ON THIS DAY IN 2025:
Rocker Tina Turner (pictured), who died at the age of 83 on May 24, 2023, was born on this day in 1939.
Today, singer Rita Ora turns 36 and singer Natasha Bedingfield turns 44. Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie turns 80 today and South African guitarist Guy Buttery turns 42.
Other local showbiz personalities celebrating birthdays today are former Durban Playhouse Company opera singer, actress and choir mistress Norraine Swanby (now 76), who is also the former music director and conductor of the Durban Men’s Choir. Other Durban personalities celebrating birthdays today are musician Gerald Sloan and dancer Manesh Maharaj.
The last movie co-starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Girl Crazy, was released on this day in 1943, while on this day in 1981, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis tied the knot with Sounder actress Cicely Tyson at the home of actor Bill Cosby.
The Abba hit, Dancing Queen, rose to the top of the South African singles chart on this day in 1976. The song, the Swedish group’s fifth No 1 single, spent two weeks in the top spot. Just saying…
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