Hello, friends and neighbors. Welcome to Sunday, June 1, 2014. We are almost halfway through the year. Amazing. I expect to see the Christmas displays starting in about a week and a half. The Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival is happening today. If you are headed out there, have a great day. So, who is having a birthday today? If it is yours, have a great day!!! Andy Griffith, Marilyn Monroe and Ronnie Dunn are among many actors and singers born today. Here are some other folks sharing your birthday… 1890 - Frank Morgan, [Francis P Wupperman], NYC, actor (Wizard of Oz), (d. 1949) 1915 - John Randolph, NYC, actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie) 1915 - country singer Johnny Bond was born in Enville, Okla. He is best known as the composer of Hot Rod Lincoln, a hit for both Bond and Charlie Ryan in 1960, and for Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen in 1970. Bond died in 1978. 1921 - Composer and arranger Nelson Riddle was born in Ordell, N.J. Well-known as an orchestrator for such singers as Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt, Riddle also had several hits under his own name, including the 1956 million-seller Lisbon Antigua. He died on Oct. 6, 1985. 1926 - Andy Griffith, Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), (d. 2012) 1926 - Marilyn Monroe, [Norma Jean Mortenson], LA, actress (Some Like It Hot) 1934 - Pop singer Pat Boone was born in Jacksonville, Fla. At his peak in the late 1950s, he was considered a rock n roller, a sort of sanitized, parent-approved alternative to Elvis Presley. The first of his more than 50 chart records came in 1955 -- a cover version of Fats Dominos Aint That a Shame. Boones version went to No. 1 while Dominos reached only No. 16. Boone became one of the all-time biggest-selling pop singers, and had his own network TV series from 1957-60. 1935 - Reverend Ike, American televangelist 1937 - Morgan Freeman, Memphis Tn, actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Glory) 1939 - Cleavon Little, Chickasha Oklahoma, actor (Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers) 1940 - Rene Auberjonois, actor (Clayton-Benson, Star Trek Deep Space 9) 1947 - Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones) 1948 - Tom Sneva, US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983) 1953 - Diana Canova, West Palm Beach Fla, actress (Corrine-Soap) 1953 - Ronnie Dunn is born in Coleman, Oklahoma. The lanky singer teams with Kix Brooks to form the harmony-laden Brooks & Dunn, whose mix of honky tonk with rock influences makes them the dominant duo in country from 1991 until their split in 2010 1956 - Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing) 1956 - Robin Mattson, Los Angeles California, actress (Janet Green-All My Children) 1964 - Mark Curry, American comedian and actor 1973 - Heidi Klum, Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, German supermodel 1974 - Alanis Nadine Morisette, vocalist (Jagged Little Pill) 1978 - Karen Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (1995 Pac Coast Sr champ) 1981 - Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter Now, here are some things that happened on your birthday…. 1495 - First written record of Scotch Whisky appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller 1638 - 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass 1796 - Tennessee admitted as 16th US state 1880 - 1st pay telephone installed AND, US census at 50,155,783 1888 - California gets its 1st seismograph 1933 - Charlie Chaplin (44) weds Paulette Goddard (22) 1936 - Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in NY 1949 - Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz wed for the second time 1951 - International Cheese treaty signed (????) 1964 - Dolly Parton moves to Nashville a day after her high school graduation and meets her future husband, Carl Dean, at a laundromat 1967 - Beatles release Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold 1970 - Everything Is Beautiful by Ray Stevens hits #1 1971 - Ed Sullivans final TV show on CBS AND, Elvis Presleys birthplace, a two-room home in Tupelo, Miss., was opened to the public. 1974 - Ronnie Milsap collects the first #1 country single of his career with Pure Love, written by Eddie Rabbitt 1975 - Columbia releases Willie Nelsons Red Headed Stranger album 1975 - California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0 AND, Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist 1980 - 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network AND, Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run 1991 - Diamond Rio collects its first #1 single on the Billboard country chart with its debut, Meet In The Middle” 1994 - Restless Heart performs at the opening of The Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville after a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Marty Stuart and Tanya Tucker. Among the acts that become the house band at the venue: Lonestar, Ricochet and Sons of the Desert 1997 - Grammy Award-winning singer Kenny Rogers (59) weds Wanda Miller (31) at his ranch in Athens, Georgia 1999 - Arista releases Brad Paisleys debut album, Who Needs Pictures” 2007 - Legendary crooner Tony Bennett (80) weds his longtime girlfriend Susan Crow (47) in New York City 2006 - Josh Turner claims the first two gold singles of his career, awarded for Long Black Train and Your Man” 2011 - “American Idol winner Scotty McCreery made the best debut on Billboards country songs chart of any new artist since 1990 when I Love You This Big landed at No. 32. Idol runner-up Lauren Alainas Like My Mother Does debuted at No. 49. 2011 - Luke Bryan tapes an installment of CMT Crossroads with The Doobie Brothers at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee. Included in the set list: Do I, Rain Is A Good Thing, Long Train Runnin and China Grove 2012 - The Band Perrys video for Postcard From Paris debuts on CMT 2013 - Singer Diana DeGarmo (26) weds singer Ace Young (33) at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard hotel in Los Angeles So, there it is, boys and girls. Your day. Now, go make it a great day and be safe.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:03:11 +0000
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