CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS 1949 Eric Carmen, Singer, turns 65 1950 Stephen Wozniak, Apple computer co-founder, turns 64 1953 Hulk Hogan, Wrestler, actor, turns 61 1954 Joe Jackson, Rock singer, turns 60 1967 Joe Rogan, Actor, host (Fear Factor), turns 47 1968 Ashley Jensen, Actress (Ugly Betty, Extras), turns 46 1983 Chis Hemsworth, Actor, turns 31 1993 Alyson Stoner, Actress, turns 21 SPEAKING OF HISTORY . . . . . KSTV COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY - 2006 CMT Cross Country debuts, demonstrating the parallels between a pair of country performers. The inaugural episode matches Josh Turner with one of his biggest influences, Randy Travis 2005 Billy Curringtons Must Be Doin Somethin Right video debuts on CMT 2005 Steve Earle and Allison Moorer are married at the Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. Its his seventh wedding, her second 2001 Blake Shelton picks up his first #1 single in Billboard with Austin, which remains at the top for five weeks 1998 MCA releases Vince Gills The Key album 1992 Epic releases the soundtrack to Honeymoon In Vegas, featuring Elvis Presley remakes by Trisha Yearwood, Ricky Van Shelton, Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt, Willie Nelson, Amy Grant, Billy Joel, Vince Gill, Bono and John Mellencamp, among others 1984 Gary Morris makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, singing Velvet Chains, Wind Beneath My Wings and--following an encore--The Love She Found In Me 1979 Eddie Rabbitts Suspicions reigns at #1 on the Billboard country chart 1972 Elvis Presley files for divorce from Priscilla in Santa Monica, California 1951 Hank Williams hits #1 in Billboards country chart with Hey, Good Lookin 1946 John Conlee is born in Versailles, Kentucky. After careers as a mortician and a disc jockey, his 1978 single Rose Colored Glasses starts a 10-year string of blue-collar singles. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1981
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