Entertainment History
On March 14, 1943, Aaron Copland's (COHP'-lands) "Fanfare for the
Common Man" premiered in New York. In 1972, Carole King won the album
of the year Grammy for "Tapestry," record of the year for "It's Too
Late" and song of the year for "You've Got A Friend. She also won a
fourth Grammy that year, for female pop vocal performance for
"Tapestry. In 1980, producer Quincy Jones got a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame. It was his 47th birthday. In 1981, Eric Clapton was
hospitalized in St. Paul, Minnesota, for an attack of bleeding ulcers.
He had to cancel a 60-date U.S. tour. In 1995, the album "A Boy Named
Goo" by the Goo Goo Dolls was released. Today's Birthdays: Singer Phil
Phillips is 91. Actor Michael Caine is 84. Composer-conductor Quincy
Jones is 84. Country singer Michael Martin Murphey is 72. Sax player
Walt Parazaider (payr-ah-ZAY'-der) of Chicago is 72. Actor Steve Kanaly
("Dallas") is 71. Comedian Billy Crystal is 69. TV and radio
personality Rick Dees is 66. Country singer Jann Browne is 63. Actor
Adrian Zmed is 63. Actress Tamara Tunie (tuh-MAH'-ruh TOO'-nee) ("Law
and Order: SVU") is 58. Actress Penny Johnson Jerald ("Castle," '24")
is 57. Actress Elise Neal ("All of Us") is 51. Actor Gary Anthony
Williams ("Boston Legal," 'Malcolm in the Middle") is 51. Drummer
Michael Bland of Soul Asylum is 48. Singer Kristian Bush of Sugarland
is 47. Actress Betsy Brandt ("Breaking Bad") is 44. Actress Grace Park
("Hawaii Five-0," 'Battlestar Galactica") is 43. Actor Daniel Gillies
("The Originals," 'Vampire Diaries") is 41. Actor Corey Stoll ("House
of Cards" 'The Bourne Legacy") is 41. Actor Chris Klein is 38. Actress
Kate Maberly ("Finding Neverland") is 35. Singer-keyboardist Taylor
Hanson of Hanson is 34. Actor Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliot") is 31.
Bassist Este Haim (HYM) of Haim is 31. Actor Ansel Elgort ("Insurgent,"
'Divergent") is 23.
