ON THIS DAY IN 2025:
Rocker Alice Cooper (pictured) turns 77 today and also celebrating birthdays are singer Natalie Imbruglia (50) and John Steel (84), the former drummer with The Animals. Locally, South African theatre icon Andrew Buckland turns 71 today.
On this day in 2024, Taylor Swift broke the record for the artist winning the most Album of the Year awards at the Grammy Awards. Scooping the award for Midnights made her a four-time winner of this top prize.
The same 2024 awards ceremony, hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah, saw Miley Cyrus win the Record of the Year Grammy, for Flowers. Victoria Monét took home the Best New Artist award.
Also note that the Grammy Awards introduced a new Best African Music Performance award at the 2024 awards. It was won by South Africa’s Tyla, for her global hit Water.
It was on this day in 1965 that T S Elot was found dead, aged 77, in London. His book of poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, provided the inspiration for the musical Cats.
Also on this day, in 2004, reports Playbill, director Sam Mendes, choreographer Rob Marshall and former cast members attended the 2 378th and final performance of the 1998 Tony Award-winning Cabaret revival at New York’s Studio 54.
Flamboyant pianist Liberace died of complications from Aids on this day in 1987, aged 67, while on this day in 1970, the movie Patton, starring George C Scott, premiered in New York, and went on to take the Oscar for best film the following year.
Crowning South Africa’s Springbok Radio hit-parade this week in 1977 was Howzat by Aussie band Sherbet, which spent four weeks at No 1. Just saying…
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