Archive for September, 2015

RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1958


The Teddy Bears with Phil Spector (right).

"To Know Him Is to Love Him" was written by Phil Spector and
inspired by words on his father’s tombstone. It went to number 
one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.


(AP Photo/ California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)


Phillip Harvey Spector will be 76 years old December 26. In
the 2000s, he became the subject of two trials for murder
and a second-degree conviction. He is currently serving
a prison sentence of 19 years to life.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS

Today-In-Historytitle

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Camille Bohannon


Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991)

Davis is widely considered one of the most influential musicians of
the 20th century.

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BRIGITTE BARDOT IS 81 TODAY

 
A young Bardot at 18


Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot

French actress Brigitte Bardot starred in a number of films in
the 1950s and ’60s including Spirits of the Dead (1968) and
the 1956 film And God Created Woman. She was nominated
for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in
the 1965 film Viva Maria! She studied ballet for three years
at the Conservatoire de Paris, in hopes of becoming a
professional. After her retirement, she founded the Brigitte
Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals.

 

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YOU’LL GO FOR MERCURY ~ 1950

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WILFORD BRIMLEY IS 81 TODAY


Anthony Wilford Brimley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Presently a TV commercial actor, Brimley also played roles in
the films, The China Syndrome (1979), Cocoon (1985), and
The Thing (1982). He once worked as a ranch hand, wrangler,
blacksmith and as a bodyguard for Howard Hughes before
becoming an actor.


1991

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