1956: Elvis Presley performed in Miami, Florida.
1959: The Kingston Trio were on the cover of Life magazine.
1959: "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles moved into the #1 slot on the R&B chart.
1959: "The Three Bells" by the Browns moved from #63 to #32 on this date.
1963: After nearly 300 shows, the Beatles performed for the final time at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, England.
1963: Joan Baez invited Bob Dylan to perform at her show in Camden, New Jersey.
1963: "Fingertips, Part 2" by Little Stevie Wonder topped the R&B chart.
1963: It was one of the greatest times in American history, a time of prosperity, not a care in the world, we didn't bother anyone and no one bothered us. We had a great young President who inspired us and the sky was the limit. Little did we know what was around the corner. But for the moment, it was easy to laugh and novelty records were in vogue, such as "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!" from Allan Sherman, which was the highest debuting song of the week at #45.
1963: "Blowin' in the Wind" by Peter, Paul & Mary ruled the Easy Listening chart.
1964: Follow the Beatles, a documentary about the group as they filmed A Hard Day's Night, was shown on the BBC in the U.K.
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at the Salvation Club in New York City.
1968: Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Sonny & Cher, Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, the Chambers Brothers, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Grateful Dead were in Costa Mesa for the premiere of the Newport Pop Festival.
1968: Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys was indicted for failure to report for civilian duty in lieu of serving two years in the army.
1968: The Beat of the Brass from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass remained #1 on the album chart, but Wheels of Fire from Cream rose from 28 to 2. Bookends from Simon and Garfunkel wasn't dropping much. Richard Harris had the album A Tramp Shining at 4 while the Soundtrack to "The Graduate" was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Look Around from Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Are You Experienced? from the Jimi Hendrix Experience at #7 after 49 weeks, Aretha Franklin moved from 29-8 with Aretha Now, the Rascals' Greatest Hits Time Peace moved from 52 to 9 and Andy Williams had the #10 album with Honey.
The great sound of the 5th Dimension
1968: The Doors made one of the biggest leaps to #1 in the Rock Era (9-1) with "Hello, I Love You". Mason Williams was close behind with "Classical Gas" while the 5th Dimension had #3--"Stoned Soul Picnic". "Grazing in the Grass" from Hugh Masekela was the former #1 and Donovan moved up with "Hurdy Gurdy Man". The rest of the Top 10: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" from the Rolling Stones, "Lady Willpower" at 7 from Gary Puckett (from Twin Falls, Idaho) & the Union Gap, the great instrumental "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles & Company, the Vogues had their first Top 10 in three years with "Turn Around, Look at Me" and Cream entered the Top 10 with their great song "Sunshine of Your Love".`
1968: "Grazing in the Grass" from Hugh Masekela maintained its holds on #1 for a fourth week on the R&B chart.
1968: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert was #1 for the ninth week on the Easy Listening chart.
1969: Janis Joplin and Little Richard sang at the Atlantic City Pop Festival.
1971: Paul McCartney announced that he had formed a new band called Wings with his wife Linda and former Moody Blue guitarist Denny Laine.
1971: The Eagles performed their first concert as a band in Aspen, Colorado.
1973: Stevie Wonder released the creative album Innervisions.
1973: The Eagles were featured on the campus of UCLA in Westwood for the ABC television show "In Concert"
1973: "Please Come to Boston", that great tune from Dave Loggins, was #1 on the Easy Listening chart.
1974: Guitarist Jeff Baxter joined the Doobie Brothers.
1974: Bruce Springsteen opened for Anne Murray in New York City at the Schaefer Festival.
1974: Roberta Flack rose to #1 on the R&B chart with "Feel Like Makin' Love".
Everyone was singing it in 1974
1974: "Annie's Song" by John Denver remained at #1, holding off Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". Roberta Flack moved to challenge with "Feel Like Makin' Love", Steely Dan was up one with "Rikki Don't Lose That Number and Paper Lace had a hot song (14-6) with "The Night Chicago Died". The rest of the Top 10: "The Air That I Breathe" from the Hollies, the Righteous Brothers were at 7 with "Rock and Roll Heaven", Dave Loggins and "Please Come to Boston", Chicago's "Call On Me" at #9 and Blue Magic's Top 10 song "Sideshow".
Steely Dan reached the Top 10
1974: Some good albums here--Caribou from Elton John remained at #1 for the third week while John Denver held on to #2 with Back Home Again. Bob Dylan & the Band combined for the #34 album--Before the Flood and Rick Wakeman's solo release Journey to the Centre of the Earth dropped to #4. Eric Clapton moved from 20 to 5 with 461 Ocean Boulevard and Bachman-Turner Overdrive II was up to #6. The rest of the Top 10: On Stage from Loggins & Messina Band on the Run from Paul McCartney & Wings, Tres Hombres by ZZ Top was at #9 and Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan crawled into the Top 10.
1985: Madonna earned her first #1 in the U.K. with "Into the Groove".
1985: Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love" was the new #1 on the R&B chart.
1985: Tears for Fears let it all out and "Shout" resulted in a #1 song, taking over from "Everytime You Go Away" by Paul Young. Sting had his first solo hit with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" and Whitney Houston came in fourth with "You Give Good Love".
1987: Def Leppard released the landmark album Hysteria.
1989: The Rolling Stones recorded the video for the song "Mixed Emotions".
1991: Metallica held a party at Madison Square Garden in New York City to launch their self-titled album.
1991: "Summertime" by D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) moved to #1 on the R&B chart.
1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams was the new #1 AC song.
1996: The #1 album isn't worth mentioning, but #2 was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette after 58 weeks.
2000: Pearl Jam performed at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2003: Robbie Williams joined former Take That member Mark Owen to sing the groups hit "Back for Good" in Knebworth, England.
2003: "Breathe" by Blu Cantrell was the top song in the U.K.
2003: The Coral owned the #1 album in the U.K. with Magic & Medicine.
2004: The long-anticipated reunion of Traffic had to be canceled because of drummer Jim Capaldi's severe gastric ulcer.
2005: In today's episode of "Inmates Run Rap Music", Memphis rapper (sorry Memphis) Project Pat was released from prison after three years for illegal felony possession of a firearm. Firearms are for patriots and homeowners, not for losers.
2005: Melissa Etheridge announced that after nine months, she was cancer free.
2007: Brian May, elite guitarist of Queen, handed in his PhD thesis in astronomy, 36 years after quitting it to join Queen. May had been studying the formation of "zodiacal dust clouds".
2008: Rick Springfield was given the key to the town of Crown Point, Indiana.
2008: Louis Teicher of Ferrante & Teicher died of a heart attack at the age of 83.
2010: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth released the autobiography "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir".
Born This Day:
1926: Tony Bennett was born in Queens, New York
1929: Arthur Wood of Climax Blues Band
1935: Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires, the backing group for Elvis Presley, was born in Gleason, Tennessee
1936: Kenny Hodges, bassist and vocalist of Spanky and Our Gang, was born in Jacksonville, Florida
1939: Jimmy Nicol, the drummer who temporarily filled in for Ringo Starr for nine Beatles concerts in 1964 after Ringo was hospitalized with tonsillitis
1941: Beverly Lee of one of the top girl groups of all-time, the Shirelles, was born in Passaic, New Jersey
1946: John York, bassist and guitarist with the Byrds, was born in White Plains, New York
1949: B.B. Dickerson, bass guitarist of War, was born in Torrance, California
1951: John Graham, guitarist and vocalist of Earth, Wind and Fire
1953: Ian Brainson of Pilot ("Magic" in 1975)
1958: Robert Buck, a founding member and guitarist of 10,000 Maniacs, was born in Jamestown, New York
1961: Lee Rocker, double bass player of the Stray Cats, was born in Massapequa, New York 1963: Ed Roland, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the great group Collective Soul was born in Stockbridge, Georgia
1963: James Hetfield, co-founder, songwriter, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Metallica was born in Downey, California
1966: Dean Sams of Lonestar
1966: Shirley Manson, vocalist of Garbage
1971: Deirdre Roper of Salt-n-Pepa
1973: Stephen Carpenter, co-founder and lead guitarist of the Deftones, was born in Sacramento, California
1985: Holly Arnstein, lead singer of Dream ("He Loves U (sic) Not")Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-3.html
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1959: The Kingston Trio were on the cover of Life magazine.
1959: "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles moved into the #1 slot on the R&B chart.
1959: "The Three Bells" by the Browns moved from #63 to #32 on this date.
1963: After nearly 300 shows, the Beatles performed for the final time at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, England.
1963: Joan Baez invited Bob Dylan to perform at her show in Camden, New Jersey.
1963: "Fingertips, Part 2" by Little Stevie Wonder topped the R&B chart.
1963: It was one of the greatest times in American history, a time of prosperity, not a care in the world, we didn't bother anyone and no one bothered us. We had a great young President who inspired us and the sky was the limit. Little did we know what was around the corner. But for the moment, it was easy to laugh and novelty records were in vogue, such as "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!" from Allan Sherman, which was the highest debuting song of the week at #45.
1963: "Blowin' in the Wind" by Peter, Paul & Mary ruled the Easy Listening chart.
1964: Follow the Beatles, a documentary about the group as they filmed A Hard Day's Night, was shown on the BBC in the U.K.
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at the Salvation Club in New York City.
1968: Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Sonny & Cher, Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, the Chambers Brothers, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Grateful Dead were in Costa Mesa for the premiere of the Newport Pop Festival.
1968: Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys was indicted for failure to report for civilian duty in lieu of serving two years in the army.
1968: The Beat of the Brass from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass remained #1 on the album chart, but Wheels of Fire from Cream rose from 28 to 2. Bookends from Simon and Garfunkel wasn't dropping much. Richard Harris had the album A Tramp Shining at 4 while the Soundtrack to "The Graduate" was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Look Around from Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Are You Experienced? from the Jimi Hendrix Experience at #7 after 49 weeks, Aretha Franklin moved from 29-8 with Aretha Now, the Rascals' Greatest Hits Time Peace moved from 52 to 9 and Andy Williams had the #10 album with Honey.
The great sound of the 5th Dimension
1968: The Doors made one of the biggest leaps to #1 in the Rock Era (9-1) with "Hello, I Love You". Mason Williams was close behind with "Classical Gas" while the 5th Dimension had #3--"Stoned Soul Picnic". "Grazing in the Grass" from Hugh Masekela was the former #1 and Donovan moved up with "Hurdy Gurdy Man". The rest of the Top 10: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" from the Rolling Stones, "Lady Willpower" at 7 from Gary Puckett (from Twin Falls, Idaho) & the Union Gap, the great instrumental "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles & Company, the Vogues had their first Top 10 in three years with "Turn Around, Look at Me" and Cream entered the Top 10 with their great song "Sunshine of Your Love".`
1968: "Grazing in the Grass" from Hugh Masekela maintained its holds on #1 for a fourth week on the R&B chart.
1968: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert was #1 for the ninth week on the Easy Listening chart.
1969: Janis Joplin and Little Richard sang at the Atlantic City Pop Festival.
1971: Paul McCartney announced that he had formed a new band called Wings with his wife Linda and former Moody Blue guitarist Denny Laine.
1971: The Eagles performed their first concert as a band in Aspen, Colorado.
1973: Stevie Wonder released the creative album Innervisions.
1973: The Eagles were featured on the campus of UCLA in Westwood for the ABC television show "In Concert"
1973: "Please Come to Boston", that great tune from Dave Loggins, was #1 on the Easy Listening chart.
1974: Guitarist Jeff Baxter joined the Doobie Brothers.
1974: Bruce Springsteen opened for Anne Murray in New York City at the Schaefer Festival.
1974: Roberta Flack rose to #1 on the R&B chart with "Feel Like Makin' Love".
Everyone was singing it in 1974
1974: "Annie's Song" by John Denver remained at #1, holding off Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". Roberta Flack moved to challenge with "Feel Like Makin' Love", Steely Dan was up one with "Rikki Don't Lose That Number and Paper Lace had a hot song (14-6) with "The Night Chicago Died". The rest of the Top 10: "The Air That I Breathe" from the Hollies, the Righteous Brothers were at 7 with "Rock and Roll Heaven", Dave Loggins and "Please Come to Boston", Chicago's "Call On Me" at #9 and Blue Magic's Top 10 song "Sideshow".
Steely Dan reached the Top 10
1974: Some good albums here--Caribou from Elton John remained at #1 for the third week while John Denver held on to #2 with Back Home Again. Bob Dylan & the Band combined for the #34 album--Before the Flood and Rick Wakeman's solo release Journey to the Centre of the Earth dropped to #4. Eric Clapton moved from 20 to 5 with 461 Ocean Boulevard and Bachman-Turner Overdrive II was up to #6. The rest of the Top 10: On Stage from Loggins & Messina Band on the Run from Paul McCartney & Wings, Tres Hombres by ZZ Top was at #9 and Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan crawled into the Top 10.
1985: Madonna earned her first #1 in the U.K. with "Into the Groove".
1985: Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love" was the new #1 on the R&B chart.
1985: Tears for Fears let it all out and "Shout" resulted in a #1 song, taking over from "Everytime You Go Away" by Paul Young. Sting had his first solo hit with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" and Whitney Houston came in fourth with "You Give Good Love".
1987: Def Leppard released the landmark album Hysteria.
1989: The Rolling Stones recorded the video for the song "Mixed Emotions".
1991: Metallica held a party at Madison Square Garden in New York City to launch their self-titled album.
1991: "Summertime" by D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) moved to #1 on the R&B chart.
1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams was the new #1 AC song.
1996: The #1 album isn't worth mentioning, but #2 was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette after 58 weeks.
2000: Pearl Jam performed at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2003: Robbie Williams joined former Take That member Mark Owen to sing the groups hit "Back for Good" in Knebworth, England.
2003: "Breathe" by Blu Cantrell was the top song in the U.K.
2003: The Coral owned the #1 album in the U.K. with Magic & Medicine.
2004: The long-anticipated reunion of Traffic had to be canceled because of drummer Jim Capaldi's severe gastric ulcer.
2005: In today's episode of "Inmates Run Rap Music", Memphis rapper (sorry Memphis) Project Pat was released from prison after three years for illegal felony possession of a firearm. Firearms are for patriots and homeowners, not for losers.
2005: Melissa Etheridge announced that after nine months, she was cancer free.
2007: Brian May, elite guitarist of Queen, handed in his PhD thesis in astronomy, 36 years after quitting it to join Queen. May had been studying the formation of "zodiacal dust clouds".
2008: Rick Springfield was given the key to the town of Crown Point, Indiana.
2008: Louis Teicher of Ferrante & Teicher died of a heart attack at the age of 83.
2010: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth released the autobiography "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir".
Born This Day:
1926: Tony Bennett was born in Queens, New York
1929: Arthur Wood of Climax Blues Band
1935: Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires, the backing group for Elvis Presley, was born in Gleason, Tennessee
1936: Kenny Hodges, bassist and vocalist of Spanky and Our Gang, was born in Jacksonville, Florida
1939: Jimmy Nicol, the drummer who temporarily filled in for Ringo Starr for nine Beatles concerts in 1964 after Ringo was hospitalized with tonsillitis
1941: Beverly Lee of one of the top girl groups of all-time, the Shirelles, was born in Passaic, New Jersey
1946: John York, bassist and guitarist with the Byrds, was born in White Plains, New York
1949: B.B. Dickerson, bass guitarist of War, was born in Torrance, California
1951: John Graham, guitarist and vocalist of Earth, Wind and Fire
1953: Ian Brainson of Pilot ("Magic" in 1975)
1958: Robert Buck, a founding member and guitarist of 10,000 Maniacs, was born in Jamestown, New York
1961: Lee Rocker, double bass player of the Stray Cats, was born in Massapequa, New York 1963: Ed Roland, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the great group Collective Soul was born in Stockbridge, Georgia
1963: James Hetfield, co-founder, songwriter, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Metallica was born in Downey, California
1966: Dean Sams of Lonestar
1966: Shirley Manson, vocalist of Garbage
1971: Deirdre Roper of Salt-n-Pepa
1973: Stephen Carpenter, co-founder and lead guitarist of the Deftones, was born in Sacramento, California
1985: Holly Arnstein, lead singer of Dream ("He Loves U (sic) Not")Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-3.html
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