Lou Christie (born Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Saccois) is 73 today.

Brian Thomas

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is 76 today.

Robinson was a big fan of Westerns and thought his uncle’s nickname
Smokey Joe was a cowboy moniker. He was inspired by artists like Billy
Ward and His Dominoes.

The Johnny Cash Show was a music variety television show hosted
by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June
7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped before a live audience
at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached
No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970.

James Taylor made his prime-time television debut on the “Johnny 
Cash Show."

 
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan is 53 today.

Sonny and Cher

Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998)

Sonny Bone was a recording artist, record producer, and actor who formed half
of the pop duo Sonny and Cher and also had a second career as a politician. He
was the 16th Mayor of Palm Springs from 1988 to 1992 and a Member of the US
House of Representatives from California’s 44th district from 1995 until his death. 

The CBS variety program The Sonny and Cher Show ran from 1971 to 1974 and
he also starred in the 1982 film Airplane II: The Sequel. In the early 1060s Sonny 
was a promotion man, percussionist and ‘’gofer” for record producer Phil Spector.