unforgiven”)
• David Gest (1953 – RIP 2014) – Comedian, producer, and television personality
• Les Chadwick 1943 – Musician (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
• Eric Burdon (1941) – Musician (The Animals)
• Doug McClure (1938 – RIP 1995) Actor (“The Virginian”)
• Mort Sahl (Morton Lyon “Mort” Sahl) (1927 – Comedian, actor (“In Love And War”)
• Denver Dell Pyle (1920 – RIP 1997) – Actor (“The Andy Griffith Show” and “Dukes Of Hazzard”)
• Foster Brooks (1912 – RIP 2001) Actor, comedian
• Doodles Weaver (Winstead Sheffield “Doodles” Weaver) (1911 – RIP 1983) Actor, comedian
• Phil Silvers (1911 – RIP 1985) – Entertainer, comedy actor (“The Phil Silvers Show”), known as “The King of Chutzpah”
• Salvador Dali (1904 – RIP 1989) – Surrealist Painter
• Martha Graham (1894 – RIP 1991) – Dancer, choreographer
• Irving Berlin (1888 – RIP 1989) – Composer, lyricist

“DIED TODAY”

• John D. Rockefeller ( Born: July 8, 1839 / Died: May 23, 1937)
• Lester Flats (Born: June 19, 1914 / Died: May 11, 1979)
• Bob Marley (Born: February 6, 1945 / Died: May 11, 1981)(Pictured Above)

“MOVIES TODAY”

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• 1979 – Winter Kills
• 1984 – The Natural
• 1984 – Firestarter
• 1990 – Far Out Man
• 1990 – Class of 99’
• 1990 – Show of Force
  

“MUSIC TODAY”

• 1957 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets auditioned for “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” and were rejected.
• 1957 – The Everly Brothers made their debut on “Grand Ole Opry” in Nashville, TN.
• 1958 – Connie Francis was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a cover of the 1923 song ‘Who’s Sorry Now.’ Francis was the first female rock ‘n’ roll star to reach No.1.

• 1963 – The Beatles started a 30 week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with their debut album ‘Please Please Me’, making it the longest running No.1 album by a group ever.
• 1963 – Peter, Paul & Mary moved to the top of the Easy Listening chart with “Puff The Magic Dragon”.
• 1964 -The Beach Boys single “I Get Around” was released.
• 1965 – Roger Miller was at No.1 on the US Country charts with ‘King Of The Road.’ The song has been covered by many other artists, including The Proclaimers that had a UK No.9 hit with their version of the song in 1990.

• 1968 – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass released their 10th album, The Beat of the Brass.
• 1970 – The triple soundtrack album Woodstock was released in the US, going gold within two weeks.
• 1973 – Wings kicked off their first official tour at the Bristol Hippodrome, playing 15 UK
• 1974 – Led Zeppelin attended an Elvis Presley show at the Los Angeles Forum in California. After a shaky start to the show, Elvis stopped the band and jokingly said: ‘Wait a minute, if we can start together fellas, because we’ve got Led Zeppelin out there, lets try to look like we know what we’re doing.’ All four members of Zeppelin met with Elvis after the show, spending over 2 hours backstage. Elvis asked for all the group’s autographs for his daughter Lisa Marie.
• 1978 – At the end of their News Of The World 46 date tour, Queen played three sold-out nights at Wembley Arena, London, England.
• 1985 – UK producer and keyboard player Paul Hardcastle was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ’19’. The title referred to the average age of American soldiers in the Vietnam War and features dialogue by television narrator Peter Thomas, and a strong anti-war message.
• 1985 – “Smooth Operator” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for Sade.

• 1985 – Madonna’s single “Crazy For You” hit #1.
• 1987 – The UK indie chart had The Smiths at No.1 on with ‘Sheila Take A Bow’
• 1990 –  Ritchie Valens was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
• 1991 – Roxette scored their fourth US No.1 single with ‘Joyride.’ The song was inspired by an interview with Paul McCartney who said that writing songs with John Lennon had been ‘like a Joyride.’
• 2001 – Oasis, The Black Crowes and Spacehog kicked off ‘The Tour of Brotherly Love’, a North American tour at The Hard Rock in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1965 – The Byrds made their TV debut with “Mr. Tambourine Man” on NBC’s “Hullabaloo.”
• 1967 – The ABC-TV special “Rodgers & Hart Today” aired. It starred Bobby Darin, the Supremes, Petula Clark and the Mamas & the Papas.
• 1967 – The Bee Gees made their Top Of The Pops debut performing ‘New York Mining Disaster’ on the UK TV show.
• 1972 – John Lennon appeared on the US television ‘Dick Cavett Show’, claiming he was under surveillance from the FBI.

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded.
• 1949 – Siam changed its name to Thailand.
• 1981 – Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley died of lung cancer and a brain tumor aged 36.

“NATIONAL DAYS”

• National Foam Rolling Day
• National Twilight Zone Day