Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Centro, California)
Cher has sold over 100 million records and won Billboard’s Artist of the
Year Award in 2002. She was put into foster care when her parents were
stricken with poverty. She later gained fame as a member of the singing
duo Sonny and Cher with Sonny Bono.
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Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is 71 years old today.
Townshend had plans to become a graphic artist before his music career
took off. His grandmother bought him his first guitar in 1956. After having
a spiritual awakening and becoming a disciple of Indian spiritual master
Meher Baba, Pete Townshend was one of very few rock stars who was
strongly opposed the use of psychedelic drugs.
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Mt. St. Helens as it looks today from downtown Portland, Oregon.
The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story
of rock icon Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Award–winning musical
score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar–nominated lead performance
by Gary Busey. It was adapted by Robert Gittler from Buddy Holly: His
Life and Music, the biography of Holly by John Goldrosen, and was
directed by Steve Rash.
The film received many positive reviews from critics and fans alike, but
Holly authorities and other music scholars criticized what they deemed
gross inaccuracies in the plot. The Crickets, after watching the film,
appreciated it but gave a thumbs down on their portrayal, calling it
"horrible" due to many reasons.
William Gary Busey will be 72 on June 29.
The song "Polk Salad Annie" was written and performed by Tony Joe White
and was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The record peaked at # 8
on the Billboard Hot 100.
Tony Joe White will be 73 years old in July.
