THE ARTIST FILE: 05-07-26

MAY 07, 1968…SINGER-SONGWRITER REGINALD DWIGHT CHANGES HIS NAME LEGALLY TO ELTON HERCULES JOHN, THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES TAKEN FROM HIS FORMER BANDMATES IN BLUESOLOGY, ELTON DEAN AND LONG JOHN BALDRY.
MAY 07, 1978…BOB DYLAN’S UPCOMING SERIES OF CONCERTS AT LONDON’S WEMBLEY EMPIRE SELL OUT ALL 90,000 TICKETS IN JUST EIGHT HOURS.
MAY 07, 1994…BTO’S RANDY BACHMAN ACTS AS CONDUCTOR IN VANCOUVER FOR A 1,322-GUITAR ORCHESTRA, PERFORMING THE BAND’S HIT “TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS” FOR OVER AN HOUR AND, IN THE PROCESS, SETTING A NEW WORLD RECORD.
 

***THELMA HOUSTON is 80
***PRAIRIE PRINCE of THE TUBES is 76
Actor: ALEXANDER LUDWIG is 34
Actor: MICHAEL E. KNIGHT of ALL MY CHILDREN is 67

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