Today’s Birthdays - Mrs. Fields Cookies founder Debbi Fields, 58. Singer (Venus, Why)/musician/actor (Grease, Beach Blanket Bingo) Frankie Avalon, 75. Singer (Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine) Jimmie Rodgers, 81. Acquitted murder suspect/actor (Our Gang, Baretta, In Cold Blood, Lost Highway) Robert Blake, 81. Cartoon vocalist (Rocky & Bullwinkle’s Rocky/Natasha/Nell,Mulan, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) June Foray, 97. September 18, 1978…WKRP in Cincinnati, starring Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Jan Smithers, Richard Sanders, and Frank Bonner, started a four-season run on CBS-TV. The number one song today in 1974 – I Shot the Sheriff written by Bob Marley, told from the point of view of a narrator who admits to having killed the local sheriff, and claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy sheriff. The narrator also claims to have acted in self-defense when the sheriff tried to shoot him. Eric Clapton recorded a cover version that was included on his 1974 album, 461 Ocean Boulevard.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:44:39 +0000
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