Today is Smile Power Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1958: The Platters perform on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1961: Elvis' seventh film, Wild in the Country, debuts in US theaters.
1964: After a prolonged absence due to tonsillitis, Ringo rejoins the Beatles on tour in Melbourne.
1966:Capitol releases the Beatles' newest US album, Yesterday and Today.
1967: Peter Greene quits John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to form Fleetwood Mac.
1970: Jimi Hendrix opens his new Electric Ladyland Studios in New York.
1974: ABBA enters the UK album charts for the first time with their debut Waterloo.
1977: Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. are given their own summer variety show on CBS-TV.
1993: With his latest release, My World, Ray Charles becomes the first musician to land an album on the Billboard charts in six consecutive decades.
1996: George Martin is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
NEW BEVERLY HILLS COP FLICK! The fourth installment of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise is in the works.and will once again star Eddie Murphy.as the wisecracking detective Axel Foley back in Detroit where he started. No other cast members have been announced so far. Get the details.
TRANSITIONING SIMMONS! Richard Simmons is again denying a recent report that he has undergone a sex change. The fitness guru, 67, took to Facebook to address the rumors. A rep for Simmons released a statement that he had knee surgery a few years ago and has a bum knee. The National Enquirer had claimed it had pictures of Simmons as a woman. Get the rumor denied.
DEAD CELEB! Henry McCullough, a guitarist who played with Paul McCartney in Wings and in Joe Cocker's Grease Band, died Tuesday at the age of 72 after a long illness. McCullough played in Cocker's backing group, The Grease Band and was also a part of Cocker's Woodstock performance. Get the obit.
AFTER HUMANS! Have you ever wondered what would become the dominant species if humans became extinct? Would it turn out to be the planet of the apes? Click here for the confusing answer.
