Happy Friday Eve! Have the umbrellas handy today. A chance of rain and thunderstorms today with a high around 80. Heavy rain with thunderstorms tonight. Rewind: 1961, Elvis Presley started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Something For Everybody his sixth US No.1 album. 1961, Patsy Cline recorded the classic Willie Nelson song, ‘Crazy’. Cline was still on crutches after going through a car windshield in a head-on collision two months earlier and had difficulty reaching the high notes of the song at first due to her broken ribs. Crazy spent 21 weeks on the chart and eventually became one of her signature tunes. 1966, On their last ever US tour The Beatles performed in two cities due to a cancellation due to rain the previous day. First they performed at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then they flew to St. Louis, Missouri, for a concert at Busch Stadium, where they performed under a tarpaulin due to heavy rain. It was this gig that convinced Paul McCartney that The Beatles should stop performing live. Birthdays: Singer Kenny Rogers is 76. Actor Clarence Williams III is 75. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 73. Actress Kim Cattrall is 58. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is 55.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:35:37 +0000
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