Bruce Springsteen was simultaneously on the magazine cover of both"Time" and "Newsweek." This was the first time it happened
for a rock star.

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen turned 67 in September.

ROSS SIMPSON

John Marwood Cleese is 77 today. He once studied Law at
Cambridge.

2001

According to the documentary History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Ben E.
King had no intention of recording the song “Stand By Me” 
himself. King had written it for The Drifters, who passed on
recording it.

The song went to No. 1 on the R&B charts and was a Top
Ten hit when it peaked at no. 4 on the charts. "Stand by
Me" was ranked 122nd on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500
Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999, BMI named it as the
fourth most-performed song of the 20th century, with
about seven million performances.

Benjamin Earl King (September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015)