JAN 8-This Day in Entertainment & Pop Music History: (Elvis Presley would have been 80 today).. 1965-NBCs prime time pop music variety show, Hullabaloo, broadcast its first episode. The show aired weekly until September of 1966 when it was replaced on the schedule by The Monkees...1966-Mick Jagger hosted a post-holiday party at his London home. John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were among those attending...1966-The Beatles started a six week run at No.1 with the album Rubber Soul, their 7th chart topper in the USA. On the same day, the Fab Four were on top of the American singles chart with We Can Work It Out, their 11th No.1 hit...1966-ABC broadcast the last ever episode of pop music program Shindig! The Kinks and the Who made sure that twice-weekly show ended in explosive fashion. The show was replaced the following week by Batman...1975-Tickets for 3 Led Zeppelin concerts at Madison Square Garden went on sale. The box office had to call on other ticket outlets to help cope with demand and sold out their 60,000 tickets in 4hours...1993-An Elvis Presley commemorative stamp was issued by the U.S. Postal Service. The 29-cent stamp showed the likeness of the 1950s era Elvis....2004-On what would have been Elvis Presleys 69th birthday, it was announced that Elvis had become the biggest selling solo artist in American history. His label, RCA Records, said Elvis Presley had sold 117.5 million albums to date. Worldwide, Presleys combined sales of albums and single units totals over 600 million, second only to the Beatles...2000-It was reported that British police foiled a $1.7 million kidnap plot designed to snatch Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham, and her baby son. The plot was uncovered after a tip off to the police. The gang had planned the kidnapping for when her husband, David Beckham, was away playing soccer…2004-The estate of George Harrison started a $10 million legal action against Dr. Gilbert Lederman of Staten Island University Hospital, claiming the doctor coerced Harrison to sign souvenirs. The main allegation of the suit was that Dr. Lederman got an extremely sick Harrison to sign the doctors son’s guitar and to sign autographs for his two daughters...Celebrity Birthdays: Singer Shirley Bassey 78; Game show host Bob Eubanks 77; Singer Little Anthony 74; Actress Yvette Mimieux is 73, (in 1960, Mimieux was in two very popular movies, Where The Boys Are and HG Well’s The Time Machine); Hollies singer Terry Sylvester is 68; Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger 69; Singer David Bowie 68; Singer R. Kelly 48;
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