John Richard Schneider was born in Mount Kisco, New
York.

Country musician and actor John Schneider appeared on The
Dukes of Hazzard series on CBS-TV from January 26, 1979 to
February 8, 1985. He began acting at age 8, starring in various
plays in New York and entertaining peers by putting on magic
shows.

Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen was born in the Netherlands.

Musician, songwriter, and producer Eddie Van Halen the co-founded the rock
band Van Halen. He was joined in the band by Alex Van Halen, Wolfgang Van
Halen, David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony. He used to travel from Pasadena
to San Pedro to learn classical piano from an elderly gentleman at the request
of his mother.  Eddie Van Halen is ranked #8 on Rolling Stone’s list of Top
100 Guitarists.

Camille Bohannon

Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is 71 today.

While attending UCLA, Steve Martin appeared on an episode
of The Dating Game on ABC-TV and worked at night clubs. He
dropped out of the university at age 21.

Playing the banjo from an early age, he released his debut music
album The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo in 2009 and
it went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

       1987

Pete Fountain (Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr.)
(July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016)

(FOXNEWS) – Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and
irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him
decades of national television fame, died Saturday of heart failure.

Benny Harrell, Fountain’s son-in-law and manager, said Fountain was in
hospice care in New Orleans when he died early Saturday.

After signing a new recording contract with RCA Victor  Artie Shaw chose
"Begin the Beguine" to be the first of six tunes he would record with his new
14 piece band at this, his first recording session with RCA. The session was
held at RCA’s "Studio 2" on East 24th Street in New York.

Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky)
(May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

Shaw was also an actor and a author who wrote both fiction and non-
fiction. He remained a force in popular music and jazz before retiring
from music completely in 1954.