DJ Fred’s Rock N’ Roll Factoids For October 27th [VIDEOS]

They were married on this day back in 1964, he was 31 and she was 18. She was tall, he was short, and she would always make fun of that fact.  Apparently after awhile, it finally pissed him off.

Salvatore Philip Bono married Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere, they would soon become Sonny & Cher, and would go on to perform together for 12 years before going their separate ways. Cher, now 69, still tours from time to time and  is currently making a Broadway musical.  Sonny would eventually go into California politics before skiing into a tree and losing his life in 1998.  The tree was taller than he was too.

On this date in 1975, Bruce Springsteen was on the covers of both Newsweek and Time magazines at the same time. It was a very big deal, especially for rock n' roll!  Bruce and the E Street Band had released the Born To Run album just weeks prior, and his popularity began to soar.

Years later, the Boss would appear on the cover of AARP, where all old rockers eventually end up, if they're lucky.

It was on this date in 1979, while performing at the Hollywood Universal Amphitheatre that Elton John collapsed on stage, suffering from exhaustion. It takes a lot of energy to walk around in platform shoes that big.

The movie by U2 called "Rattle And Hum"  received its world wide premiere in the group's hometown Dublin, Ireland, on this day in 1988. The movie shot entirely in black and white eventually would make movie goers everywhere wonder why.

Simon Le Bon, the lead vocalist for Duran Duran, one of the more popular bands of the eighties, was born on this day in 1958. Simon and I have something in common, we both like girls on film.

Also born on this date back in 1979, Scott Weiland, the fine vocalist of Stone Temple Pilots. I have nothing in common with him, except that we both have a penis, I think.