The late Hank Medress of the Tokens (”The Lion Sleeps Tonight”) is born in 1938
WCFL radio in Chicago bans all Elvis Presley records (and are promptly picketed by the local Elvis Fan Club), 1957
Bobby Russell (”Saturday Morning Confusion” and writer of songs like “Honey” and “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia”) dies of a heart attack in 1992
Sammy Davis, Jr. loses an eye in an auto accident while driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, 1954
Neil Diamond confesses at her 50th birthday party that “Sweet Caroline” was inspired by young Caroline Kennedy, 2007
Chuck Berry is released from a Lompoc, California prison after serving four months for tax evasion, 1979
Brian May of Queen is named chancellor of John Moores University in Liverpool, 2007. Yeah right! And someday we’ll elect a black guy as President of the United States.
The Supremes appear before Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Variety Show in London (the Queen gives their performance of “Somewhere” a standing ovation), 1968
Linda Ronstadt guests on Fox-TV’s “The Simpsons”, 1992
Gary Lewis records “This Diamond Ring” and Bobby Goldsboro records “Little Things”, 1964
Born on this day:
Larry King 1933 | Dick Cavett 1936 | Ted Turner 1938 | Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore) 1949 Rashād graduated from Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington in 1967 | Matt Sorum (The Cult, Guns ‘N’ Roses) 1960 | Meg Ryan 1961 | Jodie Foster 1962 | Travis McNabb (Better Than Ezra) 1969

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