Today In Entertainment History May 15th
This Day in Entertainment History:
- On May 15th, 1963, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett won the Grammy for Record of the Year. Robert Goulet won the best new artist Grammy.
- In 1974, bassist Bill Wyman became the first Rolling Stone to have a solo album, with the release of "Monkey Grip."
- In 1984, guitarist Nils Lofgren joined Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
- In 1988, Michael Jackson made the top of the New York Times best-seller list with his autobiography, "Moonwalker."
- In 1995, Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots was arrested after allegedly buying drugs in a motel parking lot near Pasadena, California.
Today's Birthdays:
Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 77.
Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 77.
Singer Trini Lopez is 76.
Singer Lenny Welch is 75.
Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 73.
Actress Gunilla Hutton ("Petticoat Junction," ''Hee Haw") is 71.
Country singer K.T. Oslin is 71.
Musician Brian Eno is 65.
Actor Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music") is 63.
Actor Chazz Palminteri is 61.
Musician Mike Oldfield is 60. Actor Lee Horsley is 58.
Singer Prince Be of PM Dawn is 43.
Actor David Charvet (shahr-VAY') ("Melrose Place") is 41.
Actor Russell Hornsby ("Grimm") is 39.
Actor David Krumholtz ("Numb3rs") is 35.
Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler ("The Sopranos") is 32.
Guitarist Brad Shultz of Cage The Elephant is 31.