Music

“Born Today” Kat Graham (26) Sondre Lerche (33) Carice van Houten (39) Paddy Considine (42) Rose McGowan (42) Dweezil Zappa (46) Kristian Alfonso (52) Michael Keaton (64) Loudon Wainwright III (69) Werner Herzog (73) Raquel Welch (75) William Devane (78) Carol Lawrence (83) Bob Newhart (86) Freddie Mercury (RIP) “Died Today” Gert Fröbe (Born: February 25, 1913 / Died: September 5, 1988) Irving Allen Lee (Born: November 21, 1948 / Died: September 5, 1992) “Movies” 1997 - Fire Down Below “Music” 1950 - Hank Snow’s “I’m Moving On” was #1 on Country charts 1964 - Manfred Mann made their debut on the charts with “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” https://youtu.be/Uc0x7xOap4I 1964 - “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals reached #1 1964 - The Rolling Stones kicked off their U.K. tour at Astoria Theatre in London 1965 - The Rolling Stones recorded “Get Off Of My Cloud” https://youtu.be/O3F4GmbHl5g 1968 - The Doors performed “Hello I Love You” live on Top of the Pops 1969 - Johnny Cash’s live recorded concert at San Quentin State Prison was the #1 album on Country charts, At San Quentin https://youtu.be/1zgja26eNeY 1970 - Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) was #1 for the sixth week https://youtu.be/TL2PZlkAeCs 1970 - Three Dog Night’s “Out in the Country” was #68 on the charts 1978 - Dolly Parton had the #1 album on Country charts with Heartbreaker https://youtu.be/YTFQMH23MDw 1981 - The Pretenders performed “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” by Jackie Wilson onstage with Bruce Springsteen 1981 - Stevie Nicks’s Bella Donna was the #1 album 1981 - Rick Springfield’s “I’ve Done Everything For You” was #43 1981 - “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell was #1 in the U.K. 1982 - The US Festival in California concluded with performances by Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, and Jimmy Buffett 1985 - John Mellencamp released Scarecrow 1986 - “Money For Nothing” by the Dire Straits won Best Video at the MTV VMAs https://youtu.be/lAD6Obi7Cag 1987 - Bob Dylan performed in Tel Aviv, Israel 1987 - Los Lobos were #1 with their cover of “La Bamba” 1987 - Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” was #8 https://youtu.be/x0iY4mBmSaw 1988 - Boy Meets Girl released “Waiting For A Star to Fall” 1992 - The Heights released “How Do You Talk to an Angel?” 1992 - John Mellencamp and Elaine Irwin married 1992 - Boyz II Men spent their third week at #1 with “End of the Road” https://youtu.be/bEWH8VB6auQ 1992 - Guns N’ Roses were at #3 with “November Rain” 1993 - Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers 1998 - Aerosmith reached their first #1 with “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” "TV/Radio" 1939 - FDR gave the Statement of Neutrality, broadcast over radio nationwide, as the war broke out in Europe 1970 - John Lennon began filming How I Won the War 1987 - After 30 years, American Bandstand was canceled “Other Important Events…” 1957 - On The Road by Jack Kerouac was published 1960 - Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, won the Gold medal for boxing in the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy 1977 - The Voyager was launched by the U.S.