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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY
VETERAN ACTOR IS 85 YEARS OLD TODAY
James Hong has starred in over 350 productions during a career spanning
more that 50 years. He played Lo Pan in “Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
After deciding to forgo a career in civil engineering, he started training with
prominent acting teacher Jeff Corey.
Hong currently lives in Los Angeles and is planning to produce and direct
his own films.
HECK HARPER FAN CARD FROM 1955
‘’PIANO MAN’’ JOINS BAND ON THIS DAY IN 1964
Billy Joel (left) with The Hassles
William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949)
A New York band called The Echoes, a group that specialized in British Invasion
covers, recruited a young piano player named Billy Joel. They played at the Holy
Family Church teenclub on a regular basis.The quartet would play songs under
the names The Lost Souls, The Commandos and The Emerald Lords before Billy
left two years later to join The Hassles (above). Joel made his breakthrough in
1973 with "Piano Man".
THE FATHER OF MODERN CLASSICAL GUITAR
Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña
February 21, 1893 – June 2, 1987)
Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia was given an Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award in 1986 for his contributions to his genre. He disobeyed
his father by pursuing guitar rather than law. When he was sixteen, he had
a public performance in Grenada.
He has been regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
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