ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY
On June 15th, 1963, "Sukiyaki" became a hit on the American pop chart.
It was the first Japanese song ever to go to number one in the U.S. In
1964, Peter and Gordon arrived for their first U.S. tour. In 1965, Bob
Dylan recorded the song "Like A Rolling Stone" at Columbia Records'
studios in New York. In 1966, The Beatles released "Yesterday and
Today" with its controversial "butcher" sleeve: a photo of The Beatles
surrounded by bloody baby doll parts. The cover was changed to a more
conventional photo, and the butcher version became a collector's item.
In 1967, guitarist Peter Green left John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to form
Fleetwood Mac. Green abruptly left the band in 1970. In 1982, bassist
Pete Farndon quit The Pretenders, one day before guitarist James
Honeyman-Scott died. In 1992, Bruce Springsteen kicked off a summer
tour in Stockholm. It was his first tour without the E Street Band. In
1995, Jewish leaders demanded an apology from Michael Jackson over his
song "They Don't Care About Us," which contained anti-semitic slang
words. In 1996, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died at her home in Beverly
Hills, California. She was 78. Today's Birthdays: Singer Ruby Nash of
Ruby and the Romantics is 81. Singer-actor Johnny Hallyday is 72.
Singer Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply is 66. Singer Steve Walsh
(Kansas) is 64. Country singer Terri Gibbs is 61. Actor Jim Belushi is
61. Actress Julie Hagerty ("Airplane") is 60. Actress Polly Draper
("thirtysomething") is 60. Guitarist Brad Gillis of Night Ranger is 58.
Drummer Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche is 52. Actress Helen Hunt is
52. Actress Courteney Cox ("Friends") is 51. Guitarist Tony Ardoin of
River Road is 51. Guitarist Michael Britt of Lonestar is 49. Drummer
Rob Mitchell of Sixpence None The Richer is 49. Rapper-actor Ice Cube
is 46. Actress Leah Remini ("King of Queens") is 45. Trombone player
T-Bone Willy of Save Ferris is 43. Actor Neil Patrick Harris ("How I
Met Your Mother," 'Doogie Howser, M.D.") is 42. Actress Elizabeth
Reaser ("Twilight") is 40. Singer Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm is
39. Guitarist Billy Martin of Good Charlotte is 34. Guitarist Wayne
Sermon of Imagine Dragons is 31. Actor Denzel Whitaker is 25.
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