Right now in Leisure Historical past: Jackson purchased Beatles songs

(AP) – On Aug. 14, 1958, Elvis Presley’s mom, Gladys, died of a coronary heart assault on the age of 46.

In 1970, singer Stephen Stills was arrested on cocaine possession costs at a motel in La Jolla, California. He was launched on $2,500 bail.

In 1971, Rod Stewart launched the only “Maggie Might.”

In 1974, ”(You’re) Having My Child” by Paul Anka was awarded a gold file. Feminists objected to the phrase “my,” saying it ought to have been “our.”

In 1985, Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney for the ATV music publishing catalog, which included many Beatles songs. Jackson paid $47.5 million.

In 1989, Bon Jovi’s “New Jersey” was the primary American album to be launched legally in what was then the Soviet Union.

In 2003, 19 musicals and three stage performs on Broadway have been shut down when New York and far of the Northeast skilled a large energy failure.

Right now’s Birthdays: Singer Sprint Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 84. Singer David Crosby is 81. Nation singer Connie Smith is 81. Actor-musician Steve Martin is 77. Actor Antonio Fargas (“Starsky and Hutch”) is 76. Bassist Larry Graham of Sly and the Household Stone is 76. Actor Susan St. James is 76. Romance novelist Danielle Metal is 75. Keyboardist Terry Adams of NRBQ is 74. Cartoonist Gary Larson (“The Far Facet”) is 72. Actor Carl Lumbly (“Alias”) is 71. Actor Jackee Harry (“Sister, Sister,” ″227″) is 66. Actor Marcia Homosexual Harden is 63. Singer Sarah Brightman is 62. Actor Susan Olsen (“The Brady Bunch”) is 61. Actor Halle (HAL’-ee) Berry is 56. Actor Ben Bass (“Rookie Blue”) is 54. Actor Catherine Bell (“JAG”) is 54. Keyboardist Cody McCarver of Accomplice Railroad is 54. Guitarist Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) is 53. Actor Lalanya Masters (“Barbershop”) is 50. Actor Christopher Gorham (“Ugly Betty”) is 48. Actor Mila Kunis (MEE’-luh KOO’-nihs) is 39. Actor Lamorne Morris (“New Woman”) is 39. TV character Spencer Pratt (“The Hills”) is 39. Actor Marsai (MAR’-say) Martin (“black-ish”) is eighteen.