SEPT 30-This Day in Entertainment & Music History: 1965-The Hollies and Donovan made their American TV debuts on NBCs Shindig!...1965-Elvis Presley met Tom Jones for the 1st time. The two hip swiveling singers met on the set of the Presleys movie Paradise, Hawaiian Style...1989-At the former Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, the Rolling Stones shot the video for Rock and a Hard Place...1978-The movie Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band officially opened in theaters across the US...1989-Bette Midler was awarded $400,000 in a lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company due to their use of a Midler sound-a-like singer in their commercials...1987-L.A.s Coconut Grove played host to an all-star musical gathering as Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello joined Roy Orbison onstage to tape a TV special. The evenings proceedings were eventually released as a special A Black and White Night...1996-At a Grange Hall in the western Massachusetts town of Montague, singer Tiny Tim collapsed on stage. After being rushed to the hospital, doctors warned the singer to consider retiring from performing due to his fragile health. Tiny Tim ignored their advice and two months later, while on stage in Minneapolis, the 64 year old Tiny Tim collapsed again and this time did not recover...Celebrity Birthdays: Actress Angie Dickinson 83; Singer Cissy Houston 81; Singer Johnny Mathis 79; Singer Marilyn McCoo 71; Actor Barry Williams 60; Actress Fran Drescher 57; Actress Crystal Bernard 53; Actress Jenna Elfman 43;
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:11:23 +0000
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