Entertainment History
On February 16th, 1962, Bobby Vinton recorded the song "Roses Are Red.
He was in danger of being dropped by Epic Records but still owed them
two single sides. In 1968, John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives
traveled to India to study transcendental meditation with the Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi. Later, they were joined by Ringo Starr and his wife and
Paul McCartney and his fiancee. In 1969, country singers George Jones
and Tammy Wynette were married in Ringgold, Georgia. They had said they
were secretly married six months earlier. In 1974, Elton John released
"Bennie and the Jets. In 1975, Cher's musical variety series debuted on
CBS. It ran until 1976. In 1982, actress Farrah Fawcett and actor Lee
Majors were divorced, after nine years of marriage. In 1990, musician
Ike Turner was sentenced to four years in prison on cocaine charges. He
began serving his sentence the next day. Four years earlier, Turner had
said he had been addicted to cocaine for 15 years. In 2007, Britney
Spears shaved her head after a salon owner refused to do it for her.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett in "The Empire
Strikes Back") is 71. Actor William Katt ("Greatest American Hero") is
65. Singer James Ingram is 64. Actor LeVar Burton is 59. Rapper-actor
Ice-T is 58. Actress Lisa Loring ("The Addams Family") is 58. Guitarist
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) is 55. Drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer is 51.
Actress Sarah Clarke ("Twilight") is 45. Drummer Taylor Hawkins of Foo
Fighters is 44. Actor Mahershala Ali ("House of Cards") is 42.
DJ-producer Bassnectar is 38. Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 34. Singer Ryan
Follese (FOL'-es-ay) of Hot Chelle (SHEL) Rae is 29. Guitarist and
drummer Danielle Haim (HYM) of the rock group Haim is 27. Actress
Elisabeth Olsen ("Martha Marcy May Marlene") is 27.
