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TODAY

DYR Today, September 4

By Kelsey Cassetta

9 years ago

 

“Born Today”

  • Carter Jenkins (24)
  • Hank Baskett (33)
  • Whitney Cummings (33)
  • Beyonce (34)
  • Max Greenfield (35)
  • Wes Bentley (37)
  • Lucie Silvas (38)
  • Dave Salmoni (40)
  • Mark Ronson (40)
  • Carmit Bachar (41)
  • Jason David Frank (42)
  • Carlos Ponce (43)
  • Ione Skye (45)
  • John DiMaggio (47)
  • Phill Lewis (47)
  • Mike Piazza (47)
  • Damon Wayans (55) Featured Above
  • Dr. Drew Pinsky (57)
  • Khandi Alexander (58)
  • Judith Ivey (64)
  • Mitzi Gaynor (84)

“Died Today”

  • John Megna (Born: November 9, 1952 / Died: September 4, 1995)
  • Irene Dunne (Born: December 20, 1898 / Died: September 4, 1990)

“Movies”

  • 1987 – Man On Fire
  • 1992 – Live Wire
  • 1994 – Knock Off

“Music”

  • 1952 – Gladys Knight & the Pips formed
  • 1954 – George Jones married 18 year-old Shirley Ann Corley
  • 1961 – The Marvelettes’ debuted their first single “Please Mr. Postman”

https://youtu.be/rGJcbHni4rc

  • 1961 – Elvis Presley’s “(Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame” jumped to 32 from 66
  • 1961 – Bobby Vee’s “Take Good Care Of My Baby” jumped from 23 to 6
  • 1961 – Bobby Lewis’ “Tossin’ And Turnin” was #1 for the 10th week

https://youtu.be/Yqo3jVJuRQ4

  • 1962 – The Beatles recorded “Love Me Do”
  • 1965 – “Help!” became the Beatles’ 9th #1 hit/ Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” rose to #2 passing the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”

  • 1967 – The Human Beinz released “Nobody But Me”
  • 1970 – The Rolling Stones released Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out as a live album

  • 1972 – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes released “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”

https://youtu.be/V2ThpkH92Z4

  • 1972 – Donna Fargo’s album The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A was #1 on Country charts
  • 1971 – Joan Baez’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” was #1 for Easy Listening

https://youtu.be/nnS9M03F-fA

  • 1971 – Carole King’s album, Tapestry, spent 12 weeks at #1, the Carpenters released their self-titled album, the Soundtrack to “Jesus Christ Superstar” and Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On were in the Top 10

  • 1971 – Paul & Linda McCartney recorded the third-highest jump to #1 “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”
  • 1972 – Lobo released “I’d Love You To Want Me”
  • 1976 – ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” was #1 in the UK

https://youtu.be/iaHmpiiWSLA

  • 1976 – War’s “Summer” was #1 on the Adult Contemporary Charts
  • 1976 – Wild Cherry’s R&B “Play That Funky Music” was #1

  • 1976:  Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled album made it to #1 after 58 weeks
  • 1978 – Al Stewart released “Time Passages”
  • 1981 – Ronnie Milsap’s “(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me” was #1 on Country charts

  • 1982 – The Cars, Pat Benatar, Santana, Dave Edmunds, the Kinks, and Eddie Money performed at the US Festival outside of San Bernardino

  • 1982 – Glenn Frey released “The One You Love”
  • 1982 – The Steve Miller Band’s “Abracadabra” knocked out Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger” from its 7 week spot at #1

  • 1982 – Chicago’s “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” was at #1 on the Adult Contemporary Charts

  • 1993 – UB40’s remake “Can’t Help Falling In Love” spent 7 weeks at #1

  • 1996 – KISS performed on the MTV Video Music Awards

https://youtu.be/TTHz6B5O50s

  • 1997 – The Wallflowers performed “One Headlight” at the MTV Video Music Awards with Bruce Springsteen

  • 1997 – Pat Smear quit the Foo Fighters after performing at the MTV Video Music Awards
  • 1999 – Lonestar’s “Amazed” spent 8 weeks at #1

 

“TV/Radio”

  • 1959 – A NYC radio station banned “Mack The Knife”
  • 1993 – Paula Abdul hosted a television special, In a New Light ’93, for AIDs awareness

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1956 – IBM RAMAC 305, the first computer with magnetic disk storage, is introduced commercially

 

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