CARLATA BRADLEY
On Elvis’ first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, he was introduced
by Cleveland disc jockey Bill Randle, who was reportedly the first radio
personality to play an Elvis record outside the South.
Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is 78 today.
Kenny Rogers attended Jefferson Davis High School in Houston
and joined his first band, The Scholars, in the mid-1950s, but the
band dissolved after their front man left to go solo. He starred as
race car driver Brewster Baker in the 1982 comedy/drama film
Six Pack. Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of
Fame in 2013.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Charles Robert Redford Jr. is 80 years old today.
Redford was asked to leave the University of Colorado, after
which he studied painting at the Pratt Institute and acting at
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He kick started his
acting career with guest starring roles on such TV shows as
Perry Mason (CBS), The Untouchables (ABC) and Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (NBC/CBS). He was also featured in a
episode of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone.
1976
SANDY KOZEL
Mickey Charles (“The Mick”) Mantle
(October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)
TIM MAGUIRE
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003)
