Chubby Checker released ‘The Twist’ in 1960.
Def Leppard opened for AC/DC in the US in 1980.
Jessie’s Girl from Aussie Rick Springfield was at the top of the US charts in 1981.
MTV premiered in the US in 1981 – the first video played was ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles.
And Lisa Marie Presley confirmed rumors in 1994 that she’d married Michael Jackson.
Today’s Birthdays:
British director Sam Mendes is 51 (1965)
Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows turns 52 (1964)
Rapper Coolio Is 53 (1963)
And Joe Elliott from Def Leppard turns 57 (1959)