ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY
On June 6, 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden,
New Jersey. In 1960, Tony Williams left The Platters for a solo career.
Williams was the lead singer on The Platters' hits "Only You," 'The
Great Pretender" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. In 1962, The Beatles
auditioned for producer George Martin at EMI Records in London. He
signed them to a contract the following month. In 1968, the Rolling
Stones recorded "Sympathy for the Devil. In 1969, Rod Stewart signed a
solo recording contract with Mercury Records. He had previously sung
for the Jeff Beck Group. In 1971, the "Ed Sullivan Show" was canceled
after 23 years. It was TV's longest-running variety show. In 1977,
Stevie Wonder delivered an unannounced lecture to a class at UCLA
studying the record industry. In 1990, a federal judge in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, declared that 2 Live Crew's "As Nasty As They
Wanna Be" was obscene. Two days later, a record store owner was charged
for selling the hit rap album. Today's Birthdays: Singer-songwriter
Gary "U.S. Bonds is 76. Country singer Joe Stampley is 72. Jazz pianist
Monty Alexander is 71. Actor Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger) is 68.
Singer Dwight Twilley is 64. Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein
(FY'-ur-steen) is 63. Actress-comedian Sandra Bernhard is 60. Actress
Amanda Pays is 56. Record producer Jimmy Jam is 56. Comedian Colin
Quinn is 56. Guitarist Steve Vai (VY) is 55. Singer-bassist Tom Araya
of Slayer is 54. Actor Jason Isaacs ("Harry Potter" films) is 52.
Bassist Sean Ysealt (ee-SULT') (White Zombie) is 49. Actor Max Casella
("Analyze This," 'Doogie Howser, M.D.") is 48. Actor Paul Giamatti
("Sideways") is 48. Singer Damion Hall of Guy is 47. Bassist Bardi
Martin (Candlebox) is 46. Guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer of Korn is
45. Country singer Lisa Brokop is 42. Singer Uncle Kracker is 41.
Actress Staci Keanan ("Step By Step," 'My Two Dads") is 40. Actress
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons ("Modern Family") is 8.
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