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! ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY !
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On April 22nd, 1961, the first annual Country Music Festival was held in Jacksonville, Florida. Performers included Webb Pierce, Porter Wagoner, Patsy Cline and Earl Scruggs.
In 1966, "Wild Thing" by The Troggs was released in the US.
In 1969, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.
Also in 1969, The Who performed the rock opera "Tommy" in its entirety for the first time in Dolton, England. That show was unannounced. They premiered it officially in London a few weeks later.
In 1974, Tina Turner began filming her role as the Acid Queen in the film version of "Tommy."
In 1978, Bob Marley and The Wailers performed at the One Love Peace concert in Jamaica. It was his first public appearance in his homeland since being wounded in an assassination attempt about a year-and-a-half earlier.
Also in 1978, the Blues Brothers -- John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd -- made their network debut on "Saturday Night Live." On the same show, Steve Martin performed his novelty hit "King Tut."
In 1979, Keith Richards performed a benefit concert in Ottawa, Canada, with his band, The New Barbarians. The concert was part of his sentence for a 1977 drug arrest.
In 2003, actor Alan Thicke was hit by a puck while playing hockey. He lost five front teeth and had to have 30 stitches in his face.
In 2010, Poison singer Bret Michaels was rushed to a hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was recovering from an emergency appendectomy ten days earlier.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Charlotte Rae ("The Facts of Life") is 88. Actress Estelle Harris ("Seinfeld") is 86. Singer Glen Campbell is 78. Actor Jack Nicholson is 77. Singer Mel Carter is 71. Country singer Cleve Francis is 69. Director John Waters is 68. Singer Peter Frampton is 64. Singer Paul Carrack (Squeeze, Mike and the Mechanics) is 63. Actor Joseph Bottoms is 60. Actor Ryan Stiles ("The Drew Carey Show") is 55. Comedian Byron Allen is 53. Actor Chris Makepeace is 50. Guitarist Fletcher Dragge (DRAH'-guh) of Pennywise is 48. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("Grey's Anatomy") is 48. Actress Sheryl Lee ("Twin Peaks") is 47. TV personality Sherri Shepherd ("The View") is 47. Country singer Heath Wright of Ricochet is 47. Country singer Kellie Coffey is 43. Actor Eric Mabius ("Ugly Betty") is 43. Bassist Shavo Odadjian of System Of A Down is 40. Singer-guitarist Daniel Johns of Silverchair is 35. Actress Amber Heard is 28.
(Above for release Tuesday, April 22)
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