Daily Factoidal Dosage - 10/8 1585 - Composer Heinrich Schutz was born. 1870 - Composer Louis Vierne was born. 1892 - Sergei Rachmaninoff performed Prelude in C-sharp Minor publicly for the first time in Moscow. 1904 - Little Johnny Jones opened in Hartford, CT. 1935 - Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard were married. 1941 - The Benny Goodman Orchestra recorded Buckle Down Winsocki, with Tom Dix as featured vocalist. 1956 - The show Lawrence Welk’s Top Tunes and New Talent debuted. 1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song Great Balls Of Fire. 1968 - Cass Elliot debuted as a solo act in Las Vegas, NV. She cancelled the two-week gig after one show because of tonsillitis and lack of rehearsal. 1971 - Imagine was recorded by John Lennon. 1977 - Billy Joel released his album The Stranger. 1980 - Bob Marley collapsed onstage during a show in Pittsburgh, PA. It was the last show he would ever perform. He died seven months later of cancer. 1980 - Prince released the album Dirty Mind. 1984 - Anne Murray won the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award for A Little Good News. Murray was the first woman to achieve this award. 1987 - Chuck Berry was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1987 - The Chuck Berry biographical film Hail, Hail Rock & Roll premiered. 1988 - Keith Richards appeared as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live. 1992 - The U.S. Postal Service announced the commemorative stamp booklet that would include Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter, Dinah Washington, and Otis Redding. 1994 - Elvis Aaron Presley - The Tribute was aired as a pay-per-view special. 1996 - Jimmy Chamberlin, formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins, pled guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with the heroin related death of Jonathan Melvin. 2001 - Liza Minnelli performed at the White House at a Columbus Day celebration. 2004 - Beanie Sigel was sentenced to a year in federal prison on a gun-possession charge that stemmed from a traffic stop in 2002. 2004 - It was announced that all legal documents for Britney Spears marriage to dancer Kevin Federline had been filed. The marriage had taken place on September 18, 2004. This perpetual Porcinophile wishes a Happy (10/8) Birthday to: Paul Hogan 1939 David Carradine 1940 Fred Cash (The Impressions) 1940 George Bellamy (The Tornados) 1941 Chevy Chase 1943 Tony Wilson (Hot Chocolate) 1947 Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) 1949 Robert Kool Bell (Kool & the Gang) 1950 Johnny Cummings (Ramones) 1951 Ricky Lee Phelps (Brother Phelps) 1953 Mitch Marine (Tripping Daisy) 1961 Steve Perry (Cherry Poppin Daddies) 1963 C.J. Ward (The Ramones) 1965
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