Entertainment History
On February 16, 1962, Bobby Vinton recorded the song "Roses Are Red. He
was in danger of being dropped by Epic Records but still owed them two
single sides. In 1968, John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives
traveled to India to study transcendental meditation with the Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi. Later, they were joined by Ringo Starr and his wife and
Paul McCartney and his fiancee. In 1969, country singers George Jones
and Tammy Wynette were married in Ringgold, Georgia. They had said they
were secretly married six months earlier. In 1974, Elton John released
"Bennie and the Jets. In 1975, Cher's musical variety series debuted on
CBS. It ran until 1976. In 1982, actress Farrah Fawcett and actor Lee
Majors were divorced, after nine years of marriage. In 1990, musician
Ike Turner was sentenced to four years in prison on cocaine charges. He
began serving his sentence the next day. Four years earlier, Turner had
said he had been addicted to cocaine for 15 years. In 2007, Britney
Spears shaved her head after a salon owner refused to do it for her.
Today's Birthdays: Jazz singer Peggy King is 87. Actor Jeremy Bulloch
(Boba Fett in "The Empire Strikes Back") is 72. Actor William Katt
("Greatest American Hero") is 66. Singer James Ingram is 65. Actor
LeVar Burton is 60. Rapper-actor Ice-T is 59. Actress Lisa Loring ("The
Addams Family") is 59. Guitarist Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) is 56.
Drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer is 52. Actress Sarah Clarke
("Twilight") is 46. Drummer Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters is 45. Actor
Mahershala Ali ("House of Cards") is 43. DJ-producer Bassnectar is 39.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 35. Singer Ryan Follese (FOL'-es-ay) of Hot
Chelle (SHEL) Rae is 30. Guitarist and drummer Danielle Haim (HYM) of
the rock group Haim is 28. Actress Elizabeth Olsen ("Martha Marcy May
Marlene") is 28.
