{"id":27313,"date":"2022-05-19T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27313"},"modified":"2022-05-21T11:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:02:36","slug":"keener-today-may-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27313","title":{"rendered":"Keener Today &#8211; May 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Today in 1967, Freda Payne was appearing at the Elmwood Casino in Windsor. A galaxy of stars were on deck at the Masonic Temple including Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, James and Bobby Purify, Johnny Taylor, Joe Simon and Moms Mabley. And Adam West joined the Flying Wallendas at the Dobritch International Circus at the State Fair Coliseum. Tickets were 2, 3 and 4 dollars.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1972, a stagnant airmass over the midewest caused extremely high levels of polution 8n Detroit, so much so that the Wayne County Polution Control Board recommended persons with respiratory diseases should avoid strenusous activity.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1977, Hudsons was advertising Code-a-Phone, a device that could record messages from people who called your land-line telephone when you weren&#8217;t home. The device came with a beeper that could signal it from any phone to play the messages back.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1979, CBS debuted an animated musical version of J.R.R. Tolkein&#8217;s The Hobbit. Orson Bean supplied the voice of Bilbo Baggins, John Houston voiced Gandalf.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1982, Volkswagen announced price cuts on it&#8217;s popular Rabbit automobile. You could score the fuel efficiant German import for just $5,990.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1536 Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason<br \/>\n1568 English Queen Elizabeth I arrests Mary, Queen of Scots<br \/>\n1912 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb&#8217;s suspension, they will be banned from baseball<br \/>\n1958 &#8220;South Pacific&#8221; soundtrack album goes #1 &amp; stays #1 for 31 weeks<br \/>\n1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy<br \/>\n1968 20th Emmy Awards: &#8220;Get Smart&#8221;, &#8220;Mission Impossible&#8221; &amp; Barbara Bain win<br \/>\n1977 Film &#8220;Smokey &amp; the Bandit&#8221; starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason premieres in NYC<br \/>\n1989 Actress Linda Gray makes her last appearance as Sue Ellen Ewing on the TV show &#8220;Dallas&#8221;<br \/>\n1994 Final Episode of TV drama &#8220;LA Law&#8221; after 8 year run<br \/>\n1997 &#8220;The Lost World: Jurassic Park&#8221;, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore, premieres in the US<br \/>\n1999 &#8220;Star Wars: Episode I &#8211; The Phantom Menace&#8221;, directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Liam Neeson, is released in cinemas<br \/>\n2009 TV musical show &#8220;Glee&#8221; starring Jane Lynch, Michael Morrison, Lea Michele and an ensemble cast premieres on Fox<br \/>\n2018 American actress Meghan Markle marries Prince Harry at a ceremony in Windsor Castle, making her a member of the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth II grants them the the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex<\/p>\n<p>Music released today:<\/p>\n<p>1958: Bobby Darin, \u201cSplish Splash\u201d, Novelty Pop, [Single], \u201cJudy Don\u2019t Be Moody\u201d<br \/>\n1967: Strawberry Alarm Clock, \u201cIncense And Peppermints\u201d, Psychedelic Pop, Incense And Peppermints, \u201cThe Birdman Of Alkatrash\u201d<br \/>\n1972: Sweet, \u201cLittle Willy\u201d [UK], Pop-Rock, Sweet, \u201cMan From Mecca\u201d<br \/>\n1973: Paul Simon, \u201cKodachrome\u201d, Folk-Pop, There Goes Rhymin\u2019 Simon, \u201cTenderness\u201d<br \/>\n1975: Aerosmith, \u201cSweet Emotion\u201d, Hard Rock, Toys In The Attic, \u201cUncle Salty\u201d<br \/>\n1975: Lynyrd Skynyrd, \u201cSaturday Night Special\u201d, Southern Rock, Nuthin\u2019 Fancy, \u201cMade In The Shade\u201d<br \/>\n1975: Eagles, \u201cOne Of These Nights\u201d, Country-Rock, One Of These Nights, \u201cVisions\u201d<br \/>\n1978: Dire Straits, \u201cSultans Of Swing\u201d [UK], New Wave\/Post-Punk, Dire Straits, \u201cEastbound Train\u201d [Live Version]<br \/>\n1978: Steely Dan, \u201cDeacon Blues\u201d [UK], Jazz-Rock, Aja, \u201cJosie\u201d<br \/>\n1986: Genesis, \u201cInvisible Touch\u201d, Prog Rock, Invisible Touch, \u201cThe Last Domino\u201d<br \/>\n1986: Bananarama, \u201cVenus\u201d, New Wave Dance-Pop, True Confessions, \u201cWhite Train\u201d<br \/>\n1969: Spiral Starecase, More Today Than Yesterday LP<br \/>\n1969: Poco, Pickin\u2019 Up The Pieces LP<br \/>\n1972: Elton John, Honky Chateau LP<br \/>\n1976: Billy Joel, Turnstiles LP<\/p>\n<p>Rock Birthdays: Via DrRock.com<\/p>\n<p>1894: Moms Mabley \/ (Loretta Mary Aitken), Hugely successful stand-up comedienne from the vaudeville era with 17 charting albums in the 60s and one hit, a cover of \u201cAbraham, Martin And John\u201d (#35, R&amp;B #18, 1969), for a time making her the oldest living person to have a Billboard Top 40 hit, died from heart failure on 5\/23\/1975, age 82<br \/>\n1932: Alma Cogan \/ (Alma Cohen), 50s and early 60s rising star Brit traditional pop female vocalist, \u201cDreamboat\u201d (UK #1, 1955) plus 20 other UK Top 40 hits, died of stomach cancer on 10\/26\/1966, age 34<br \/>\n1940: Mickey Newbury \/ (Milton Sims Newbury, Jr.), Prolific country music songwriter with dozens of hit songs performed by others, including Top 20 songs on four charts simultaneously, \u201cHere Comes the Rain, Baby\u201d (Eddy Arnold, Country #4, 1968), \u201cSweet Memories\u201d (Andy Williams, Easy Listening #4, 1968), \u201cTime Is A Thief\u201d (Solomon Burke, R&amp;B #15, 1968) and \u201cJust Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)\u201d (Kenny Rogers &amp; The First Edition, Pop #5, 1968), plus a solo hit single \u201cAn American Trilogy\u201d (#26, 1972), died 9\/29\/2002, age 62<br \/>\n1945: Pete Townshend \/ (Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend), Guitarist, songwriter, rock opera composer and vocalist for Brit rock \u2018n\u2019 roll The Who, \u201cI Can See For Miles\u201d (#9, 1967) and 14 other US Top 40 singles, rock opera albums Tommy (1969) and Quadrophenia (1973), Grammy-winning solo career, \u201cFace The Face\u201d (#26, Mainstream Rock #3, 1985)<br \/>\n1947: Jerry Hyman, Trombonist for jazz-rock\/pop-rock horn band Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears, \u201cSpinning Wheel\u201d (#2, 1969)<br \/>\n1947: Paul Brady, Irish folk-pop singer\/songwriter and guitarist with The Johnstons and Planxty, then long solo career, \u201cNobody Knows\u201d (1990)<br \/>\n1947: Gregory Herbert, Alto saxophone for jazz-rock\/pop-rock fusion band Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears, \u201cSpinning Wheel\u201d (#2, 1969), died of a drug overdose on 1\/31\/1978, age 30<br \/>\n1947: Steve Currie, Bassist for proto-glam-rock T. Rex, \u201cBang A Gong (Get It On)\u201d (#10, 1971), sessions, died in a car crash on 4\/28\/1981, age 33<br \/>\n1948: Tom Scott, Grammy-winning jazz-pop-rock multi-reedist, composer, session musician and bandleader, co-founder of the Blues Brothers Band and jazz-rock The L. A. Express, which backed Joni Mitchell, Carole King, George Harrison and others, solo \u201cTom Cat\u201d (R&amp;B #93, 1975), composer of film soundtracks and TV shows, including the theme song for Starsky And Hutch<br \/>\n1948: Paul Williams \/ (Paul S. Williams), Music journalist and writer, founder and editor of college-rag turned national publication Crawdaddy, the first journal entirely devoted to in-depth commentary about rock music and the career-starter for a generation of rock writers and critics, also wrote articles for Rolling Stone and other rock publications and some two dozen books on a variety of subjects, including three about Bob Dylan, suffered brain trauma in a 1995 bicycle accident and died from complications of resulting dementia on 3\/27\/2013, age 64.<br \/>\n1949: Dusty Hill \/ (Joseph Michael Hill), Founding member and five-decade bassist, vocalist and occasional keyboardist for venerable Texas blues\/boogie rock trio ZZ Top, sang lead on the band\u2019s first Top 20 hit, \u201cTush\u201d (#20, 1975) and played in the band for every live show from 1970 through July 2021 when multiple, decades-long health issues forced an early retirement from touring, died at home from undisclosed causes on 7\/28\/2021, age 72.<br \/>\n1949: Larry Wallis, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter with a long resume, including co-founder of late-60s pop-rock The Entire Sioux Nation and original member of heavy metal trio Mot\u00f6rhead during 1975, in between played with ex-T. Rex percussionist Steve Took\u2018s Shagrat, Blodwyn Pig, briefly with start-up UFO and the first incarnation of power pop\/proto-punk Pink Fairies, after Mot\u00f6rhead wrote and recorded the punk classic \u201cPolice Car\u201d in 1977 and became an in-house writer and producer for Stiff Records into the 80s, played in various collaborations before rejoining the Pink Fairies in 1987, released three albums with The Deviants and wrote for Dr. Feelgood in the 90s, continued working alongside other top names in British rock through to the 10s and in 2017 issued The Sound Of Speed, a collection of rare and unreleased tracks, died from undisclosed causes on 9\/19\/2019, age 70.<br \/>\n1950: Mike Wedgewood, Bassist for Brit prog\/avant-garde rock Curved Air, \u201cBack Street Luv\u201d (UK #4, 1974)<br \/>\n1950: Romeo Challenger, Drummer for Brit rock \u2018n\u2019 roll revival Showaddywaddy, \u201cUnder The Moon Of Love\u201d (UK #1, 1976) and over 20 other UK Top 40 singles<br \/>\n1951: Joey Ramone \/ (Jeffrey Hyman), Cultural icon, lead vocals and songwriter for seminal punk rock band The Ramones, \u201cRockaway Beach\u201d (#66, 1978), died from lymphatic cancer on 4\/15\/2001, age 49<br \/>\n1952: Barbara Joyce Lomas, Vocals for 70s R&amp;B\/soul-funk-disco B.T. Express, \u201cDo It (\u2018Til Your Satisfied)\u201d (#2, R&amp;B #1, 1974)<br \/>\n1952: Grace Jones \/ (Grace Mendoza), Severely androgynous \u201cQueen of the Gay Discos\u201d and R&amp;B\/dance-pop-disco diva, \u201cPull Up To The Bumper\u201d (R&amp;B #5, Dance\/Club #2, 1981), actress<br \/>\n1954: Phil Rudd \/ (Phillip Rudd), Drummer for Aussie power chord hard rockers AC\/DC, \u201cFor Those About To Rock\u201d (Mainstream Rock #4, 1982), left in 1983<br \/>\n1956: Teddy Bear Ware \/ (Martyn Ware), Founding member of late-70s synth-pop pioneers The Human League, \u201cDon\u2019t You Want Me\u201d (#1, 1981), left to form 80s synth-pop Heaven 17, \u201cTemptation\u201d (UK #2, 1983) and \u201cContenders\u201d (Dance\/Club #6, 1987)<br \/>\n1962: Iain Harvie, Founder, guitarist and songwriter for pop and country-rock Del Amitri, \u201cRoll To Me\u201d (#10, 1995)<\/p>\n<p>Other Notable Birthdays: Via OnThisDay.com<\/p>\n<p>1925 Malcolm X [Little], African American human rights activist and Muslim minister, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1965)<br \/>\n1935 David Hartman, American actor and TV personality (Good Morning America), born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island<br \/>\n1939 Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-born American actress (Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong), born in Hong Kong<br \/>\n1941 Nora Ephron, American novelist (Heartburn), screenwriter (Silkwood; When Harry Met Sally), and director (Sleepless In Seattle), born in NYC (d. 2012)<br \/>\n1946 Andr\u00e9 the Giant, French pro wrestler (WWF World Heavyweight C&#8217;ship 1988; WWF World Tag Team C&#8217;ship [with Haku] 1989), born in Grenoble, France (d. 1993)<br \/>\n1956 Steve Ford, actor (Young &amp; Restless)\/son of President Gerald Ford<br \/>\n1957 Bill Laimbeer, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>Today in 1987, Tempers were on a hair trigger after an Iraqi Jet attacked the USS Starke in the Persian Gulf. 28 sailors died and at least six Michigan families were on pins and needles, waiting for word of their sons who served on the guided-missile frigate.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in 1967, Freda Payne was appearing at the Elmwood Casino in Windsor. A galaxy of stars were on deck at the Masonic Temple including Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, James and Bobby Purify, Johnny Taylor, Joe Simon and Moms Mabley. And Adam West joined the Flying Wallendas at the Dobritch International Circus at the State Fair Coliseum. Tickets were 2, 3 and 4 dollars. 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