History

BORN TODAY 1986 - Daphne Oz 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt 1981 - Paris Hilton 1980 - Jason Ritter 1978 - Ashton Holmes 1976 - Kelly Carlson 1974 - Jerry O’Connell 1974 - Bryan White 1973 - Billie Joe Armstrong 1972 - Taylor Hawkins 1971 - Denise Richards 1970 - Dominic Purcell 1969 - Tuesday Knight 1967 - Chante Moore 1965 - Michael Bay 1963 - Michael Jordan 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips 1957 - Loreena McKennitt 1954 - Rene Russo 1945 - Brenda Fricker 1940 - Vicente Fernandez 1934 - Dame Edna Everage (AKA Barry Humphries) 1925 - Hal Holbrook MOVIES TODAY - Check out the trailers in the links below - 1934 - Camping Out 1983 - Local Hero 1984 - Blame it on Rio 1984 - Crackers 1984 - Footloose 1984 - Lassiter 1995 - Heavyweights 1995 - The Brady Bunch Movie MUSIC TODAY 1954 - Doris Day's "Secret Love" hits #1 1958 - The Silhouettes stood tall at #1 for a third week on the R&B chart with "Get A Job". 1960 - Paul Anka released the single "Puppy Love". Paul Anka "Puppy Love" (1960) by NRRArchives 1960 - Elvis Presley received Gold record for his debut album Elvis. 1960 - The Everly Brothers signed a new 10-year record-breaking contract with Warner Brothers Records for $1 million. 1962 - "Midnight In Moscow" by Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen was still #1 on the Easy Listening chart. 1962 - The Beach Boys debuted on the chart with their first single release--"Surfin'". 1962 - Gene Chandler took over at #1 with "Duke Of Earl". 1965 - The Kinks released the single "Tired Of Waiting For You". https://www.youtube.com/watch?vHz64hWng2vM 1966 – Sgt. Barry Sadler's single and album "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" are both certified gold 1968 - Big Brother and the Holding Company signed a recording contract with the new CBS label Columbia Records. 1968 - Diana Ross & the Supremes' compilation Greatest Hits was #1 on the U.K. Album chart. 1973 - War's album The World Is A Ghetto hits #1 1973 - Anne Murray moved to #1 on the Adult chart with "Danny's Song". 1973 - Gladys Knight & the Pips took over at #1 on the R&B chart with "Neither One Of Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?vSp5f8dEnmHY 1975 - AC/DC released their debut album, High Voltage. 1976 - Asylum releases The Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975." It contains one certified country hit, "Lyin' Eyes" 1976 - The Eagles released their Greatest Hits album, that closed out the millennium as the best-selling album of all-time in the United States. 1979 - The U.K. was ahead on this group as Blondie already was #1 on the Album chart with Parallel Lines. 1980 - Kenny Rogers owned the #1 U.K. song--"Coward Of The County". 1990 - Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, Barry White and El DeBarge combined for the new #1 R&B song--"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)". https://www.youtube.com/watch?vx3xsEv61G5M 1990 - Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville were #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "All My Life". 1995 - Atlantic releases John Michael Montgomery's "I Can Love You Like That" 1996 - Joe Diffie's "Bigger Than The Beatles" is big enough to hit the top of the Billboard country singles chart TV/RADIO TODAY 1964 - Chad & Jeremy were guests on the television program The Patty Duke Show. 1971 - Johnny Cash is the guest of honor on NBC-TV's This Is Your Life; a few channels over, on Cash's ABC variety show, a young James Taylor makes his TV debut singing "Fire And Rain" and "Carolina On My Mind." 1993 - With his version of "Stand By Your Man" featured in "The Crying Game," Lyle Lovett sings the song with Tammy Wynette on "The Tonight Show" 1997 - Michael Nesmith, guitarist for the Monkees, directed the documentary television special Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees, in which all four members performed, which was broadcast by ABC-TV on this date. OTHER INTERESTING EVENTS... 1957 - Walt Disney receives the Milestone Award of the Screen Producers Guild at a banquet held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California. The Milestone Award is presented to producers who have made "an historic contribution to the entertainment industry." 1965 - Governor Frank G. Clement declares Patti Page's smash "Tennessee Waltz" the official anthem of that state. 1976 - Bette Midler was named the "Woman of the Year" by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society. 1982 - American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk passed away (October 10, 1917 / February 17, 1982) 1983 - Disney's Tron is nominated for 2 Academy Awards - Best Costume Design and Best Sound. The 55th Academy Awards will take place April 11. 1984 - American actress Lucille Benson passed away, she was known for her roles in commercials, television, and movies in the 1970s (July 17, 1914 / February 17, 1984) 1993 - Disney's Aladdin is nominated for 5 Academy Awards: Best Sound, Best Effects - Sound Effects Editing, twice for Best Music - Original Song, and Best Music - Original Score. 1998 - American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter Bob Merrill passed away (May 17, 1921 / February 17, 1998) 2006 -American Grammy Award-winning Latin/Latin jazz musician Ray Barretto passed away (April 29, 1929 / February 17, 2006) 2013 -American country music singer Mindy McCready passed away (November 30, 1975 / February 17, 2013) Did we Miss Anyone or Anything Special? Let us Know in the Comments.