Stan Sherman

Bessie Smith died on September 26, 1937.
In 1970 Janice Joplin helped secure a marker for Bessie Smith's

till then unmarked grave. Smith was an influence not only on Janis Joplin but
Mahalia Jackson and Billie Holiday also credited her with having a
Lasting influence on their careers.

Emma Thompson turned down
the lead role in “basic Instinct”
Actor who got the part: Sharon Stone

Emma thompson Turned down
the role of Clarissa Starling in “Silence of the Lambs”
Actor who got the part: Jodie Foster

TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
White: no special event

DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: Hood River, Oregon:
Juggling is strictly prohibited without a license.

CELEBRITY ANECDOTES:
While traveling with her white business manager in Clarksdale, Mississippi

in September 1937, Bessie Smith was seriously injured in a car accident.

A doctor on the scene ordered that Smith be sent to a "blacks only"

hospital several miles away. She bled to death before they arrived.

Smith's manager, who had suffered little more than a concussion,

was sent to a nearby hospital and was fine.

PAUL LYNDE’S HOLLYWOOD SQUARE CLASSICS:
Peter Marshall:

Billy Graham recently called it

"our great hope in a confusing and ever-changing world."

What is it?

Paul Lynde: Pampers.

NOTABLE QUOTE: Bessie Smith:
“THERE’S NINETEEN MEN LIVIN’ IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,

EIGHTEEN OF THEM ARE FOOLS
AND THE ONE AIN’T NO DOGGONE GOOD.”

YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK IF...
YOU CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM, CHECK ON THE KIDS,
AND MAKE A SANDWICH DURING A CAUTION LAP

CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1953): I Believe - Frankie Laine
(1959): Guitar Boogie Shuffel - The Virtues
(1961): Blue Moon - The Marcels

Apache - Jorgen Ingmann
Dedicated To The One I Love - The Shirelles
(1963): South Street - The Orlons
(1969): Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In - The 5th Dimension

You’ve Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears

Galveston - Glen Campbell

(1977): Dancing Queen - Abba

Don’t Give Up on Us - David Soul

Lucille - Kenny Rogers

(1985): We are the World - USA for Africa

Crazy for You - Madonna

Nightshift - Commodores

TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1865): Abraham Lincoln Passes away at age 56
(1912): At 2:27 A.M. the British luxury liner Titanic sank
in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours
After striking an iceberg. About 1,500 perish
(1947): Jackie Robinson becomes baseball's first African-American

Major League player when he debuts with the Brooklyn Dodgers
(1955): Ray Kroc opens the first McDonalds ( DesPlaines, Illinois)

(1983): Tokyo Disneyland opens
(1990): Greta Garbo passes away at age 84

(1997): On the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut, Major League

baseball retires his number 42