Entertainment History
On August 9, 1963, the British TV show "Ready Steady Go" premiered.
Most of Britain's most popular bands appeared on the show. Also in
1963, singer Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey. In 1967,
concert officials at the Sunbury Jazz and Blues Festival in England ask
Jerry Lee Lewis to leave the stage because they thought the crowd had
gotten too wild during Lewis' performance. In 1969, actress Sharon Tate
and four other people were found brutally murdered in Tate's Los
Angeles home. Cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his young
disciples were later convicted of the crime. In 1978, bluesman Muddy
Waters performed for President Jimmy Carter at a White House picnic. In
1991, singer Rick James pleaded innocent to charges he imprisoned,
tortured and sexually assaulted a woman in his California home. In
1995, Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia died of a heart
attack while undergoing drug rehabilitation. He was 53. In 1999,
guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs quit Oasis. Barely two weeks later,
bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan quit. Today's Birthdays: Jazz drummer
Jack DeJohnette is 74. Actor Sam Elliott is 72. Singer Barbara Mason is
69. Actress Melanie Griffith is 59. Actress Amanda Bearse
("Married...With Children") is 58. Rapper Kurtis Blow is 57. "Today"
co-host Hoda Kotb (HOH'-duh KAHT'-bee) is 52. Actor Pat Petersen
("Knots Landing") is 50. Actress Gillian (JIL'-ee-an) Anderson ("The
X-Files") is 48. Actor Eric Bana ("Star Trek," 'The Hulk") is 48. "Good
Morning America" co-anchor Chris Cuomo is 46. Actor Thomas Lennon (new
"The Odd Couple," 'Reno 911!") is 46. Bassist Arion Salazar (Third Eye
Blind) is 46. Rapper Mack 10 is 45. Singer Juanes (WAH'-nes) is 44.
Actor Kevin McKidd ("Grey's Anatomy") is 43. Actress Ashley Johnson
("The Help") is 33. Actress Anna Kendrick ("Pitch Perfect," 'Twilight")
is 31.
