Rick Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 On August 13th in music history: Births 1919: George Shearing1921: Jimmy McCracklin1930: Don Ho1938: Dave "Baby" Cortez1940: John Stokes (The Bachelors)1949: Cliff Fish (Paper Lace)1951: Dan Fogelberg1959: Danny Bonaduce (The Partridge Family) Deaths 1968: Joe Hinton1971: King Curtis2003: Ed Townsend2005: Francine Hurd Barker (Peaches & Herb) Events 1924: Vernon Dalhart's "The Prisoner's Song" becomes the first country record to sell a million copies -- a milestone for public acceptance of the genre. 1938: Blues legend Robert Johnson, who was reported to have "made a deal with the Devil" in order to execute his amazing guitar technique, plays his last gig at a dance approximately 15 miles from Greenwood, MS, and is supposedly poisoned by either the club's owner or a jealous girlfriend, who places strychnine in an open bottle of whiskey. When offered the bottle, fellow bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson knocks it out of his hand, admonishing him against ever drinking from an open container at a public event, but Johnson drinks from the next open bottle anyway. He would die three days later. 1959: Bobby Darin signs his first movie contract, a million-dollar, six-year, six-picture deal with Paramount Studios. He would go on to secure a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1962. 1963: The Four Seasons sue their struggling first label, Vee Jay, for non payment of royalties and move to Mercury/Philips Records. This would be the first of a long line of incidents that would doom the label. 1964: The Kinks score their first hit as "You Really Got Me," written by Ray Davies on his mother's piano, enters the British charts. 1966: Longview, TX radio station KLUE-AM organizes the first of the "Beatles bonfires," where ex-Beatle fans can burn the groups' records in protest of John Lennon's recent "bigger than Jesus" comment. KLUE's radio tower is struck the next morning by lightning, throwing the station off the air. Meanwhile, Cleveland's Reverend Thurman H. Babbs, of the New Haven Baptist Church, calls for the excommunication of all Beatles fans. 1967: A planned Joan Baez concert at Washington DC's Constitution Hall is canceled after the Daughters of the American Revolution protest her recent anti-war remarks concerning Vietnam. 1971: John Lennon leaves England via Heathrow Airport, headed for New York City to find Yoko Ono's estranged and possibly kidnapped daughter Kyoto. It would be the last time he would see England. 1975: Marking his first real appearance on the national radar, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform the first of five sold-out shows at New York's Bottom Line. 1977: Bachman-Turner Overdrive announce that the group is splitting up (though they would reunite within six years). 1980: Songwriter, producer, and artist Todd Rundgren, his female companion, and three others are victims of a home invasion at his house in Woodstock, NY, bound and gagged by four masked intruders who steal art, stereo equipment, and recording equipment. One of the criminals hums Todd's 1972 hit "I Saw The Light" to himself as the robbery takes place. 1982: In response to plummeting record sales (which the industry blames on the sale of blank cassette tapes), major labels CBS, Atlantic, and Warner Brothers announce a series of major staff cuts. 1990: While warming up for an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Curtis Mayfield is paralyzed by a lighting tower which falls from the stage and onto his back. He will remain a quadriplegic for the next nine years until his death in 1999. 2007: Fats Domino is honored as an "American Music Legend" by the Recording Industry Association of America. Releases 1965: The Beatles, Help!1966: The Supremes, "You Can't Hurry Love" Recording 1930: Guy Lombardo, "Go Home And Tell Your Mother"1952: Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, "Hound Dog"1959: Brenda Lee, "Sweet Nothin's"1964: The Supremes, "Baby Love"1968: The Beatles: "Sexy Sadie," "Yer Blues"1969: The Guess Who, "American Woman" Charts 1966: The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer In The City" hits #1 Certifications 1963: Elvis Presley's Girls! Girls! Girls! LP is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 On August 14th in music history: Births 1926: Buddy Greco1940: Dash Crofts (Seals and Crofts)1941: David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash)1941: Connie Smith1942: Lionel Morton (The Four Pennies)1946: Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone)1947: George Newsome (Climax Blues Band)1947: Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span) Deaths 1964: Johnny Burnette1965: Charles Fizer (The Olympics)1988: Roy Buchanan1988: Robert Calvert (Hawkwind)1992: Tony Williams (The Platters) Events 1956: Washington DC disc jockey Bob Rickman forms the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Elvis Presley after reading too many news articles that make him out to be a hick and/or a threat to society. 1958: At approximately 3:00 am, Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis, dies at age 46 from a heart attack brought on by hepatitis. His father, Vernon, calls Elvis immediately and he rushes to her bedside, wailing loudly and praying over her lifeless body. Elvis refuses an autopsy. Gladys' body is transported to Graceland and will lie in state there for two days, with her son simply staring at her, until Vernon insists she be buried. 1962: With producer George Martin unhappy with his drumming (and, some say, the group unhappy about his teen idol looks), Pete Best is officially let go from the Beatles. Manager Brian Epstein doesn't tell him until three days later, however, after one more performance at Liverpool's Cavern Club, giving him no real reason for the sacking and cutting off contact with the other members of the group. (Lennon admitted to the group's "cowardly" handling of the event in a later interview.) Ringo Starr, drummer for fellow Liverpool scenemakers Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, is asked to join the group. 1966: The Catholic Herald of London runs an editorial describing John Lennon's recent "bigger than Jesus" remark as "arrogant," while admitting it was a generally accurate remark. However, the Vatican paper of record, L'Osservatore Romano, accepts Lennon's public apology of a few days earlier. 1967: Britain's new Marine Broadcasting Offences Act goes into effect, forcing all but one of the country's famous "pirate" (i.e., unlicensed) radio stations off the air. Radio Caroline remains on the air for another six months or so. 1970: After being found crawling along a motel hallway in La Jolla, CA, incoherent and "combative," Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills and Nash is arrested for possession of cocaine and barbiturates. 1971: Diana Ross becomes the proud mother of her first child, Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein; Ross soon marries her manager, Robert Ellis Silberstein, a few days later to mask the fact that the baby is actually the child of Motown's currently married founder, Berry Gordy. 1981: Four years after his untimely death, a Memphis judge rules that Elvis Presley's estate is no longer financially beholden to his manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker. 1985: Acting on the advice of his good friend Paul McCartney to invest his Thriller money in music publishing, Michael Jackson secretly makes a winning bid of $47.5 million for the rights to over 250 Lennon-McCartney Beatles songs owned by ATV publishing. When he finds out, McCartney is livid, stating "I think it's dodgy to do things like that. To be someone's friend and then buy the rug they're standing on." 1991: Tony Orlando and his wife Francine become the proud parents of their first child, Jenny Rose. 1992: Wayne Newton files for bankruptcy. 1994: Clifton Clowers, the real-life Tennessee mountain man who was the subject of Claude King's 1964 country smash "Wolverton Mountain," dies at the ripe old age of 101, still on the mountain (which is actually spelled "Woolverton"). Clowers apparently couldn't keep suitors away from his daughters as well as the legend suggested, as he leaves behind fifteen grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. 1995: The Grateful Dead meet and decide to break up after the recent tragedy of founder/leader Jerry Garcia's death. 1999: Former teen idol Leif Garrett pleads guilty to drug possession in Los Angeles and is ordered into rehab. Releases 1965: The McCoys, "Hang On Sloopy"1971: Rod Stewart, "Maggie May"1976: Nick Lowe, "So It Goes"1976: The Steve Miller Band, "Rock 'N Me" Recording 1964: The Beatles: "I'm A Loser," "Mr. Moonlight"1968: The Beatles, "Yer Blues"1971: Elton John: "Indian Sunset," "Rotten Peaches," "Madman Across The Water" Charts 1961: Wanda Jackson's "Right Or Wrong" enters the charts1965: Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #11975: Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman" enters the charts Certifications 1970: Elvis Presley's "The Wonder Of You" is certified gold1974: Paul Anka's "(You're) Having My Baby" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 On August 15th in music history: Births 1896: Leon Theremin1909: Hugo Winterhalter1925: Oscar Peterson1925: Bill Pinkney (The Drifters)1930: Jackie Brenston1933: Bobby Helms1933: Floyd Ashman (The Tams)1941: Johnny Thunder1941: Don Rich1942: Peter York (The Spencer Davis Group)1946: Jimmy Webb1948: Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers)1951: Bobby Caldwell Deaths 1971: Thomas Wayne1984: Norman Petty1992: Jackie Edwards Events 1939: After five directors, several script drafts, and endless casting changes, The movie musical The Wizard Of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. 1956: "Colonel" Tom Parker, actually a Dutch immigrant who merely played at being a Southern aristocrat, becomes "special adviser" to Elvis Presley, effectively taking over management duties from Bob Neal, who knew managing the King was about to become a full-time job. 1958: Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena Santiago, a former receptionist at his music publishing company, in a private ceremony held at Holly's boyhood home in Lubbock, TX. 1964: After the massive success of the Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, United Artists rushes to sign up-and-comers The Dave Clark Five to a film project entitled Catch Us If You Can (which was released in the US as Having A Wild Weekend). 1965: At 8 pm EST, the Beatles take the stage at Shea Stadium in New York City, marking the very first time a rock band would headline a stadium concert and a major victory for promoter Sid Bernstein, who had arranged the gig after his gamble of booking the then-unknown group at Carnegie Hall had paid off. Tickets for the show, sold merely by word of mouth created by kids who asked Bernstein about the next Beatles show while he strolled in Central Park, sold out in just three weeks, beating the stadium's old seating record with 56,000 seats sold. Two thousand professionals were pressed into service for security. The concert, filmed for BBC and NBC both, also featured openers Brenda Holloway, The King Curtis Band, and Bernstein's new obsession, the Young Rascals. 1969: Promising "three days of peace, love, and music," The Woodstock Music and Art Fair begins on Max Yasgur's sixty-acre farm in Bethel, NY (nearby Woodstock being the original location). Featuring two dozen of the country's hottest bands, the festival draws over 450,000 hippies to the tiny town, causing unimaginable traffic and logistics problems but nevertheless impressing the ordinary citizens. Three deaths, two births, four miscarriages, and a wedding are all reported before Jimi Hendrix ends the festivities with his legendary rendition of the US national anthem. Also appearing were (in part) Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Santana, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, and Arlo Guthrie. Among those who elected not to attend were Tommy James and the Shondells, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Jethro Tull, and The Moody Blues. 1973: Baltimore, MD, declares today "Cass Elliot Day" in honor of the native singer for The Mamas and the Papas. 1980: George Harrison's acclaimed autobiography I Me Mine -- the first by any Beatle -- hits the shelves. John Lennon enters the Record Plant Studios in New York to record his "comeback" album,Double Fantasy. 1996: A New York women's shelter refuses to take money raised by a recent benefit concert when they learn that one of the performers was James Brown, often accused of emotional and physical abuse of women. 2000: David Bowie and his wife, supermodel Iman, become the proud parents of their first child, Alexandria Zahra Jones. 2005: Sly Stone comes out of a long seclusion to visit the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, where his little sister Vet headlines with the latest version of the Family Stone. 2007: The Osmonds reunite for the first time in over two decades to perform their 50th anniversary concert for PBS. Recording 1941: Ben Bernie, "Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams"1966: Bobby Darin, "If I Were A Carpenter"1968: The Beatles, "Rocky Raccoon"1969: The Beatles: "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight," "The End," "Something," "Here Comes The Sun" Charts 1953: Perry Como's "No Other Love" hits #11960: Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never" hits #11964: Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody" hits #11970: Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Looking Out My Back Door" enters the charts Certifications 1969: Three Dog Night's self-titled LP is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 On August 16th in music history: Births 1915: Al Hibbler1922: Ernie Freeman1924: Fess Parker1931: Eydie Gorme1938: Ketty Lester1942: Barbara George1945: Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine)1945: Gary Loizzo (The American Breed)1946: Gordon Fleet (The Easybeats)1948: Barry Hay (Golden Earring)1949: Scott Asheton (Iggy Pop and the Stooges)1953: James "J.T." Taylor (Kool and the Gang) Deaths 1938: Robert Johnson2000: Alan Caddy (The Tornadoes)2005: Vassar Clements (Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys) Events 1957: Buddy Holly and The Crickets, still being billed by the band name only, begin a six-night engagement at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater, the first white rock act to play the venue. Although crowds boo a little at first -- many, including the venue, assumed they'd be seeing R&B vocal group The Crickets -- by the third night of the engagement Buddy's energy and songs have won them over. 1962: Detroit harmonica prodigy "Little" Stevie Wonder releases his first single, "(I Call It Pretty Music, But...) The Old People Call It The Blues," featuring another newcomer, Marvin Gaye, on drums. It fails to chart. Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, fires drummer Pete Best on the orders of the other members of the group, with no clear explanation and no other members present. Incredibly, Epstein then asks Best to fulfill his commitment and play the group's show that night in Cheshire's Riverpark Ballroom, but when he doesn't show, the group is ready with a replacement: Johnny Hutchinson of fellow Merseybeat group The Big Three. Fans will react badly to the news, pummeling the group at their next few shows, sending petitions to local papers, and shouting "Pete Best forever, Ringo never!" at the Cavern. 1968: The Jackson Five perform their first official live gig, oipening for Diana Ross and the Supremes at the (Great Western) Forum in Los Angeles. 1969: CBS premiers the sitcom The Debbie Reynolds Show. During the Who's performance of their rock opera Tommy at Woodstock (specifically, during the instrumental "Underture") activist and hippie leader Abbie Hoffman leaps on stage, grabs the microphone, and yells "I think this is a pile of s**t, while John Sinclair rots in prison!" (Sinclair, a fellow activist, had been sentenced for ten years for two marijuana joints.) Pete Townshend, not knowing who Hoffman is, hits him over the head with his guitar and orders him to "**** off my ****ing stage!" 1977: At his home in Graceland, Elvis Presley takes the book he's been reading, Frank Adams' The Scientific Search For The Face Of Jesus, and goes into his bathroom, "Don't fall asleep in there," says girlfriend Ginger Alden, knowing his propensity to nod off. "Okay, I won't," he says. Ginger goes back to sleep.At 1:30 pm CST, Ginger awakens and sees Elvis is still gone. When knocking on the bathroom door produces no reply, she enters and finds his lifeless body on the floor in front of the toilet.Alden screams for Elvis associates Al Strada and Joe Esposito, who arrive and call the fire department. An ambulance is dispatched. Daughter Lisa Marie and father Vernon arrive in the bathroom, but Lisa Marie is quickly removed from the scene. Elvis is rushed to nearby Baptist Memorial Hospital, where, after several attempts to revive him, he dies at 3:30 pm CST. His autopsy is performed at 7:00 pm.The official coroner's report lists "cardiac arrhythmia" as the cause of Presley's death, but this was later admitted to be a ruse entered into by the Presley family along with autopsy physicians Dr. Jerry T. Francisco, Dr. Eric Muirhead and Dr. Noel Florredo to cover up the real cause of death, a cocktail of ten prescribed drugs, taken in doses no doctor would prescribe: The painkillers Morphine and Demerol. Chloropheniramine, an antihistamine. The tranquilizers Placidyl and Vailum. Finally, four drugs were found in "significant" quantities: Codeine, an opiate, Ethinamate, largely prescribed at the time as a "sleeping pill," Quaaludes, and a barbituate, or depressant, that has never been identified. It has also been rumored that Diazepam, Amytal, Nembutal, Carbrital, Sinutab, Elavil, Avental, and Valmid were found in his system at death.The phrase "cardiac arrhythmia," in the context of the coroner's report, means little more than a stopped heart; the report initially tried to attribute the arrhythmia to cardiovascular disease, but Elvis' own personal physician has stated that Presley had no such chronic problems at the time. 1983: Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel marries Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher at his New York duplex. The couple would divorce just two years later. 1995: Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys performs live for the first time with his daughters Carnie and Wendy, recently famous for their stint in the trio Wilson Phillips. 2003: The USPS unveils a new commemorative postage stamp of recently-deceased composer Henry Mancini, famous for the Pink Panther theme and several other film works. Releases 1964: Peter, Paul, and Mary, "If I Had A Hammer"1966: The Monkees, "Last Train To Clarksville"1968: Mary Hopkin, "Those Were The Days" Recording 1940: Frankie Masters, "Marching Along Together"1957: Ricky Nelson, "Be-Bop Baby"1957: The Everly Brothers, "Wake Up Little Susie"1968: The Beatles, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Certifications 1969: The Guess Who's "These Eyes" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 On August 17th in music history: Births 1909: Larry Clinton1919: Georgia Gibbs1932: Duke Pearson1933: Mark Dinning1944: John Seiter (Spanky and Our Gang)1947: Gary Talley (The Box Tops, Big Star)1949: Sib Hashian (Boston) Deaths 1973: Paul Williams (The Temptations)1987: Gary Chester1990: Pearl Bailey1991: Rick Griffith Events 1960: The Beatles begin the first of forty-eight nights playing the Indra Club on Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg, Germany, playing for four-and-a-half hours every day (six on the weekends), an arrangement that leads to twenty-minute versions of songs like Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally." Notable as the first time the group performed under the name "The Beatles" (having dropped the "Silver" from their name en route), the gigs feature John Lennon yelling at the German audiences, calling them Nazis, shouting "Sieg Heil!" at them, and wearing outlandish outfits -- at one point appearing on stage in only his underwear, at another with a toilet seat around his neck. The young crowd, perhaps predictably, love the show, as does the owner, Bruno Koschmider, who repeatedly tells the group to "mach shau" ("make a show"). After moving to Bruno's Kaiserkeller club the group eventually moved to the Top Ten Club -- breaking their contract with Bruno, who took revenge by getting George Harrison being deported for being too young to play in bars, and Paul and Pete Best deported for starting a fire in the tiny room the group shared behind a screen in a local movie house. 1962: A riot breaks out during a Gary U.S. Bonds performance at the Boston Arena. 1966: During a press conference in Toronto (where the group was scheduled to play that night) the Beatles creates more controversy by siding with American "draft dodgers" who moved to Toronto rather than be sent to Vietnam. John jokes, "Ah, we've had it in Memphis now," referring to the death threats received there after his "bigger than Jesus" statement. 1972: Gladys Knight appears as a contestant on ABC-TV's The Dating Game. 1977: One day after Elvis Presley's untimely demise, thousands of fans crowd Memphis and Graceland to mourn. FTD florists report the largest number of flower orders in their history sent as tributes to the King's family; US President Jimmy Carter issues a statement saying, in part, "Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable... he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness and good humor of his country." 1979: Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards' wife, Anita Pallenberg, is accused of running a witches coven, complete with "pot smoking sex orgies," by theNew York Post. 1984: At the outset of his latest world tour, a fatigued Elton John announces his upcoming retirement, which, like so many before and after, wouldn't take. 1992: Wayne Newton files for bankruptcy, claiming debts of over $20 million. 1993: While in therapy, the thirteen-year-old son of a Beverly Hills dentist, Jordan Chandler, alleges that singer Michael Jackson molested him while he visited Jackson's Neverland Ranch. The resultant civil suit costs Jackson over $20 million, but no criminal charges are filed, with Jackson's lawyers claiming the family in question had previously attempted to extort the singer. 1995: Microsoft buys the rights to the Rolling Stones' 1981 smash "Start Me Up" to use as the theme for their Windows 95 rollout. 1997: Liverpool, Nova Scotia, dedicates The Hank Snow Country Music Centre, a museum dedicated to its native country music legend. 1998: Carlos Santana is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1999: Derek Longmuir of the Bay City Rollers is arraigned on charges of possession of illegal drugs and child pornography. He is sentenced to 300 hours of community service. 2004: Singer / songwriter Dan Fogelberg reveals that he is battling advanced prostate cancer. Chevy officially ends its association with Bob Seger, whose 1986 hit "Like A Rock" had been used in Silverado ads since 1989. Two years later, General Motors would begin using John Mellencamp's "Our Country" as the Silverado theme. Releases 1964: The Kinks, "You Really Got Me"1968: Deep Purple, "Hush"1974: Bad Company, "Can't Get Enough" Recording 1966: The Hollies, "Stop, Stop, Stop"1967: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, "Woman, Woman" Charts 1950: The Weavers' "Goodnight Irene" hits #11968: The Rascals' "People Got To Be Free" hits #11968: The Doors' Waiting For The Sun LP hits #11974: Paper Lace's "The Night Chicago Died" hits #11974: Eric Clapton's 461 Ocean Boulevard LP hits #1 Certifications 1968: The Rascals' "People Got To Be Free" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 On August 18th in music history: Births 1925: Sonny Til1939: Johnny Preston1944: Carl Wayne (The Move)1945: Barbara Harris (The Toys)1945: Sarah Dash (Labelle)1950: Dennis Elliott (Foreigner) Deaths 2003: Tony Jackson (The Searchers)2004: Elmer Bernstein Events 1937: The first FM (frequency modulation) radio station in the US, Boston's WGTR (now WAAF), is granted its construction permit by the FCC. 1962: The Beatles perform at at the 17th annual fete for the Birkenhead, England, Horticultural Society at local Hulme Hall, a gig notable only as the first time Ringo Starr will play onstage with the band. Ringo had prepared for two hours with the group beforehand. 1964: The Beatles arrive in San Francisco, CA, for the start of their first full US tour, met at the airport by nine thousand screaming fans (but not the ticker tape parade that had been rumored). A fenced-off press area is destroyed by the sheer size of the crowd, forcing a frightened group to retreat to their hotel. There, a woman is beaten and robbed on another floor, ignored by authorities who assume the screaming is part of the Beatles' fan base. 1965: Tom Moffat, disc jockey for KPOI in Hawaii, arranges for Herman's Hermits lead singer Peter Noone to interview Elvis Presley live from his bungalow in Honolulu, where he is relaxing while filming his latest movie, Paradise, Hawaiian Style. "Who's your favorite group?" Noone asks. "The Boston Pops," Elvis replies, laughing. 1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, NY, ends at approximately 9 am EST when Jimi Hendrix performs "Hey Joe." {His now-legendary rendition of the US National Anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" actually came a few songs earlier.) While filming the violent gangster movie Ned Kelly in Australia, Mick Jagger is hit in the hand by a stray bullet from an old gun being used as a prop. 1973: Jazz drumming legend Gene Krupa plays what is to be his last live show, a gig with the Benny Goodman Quartet in New York City. 1976: Marvin Gaye narrowly averts a ten-day stint in the Los Angeles country jail for failure to pay child support and alimony. 1977: Elvis Presley's funeral is held in at his Memphis estate, Graceland, where 150 mourners attend, including such luminaries as Ann-Margret, James Brown, and actor George Hamilton. (Everyone from Sammy Davis Jr. to Farrah Fawcett to Burt Reynolds to John Wayne were rumored to attend, but did not.) Held in Graceland's living room, It lasted from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and was led by Woodale Church of Christ pastor C.W. Bradley. Televangelist Rex Humbard gave a short sermon, followed by a testimonial from comedian Jackie Kahane, who often opened Elvis' shows. Other Elvis tour vets -- J.D. Sumner and the Stamps, the Statesmen, and Kathy Westmoreland -- performed some of Elvis' favorite hymns including "Heavenly Father." Outside, 75,000 fans mourn, so many that President Jimmy Carter has ordered the National Guard in to maintain order. Elvis' burial begins with a long procession down the street that bears his name, a white hearse and seventeen white limousines behind, ending at Forest Hill Cemetery. The 900-pound copper coffin is carried by pallbearers Jerry Schilling, Joe Esposito, George Klein, Lamar Fike, Billy Smith, Charlie Hodges, Gene Smith, and Dr. George Nichopoulous. A small service is then held in the mausoleum, followed by the paying of respects from family and friends. Elvis' father, Vernon, is the last to pay respects, kissing the coffin and repeating "Daddy will be with you soon." Elvis is interred at 4:30 pm CST. 1978: The Temptations' Melvin Franklin is shot four times in the hand and leg during an attempted carjacking, but survives. 1982: Liverpool names four of its streets for its hometown heroes the Beatles: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive. 1991: Billy Preston is arrested on charges of battery after allegedly attacking a 16-year-old prostitute once Preston discovered he was a transvestite. The keyboardist and singer is eventually given five years probation. Releases 1973: The Doobie Brothers, "China Grove" Recording 1949: Ralph Flanagan, "You’re Breaking My Heart"1960: Bobby Darin: "Lazy River," "Artificial Flowers"1969: The Beatles, "The End" Charts 1958: Domenico Modugno's "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu" hits #11973: Diana Ross' "Touch Me In The Morning" hits #11973: Jethro Tull's LP A Passion Play hits #11979: Chic's "Good Times" hits #1 Certifications 1958: Perez Prado's "Patricia" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 On August 19th in music history: Births 1939: Ginger Baker (Cream)1940: Roger Cook (Blue Mink)1940: Johnny Nash1943: Billy J. Kramer1943: Don Fardon (The Sorrows)1945: Ian Gillian (Deep Purple)1948: Elliott Lurie (The Looking Glass)1948: Susan Jacks (The Poppy Family)1951: John Deacon (Queen) Deaths 1979: Dorsey Burnette2001: Betty Everett Events 1918: Songwriter Irving Berlin, still a Sergeant in the US Army, debuts his WWI-themed musical Yip Yip Yaphank, at New York's Century Theatre. 1957: Pat Boone appears on the cover of Newsweekwith the tag "His Refreshing Song Fills The Air." The article inside claims that "the teen-agers are finally revolting against the musical delinquents." 1966: Just before their first show at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN (which is picketed by local KKK members), the Beatles receive an anonymous phone call warning them that at least one of them will be assassinated on stage as a result of John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" remarks. Midway through their second show of the evening, a lit firecracker is thrown on stage, frightening the band and making them look around to see which of them had been shot. This incident is one of the main reasons the Beatles make this tour their last. 1967: Ringo Starr and his wife, the former Maureen Cox, give birth to their second son, Jason. 1968: The final episode of The Monkees, directed by Micky Dolenz, airs for the last time on NBC-TV. The last song performed in this, the 58th episode, is "Zor And Zam." 1969: Crosby, Stills, and Nash appear on ABC-TV's Dick Cavett Show, the first band to report on the just-concluded Woodstock festival. Joni Mitchell appears, too, to debut her new song about the concert. 1972: The musical variety show The Midnight Special, featuring DJ Wolfman Jack as announcer and John Denver as host, debuts on NBC. The first song performed is War's "Slippin' Into Darkness." 1973: Kris Kristofferson marries Rita Coolidge at his Malibu home in a ceremony officiated by his father, an ordained minister. The marriage would last seven years. 1980: An asthma attack forces Alice Cooper to cancel tonight's show in Toronto, sparking a riot in the crowd of 1,400. 1983: Having been sporadic since it was originally shut down in 1968, "pirate radio" station Radio Caroline makes its comeback on board the ship Ross Revenge in the North Sea's international waters. Six years to the day later, it would be shut down again. 1988: Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" is named the most played song in the first hundred years of the jukebox's existence. Recording 1939: Dick Jurgens, "Day Dreams Come True At Night"1966: Sandy Posey, "Single Girl"1969: The Beatles, "Here Comes The Sun" Charts 1957: Debbie Reynolds' "Tammy" hits #11967: The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" hits #11972: Chicago's LP Chicago V hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artarama Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Rick, This has to be one of the best, most informative, interesting threads on the net! Been reading since the begining and thought I should post how much I appreciate it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 On August 20th in music history: Births 1923: Jim Reeves1926: Frank Rosolino1927: Joya Sherrill1931: Paul Robi (The Platters)1931: Frank Capp1934: "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (The Flying Burrito Brothers)1935: Justin Tubb1940: John Lantree (The Honeycombs)1941: Dave Brock (Hawkwind)1942: Isaac Hayes1946: Ralf Hutter (Kraftwerk)1947: James Pankow (Chicago)1948: Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)1949: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)1952: Rudy Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers) Deaths 1979: Dorsey Burnette Events 1920: Detroit, MI's 8MK (today known as WWJ 950 AM) goes on the air as America's first radio station, eventually offering the first news broadcast, sports play-by-play, and religious broadcast. 1960: Connie Francis begins filming her first movie, Where The Boys Are, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The first college teen comedy to really explore the sex lives of its characters, it served as the inspiration for countless "spring break" movies, as well as the homage/parody Grease. 1967: Today's New York Times reports on a new method of noise reduction developed by Ray Dolby of Dolby Labs, a modified version of the original "Dolby" process already at use in studios. This one, named "Dolby B," would be for home recording and lead directly to the revolution in blank audio cassette tapes. 1968: Dr. David Lipscomb of the University of Tennessee reports his recent findings that guinea pigs suffered damage to the cells in their cochlea (inner ear) when exposed to 120 decibels of rock music over three months. Lipscomb would later recant his findings after noticing that very few rock musicians seemed to suffer similar damage. Bobby Darin, still traumatized by the recent assassination of his good friend, Senator Robert Kennedy, sells off his music publishing and production company, TM Music, for one million dollars. 1969: The four members of the Beatles gather in the Abbey Road studios in London for the last time as they complete work on "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and ostensibly finalize the track order and mastering of their last recorded album, Abbey Road. (Three of the Beatles would later be present in the studio to overdub salvaged tracks from the Let It Be sessions.) 1979: Rod Stewart and his first wife, Alana Hamilton, become the proud parents of their first child, Kimberly. 1987: Lindsey Buckingham, who had helped turn Fleetwood Mac into one of the biggest-selling groups of the Seventies, leaves the group after refusing to tour behind its latest album, Tango In The Night. Alabama dedicates a section of its Interstate 65 highway as the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway, a reference to one of his best-known songs. The fifty-mile stretch begins near his hometown of Georgiana and runs north to Montgomery, where he is buried. Releases 1966: The Temptations, "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"1973: The Rolling Stones, "Angie" Recording 1939: Orrin Tucker, "Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, Oh!"1964: Shirley Bassey, "Goldfinger"1968: The Beatles: "Yer Blues," "Mother Nature's Son" Charts 1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival's LP Cosmo's Factory hits #11977: The Emotions' "Best Of My Love" hits #1 Certifications 1969: Andy Williams' LP Happy Heart is certified gold Happy 64th birthday to Robert Plant!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 On August 21st in music history: Births 1904: Count Basie1928: Art Farmer1938: Kenny Rogers1939: Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers)1941: Tom Coster (Santana)1944: Jackie DeShannon1947: Carl Giammarese (The Buckinghams)1957: Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge) Deaths 2005: Robert Moog Events 1920: Elvis Presley makes his first public stage appearance outside of his home state when he appears at the Mint Club in Gladewater, TX. 1966: In an incident that cements the group's desire never to tour again, the Beatles are forced to play under a tarp at the Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, MI, due to heavy rains. (In addition, they'd already played an afternoon show and traveled some 400 miles to make this one.) 1968: Jerry Lee Lewis agrees to play Iago in a controversial (and ultimately disastrous) rock-opera version of Shakespeare's Othello entitled Catch My Soul, debuting in London. 1972: At a Jefferson Airplane show in Akron, OH, a fight breaks out on stage between the band and the local police -- present because of an earlier bomb threat -- after guitarist Paul Kantner refers to them as "pigs." During the brawl, lead singer Grace Slick is maced in the eyes, Kantner is injured after being thrown to the floor, and bassist Jack Casady is arrested. Spectators throw rocks at the police, who respond with tear gas. 1976: Worldwide sales of Elvis Presley records pass the four hundred million mark. 1980: Linda Ronstadt makes her Broadway debut in Joseph Papp's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, also starring Rex Smith and Kevin Kline. 1993: Following up the claims made by a child who'd recently spent time there, Los Angeles police conduct a raid on Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch, searching for evidence of child pornography. Elton John's longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin marries his third wife, Stephanie Haymes. 1994: After he crashes his Porsche into a tree near his home in Aspen, CO, John Denver is charged with driving under the influence. It is his second such offense in two years. 1996: Having served two years of his original five year sentence for kidnapping and torturing a guest, Rick James is released from Folsom State Penitentiary in California. Releases 1965: Barry McGuire, "Eve Of Destruction"1965: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Do You Believe In Magic" Recording 1938: Fats Waller, "Ain't Misbehavin'"1958: Ricky Nelson, "Lonesome Town"1961: Patsy Cline, "Crazy"1968: The Beatles, "Sexy Sadie" Charts 1961: Elvis Presley's LP Something For Everybody hits #11965: The Rolling Stones' LP Out Of Our Heads hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 On August 22nd in music history: Births 1917: John Lee Hooker1926: Bob Flanagan (The Four Freshmen)1938: Dale Hawkins1939: Fred Milano (The Belmonts)1942: Joe Chambers (The Chambers Brothers)1945: Ron Dante (The Archies, The Cuff Links, The Detergents)1946: Gary "Mutha" Withem (Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)1947: Donna Godchaux (The Grateful Dead)1948: David Marks (The Beach Boys)1949: Sam Neely1958: Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers) Deaths 1990: David Rose Events 1906: The Victor Talking Machine Company, headquartered in Camden, NJ, begins manufacturing the world's first mass-market home record player, the Victrola. Price: $200. 1938: America's most famous dancing partners, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, appear together on the cover of Life magazine. 1956: Elvis begins shooting his first movie, Love Me Tender, a Civil War drama that has been renamed from The Reno Brothers in order to capitalize on his new single. Elvis is billed third, but his role, originally offered to Robert Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter, is beefed up to match his new popularity. The Frank Tashlin-directed film The Girl Can't Help It has its Hollywood premiere. Featuring performances by Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, The Platters, Fats Domino, and Julie London, this comedy is usually considered the best of the Fifties' rock and roll movies. 1960: Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never," an English-language cover of the Neapolitan standard "O Sole Mio," finally gets its copyright cleared for release in the UK. 1962: Granada Television films the Beatles during a lunchtime gig at Liverpool's Cavern Club for the show Know The North, representing what was then thought to be their very first filmed performance. It was not aired at the time. At the end of one song, fans can be heard shouting "We want Pete!" in reference to drummer Pete Best, who'd just been kicked out of the group. 1963: EMI announces a half-million advance orders in Britain for the Beatles' upcoming single, "She Loves You." 1964: Alvin and the Chipmunks' label, Liberty, reports that their cover album of Beatles songs is moving 25,000 copies a day. 1965: Awaiting their favorite group at Granada Television's Manchester, England studios, over 200 screaming Rolling Stones fans break through security barriers, causing the security guards on duty to turn the fire hoses on them. 1968: Having come home from vacation to find her husband in bed with Yoko Ono, John Lennon's first wife Cynthia files for divorce -- one day before their sixth anniversary. 1969: The Beatles hold their very last photographic shoot as a group, occurring on the lawn of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's home in Tittenhurst in Ascot, England. 1970: Songwriter Elton John signs with Uni, a division of MCA, as a solo act. Eric Clapton's loose assemblage of musician friends, dubbed Derek and the Dominoes back in June, begin recording their only album, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs. 1985: Rick Nelson and Fats Domino begin filming the PBS-TV special Rockin' With Rick And Fats, which will turn out to be Nelson's last television appearance before his untimely death in a plane crash. 1988: The TV documentary Aretha Franklin: Queen Of Soul airs on PBS. 1998: During his show at the Arrowhead Pond (now Honda Center) in Anaheim, CA, Elton John is joined onstage by fan Jim Carrey, who duets with him on a perfectly serious version of "Rocket Man." Carrey then sits at the piano and plays it by bashing his head onto the keys. 2001: At attack of severe bronchitis causes Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks to cancel two upcoming shows. 2003: Norwegian Elvis impersonator Kjell Bjornestad set a new world record by performing the King's repetoire for 26 straight hours. 2004: Al Dvorin, the announcer who coined the phrase "Elvis has left the building" while working the King's Seventies concerts, dies in a car crash en route home from a Californian Elvis convention. Releases 1964: Martha and the Vandellas, "Dancing In The Streets" Recording 1938: Count Basie, "Jumpin’ At The Woodside"1967: The Beatles, "Your Mother Should Know"1968: The Beatles, "Back In The USSR" Charts 1960: The Five Satins' "In The Still Of The Nite" enters the charts1964: The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go?" hits #11970: Bread's "Make It With You" hits #11970: Anne Murray's "Snowbird" enters the charts Certifications 1966: The Beatles' LP Revolver is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 On August 23rd in music history: Births 1912: Gene Kelly1917: Tex Williams1936: Rudy Lewis (The Drifters)1941: Pete Shannon (The Nashville Teens)1942: Tony "Spaghetti" Micale (The Reflections)1942: Roger Greenaway (Blue Mink)1946: Jim Sohns (The Shadows Of Knight)1946: Keith Moon (The Who)1949: Rick Springfield1951: Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) Deaths 2005: Hal Kalin (The Kalin Twins) Events 1962: John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell, already two months pregnant with their son Julian, at Liverpool's Mount Pleasant Registry Office, with Paul McCartney and George Harrison as witnesses. Fans milling about the offices find out about the marriage immediately, spoiling plans to keep it a secret. Manager Brian Epstein, who had served as best man, then buys lunch for the wedding party at the local cafeteria Reece's and gives the new couple use of his apartment. The marriage would last six years. On the same day, local paper Mersey Beat officially announces the replacement of Pete Best with Ringo Starr. 1964: The Beatles play the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA, a concert which is recorded for a planned upcoming live album. However, the resultant sound quality is so poor due to screaming teenagers that it sits on the shelf until 1977, when the LP The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl is released, combining songs from this show and a similar Hollywood Bowl gig a year later. (Some applause from the tapes, however, was used on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, at the start of "With A Little Help From My Friends" and also tacked on to the end of the title track's reprise to suggest the end of the "concert.") 1965: The Beatles' second film, Help! has its US premiere in New York City. 1966: During their last tour of the US, the Beatles again play New York's famed Shea Stadium; however, numerous recent concerts in the area make selling out the show an impossibility. 1968: Disgusted by the acrimonious "White Album" sessions, Ringo Starr becomes the first band member to temporarily leave the Beatles, heading off to vacation in Sardinia. While there, he gets the idea for "Octopus's Garden" from a boat captain who tells him how the creatures create "gardens" for themselves out of shiny objects. While gone, Paul records the drum tracks for "Back In The USSR" and "Dear Prudence"; after a few days, Ringo returns to find flowers surrounding his drum kit in apology, and decides to stick it out. 1970: The Velvet Underground play their famous final show at Max's Kansas City in New York. 1974: The local papers report that John Lennon, while staying in mistress' May Pang's New York apartment during his infamous "lost weekend," has spotted a UFO. John's next album, Walls and Bridges, contains this notation in the inner booklet: "On 23 August 1974, I saw a UFO J.L." 1987: A 20th anniversary "Summer Of Love" concert headlined by the Grateful Dead at Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angel Camp, CA goes horribly wrong when an escaped felon, wandering in the crowd, shoots a pursuing police officer while trying to escape. 1993: News of Michael Jackson's child molestation investigation is finally made public by the Los Angeles police. 1999: Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers marries his third wife, Patti Arnold, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. 2000: Kenny Loggins is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2004: Queen becomes the first band officially sanctioned by the Iranian government since the 1979 cultural revolution that outlawed rock groups. Lead singer Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar of Indian parents, had remained quite popular in the country. 2005: Bay City Rollers' lead singer Les McKeown is arraigned on cocaine possession and distribution charges in London. He is eventually acquitted of the intent to distribute. 2007: Queen guitarist Brian May is finally awarded his doctorate in astrophysics by London's Imperial College -- the very Ph. D. title he was seeking when he left the college during the band's first flush of success. Recording 1954: Perez Prado, "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White"1967: The Beatles, "Your Mother Should Know"1968: The Beatles, "Back In The USSR" Charts 1969: The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" hits #11969: Johnny Cash's LP Johnny Cash At San Quentin hits #11975: Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds' "Fallin' In Love" hits #1 Certifications 1965: The Beatles LP Help! is certified gold1978: Steve Martin's "King Tut" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 On August 24th in music history: Births 1905: Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup1915: Wynonie Harris1924: Louis Teicher (Ferrante and Teicher)1938: Mason Williams1938: David Frieberg (Jefferson Airplane)1941: Ernest Wright (Little Anthony and the Imperials)1942: Marshall Donald Thompson (The Chi-Lites)1942: Carl Mann1942: Jimmy Soul1943: John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)1944: Jim Capaldi (Traffic)1944: Jim Brady (The Sandpipers)1945: Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)1945: Malcolm Duncan (Average White Band)1947: Jim Fox (James Gang)1948: Jean-Michel Jarre1951: Michael Derosier (Heart) Deaths 1978: Louis Prima1998: Gene Page Events 1956: Little Richard plays the Cotton Club in Lubbock, TX, making an indelible impression on audience member Buddy Holly. 1964: Taking him up on his telegram invitation to help out in any way he can in America, Beatles manager Brian Epstein meets Elvis Presley manager "Colonel" Tom Parker for the first time when they have lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel. 1967: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and their entourage attend a lecture by the Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the lobby of the London Hilton. The Maharishi (as he would come to be known) entrances the Beatles with his philosophy of TM, or Transcendental Meditation, which involves mental repetition of a single word or phrase to center the mind and relax the body. After the lecture, the three Beatles meet the Maharishi and accept his invitation to attend his next lecture in Bangor, Wales. Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, drives his Lincoln Continental (not a Rolls Royce, as is often thought), into the swimming pool at the Holiday Inn in Flint, MI to celebrate his 21st birthday, earning the entire band a lifetime ban from the chain. 1969: Folksinger Arlo Guthrie's film Alice's Restaurant, based on his hit song of the same name, premieres in both Los Angeles and New York. John Lennon writes, rehearses, and records a song about his recent heroin withdrawal entitled "Cold Turkey," where he also puts into practice his recent introduction to "primal scream" therapy. Fans and critics are shocked and appalled by the emotionally raw recording, a prelude to his eventual Plastic Ono Band album. 1977: Country legend Waylon Jennings is arrested for cocaine possession in New York City by federal agents, an event which will inspire his song "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got out of Hand?" The charges are later dropped. 1981: John Lennon's killer is given a sentence of 20-years-to-life in prison, where he will be denied parole five times over the next 27 years. 1983: Jerry Lee Lewis' fifth wife, Shawn Michelle Stevens, dies of a methadone overdose at the Killers' home in Nesbit, MS, although several journalists suspect foul play. The couple had only been married three months. Lewis' fourth wife had died an accidental death only a year earlier. 1989: The Who perform a special 20th anniversary charity concert of their rock opera Tommy at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, featuring guests Elton John (as the Pinball Wizard), Patti Labelle (as the Acid Queen), Steve Winwood (as the Hawker), Phil Collins (as Uncle Ernie), and Billy Idol (as Cousin Kevin). 1998: 53-year-old Ingrid Pedersen announces that she is the long-lost illegitimate half-sister of John Lennon, explaining that she kept her secret for so many years as a way of protecting her now-deceased adoptive parents. 2007: During a routine medical exam in Gainesville, FL, Bo Diddley complains of dizziness and nausea and is admitted to a local hospital, where he is diagnosed as having had a heart attack. The rock legend had suffered a stroke only a few months earlier. 2007: Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders opens Mark Lindsay's Rock And Roll Cafe in his native Portland, OR. Releases 1964: The Beatles, "Matchbox" b/w "Slow Down" Recording 1956: Elvis Presley: "Love Me Tender," "We're Gonna Move"1966: The Youngbloods, "Get Together" Charts 1943: Frank Sinatra's "In The Blue Of The Evening" hits #11959: The Browns' "The Three Bells" hits #11963: Stevie Wonder's LP Little Stevie Wonder / The 12 Year Old Genius hits #11974: Paul Anka's "(You're) Having My Baby" hits #1 Certifications 1964: The Beatles LP Something New is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 On August 25th in music history: Births 1913: Bob Crosby1918: Leonard Bernstein1933: Wayne Shorter1941: Christopher Augustine (Every Mother's Son)1942: Walter Williams (The O'Jays)1949: Gene Simmons (Kiss)1950: Willy DeVille Deaths 1979: Stan Kenton2000: Jack Nitzsche Events 1967: After a two-year bout with stage fright, Beach Boys founder and resident genius Brian Wilson returns to playing live with the band. 1970: Singer-songwriter Elton John begins a seventeen-night run at Los Angeles club The Troubadour, his first US club appearance and a move which will catapult him into pop stardom. On the first night, he is introduced by labelmate Neil Diamond. Quincy Jones and Leon Russell are in the audience, as is future Eagles member Don Henley. The first night's show includes the favorites "Your Song," "Take Me To The Pilot," and "Country Comfort." Jimi Hendrix throws a party to celebrate the opening of his Electric Lady studios in New York. 1973: Bobby Darin performs what is to be his last concert before his death, appearing at the Vegas Hilton. Butch Trucks, drummer for the Allman Brothers, crashes his car near Macon, GA, breaking his leg in the process. 1976: Frankie Avalon's summer replacement variety series, Easy Does It, debuts on CBS-TV. 1977: California governor Jerry Brown appoints singer and longtime environmental activist Helen Reddy to the state's Parks Commission. 1989: Chicago mayor Richard Michael Daley declares today "Pops Staples Day" in honor of the native musician and leader of the Staple Singers. 1994: Billy Joel is officially divorced from model Christie Brinkley. Their marriage lasted nine years. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin reunite in a London studio to record the concert that would become the MTv special Unledded. Jimmy Buffett crashes his seaplane while attempting takeoff in Nantucket, MA. Fortunately, he swims to safety. 2006: Longtime Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton misses his first gig in 24 years after being diagnosed with throat cancer. 2007: While singing his 1968 hit "Fire" on stage in Lewes, England, Arthur Brown catches on fire after wearing his customary tinfoil hat with a small fire burning in the center. Releases 1973: The Allman Brothers, "Ramblin' Man"1975: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run1976: Boston, Boston Recording 1941: Skinnay Ennis, "Don’t Let Julia Fool Ya" Charts 1958: The Elegants' "Little Star" hits #11962: The Four Seasons' "Sherry" enters the charts1962: Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" hits #11973: The Stories' "Brother Louie" hits #1 Certifications 1964: The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" is certified gold Wow, Butch Trucks got in a car crash on the same day that "Ramblin' Man" was released... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 On August 26th in music history: Births 1905: Ernie Fields1940: Nik Turner (Hawkwind)1942: Chris Curtis (The Searchers)1942: Vic Dana1942: Maureen "Moe" Tucker (The Velvet Underground)1948: Valerie Simpson (Ashford and Simpson)1949: Bob Cowsill (The Cowsills)1952: Billy Rush (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) Deaths 1981: Lee Hays (The Weavers)1995: Ronnie White (The Miracles) Events 1963: British singer Cilla Black makes her stage debut, opening for the Beatles at the Odeon in Southport, Lancashire, England. 1967: The Beatles follow their favorite new lecturer, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to University College in Bangor, North Wales, along with Mick Jagger and his girlfriend Marianne Faithfull. After his lecture the group holds a press conference to announce that they've become his disciples in the "Spiritual Regeneration Movement" and officially renounced the use of all drugs. 1969: Although Elvis Presley has written a soprano part for backup singer Cissy Houston during "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" her actual live performance of it tonight at the International Hotel in Vegas strikes Elvis as amazingly funny for some reason, leading to a collector's classic: a performance where the King cannot stop laughing. "That's it, man, fourteen years right down the drain," he jokes as the song ends. 1970: The famous three-day Isle of Wight rock festival begins in England, featuring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Donovan, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Mungo Jerry, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Doors, The Who, Spirit, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Procol Harum, Sly and the Family Stone, Free, and, in what would be his last appearance on a British stage, Jimi Hendrix. After an all-night jam, the Allman Brothers' Duane Allman asks Eric Clapton if he can attend the recording sessions for his new group, Derek and the Dominoes. Clapton agrees, only on the condition that Allman also play on the sessions. 1973: 10cc makes its stage debut at the Palace Lido on England's Isle of Man. 1981: The mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Marion Dewar, declares today "Paul Anka Day" in honor of its native son. 1983: The film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, starring David Bowie, opens in New York City. 1987: Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher announces his intention to run for mayor of Palm Springs, CA, after frustration over his inability to get a new sign approved by the city council for his local restaurant, Bono's. He won and served one four-year term, and eventually became a Congressman for the district in 1994. 1990: Randy Newman wins an unlikely Emmy for his score to the legendary ABC-TV flop series Cop Rock. 1993: A recording of the Beatles playing "Kansas City" and "Some Other Guy" at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 fetches a record of approximately $32,000 at Christie's auction house in London. 1994: Scottish singer/songwriter Frankie Miller suffers a brain hemorrhage while in New York, lapsing into a five-month coma and eventually forcing him into physical therapy to regain his motor skills. 2002: Herman's Hermits leader and lead singer Peter Noone files an unsuccessful lawsuit against former Hermits drummer Barry Whitwam, attempting to block him from touring with new musicians under the group name. 2005: A post office in Los Angeles is officially renamed after singer Ray Charles due to its close proximity to the studio where he recorded later in life. Releases 1967: Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"1968: The Beatles, "Hey Jude" b/w "Revolution"1969: Elvis Presley, "Suspicious Minds" Charts 1967: Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billy Joe" hits #11972: Looking Glass' "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" hits #11978: Frankie Valli's "Grease" hits #1 Certifications 1968: Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A." is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 On August 27th in music history: Births 1927: Jimmy C. Newman1937: Tommy Sands1937: Phil Shulman (Gentle Giant)1942: Daryl Dragon (The Captain and Tennille)1944: Cuba Gooding Sr. (The Main Ingredient)1944: Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge)1945: Malcolm Allured (Showaddywaddy)1951: Kevin Kavanaugh (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) Events 1961: Connie Francis appears as the celebrity "mystery guest" on the CBS television show What's My Line. 1965: Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker contacts Beatles manager Brian Epstein to let him know that Elvis will agree to meet the Beatles in his Los Angeles mansion on Perugia Way. When the group arrive, stoned on marijuana, The King is in the darkened living room, surrounded by his entourage, sitting on an L-shaped couch, looking at the TV with the sound off, fooling around on a bass guitar. "Hi, Elvis," says the group, almost all at once. "Hey, you guys want a drink?" Elvis offers. The four sit down to watch TV with Elvis and are taken with his early-model remote control, still a novelty. The group is also thrilled by the King's pool table, and plays a few games with the Mafia, while Presley's jukebox plays Charlie Rich's "Mohair Sam" over and over. Priscilla is presented to the group and then quickly whisked away, dressed, according to Paul, "in a purple gingham dress, with a gingham bow in her very beehive hair, with lots of makeup." Awed somewhat by each other's presence, conversation does not come easily, but John thinks to ask if Elvis is working on a new movie. "I sure am," he replies. "I play a country boy with a guitar who meets a few gals along the way, and I sing a few songs." "We all looked at one another," remembers John. "Finally Presley and Colonel Parker laughed and explained that the only time they departed from that formula - for Wild In The Country - they lost money." Paul offers to give Elvis some lessons on the bass; the group eventually falls into a very informal, brief, and anticlimactic jam session. Everyone seems pleased with the experience, however: John Lennon, upon leaving, tells Jerry Schilling to make sure Elvis knows that "if it hadn’t been for him, the Beatles would be nothing." 1967: While studying with the Maharishi in Bangor, North Wales, the Beatles receive news that manager Brian Epstein has been found dead in his Belgravia, London home (a death later attributed to an accidental overdose of the sleeping pill Carbitrol, taken with brandy). The Maharishi puzzles the Beatles somewhat by counseling them that Brian's death is cosmically unimportant; nevertheless, they immediately return to London. On the same day, London's Sunday Express newspaper reports that former band drummer Pete Best now works in a bakery, where he pulls down a weekly salary of eighteen pounds. 1977: Jimmy Buffett marries his second wife, Jane Slagsvol of Columbia, SC, who had co-written two of his songs, "Something So Feminine About A Mandolin" and "Kick It In Second Wind." They remain married today. 1992: John Lennon's original written lyrics for "A Day In The Life" fetch $87,000 at a Sotheby's auction. 2003: Janis Ian marries her girlfriend, Nashville defense lawyer Patricia Snyder, in Toronto, Canada; gay marriages are legal in the country. Releases 1966: The Association, "Cherish" Recording 1939: Allan Jones, "I'm Falling In Love With Someone"1977: Jackson Browne: "Running On Empty," "The Load Out / Stay" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 On August 28th in music history: Births 1925: Donald O'Connor1925: Billy Grammer1931: Clem Cattini (The Tornadoes)1937: John Perkins (The Crew Cuts)1943: Anne "Honey" Lantree (The Honeycombs)1943: David Soul1946: Ken Andrew (Middle Of The Road)1948: Danny Seraphine (Chicago)1949: Martin Lamble (Fairport Convention)1951: Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) Deaths 1981: Guy Stevens Events 1960: A 17-year-old Barry White completes his four-month prison term for stealing 300 tires from a Cadillac dealership. Having heard Elvis sing "It's Now Or Never" in prison, he leaves determined to make music his life. 1963: Just before Dr. Martin Luther King gives his famous "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, Peter, Paul and Mary serenade the crowd with their hit version of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind." 1964: On the same day that the Beatles make their first appearance on the cover of Life Magazine, and just after finishing their set at New York's Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, the group is taken back to their suite at the city's Hotel Delmonico. Journalist Al Aronowitz arrives from Woodstock, NY with his friend Bob Dylan, and brings him up to the suite. John Lennon asks the folk singer what he'd like to drink, and Dylan replies simply, "cheap wine." The Beatles offer Dylan their drug of choice, speed, but Al and Bob instead suggest marijuana, which the band had never tried. This shocks Dylan, who ventures that he always thought the band sang "I get high" in their song "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." John corrects him, telling him that the phrase is, in fact, "I can't hide." John makes Ringo smoke the joint first, and eventually each member of the band gets his own private marijuana cigarette. Paul, in particular, is quite taken with the thoughts it produces, ordering Mal Evans to follow him around with a notepad and take down all his pronouncements. 1965: The Rolling Stones sign with Decca records and ink a management contract with the soon-to-be-notorious Allen Klein. 1967: In San Francisco, The Grateful Dead, along with Janis Joplin's group Big Brother and the Holding Company, play the funeral of a Hell's Angel killed after being hit by a car. 1969: Paul and Linda McCartney become the proud parents of their first child, a daughter they name Mary after Paul's dear departed mother. 1984: With over one million ticket sales in only two months, the Jacksons' reunion tour, entitled Victory, becomes the most successful concert tour of all time. 1986: The anti-corporate-pollution benefit concert Get Tough On Toxics is held in Long Beach, CA, featuring members of the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and Neil Young. Tina Turner receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1996: Isaac Hayes officially protests the use of Sam and Dave's classic "Soul Man" (which he wrote) by the Bob Dole US Presidential campaign (which had renamed it "I'm A Dole Man"). 1998: The movie Why Do Fools Fall In Love, a biopic following the lives of The Teenagers and their leader, Frankie Lymon, opens in US theaters, starring Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, and Larenz Tate as Frankie. Little Richard and Ben Vereen also make cameos. The movie is not a huge success. 2004: Lou Rawls is awarded an honorary doctorate in from Ohio's Wilberforce University in recognition of his charity work with the United ***** College Fund and his "lifelong service to the education of historically disadvantaged populations." 2005: For the second time in two years, Art Garfunkel is arrested for marijuana possession. Releases 1961: The Marvelettes, "Please Mister Postman" Recording 1931: Luis Russell Orchestra, "You Rascal, You"1968: The Beatles, "Dear Prudence" Charts 1961: Joe Dowell's "Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)" hits #1 Certifications 1968: The Doors' "Hello, I Love You" is certified gold1973: Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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