Archive for April 29th, 2011

Apr

RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1967

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Apr

HIT SONG FOR RICKY NELSON IN 1962

L To R: James Burton, Rick Nelson, Drummer Richie Frost, and bassist James Kirkland in 1958

Guitarist James Burton today

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Apr

DANIAL DAY-LEWIS IS 54 TODAY

Daniel (Michael Blake) Day-Lewis is an English actor with both British and
Irish citizenship. His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989) and
Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007) won Academy and BAFTA
Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe
Awards for There Will Be Blood. His role as Bill “The Butcher”Cutting in
Gangs of New York (2002) earned Lewis the BAFT Award and a Screen
Actors Guild Award. He is known to remain completely in character for the
duration of a film shoot.

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Apr

ROCK MUSICAL OPENED ON THIS DATE IN 1968

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical was a product of the hippie
counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s. Some of the songs became
anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. The musical broke new
ground in musical theater. When the show opened on Broadway it ran for
1,750 performances.