Entertainment History
On Feb. 7, 1944, Bing Crosby and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra
recorded "Swinging on a Star" in Los Angeles for Decca Records. In
1964, thousands of screaming fans greeted The Beatles as they arrived
at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport for their first
U.S. tour. In 1965, George Harrison had his tonsils removed at a London
hospital. In 1979, Stephen Stills became the first artist to record on
digital equipment, at a recording studio in Los Angeles. However, Ry
Cooder is credited with releasing the first digitally recorded record
because Stills never released the material. In 1980, Pink Floyd
performed "The Wall" for the first time in the U.S. The band only did
the show in Los Angeles and New York. In 1981, country singer John
Conlee joined the Grand Ole Opry. In 1989, Michael Jackson visited the
Stockton, California, elementary school where five students were killed
by a gunman the month before. He brought T-shirts and cassettes for the
kids. In 2000, magician Doug Henning died in Los Angeles after battling
liver cancer. He was 52. That same day, Foghat singer "Lonesome" Dave
Peverett died of pneumonia in Orlando, Florida. He was 56. In 2005,
Paul McCartney performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in
Jacksonville, Florida. He was the first act to play that gig following
Janet Jackson exposing her breast at the previous year's Super Bowl
halftime show. Today's Birthdays: Actor Miguel Ferrer is 61.
Saxophonist Brian Travers of UB40 is 57. Comedian Robert Smigel
(SMY'-guhl) (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) is 56. Actor James Spader is
56. Country singer Garth Brooks is 54. Keyboardist David Bryan of Bon
Jovi is 54. Comedian Chris Rock is 51. Actor Jason Gedrick ("Windfall,"
'Boomtown") is 49. Guitarist Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit is 41. Bassist
Tom Blankenship of My Morning Jacket is 38. Actor Ashton Kutcher ("That
70's Show") is 38. Actress Tina Majorino ("Napoleon Dynamite,"
'Veronica Mars") is 31. Actress Deborah Ann Woll ("True Blood") is 31.
