Number one on Keener this week in:<\/strong><\/p>\n(1964) Memphis, Johnny Rivers
\n(1965) Mr Tambourine Man, Byrds
\n(1966) Little Girl, Syndicate of Sound
\n(1967) Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli
\n(1968) This Guy’s In Love With You, Herb Alpert
\n(1969) Get Back\/Dont Let Me Down, Beatles
\n(1970) Ooh Child, Five Stairsteps
\n(1971) It’s Too Late, Carole King<\/p>\n
Today in History:<\/strong><\/p>\n1871 Jesse James<\/strong> & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000
\n1888 Baseball poem “Casey at the Bat<\/strong>” 1st published by the San Francisco Examiner
\n1889 The Canadian Pacific Railway<\/strong> is completed from coast to coast
\n1946 1st bikini<\/strong> bathing suit displayed in Paris
\n1949 1st African American to graduate from US Naval Academy<\/strong> (Wesley Anthony Brown)
\n1949 Dragnet<\/strong> is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
\n1959 1st US Air Force Academy graduation<\/strong> in Colorado Springs, Colorado
\n1964 Ringo Starr<\/strong> collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis
\n1967 Aretha Franklin<\/strong>‘s cover of the Otis Redding<\/strong> song “Respect<\/strong>” reaches #1
\n1969 Last episode of Star Trek<\/strong> airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)
\n1970 Ray Davies<\/strong> of The Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in “Lola<\/strong>,” (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC commercial reference ban
\n1972 “Hot Rod Lincoln<\/strong>” by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen<\/strong> hits #9
\n1976 Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”<\/strong> goes gold
\n1985 “Larry King Live”<\/strong> debuts on CNN, airing each weeknight through December, 2010
\n1988 “Big<\/strong>” film directed by Penny Marshall<\/strong>, starring Tom Hanks premieres in US
\n1991 Thomas Hearns<\/strong> captures WBA light heavyweight title
\n1992 Joan Lunden<\/strong> ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support
\n2001 TV drama “Six Feet Unde<\/strong>r” created by Alan Ball, starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall and Frances Conroy premieres on HBO<\/p>\nRock and Roll Birthdays \u2013 Via DrRock.com:<\/strong><\/p>\n1906 Josephine Baker<\/strong> \/ (Freda Josephine McDonald), Legendary chanson-singing dancer and actress of the 20s and 30s, one of the most successful African American entertainers of her time, left the demeaning U.S. vaudeville circuit for the open-minded Parisian cabaret scene, became a French citizen, a star and a voice against prejudice while performing exotic dances in risqu\u00e9 costumes (or none at all), starred in movies alongside Bob Hope, Fanny Brice and others, became an outspoken figure in the American Civil Rights movement of the 60s, died from a cerebral hemorrhage on 4\/12\/1975, age 68
\n1926 Allen Ginsburg<\/strong> \/ (Irwin Allen Ginsburg), Poet, leading figure in the Beat Generation of the 50s and frequent participant in various hippie events in the 60s, author of the epic poem \u201cHowl,\u201d longtime friend of Bob Dylan with whom he often collaborated with poetry set to music, died from liver cancer on 4\/5\/1997, age 70
\n1927 Boots Randolph<\/strong> \/ (Homer Randolph III), Tenor saxophonist and major contributor to the \u201cNashville Sound\u201d of pop flavoring within country music in the 50s, 60s and 70s, as a solo artist scored 14 Billboard Top 200 albums and the Top 40 single \u201cYakety Sax\u201d (#35, 1963), died following a brain hemorrhage a month after the release of his final studio album on 7\/3\/2007, age 80
\n1936 Eddie Willis<\/strong>, American guitar and sitar player (The Funk Brothers), born in Grenada, Mississippi (d. 2018)
\n1940 Charles Fizer<\/strong>, Tenor vocals for 50s\/60s doo wop quartet The Olympics (\u201cWestern Movies<\/strong>,\u201d #8, R&B #7, 1958), the band\u2019s string of hits largely dried up after he was shot and killed by police during the Watts Riots in Los Angeles on 8\/14\/1965, age 25
\n1942 Curtis Mayfield<\/strong>, R&B\/soul giant, singer, songwriter and composer, member of The Impressions, \u201cIt\u2019s All Right<\/strong>\u201d (#4, R&B #1, 1963), solo, \u201cFreddie\u2019s Dead\u201d (#4, R&B #2, 1972), wrote dozens of R&B and pop hits for others, died on 12\/26\/1999 after years of steadily declining health following an on-stage accident in 1980, age 57
\n1943 Mike Denni<\/strong>s, Second tenor for doo wop a cappella harmony turned early garage-rock\/dance craze The Dovells, \u201cBristol Stomp<\/strong>\u201d (#2, 1961)
\n1946 Eddie Holman<\/strong>, Philly soul, pop and gospel tenor vocalist best known for \u201cHey There Lonely Girl<\/strong>\u201d (#2, R&B #4, 1970), largely disappeared from the music business in the 80s, became an ordained Baptist minister and occasionally performed into the 00s
\n1946 Michael Clarke<\/strong> \/ (Michael Dick), Drummer for seminal country-rock The Byrds, \u201cMr. Tambourine Man<\/strong>\u201d (#1, 1965), then Flying Burrito Bros. and light country rock Firefall, \u201cYou Are The Woman<\/strong>\u201d (#9, 1976), died of liver failure on 12\/19\/1993, age 47
\n1947 Dave Alexander<\/strong>, Original bassist for influential proto-punk The Stooges, \u201cI Wanna Be Your Dog\u201d (1969), died from pulmonary edema on 2\/10\/1975, age 27
\n1947 Mickey Finn<\/strong> \/ (Michael Hearne), Percussion for proto-glam-rock T. Rex, \u201cBang A Gong (Get It On)<\/strong>\u201d (#10, 1971), died from suspected liver and kidney failure on 1\/11\/2003, age 55
\n1950 “Denise” Williams<\/strong> \/ (June Deniece Chandler), Grammy-winning R&B\/soul-funk singer and songwriter, worked as a backing singer with Stevie Wonder\u2018s group Wonderlove, then solo, \u201cLet\u2019s Hear It For The Boy<\/strong>\u201d (#1, 1984)
\n1950 Suzi Quatro<\/strong> \/ (Susan Kay Quatrocchio), Bass guitarist, singer, songwriter, bandleader, iconoclastic if not well-known female rocker, \u201cStumblin\u2019 In<\/strong>\u201d (#4, 1979)
\n1952 Billy Powell<\/strong>, Keyboards for raunchy Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd, \u201cSweet Home Alabama<\/strong>\u201d (#8, 1974), died after suffering a heart attack on 6\/28\/2009, age 56
\n1954 Dan Hill<\/strong>, Canadian folk-pop singer\/songwriter, \u201cSometimes When We Touch<\/strong>\u201d (#3, 1978)<\/p>\nOther Notable Birthdays: Via OnThisDay.com<\/strong><\/p>\n1808 Jefferson Davis<\/strong>, President of the Confederate States of America (1861-65), born in Fairview, Kentucky (d. 1889)
\n1865 George V<\/strong>, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1910-36), born in Marlborough House, London, (d. 1936)
\n1910 Paulette Goddard<\/strong> [Marion Levy], American actress (Great Dictator), born in Whitestone Landing, Long Island (d. 1990)
\n1911 Ellen Corby<\/strong> [Hansen], American actress (The Waltons, Vertigo, Caged), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 1999)
\n1917 Leo Gorcey<\/strong>, American actor (Bowery Boys, Road to Zanzibar), born in NYC, New York (d. 1969)
\n1924 Colleen Dewhurst<\/strong> ‘Queen of Off-Broadway’ , Canadian actress (Anne of Green Gables), born in Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec
\n1925 Tony Curtis<\/strong> [Bernard Schwartz], American actor (Some Like It Hot), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2010)
\n1929 Chuck Barris<\/strong>, TV game show producer and host (Gong Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
\n1936 Larry McMurtry<\/strong>, American Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (Lonesome Dove), and Academy Award-winning scriptwriter (Brokeback Mountain), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2021)
\n1947 John Dykstra<\/strong>, American special effects supervisor (Star Wars)
\n1951 Jill Biden<\/strong>, American first lady and educator, born in Hammonton, New Jersey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s happening via JJ Duling REO, Styx and Loverboy opened their “Live and Un-Zoomed” tour in Grand Rapids this week. The set lists included chestnuts from three extraordinary careers. We’ve got em all, plus selected videos of some of the performances. (Ultimate Classic Rock) Up to 50% of women and 20% of men among the 3 billion people who experience migraines and cluster headaches during their lifetimes. The usual attention to diet, fitness and a good night’s sleep can minimize frequency. Experts recommend small, protein-rich meals scattered throughout the day to get a consistent amount of energy to the brain….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-keener-today","wpcat-727-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27481"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27509,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27481\/revisions\/27509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}