Entertainment History
On February 14, 1967, Aretha Franklin recorded her cover of Otis
Redding's "Respect" at Atlantic Records in New York. The Turtles'
single "Happy Together" was released on the White Whale label. In 1972,
"Grease" opened off-Broadway. Original cast members included Barry
Bostwick and Adrienne Barbeau. The show moved to Broadway later in the
year. It closed in 1980. Also in 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a
week as co-hosts of the Mike Douglas television talk show. In 1973,
David Bowie collapsed from exhaustion at the end of an elaborate
Valentine's Day show at Radio City Music Hall. In 1977,
singer-songwriter Janis Ian received nearly 500 Valentine's Day cards
from fans. She sang about never getting Valentine's Day cards as a
teenager in her ballad, "At Seventeen. Also in 1977, The B-52's played
their first concert at a party in Athens, Georgia. In 1980, CBS
announced that Dan Rather would succeed Walter Cronkite as anchorman
and managing editor on "The CBS Evening News" the following year. In
1984, Elton John married studio engineer Renate (ruh-NAH'-tah) Blauel.
The marriage lasted four years. In 1992, Weezer had their first
practice as a band, in Los Angeles. They played their first show a few
weeks later. In 1996, the Artist Formerly Known As Prince married
dancer Mayte (MY'-tay) in Minneapolis. In 1999, singer Buddy Knox died
after a brief battle with cancer in Bremerton, Washington. He was 65.
He's probably best known for the 1957 hit "Party Doll. Today's
Birthdays: TV personality Hugh Downs ("20/20") is 96. Country singer
Razzy Bailey is 78. Jazz saxophonist Maceo Parker is 74. TV personality
Pat O'Brien ("The Insider," 'Access Hollywood") is 69. Magician Teller
of Penn and Teller is 69. Actor Ken Wahl ("Wiseguy") is 60. Opera
singer Renee Fleming is 58. Actress Meg Tilly is 57. Singer Dwayne
Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone! is 56. Actress Sakina Jaffey ("House of
Cards") is 55. Actor Enrico Colantoni ("Just Shoot Me") is 54. Actor
Zach Galligan ("Gremlins") is 53. Actor Valente Rodriguez ("George
Lopez") is 53. Bassist Ricky Wolking of The Nixons is 51. Actor Simon
Pegg (2009's "Star Trek") is 47. Bassist Kevin Baldes of Lit is 45.
Singer Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty is 45. Actor Jake Lacy ("The
Office") is 31. Actress Tiffany Thornton ("Sonny With A Chance") is 31.
Actor Brett Dier ("Jane the Virgin") is 27. Actor Freddie Highmore
("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," 'Bates Motel") is 25.
