Birthdays:
Johnny Preston - (1930) 1960 US & UK #1 single "Running Bear," with Indian sound effects provided by the Big Bopper.
Sarah Dash - Labelle (1942)
Nona Hendryx - Labelle (1945)
Barbara Harris - Toys (1945)
Nigel Griggs - Split Enz (1949)
Dennis Elliott - Foreigner (1950)
John Rees - Men At Work (1951)
Ron Strykert - Men At Work (1957)
The Edge (real name Dave Evans) - U2 (1961)
Dan Peters - Mudhoney (1967)
Erik Schrody - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, House Of Pain/Everlast (1969)
Richard James - Aphex Twin (1971)
They Are Missed:
The late Sonny Til of the Orioles ("Crying In The Chapel") was born in 1925.
Rick Griffith, died in 1991 after being forced off the road by a van he was attempting to pass on his Harley Heritage Softail motorbike. He designed album sleeves for Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane and designed countless Rock posters.
Elmer Bernstein, Oscar winning composer who wrote the themes to The Magnificent Seven, The Man With the Golden Arm, and The Great Escape, died in 2004 (age 82).
Born today in 1944, Carl Wayne - The Move (died of cancer on Aug 31, 2004)
Johnny Byrne guitarist with 60's Liverpool band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes died in 1999 (age 60).
Tony Jackson bass player with The Searchers died in 2003.
Soul singer Pervis Jackson died of cancer in 2008. Was a member of The Spinners
History:
Little Willie John's original version of "Fever" entered the pop charts at #24 in 1956. The song will be a big hit for both the McCoys and Peggy Lee.
In 1956, the two-sided hit “Don’t Be Cruel”/”Hound Dog” begins an eleven week stay at #1 on the Billboard singles chart. It is eventually displaced by “Love Me Tender” giving Elvis Presley an incredible sixteen-week consecutive run at #1. Also, “Hound Dog” hits the R&B charts exactly three years to the day after Big Mama Thornton’s original version.
Peter, Paul & Mary's "If I Had A Hammer" was released in 1962.
In 1962, Ringo Starr made his debut with The Beatles at the horticultural society Dance, Birkenhead, England, having had a two-hour rehearsal in preparation. This was the first appearance of The Beatles as the world would come to know them: John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
In 1964, over 9,000 frenzied fans met The Beatles as they arrived in San Francisco, to begin an American tour. The Beatles were driven into a protective fence enclosure so that photographers could take pictures. As the 9,000 fans pressed against the fencing, it gave way, with The Beatles managing to get out split-seconds before it came crashing down.
Paul Jones left Manfred Mann in 1966 just as ‘Pretty Flamingo’ was climbing the US charts. He was replaced by singer Mike D’Abo, who would take over lead vocals on the bands next hit, ‘The Mighty Quinn,’ a song written by Bob Dylan.
Mick Jagger was accidentally shot while filming the movie "Ned Kelly" in Australia in 1969.
Neil Young reaches #1 on the Billboard charts in 1972 with "Heart Of Gold."
The Doobie Brothers' "China Grove" was released in 1973.
Funeral services for Elvis Presley were held at Graceland in 1977. Inside are 150 mourners, outside are 75,000. Presley was entombed in a white marble mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetary in Memphis near the grave of his mother, Gladys.
In 1973, Diana Ross scored her second US #1 single with “Touch Me In The Morning.”
Jethro Tull scored their second US #1 album with 'A Passion Play' in 1973.
The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England in 1977.
The Who's Who Are You album was released in 1978.
Chic went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1979 with 'Good Times.'
In 1982, the City of Liverpool named four Streets after the fab four: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.
Sweet Jesus appeared at the Boardwalk, Manchester in 1991. Support act was The Rain (later to become Oasis), minus Noel Gallagher who had yet to join his brothers band.
To announce their Bridges to Babylon tour in 1997, the Rolling Stones drove to a press conference at the Brooklyn Bridge in a '55 Cadillac. Mick steers.
In 1999, Kiss' and Alice Cooper's music publishers reach a settlement out of court. Six Palms Music Corp. had sued Kiss, claiming their song "Dreamin'," from Psycho Circus, sounded a little too close to the Coop's 1971 hit "Eighteen." My Dad says it all sounds alike...
Also in 1999, Universal Records confirmed that Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron has been diagnosed with a rare paralysis of his vocal chords. Doctors reportedly say he may never regain full use of his voice.
In 2005, Kanye West called for an end to homophobia in the hip-hop community during an MTV interview saying “hip-hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates, I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it'."
In 2006, US film-maker Adam Muskiewicz set up elviswanted.com as part of a documentary exploring the myth that the singer was still alive and offered a $3 million dollar reward for anybody who found Elvis Presley alive. The film was due for release in August 2007, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. No one claimed the prize....
In 2009, a six-CD box set “Woodstock -- 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm” features 38 previously unreleased performances from Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, the Grateful Dead and Mountain. T he 77-song package is arranged according to the order acts appeared at the event.
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