AUGUST 5 ~ ON THiS DAY in History

1100 – Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on the 5th August 1100.

1620 – The Mayflower departed from Southampton, England on the 5th August 1620, on its 1st attempt to reach North America.

1908 – Harold Holt the 17th Prime Minister of Australia was born on the 5th August 1908 (died 1967).

1928Jeff Carter the Australian photographer and author was born in Melbourne on the 5th August 1928 (died 25th October 2010 aged 82). Jeff Carter’s official website: www.JeffCarterPhotos.com

1930 ~ Neil Armstrong the American astronaut and first man on the Moon, was born on the 5th day of August in 1930 (died in 2012 aged 82).

1945 – Loni Anderson the American actress was born on the 5th August 1945.

1947 – Angry Anderson the Australian singer-songwriter from Rose TattooThe Party Boys, and Buster Brown was born on the 5th August 1947.

1953 – Samantha Sang the Australian singer was born on the 5th August 1953.

1962 – Nelson Mandela was jailed on the 5th August 1962, and not released until 1990.

Today in History for August 5th ~ video presented by the Associated Press

RiCK SPRiNGFiELD’S SPONTANEOUS SUBURBAN PERFORMANCE ROCKS RESTAURANT in BORONiA

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1980s rock star Rick Springfield (Shock Denial Anger Acceptance Tour 2004 photo by Kelvingeis)

Rick Springfield the Australian rock star from the 1980s, and actor from America’s longest-running American soap opera General Hospital, dropped into a Boronia restaurant, in my hometown, in the Outer Eastern suburb of Melbourne, for a bite to eat, then got up and spontaneously sang three songs on Sunday the 15th of July, 2012. It was the second time that Rick Springfield had visited Cove Steakhouse Wine, Bar & Grill in Alchester Village, Boronia. He previously visited the restaurant on Australia Day in January 2012.

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Cove Steakhouse Wine Bar & Grill in Alchester Village, Boronia (photo by Anton K)
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Rick Springfield singing “Jessie’s Girl” & playing guitar at Cove Steakhouse Wine Bar & Grill in Alchester Village, Boronia ~ 15 July 2012 (YouTube)

Rick sang a cover of “Gloria”, The Beatles’ “Twist & Shout” and closed with his hit song “Jessie’s Girl”. Rick is a family friend of a local musician, who is a member of Breaking Distance, a band which regularly plays at the Steakhouse restaurant. Read the local news story by Knox Leader: ’80s music icon Rick Springfield rocks Boronia restaurant

RiCK SPRiNGFiELD ROCKS NEW YORK SUBWAY ~  Wednesday 10th October 2012 

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Eighties rock star Rick Springfield performs his 1980s hit Jessie’s Girl at Manhattan’s Penn Station in New York, for subway commuters on Wednesday morning ~ Wednesday 10th October 2012

Rick Springfield brought New York commuters to a standstill on Wednesday morning when he performed his 1980s hit, “Jessie’s Girl” at Manhattan’s Penn Station. Onlookers joined in to sing along, the Rick boarded the train to continue playing. See the RiCK SPRiNGFiELD NYC SUBWAY PERFORMANCE ~ JESSiE’S GiRL YouTube video…

New York Daily News story: Rick Springfield rocks out on ‘Jessie’s Girl’ during surprise performance in New York’s Penn Station subway station

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Rick Springfield chats with TODAY’s Kathie Lee & Hoda about his new documentary, “An Affair of the Heart” (Wednesday 10th October 2012)

“I appreciate my fans more now” ~ Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield stops by to chat with TODAY’s Kathie Lee & Hoda about his new documentary, “An Affair of the Heart,” and explains how he now has a new appreciation for his fans today, after not treating them so well when he first became famous.

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Rick Springfield 2012 album: “Songs for The End Of The World” Cold War version (October 2012)
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www.RickSpringfield.com official website for the release of the “Songs For The End Of The World” album release in October 2012
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Versions guide for Rick Springfield’s 2012 album “Songs For The End Of The World ” includes: Tarot / Armageddon / Mayan & Coldwar versions (October 2012)

ABOUT RiCK SPRiNGFiELD 

Rick Springfield was born Richard Lewis Springthorpe in South Wentworthville, a western suburb of Sydney, on the 23rd day of August in 1949. Rick is the son of an Australian Army career officer, and had to move to London to live in 1960, for his father’s work. The family moved back to Australia in 1962, and settled in the Melbourne suburb of Ormond.

In 1969 Rick Springfield joined the band Zoot with Daryl Cotton, Rick Brewer and Beeb Birtles. Zoot had a no. 4 hit in Australia with the acid-rock version of The Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” hit song. In 1972 Rick started his solo career with his début single “Speak to the Sky” reaching the top 10 in Australia. In 1972, he moved to the United States, and had a No. 1 hit with Jessie’s Girl in 1981 in Australia and the US., which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Rick then had four more top 10 US hits, “I’ve Done Everything for You”, “Don’t Talk to Strangers”, “Affair of the Heart” and “Love Somebody”. He also became an actor in 1981, portraying Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, until 1983 and also in 2005 to 2008.

In 2010 Rick Springfield published his autobiography, Late, Late at Night : a Memoir. More recently Rick played a degenerated version of himself in ‘Californication’.

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Rick Springfield.com official website banner photo (August 2012)

RiCK SPRINGFiELD ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB:

The official website of Rick Springfield: www.RickSpringfield.com

The official Rick Springfield Facebookwww.Facebook.com/Official.Rick.Springfield 

The official YouTube of Rick Springfield: www.YouTube.com/RSadmin

The official MySpace of Rick Springfield: www.Myspace.com/OfficialRickSpringfield

The official Twitter of Rick Springfield: www.Twitter.com/RickSpringfield 

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Rick Springfield’s official verified Twitter account
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Rick Springfield.com official website with Destination Cancun 2012 concert details

COVE STEAKHOUSE WiNE BAR & GRiLL restaurant is owned by Jay Harrison, and is located at Shop 16 / 12 Alchester Crs Shopping Village, Boronia, Victoria, Australia                Phone (03) 9761 2206

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Cove Steakhouse Wine Bar & Grill in Alchester Village, Boronia (photo by Anton K)

“Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield in 2004

“Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield in 1981

“Don’t Talk To Strangers” by Rick Springfield in 1982

“Eleanor Rigby” by Zoot, with Rick Springfield & the late Darryl Cotton in 1970

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www.RickSpringfield.com official website graphic design for “Songs For The End Of The World” album release in October 2012

PRESS RELEASE: New York, 28th May 2013:

Grammy award-winning musician, actor, and New York Times bestselling author Rick Springfield will publish his debut novel with Touchstone. Titled Magnificent Vibration and scheduled for publication in May 2014, the novel portrays a hero who has hit a dead end in his life, but who serendipitously receives a 1-800 phone connection to God via an inscription in a mysterious self-help book that may just give him a shot at saving the planet.Magnificent Vibration is a potent tour de force that is by turns hilarious, poignant, spiritual, over-the-top, and deeply meaningful.

“The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction might be in my future but then my career took a different path once the Beatles showed me what a blast being in a band could be. Writing my memoir Late, Late at Night reminded me how much I love the craft. So I decided to give fiction a shot again.Magnificent Vibration is the result. I’m still not quite sure where it came from, but once I got going, it practically wrote itself. I’ve heard writers I admire speak of that phenomenon, so maybe I’m on the right track.” ~ Rick Springfield

www.LateLateAtNight.com

AUGUST 4 ~ ON THiS DAY in History

1693 – Dom Perignon‘s invented Champagne on the 4th August 1693, although he actually did not have anything to do with sparkling wine.

1783 – Mount Asama eruped in Japan on the 4th August 1783, killing about 1,400 people.

1821 – Louis Vuitton the French fashion designer and founder of Louis Vuitton was born on the 4th August 1821 (d. 1892).

1821 – Atkinson & Alexander published The Saturday Evening Post for the first time on the 4th August 1821, as a weekly newspaper.

1900 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was born on the 4th August 1900 (d. 2002).

1901 – Louis Armstrong the American trumpeter and singer was born on the 4th August 1901 (d. 1971).

1902 – The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opened on the 4th August 1902.

1906 – Central railway station, Sydney opened on the 4th August 1906.

1923 – Reg Grundy the Australian television producer was born on the 4th August 1923.

1937David Holliday the American Broadway actor and television voice actor was born on the 4th August 1937 (died 1999).

1944 –  Anne Frank, her family, and 4 others were arrested on the 4th August 1944.

1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan was established on the 4th August 1947.

1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 was published for the first time on the 4th August 1958.

1960 – Tim Winton the Australian writer was born on the 4th August 1960.

1961 – Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States was born on the 4th August 1961.

1989 – Jessica Mauboy the Australian singer-songwriter and actress was born on the 4th August 1989.

2007 – NASA‘s Phoenix spaceship was launched on the 4th August 2007.

2011Red Dog the Australian film starring Koko the Kelpie was released on the 4th August 2011.

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Koko the Red Cloud Kelpie featured on the Red Dog movie poster ~ 2011

 

Today in History for August 4th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…