Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Dec13,1910 | Van Heflin | #BTD Dec13,1910 #VanHeflin (Emmett Evan Heflin Jr) RIP theater, radio, film actor. Character parts mostly, but won an #Oscar @TheAcademy award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1942 movie "Johnny Eager" | |
| BTD Dec13,1915 | Curt Jugens | #BTD Dec13,1915 #CurtJugens (Curd Jürgens) RIP actor. The villain Stromberg in James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me" and other movies such as "The Longest Day" | |
| BTD Dec13,1925 | Dick Van Dyke | #BTD Dec13,1925 #DickVanDyke actor, comedian, singer, dancer. Started on radio & Broadway, then as Rob Petrie on the @CBS TV sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. Musical films Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Has won a #Tony, #Emmy & #Grammy #HBday @iammrvandy | |
| BTD Dec13,1929 | Christopher Plummer | #BTD Dec13,1929 #ChristopherPlummer (Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer) actor #Canadian #Toronto, film debut in 1958 Stage Struck as Joe Sheridan. Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music & other films. 2012 won an @Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Beginners" | |
| BTD Dec13,1940 | Tony Gomez | #BTD Dec13,1940 #TonyGomez RIP keyboards The #Foundations 1967 UK #1 & US #11 "Baby Now That I've Found You", 1967 UK #1 'Baby Now That I've Found You', 1969 UK #2 & US #3 "Build Me Up A Buttercup", +2 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Dec13,1943 | Skip Prokop | #BTD Dec13,1943 #SkipProkop (Ronald Harry Prokop) RIP #Canadian drummer co-founded the rock group #Lighthouse with #PaulHoffert. The world’s first 13-piece rock orchestra | |
| BTD Dec13,1947 | Kathy Garver | #BTD Dec13,1947 #KathyGarver actress stage, film, TV probably best known as Catherine "Cissy" Davis in the 1960s @CBS sitcom "Family Affair" Garver's voice has been heard in the films such as Apollo 13, Ransom, Backdraft and Jingle All the Way #HBday @Kathy_Garver | |
| BTD Dec13,1948 | Jeff Baxter | #BTD Dec13,1948 #JeffBaxter guitarist known as "Skunk" and in the #DoobieBrothers 1974 US #1 "Black Water" & #SteelyDan 1973 US #11 "Reeling In The Years", +9 US Top30 singles. Now he is a defense consultant and chairs a Congressional Advisory Board on missile defense | |
| BTD Dec13,1948 | Ted Nugent | #BTD Dec13,1948 #TedNugent lead guitarist The #AmboyDukes 1968 US #16 "Journey to the Center of the Mind" Then solo artist 1977 US #30 single "Cat Scratch Fever" & many platinum LPs such as "Ted Nugent" and "Free-for-All" #HBday @TedNugent | |
| BTD Dec13,1949 | Randy Owen | #BTD Dec13,1949 #RandyOwen guitarist, songwriter, singer #Alabama @TheAlabamaBand over 30 US Country #1 hit singles, sold over 73M records #HBday @RandyOwenMusic | |
| BTD Dec13,1949 | Tom Verlaine | #BTD Dec13,1949 #TomVerlaine (Thomas Miller) singer, songwriter, guitarist, frontman for #Television 1977 UK #28 "Marquee Moon", 1978 UK #7 "Adventure" and solo artist | |
| BTD Dec13,1950 | Davy O'List | #BTD Dec13,1950 #DavyOList guitarist The #Attack 1967 "Try It"; The #Nice 1968 UK #21 "America"; #RoxyMusic from 1970–1972; 1972 UK #4 "Virginia Plain" and solo career | |
| BTD Dec13,1952 | Berton Averre | #BTD Dec13,1952 #BertonAverre lead guitarist The #Knack 1979 US #1 & UK #6 "My Sharona", 1979 US #11 "Good Girls Don't", 1980 US #38 "Baby Talks Dirty" @Knackrophilia | |
| BTD Dec13,1959 | Johnny Whitaker | #BTD Dec13,1959 #JohnnyWhitaker Jr. actor probably best known for his role as Jody Davis on the TV series #FamilyAffair 1966 to 1971. Other roles 1965 Scotty Baldwin on #GeneralHospital, 1969 The Littlest Angel & 1973 musical version of Tom Sawyer #HBday @johnwhitakerjr | |
| OTD Dec13,1947 | Vaughn Monroe | #OTD Dec13,1947 #VaughnMonroe starts a 10wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Ballerina" written by the songwriting team of #BobRussell and #CarlSigman | |
| OTD Dec13,1959 | Bobby Darin | #OTD Dec13,1959 #BobbyDarin is still #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Mack the Knife" for the last week of this 3wk run at #1; the single spent 6wks at #1 from Oct11; for a eventual total of 9wks on top of the charts | |
| OTD Dec13,1959 | Neil Sedaka | #OTD Dec13,1959 #NeilSedaka peaks at #9 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Oh Carol!" @neilsedaka dated #CaroleKing (Carol Klein) in high school. Later @Carole_King responds with "Oh! Neil" it did not chart | |
| OTD Dec13,1961 | Mike Smith, Beatles | #OTD Dec13,1961 #MikeSmith of #Decca Records attends a night performance of The #Beatles at the #Cavern Club with an intention of offering them a recording contract. This led to an audition. Later Smith tells #BrianEpstein the tapes were rejected @cavernliverpool @DeccaRecords | |
| OTD Dec13,1962 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Dec13,1962 #ElvisPresley starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Return To Sender" written by #WinfieldScott, #OtisBlackwell; published by Elvis Presley Music and performed in the film "Girls! Girls! Girls!" @ElvisPresley's 13th UK #1 | |
| OTD Dec13,1962 | Parlophone | #OTD Dec13,1962 #Parlophone recording stars The #Beatles play at the Corn Exchange, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Also performing on the bill #RobinHall and #JimmieMacgregor @parlophone | |
| OTD Dec13,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Dec13,1963 The #Beatles have two shows at the Gaumont Cinema in Southampton. Final date of their autumn tour of UK | |
| OTD Dec13,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Dec13,1964 The #Beatles fourth studio album, "Beatles for Sale" starts an 11wk run at #1 on the UK album charts. This is @thebeatles 4th album in just 21 months | |
| OTD Dec13,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Dec13,1965 The #Beatles unanimously reject the 1st idea for their 3rd movie for #UnitedArtists "A Talent for Loving" (or “The Great Cowboy”) written by #RichardCondon. #BrianEpstein purchased the rights; a Western with four Liverpool pioneers in the Old West | |
| OTD Dec13,1966 | Jimi Hendrix | #OTD Dec13,1966 #JimiHendrix made his TV debut on ITV's 'Ready Steady Go!' #MarcBolan is also on the show | |
| OTD Dec13,1966 | Jimi Hendrix Experience | #OTD Dec13,1966 The #JimiHendrix Experience records the single "Foxy Lady" at #CBS London. The US version on #Reprise Records listed the song as "Foxey Lady" | |
| OTD Dec13,1969 | Steam | #OTD Dec13,1969 #Steam still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec13,1970 | Dave Edmunds | #OTD Dec13,1970 #DaveEdmunds is still at #1 on the UK singles chart with his version of 1955 #SmileyLewis hit "I Hear You Knocking" for the 4th week of a 6wk run | |
| OTD Dec13,1975 | Chicago | #OTD Dec13,1975 #Chicago starts a 5wk run at #1 on the US album charts with "Chicago IX-Chicago's Greatest Hits" @chicagotheband | |
| OTD Dec13,1975 | Silver Convention | #OTD Dec13,1975 #SilverConvention is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Fly, Robin, Fly" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec13,1975 | Bee Gees | #OTD Dec13,1975 The #BeeGees peak at #7 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with “Nights on Broadway” written by #BarryGibb, #RobinGibb and #MauriceGibb @BeeGees | |
| OTD Dec13,1980 | Kenny Rogers | #OTD Dec13,1980 #KennyRogers is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Lady" The song was written & produced by @LionelRichie. Kenny Rogers is on his 6th week and final week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec13,1981 | Human League | #OTD Dec13,1981 #HumanLeague are still at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Don't You Want Me" for the 4th week of a 5wk run at #1 The biggest selling single in 1981 & @virginrecords 1st UK #1 | |
| OTD Dec13,1986 | Bruce Hornsby | #OTD Dec13,1986 #BruceHornsby & The Range went to #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "The Way It Is" written by Bruce Hornsby and produced by #ElliotScheiner @brucehornsby |