ON THIS DAY IN 2023:
Former Durban-based singer Chloe Clark (pictured), a finalist on the first season of The Voice South Africa, turns 34 today, while actor-rapper Ice-T turns 65 today and singer-songwriter James Ingram turns 71.
On this day in 1983, Paul Young released his single Wherever I Lay My Hat, and the Adam Sandler film comedy, Happy Gilmore, was released on this day in 1996.
US singer Lesley Gore, best known for her hit song It’s My Party, died on this day in 2015, in New York, aged 68.
On this day in 2005, the British version of the US hit, The Apprentice, premiered on the BBC. It was hosted by business magnate Alan Sugar.
The song topping the UK singles chart this week in 1988 was Do the Bartman by Simpsons which spent three weeks at No 1. They were the first cartoon character acts to top the charts since The Archies in 1969. Just saying…