Today in History: 1955 - Carl Perkins recorded Blue Suede Shoes at Sun Records in Memphis. 1957 - the musical The Music Man, starring Robert Preston, opened on Broadway. 1975 - the C.W. McCall single Convoy went gold in the U.S. 1980 - Dolly Partons first movie, 9 to 5, opened nationwide. 1985 - country singer Johnny Paycheck was arrested for shooting a man during a fight in Hillsboro, Ohio. He was released from jail in 1991. 1991 - Oliver Stones controversial film JFK premiered in Dallas, where President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. 1995 - one person was killed and several others injured on the set of the Disney movie Gone Fishin. A boat used in a stunt went out of control and landed on a group of people. 1997 - the movie Titanic opened. It was the most expensive movie ever made. 2000 - musician Pops Staples of The Staple Singers died at his home outside Chicago at the age of 84. He had been recovering from a concussion suffered four weeks earlier. That same day, guitarist Rob Buck of 10,000 Maniacs died of complications from liver failure. He was 42. 2010 - guitarist Carlos Santana married drummer Cindy Blackman of Lenny Kravitzs band during a rainy ceremony in Maui.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:42:57 +0000
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