Entertainment History
On September 28, 1958, Dore Records released "To Know Him Is To Love
Him" by The Teddy Bears. In 1968, Janis Joplin's manager announced
Joplin would leave Big Brother and the Holding Company in November
after fulfilling current obligations. Joplin said she and the band
"weren't growing together anymore. In 1975, 40,000 people got to see
Jefferson Starship and Jerry Garcia and Friends perform for free in San
Francisco. "Jerry Garcia and Friends" ended up being the Grateful Dead,
who had not performed together in more than a year. In 1988, singer
John Denver offered the Soviet Union $10 million to put him on the
Soyuz space shuttle. In 1991, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis died of
pneumonia, respiratory failure and a stroke. He was 65. Also in 1991,
Garth Brooks became the first country artist to have an album debut at
number one on the album charts, with "Ropin' The Wind. In 1995, Bobby
Brown was caught in gunfire outside a Boston bar. Brown was unhurt, but
his brother-in-law-to-be was killed. Today's birthdays: Actress
Brigitte Bardot (bar-DOH') is 82. Actor Joel Higgins ("Silver Spoons")
is 73. Actor Jeffrey Jones is 70. Writer-director-actor John Sayles is
66. Actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo is 52. Country singer Matt King
is 50. Actress Mira Sorvino is 49. TV personality and singer Moon Zappa
is 49. Actress Naomi Watts is 48. Country singer Karen Fairchild of
Little Big Town is 47. Country singer Mandy Barnett is 41. Rapper Young
Jeezy is 39. Actor Peter Cambor ("NCIS: Los Angeles") is 38. TV
personality Bam Margera ("Jackass") is 37. Actress Jerrika Hinton
("Grey's Anatomy") is 35. Guitarist Luke Mossman of Nathaniel Rateliff
and the Night Sweats is 35. Singer St. Vincent is 34. Drummer Daniel
Platzman of Imagine Dragons is 30. Actress Hilary Duff is 29.
