MIKE GRACIA

Sir Elton Hercules John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) is a British
singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship
have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry,
and his songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is
one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th
EGOT winner in history. He has sold over 300 million records
worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists
of all time. Elton John is 78 years old today.

On March 21, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio hosted an event now
recognized as history’s first major rock-and-roll show…
the Moondog Coronation Ball.

Breathless promotion on the local radio station. Tickets
selling out in a single day. Thousands of teenagers,
hours before show time, lining up outside the biggest
venue in town.

The “Moondog” in question was the legendary disk jockey
Alan Freed, the self-styled “father of rock and roll” who
was then the host of the enormously popular “Moondog
Show” on Cleveland AM radio station WJW.

    
1960s

 
SANDY KOZEL

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton married each other
for the first time on March 15, 1964, in Montreal, Canada.

Adrian Joseph Cronauer was an American radio personality
and United States Air Force Sergeant, whose experiences as
an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during
the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam
starring Robin Williams as Cronauer (below).
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1987