June 8th Birthdays

American actor and singer, James Darren, was born on this day in 1936 in Philadelphia, Pa., as James William Ercolani. Here is his 1959 No. 3 hit record, “Goodbye Cruel World” (from a 1961 episode of “The Donna Reed Show”) with a slight change in lyrics. He’s joining the army, not the circus.

Also born on June 8th:

• 1934
  Millicent Martin, English singer, actress
• 1939
  Bernie Casey, American football player, actor
• 1940
  Nancy Sinatra, American singer
• 1941
  Fuzzy Haskins, American musician
• 1942
  Chuck Negron, American singer
• 1943
  Colin Baker, British actor
• 1944
  Annie Haslam, English painter, singer
  Boz Scaggs, American singer, songwriter
• 1946
  Alan Scarfe, British-born Canadian actor
• 1950
  Kathy Baker, American actress
  Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress
• 1951
  Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer, guitarist
  Tony Rice, American acoustic guitarist
• 1954
  Greg Ginn, American guitarist
• 1955
  Griffin Dunne, American actor
• 1957
  Don Robinson, American baseball player
• 1958
  Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director
• 1960
  Mick Hucknall, English singer, songwriter
• 1962
  John Gibbons, American baseball player, manager
  Nick Rhodes, English musician
  Kristine W, American musician
• 1965
  Kevin Farley, American actor
• 1966
  Julianna Margulies, American actress
  Doris Pearson, singer
• 1969
  J.P. Manoux, American actor
  David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor
• 1970
  Kelli Williams, American actress
• 1971
  Mark Feuerstein, American actor
• 1972
  Troy Duffy, American director
• 1973
  Bryant Reeves, American basketball player
• 1977
  Kanye West, American rapper
• 1979
  Derek Trucks, American guitarist
• 1981
  Alex Band, American singer
  Jess Weixler, American actress

June Birthday Calendar

Died on June 8th:

• 1795
  Louis XVII of France (age 10)
• 1809
  Thomas Paine, English-American theorist, author (age 73)
• 1845
  Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President (age 78)
• 1874
  Cochise, American tribal chief (est. age 69)
• 1876
  George Sand, French author, playwright (age 71)
• 1889
  Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (age 44)
• 1929
  Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet, playwright (age 68)
• 1969
  Robert Taylor, American actor, singer (age 57)
• 1970
  Abraham Maslow, American psychologist, academic (age 62)
• 2010
  Crispian St. Peters, English singer, songwriter (age 71)
• 2020
  Fabrizio Mioni, Italian actor (age 89)
  Bonnie Pointer, American singer (age 69)