ON THIS DAY IN 2023:
Talent show judge and recording big-wig Simon Cowell (pictured) turns 64 today while singer Toni Braxton turns 56, rocker John Mellencamp turns 72 and Rachel McAdams, star of The Notebook, turns 47. Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi turns 27 today.
The hit stage musical, Cats, opened on this day in 1982 in New York, at the Winter Garden theatre. It spent 18 years on Broadway, closing on September 10, 2000.
On this day in 1978, country singer Merle Haggard married his backing singer, Leona Williams.
Topping the South African singles chart on this day in 1983 was Every Breath You Take by The Police. It spent two weeks at No 1. Just saying…
.....SoSuterBill..... 