Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Dec18,1886 | Ty Cobb | #BTD Dec18,1886 #TyCobb (Tyrus Raymond Cobb) "The Georgia Peach" RIP baseball, 22 seasons w/ Detroit @tigers; 1936 inducted into inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame with 222 of 226 votes (98.2%). Still holds @MLB records such as career BA .367; 12 batting titles; stole home 54 times | |
| BTD Dec18,1916 | Betty Grable | #BTD Dec18,1916 #BettyGrable (Elizabeth Ruth Grable) RIP. Actress known for her legs, one of the "pin-up" girls during #WWII Her 42 films during the 1930s & 1940s grossed over $100M, and she set a record of 12 consecutive years in the Top10 box office stars | |
| BTD Dec18,1932 | Roger Smith | #BTD Dec18,1932 #RogerSmith RIP actor played Jeff Spencer in the detective series 77 Sunset Strip and in the comedy series Mister Roberts. Smith went on to manage the career of #AnnMargret, his wife of 50 years | |
| BTD Dec18,1938 | Chas Chandler | #BTD Dec18,1938 #ChasChandler (Bryan James Chandler) RIP bass guitarist The #Animals 1964 UK & US #1 "The House of the Rising Sun", +12 UK & 13 US Top40 singles. He became manager of #JimiHendrix and put together the #Experience & #Slade for 12 years | |
| BTD Dec18,1938 | Roger E. Mosley | #BTD Dec18,1938 #RogerEMosley (Roger Earl Mosley) actor, producer probably best known as helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin on TV series #MagnumPI | |
| BTD Dec18,1941 | Sam Andrew | #BTD Dec18,1941 #SamAndrew RIP singer, songwriter, founding member, guitarist Band Big Brother and The Holding Company 1971 US #1 "Me And Bobby McGee", 1971 US #1 LP "Pearl." He was the Music Director for the musical "Love" | |
| BTD Dec18,1943 | Bobby Keys | #BTD Dec18,1943 #BobbyKeys RIP saxophonist, performed with many musicians as a member of horn sections of the 1970s. Appearing on albums by artists such as #RollingStones, #LynyrdSkynyrd, #HarryNilsson, #GeorgeHarrison, #JohnLennon, #EricClapton, #JoeCocker | |
| BTD Dec18,1943 | Keith Richards | #BTD Dec18,1943 #KeithRichards guitarist, singer, songwriter, founding member The #RollingStones @RollingStones 1964 1st UK #1 "It's All Over Now" & 1965 1st US #1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", +46 UK Top40s with 7 #1s and 40 US Top40s with 7 other #1s #HBday @officialKeef | |
| BTD Dec18,1948 | Bill Nelson | #BTD Dec18,1948 #BillNelson (William Nelson) singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer with #BeBopDeluxe Be-Bop Deluxe 1976 UK #23 "Ships In The Night" & solo LPs #HBday @BillNelsonMusic | |
| BTD Dec18,1950 | Martha Johnson | #BTD Dec18,1950 #MarthaJohnson #Canadian singer, keyboardist, songwriter of the wave band Martha and the Muffins, 1980 CAN #5 & UK #10 "Echo Beach" #HBday @MarthaJohnson13 | |
| BTD Dec18,1953 | Elliot Easton | #BTD Dec18,1953 #ElliotEaston (Elliot Steinberg) lead guitarist The #Cars @thecarsband 1978 UK #3 & US #35 "My Best Friend's Girl", 1981 US #4 "Shake It Up", +13 US Top40 singles and also with The #EmptyHearts @TheEmptyHearts #HBday @ElliotEastonEE | |
| OTD Dec18,1960 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Dec18,1960 #ElvisPresley is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" @ElvisPresley's 3rd week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec18,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Dec18,1962 Their 5th trip to West Germany and The #Beatles 1st night of a 2wk gig at The Star-Club in Hamburg. They play 13 nights 3hrs each night | |
| OTD Dec18,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Dec18,1963 The #Beatles tape a special 2hr BBC radio program, initially to be called "Beatletime", but ending up as "From Us to You" | |
| OTD Dec18,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Dec18,1964 The #Beatles release the album "Another Beatles Christmas Record" The LP is their 2nd to the fan club in the UK & the 1st issued in the US | |
| OTD Dec18,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Dec18,1965 The #Beatles enter at #36 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "We Can Work It Out" The song will be a #1 on Jan8,1966 | |
| OTD Dec18,1965 | Byrds | #OTD Dec18,1965 The #Byrds are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" for the last week at #1 | |
| OTD Dec18,1966 | Tara Browne | #OTD Dec18,1966 #TaraBrowne dies in car crash at the age of 21. Irish socialite, heir to the Guinness fortune and a friend of #MickJagger. Browne was Immortalized in the #Beatles song "A Day In The Life" written by #JohnLennon | |
| OTD Dec18,1968 | Beatles | #OTD Dec18,1968 A review of The #Beatles movie "Magical Mystery Tour" in the Boston After Dark (the original underground weekly newspaper in Boston). The film is complex, lyrical & sobering but always fun | |
| OTD Dec18,1971 | Sly And The Family Stone | #OTD Dec18,1971 #Sly And The #FamilyStone are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Family Affair" @HigherSlyStone's last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec18,1971 | Sly And The Family Stone | #OTD Dec18,1971 #Sly and the #FamilyStone went to #1 on the US album chart with "There's A Riot Going On" @HigherSlyStone | |
| OTD Dec18,1971 | Partridge Family | #OTD Dec18,1971 The #Partridge Family cast of the #ABC musical-sitcom "The Partridge Family" appears on the cover of TV Guide @TVGuide | |
| OTD Dec18,1982 | Hall and Oates | #OTD Dec18,1982 #HallandOates start a 4wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Maneater" written by #SaraAllen, #DarylHall and #JohnOates and produced by @realdarylhall @JohnOates their 5th US #1 | |
| OTD Dec18,1982 | Renee And Renato | #OTD Dec18,1982 #ReneeAndRenato start a 4wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Save Your Love" written by #JohnnyEdward and his wife #SueEdward; John also produced the song and released it on his own label #Hollywood Records | |
| OTD Dec18,2019 | Kenny Lynch | #OTD Dec18,2019 #KennyLynch RIP singer, songwriter, actor dies at the age of 81. 1962 UK #10 Up on the Roof, +6 UK Top40s; films such as 1978 "The Playbirds" Note: In 1963 recorded "Misery" becoming the 1st to cover a Lennon–McCartney song |