Entertainment History
On February 11th, 1963, The Beatles recorded all of the tracks for
their first album to be released in the U.K., "Please Please Me. John
Lennon had a bad cold and belted out "Twist and Shout" in one take. In
1964, The Beatles performed their first U.S. concert, at the Coliseum
in Washington. In the following days, the band performed in New York
and in Florida, but the concerts were not considered part of an
official tour. In 1965, Ringo Starr married Maureen Cox in London. They
divorced in 1975. In 1970, the Ringo Starr-Peter Sellers film "The
Magic Christian" premiered in New York. The film's soundtrack album
included the Badfinger song "Come and Get It," which was written by
Paul McCartney. In 1972, David Bowie first performed as "Ziggy
Stardust," at a show in Tollworth, England. In 1983, The Rolling Stones
tour documentary "Let's Spend The Night Together" opened in the U.S.
and Canada. In 1986, Boy George guest-starred on an episode of "The
A-Team" as a singer mistakenly booked into a country dance hall. In
1987, in the wake of Liberace's death from AIDS, the London Daily
Mirror asked if it could have back the $53,000 U.S. libel award the
entertainer won from the paper more than 30 years earlier. The tabloid
had called Liberace a "fruit-flavoured, mincing, ice-covered heap of
mother love" in 1956. In 2012, Whitney Houston was found dead in a
bathtub in a Los Angeles hotel. She was 48. Today's Birthdays: Actor
Conrad Janis ("Mork and Mindy") is 88. Actor Burt Reynolds is 80.
Actress Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island") is 78. Actor Sonny Landham
("48 Hours," 'Predator") is 75. Musician Sergio Mendes (MEN'-dez) is
75. Actress Catherine Hickland ("One Life To Live") is 60. Drummer
David Uosikkinen (aw-SIK'-ken-ihn) of The Hooters is 60. Actress Carey
Lowell ("Law and Order") is 55. Singer Sheryl Crow is 54. Actress
Jennifer Aniston is 47. Singer D'Angelo is 42. Actor Brice Beckham
("Mr. Belvedere") is 40. Vocalist Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and of
Fort Minor is 39. Singer-actress Brandy ("Moesha") is 37. Country
musician Jon Jones (The Eli Young Band) is 36. Actor Matthew Lawrence
("Boy Meets World") is 36. Singer Kelly Rowland (Destiny's Child) is
35. Singer Aubrey O'Day (Danity Kane) is 32. Actress Q'orianka
(kohr-ee-AHN'-kuh) Kilcher is 26. Actor Taylor Lautner is 24.
