August 23-This Day in Entertainment & Music History: 1968-Flushing - TopicsExpress



          

August 23-This Day in Entertainment & Music History: 1968-Flushing Meadows in Queens hosted the New York Rock Festival with featured artists the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Janis Joplin...1969-For the first of 4 straight weeks, the Rolling Stones had the No.1 single in the USA with Honky Tonk Women...1975-Fleetwood Macs self-titled album entered the charts. It was the former blues bands first record with pop-oriented songwriters Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham on board and this is the album that launched the group from relative obscurity to superstardom...1989-Ric Ocaske, lead singer & guitarist of The Cars, married Sports Illustrated Cover Girl and model Paulina Porizkova. The sill-married couple tied the knot on St. Barts island in the Caribbean...Celebrity Birthdays: I Dream of Jeannie actress Barbara Eden 83; NFL legend Sonny Jurgensen 80; Singer Rick Springfield 65; Actress Shelley Long 65; NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace 51; Jay Mohr 44; Actor Scott Caan 38; NBA star Kobe Bryant 36;...
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:16:14 +0000

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