ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY
On June 17th, 1965, The Kinks arrived in New York for their first
American tour. In 1967, Moby Grape released five singles simultaneously
in their debut with the CBS label. In 1968, the Ohio Express got their
first gold single with "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy. In 1978, Jefferson
Starship failed to perform at a festival in Germany because singer
Grace Slick was unable to go onstage. Angry fans started a riot and
caused over a million dollars in damage. In 1989, Ringo Starr announced
he would tour again for the first time in several years. His first
All-Starr Band included Clarence Clemons, Joe Walsh, Billy Preston, and
Nils Lofgren. In 2000, Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson married Kristin
Willits in Lexington, Kentucky. In 2005, Soul Asylum bassist Karl
Mueller (MYOO'-ler) died of throat cancer in Minneapolis. He was 41.
Today's birthdays: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is
83. Singer Barry Manilow is 72. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 64. Actor Mark
Linn-Baker ("Perfect Strangers") is 61. Singer Jello Biafra (Dead
Kennedys) is 57. Director Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About
Mary") is 57. Actor Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways," 'Wings," 'Ned and
Stacy") is 54. Actor Greg Kinnear (kin-EAR') is 52. Actress Kami Cotler
("The Waltons") is 50. Actor Jason Patric is 49. Singer Kevin Thornton
of Color Me Badd is 46. Actor-comedian Will Forte ("Saturday Night
Live") is 45. Actor-rapper Herculeez of Herculeez and Big Tyme is 32.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar is 28.
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