CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Bob Barker (game-show host) is 84 Connie Francis (singer) is 69 Dionne Warwick (singer) is 67 Dickey Betts (singer, Allman Brothers ) is 64 Clive Bunker (drummer, Jethro Tull ) is 61 Wings Hauser (actor, “J. Jay Jones” on Beverly Hills , 90210 ) is 60 Sheree J. Wilson (actress, Walker, Texas Ranger ) is 49 Sheila E. (singer-percussionist) is 48 Eric Schenkman (guitarist, Spin Doctors ) is 44 Jennifer Connelly (actress) is 37 Rey Mysterio, Jr.

(wrestler) is 34 Mayim Bialik (actress, “Blossom on Blossom ) is 32 ON DECEMBER 12TH… In 1901 … Guglielmo Marconi sent out and received the very first radio signal. In 1957 …DJ Al Priddy was fired from a Portland, Oregon radio station because he played Elvis Presley ’s rendition of “White Christmas” on air. The station had banned Presley’s interpretations of Christmas carols because they believed that such a sexually charged performer had no business recording religious music. In 1964 …

The Rolling Stones ‘ second American album, 12×5 , went to number three on the chart. In 1966 … Pink Floyd played London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time. In 1967 … Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was let off the hook by a London appeals court. He faced nine months in prison after he was found guilty of possessing cannabis. However, three psychiatrists testified that his nerves would be unable to handle such a lengthy incarceration, and the court agreed to commute his sentence.

In 1974 … The Rolling Stones ‘ second guitarist, Mick Taylor , announced he was quitting the band. The Stones carried on recording their album Black and Blue in Munich with a variety of guitarists, including Taylor’s eventual replacement, Ron Wood . In 1979 … Paul McCartney Wings performed in Birmingham, England, the latest stop on their farewell tour. Led Zeppelin ’s Robert Plant and John Bonham , who performed on the Wings album Back to the Egg , attended the show.