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TODAY

DYR Today, September 10

by Kelsey Cassetta

Published September 10, 2016

The Wall

“Born Today”

  • Chandler Massey (25)
  • Sanjaya Malakar (26)
  • Coco Rocha (27)
  • Matthew Followill (31)
  • Misty Copeland (33)
  • Mikey Way (35)
  • Ryan Phillippe (41)
  • James Duval (43)
  • Johnathon Schaech (46)
  • Guy Ritchie (47)
  • Big Daddy Kane (47)
  • Colin Firth (55)
  • Chris Columbus (57)
  • Siobhan Fahey (57)
  • Kate Burton (58)
  • Amy Irving (62)
  • Joe Perry (65)
  • Bill O’Reilly (66)
  • José Feliciano (70)
  • Karl Lagerfeld (82)
  • Philip Baker Hall (84)
  • Arnold Palmer (86)

“Died Today”

  • Alexa Kenin (Born: February 16, 1962 / Died: September 10, 1985)
  • Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (Born: April 18, 1924 / Died: September 10, 2005)
  • Patty Berg (Born: February 13, 1918 / Died: September 10, 2006)
  • Jane Wyman (Born: January 5, 1917 / Died: September 10, 2007)

“Movies”

  • 1975 – Mitchell
  • 1982 – Endangered Species
  • 1982 – Pink Floyd – The Wall
  • 1985 – Plenty
  • 1985 – Smooth Talk
  • 1986 – River’s Edge
  • 1993 – The Real McCoy
  • 1993 – True Romance
  • 1993 – Undercover Blues
  • 1999 – Love Stinks
  • 1999 – Stigmata
  • 1999 – Stir of Echoes

“Music”

  • 1962 – “Monster Mash” by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt Kickers was banned in the BBC 
  • 1963 – The Beatles were awarded Top Vocal Group of the Year by the Variety Club of Great Britain
  • 1964 – The Kink’s “You Really Got Me” was #1 in the U.K.

  • 1964 – Rod Stewart recorded “Good Morning Little School Girl”
  • 1965 – The Beatles’ Revolver went from #45 to the #1 spot
  • 1966 – The Supremes were #1 with “You Can’t Hurry Love”

https://youtu.be/JQvCci9txEg

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  • 1966 – “Guantanamera” by the Sandpipers was #10
  • 1968 – “Hey Jude” by The Beatles was #1 in the U.K.

  • 1970 – Lynn Anderson recorded “Rose Garden”
  • 1973 – The BBC banned “Star Star” by The Rolling Stones
  • 1975 – KISS released Alive, a double album that included live performances, and also featured the single “Rock & Roll All Nite”
  • 1977 – The Sanford Townsend Band’s “Smoke From A Distant Fire” entered the Top 10
  • 1977 – Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better” knocked, her husband, James Taylor’s “Handy Man” from the #1 spot

  • 1977 – Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours was on its 18th week at #1
  • 1980 – Cheap Trick’s bassist, Tom Peterson, was replaced by Peter Comita  
  • 1983 – Michael Sembello’s “Maniac” was #1. The song was featured in the 1983 film, Flashdance.

  • 1983 – Billy Joel’s “Tell Her About It” was #5, Donna Summer held the #7 spot with “She Works Hard for the Money”, and Bonnie Tyler was #8 with “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
  • 1983 – Michael Jackson’s Thriller was on its 20th week at #1
  • 1984 – Tina Turner released “Better Be Good To Me”
  • 1987 – Randy Travis’s Always and Forever was #1 on the country chart  
  • 1988 – Phil Collins’s “A Groovy Kind of Love” was #1 in the U.K.
  • 1988 – Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” was the #1 song

https://youtu.be/JcIM_PL8BAA

  • 1988 – “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman was #6 on the countdown
  • 1988 – Def Leppard’s Hysteria was the #1 album for the 5th week
  • 1991 – Garth Brooks was #1 with Ropin’ the Wind
  • 1991 – Brooks & Dunn was #1 with “Brand New Man”

https://youtu.be/Dr_kNLR-loU

  • 1992 – George Jones released “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair”
  • 1994 – Boyz II Men was #1 for the 4th week with “I’ll Make Love To You”

“TV/Radio”

  • 1984 – Premiere of Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek
  • 1990 – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuted starring Will Smith

  • 1993 – The X Files premiered with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson
  • 1995 – Cyndi Lauper was awarded an Emmy for her role on Mad About You

“Other Important Events…”

  • 1990 – Ellis Island opened as a museum
  • 1997 – Mark McGwire scores 50 home runs in 2 straight years
  • 2000 – Cats closed on Broadway
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