Oldies Daysheet: Wednesday, January 13

MUSIC NEWS:

Director Robert Zemeckis is lining up his voices for a 3-D update of the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." According to HollywoodReporter.com's "Heat Vision" blog, the "Forrest Gump" director has tapped Cary Elwes to voice the role of George Harrison. Slated to join "The Princess Bride" actor are Dean Lennox Kelly as John Lennon, Peter Serafinowicz as Paul McCartney, and Adam Campbell as Ringo Starr. Disney is negotiating deals for all four actors to voice the project. In the 1968 version of "Yellow Submarine," voice actors also portrayed George, John, Paul and Ringo for the non-singing portions of the film. Zemeckis has also cast "The Ultimate Beatles Band," a tribute act, for the stop-motion component of the production. "Yellow Submarine" producers have locked in rights to the actual Beatles catalog and the authentic recordings will appear in the film.



BIRTHDAYS:

Former Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin is 56.

Former Earth, Wind, and Fire drummer Fred White is 55.

MUSIC HISTORY:

1957: Elvis Presley recorded "All Shook Up" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin."


1958: Ricky Nelson's "Stood Up" peaked at number two on the pop singles chart.

1959: The Platters' "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" hit number one on the Billboard pop chart.


1962: Chubby Checker's "The Twist" reentered the pop singles chart, on its way to #1 for the second time.

1962: Gary U.S. Bonds' "Dear Lady Twist" broke into the Top 40.

1964: The Beatles released the single "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S.

1966: The Mindbenders' "A Groovy Kind of Love" broke into the UK pop singles chart.

1966: John Lennon and Ringo Starr left England for a vacation in Trinidad.

1968: The Miracles' "I Second That Emotion" hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart.

1968: Eric Burdon and the Animals' "Monterey" peaked at number 15 on the pop singles chart.

1968: The Classics 4's "Spooky" broke into the Top 40.

1969: The Beatles' soundtrack album "Yellow Submarine" was released.

1969: Elvis Presley hit the studio and worked on the songs "Suspicious Minds" and "Kentucky Rain."

1969: Dion's single "Abraham, Martin, and John" and Aretha Franklin's single "See Saw" were certified Gold.

1972: Paul McCartney and Wings' album "Wildlife" was certified Gold.

1973: Eric Clapton played a comeback concert at the Rainbow Theater in London. The guitarist had dropped out of the music scene two years earlier as he was battling drug addiction. Pete Townshend, Ron Wood, and Steve Winwood were among the guest artists who appeared with Clapton.

1973: Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly" peaked at number eight on the pop singles chart.

1973: The Four Tops' "Keeper of the Castle" peaked at number ten on the pop singles chart.

1978: Elvis Presley's single "My Way" was certified Gold.

1979: Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight" peaked at number 13 on the pop singles chart.

1980: Jefferson Starship, the Beach Boys, and the Grateful Dead were among the artists to perform at a benefit concert for the people of Kampuchea at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California.

1983: Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's single "The Girl Is Mine" was certified Gold.

1986: Robert Palmer released the single "Addicted to Love."

1994: Barbra Streisand donated 200-thousand-dollars to establish a fund at an Arkansas hospital in memory of President Bill Clinton's mother, who had recently died of breast cancer.

1995: The Eagles' album "Hell Freezes Over" was certified Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum.

2003: Pete Townshend was arrested in London in connection with an Internet child pornography investigation.

2003: Surviving members of the Bee Gees said they were launching an investigation into the treatment Maurice Gibb received at a Miami hospital prior to his death.

2004: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that "Rolling Stone" magazine co-founder Jann Wenner was to be inducted in the hall in the non-performer category.

2004: The two-disc retrospective collection "Four Tops: 50th Anniversary Anthology" was released.

2006: The funeral for the late Lou Rawls' took place at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles. Rawls died a week earlier following a battle with brain and lung cancer. He was 72.

DISTANT REPLAY:

1966: Elizabeth Montgomery's character Samantha on "Bewitched" gave birth to a baby girl. The child was given the name Tabitha.