1962: Elvis Presley began filming on the movie It Happened at the World's Fair in Seattle, Washington.
1964: The Beatles performed at the Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1964: The Honeycombs topped the U.K. chart with "Have I the Right".
1965: The Beatles visited Elvis Presley at his home in Bel-Air, California.
1965: Bob Dylan released the acclaimed album Highway 61 Revisited.
1966: Petula Clark moved to #1 on the Easy Listening Chart with "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love".
1966: Everyone was singing it, and the message was the same--Stevie Wonder's version of "Blowin' in the Wind" hit #1 on the R&B chart.
An appropriate song as we enter "the dog days of summer"
1966: The perfect way to close out a great summer in music--"Summer in the City" by Lovin' Spoonful at #1 for a third week. Bobby Hebb had to settle for a #2 with "Sunny" while "See You In September" by the Happenings was #3. Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs came in fourth with "Lil' Red Riding Hood" and Donovan moved from 10 to 5 with "Sunshine Superman". The rest of the Top 10: The Troggs with "Wild Thing" just ahead of two big movers--"You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes (up from 28 to 7) and the Beatles (climbing from 52 to 8) with "Yellow Submarine", Petula Clark remained at 9 with "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" and Billy Stewart's "Summertime".
1967: Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead at his home from drugs.
1969: Led Zeppelin played two shows at the Casino Ballroom on Hampton Beach in New Haven, Connecticut.
1971: Pink Floyd finished work on the album Meddle.
1973: Gladys Knight & the Pips released the single "Midnight Train to Georgia".
1975: The Eagles were flying high on the One of These Nights tour, performing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1977: Jackson Browne recorded "Stay" and "Running on Empty" live in Columbia, Maryland.
1977: The Floaters were on top as their song "Float On" led the way in the U.K.
1977: Jimmy Buffett married Jane Slagsvol.
The Commodores with their first big hit
1977: Once again, the Emotions were leading the way with "Best of My Love" but Andy Gibb's former #1 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" was at #2. Rita Coolidge remained in third with "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher", the Commodores' great song "Easy" was at #4 and James Taylor moved from 12 to 5 with his remake of "Handy Man". The rest of the Top 10: "Whatcha' Gonna' Do" by Pablo Cruise, Crosby, Stills & Nash with "Just a Song Before I Go", the Floaters and "Float On" at #8, Fleetwood Mac had another Top 10 from Rumours with "Don't Stop" and one of the great songs of the summer--"Strawberry Letter 23" by the Brothers Johnson jumped up from 23 to 10.
Steve Miller's album was against tough competition
1977: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was making its third run as the #1 album, now in its 16th week at that position. CSN by Crosby, Stills & Nash was #2 followed by Streisand Superman by Barbra Streisand and the Soundtrack to "Star Wars". JT by James Taylor was fifth. The rest of the Top 10: I'm in You by Peter Frampton, Book of Dreams from the Steve Miller Band, the Emotions with Rejoice at 8, the Commodores with their self-titled release and Love Gun from Kiss.
1979: Abba released the single "Voulez Vous".
1983: Rita Coolidge held on to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fourth week with "All Time High".
1982: Queen played at the Myriad in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1983: Barry Manilow was in concert at Blenheim Palace in England.
Loverboy had another Top 10 album
1983: The Police album Synchronicity had been out nine weeks with six of those at #1. For now, it held off Michael Jackson's Thriller, which would eventually return to #1. The Soundtrack to "Flashdance" came in third and Def Leppard completed a pretty powerful top four with Pyromania. The rest of the Top 10: The Wild Heart from Ms. Stevie Nicks, Staying Alive by the Bee Gees, David Bowie's Let's Dance dropped to 7, Loverboy had another hit album with Keep It Up, Donna Summer entered the Top 10 with She Works Hard for the Money and the Fixx completed the list with Reach the Beach.
1988: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine reached the top with "1-2-3" on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Tracy Chapman from her stunning debut album
1988: George Michael set an all-time record with his fourth consecutive #1 song from the same album--Faith. "Monkey" was the one that did it on this date and that gave him eight #1 songs in the decade, beaten only by Michael Jackson. Elton John's "I Don't Wanna' Go On With You Like That" moved up to challenge while Chicago was up to #3 with "I Don't Wanna' Live Without Your Love". Guns N' Roses had an all-out smash with "Sweet Child O' Mine" which was up to #4 and Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" moved from 12 to 5. The rest of the Top 10: "Fast Car" from Tracy Chapman, Steve Winwood tumbled from #1, Huey Lewis & the News hit the Top 10 with "Perfect World", Whitney Houston" moved to 9 with "Love Will Save the Day" and Glorida Estefan & Miami Sound Machine had #10--"1-2-3".
1988: Tracy Chapman pulled off the rare feat of getting a #1 album with her debut. After 54 weeks, Hysteria by Def Leppard was at #2. Steve Winwood dropped with his album Roll With It and Guns N' Roses fell with Appetite for Destruction. The rest of the Top 10: He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper from D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, George Michael's Faith was #6, OU812 by Van Halen came in seventh, the great "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack was #8, the self-titled Richard Marx came in at #9, passing Poison's Open Up and Say...Ahh!
1990: Elite guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn and three members of Eric Clapton's band were killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.
1990: George Michael released the single "Praying for Time" from his great album Listen Without Prejudice.
1991: Pearl Jam released an album (Ten) that would alter the grunge rock landscape.
1992: Lyrics to "A Day in the Life" that were handwritten by John Lennon sold at an auction for $87,000.
1993: Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, the Lemonheads, Blur and New Order headlined the three-day Reading Festival in the U.K.
1994: Boyz II Men had the #1 R&B song for a second week with "I'll Make Love to You".
1995: Neil Young and Pearl Jam headlined the Redding Festival.
1996: OutKast released their album ATliens.
1996: Pearl Jam released the album No Code.
2000: Richard Jaeger, percussionist who played for Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and the Pointer Sisters, died.
2001: Five had the #1 U.K. song with "Let's Dance".
2003: The Rolling Stones took to the London club Astoria to perform.
2003: A Georgia judge ordered Bobby Brown to serve nine days in jail for violating parole.
2004: Green Day, the White Stripes, Morrissey, the Darkness, Franz Ferdinand, the Offspring and Lostprophets appeared at the Carling Weekend Festival in Reading and Leeds, England.
2006: Beyonce and Jay-Z held the #1 spot in the U.K. with "Deja Vu".
2009: Paul Young was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame.
2010: Marvin Hamlisch was named as the principal conductor of the California Pops Orchestra.
Born This Day:
1937: Tommy Sands ("Teen-Age Crush" from 1957)
1942: Daryl Dragon of the Captain & Tennille was born in Los Angeles.
1944: Cuba Gooding, lead singer of the Main Ingredient, was born in New York City.
1947: David Leon "Billy" Knight, who played percussion on many songs such as "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "The Way We Were"; died December 6, 2002.
1949: Tim Bogert, bassist for Vanilla Fudge, was born in Richfield, New Jersey.
1949: Simon Kirke, drummer of Bad Company, was born in Shrewsbury, England.
1949: Jeff Cook of Alabama
1951: Kevin Kavanaugh, keyboardist with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
1953: Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush, was born in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.
1956: Glen Matlock, bass guitarist for the Sex Pistols, was born in Paddington, England.
1962: Yolanda Adams was born in Houston, Texas.
1970: Tony Kanal, bassist of No Doubt, was born in Kingsbury, London.
1977: Mase (real name Mason Betha) was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1979: Jon Siebles, guitarist for Eve 6
1986: Mario was born in Baltimore, MarylandSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august_26.html
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1964: The Beatles performed at the Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1964: The Honeycombs topped the U.K. chart with "Have I the Right".
1965: The Beatles visited Elvis Presley at his home in Bel-Air, California.
1965: Bob Dylan released the acclaimed album Highway 61 Revisited.
1966: Petula Clark moved to #1 on the Easy Listening Chart with "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love".
1966: Everyone was singing it, and the message was the same--Stevie Wonder's version of "Blowin' in the Wind" hit #1 on the R&B chart.
An appropriate song as we enter "the dog days of summer"
1966: The perfect way to close out a great summer in music--"Summer in the City" by Lovin' Spoonful at #1 for a third week. Bobby Hebb had to settle for a #2 with "Sunny" while "See You In September" by the Happenings was #3. Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs came in fourth with "Lil' Red Riding Hood" and Donovan moved from 10 to 5 with "Sunshine Superman". The rest of the Top 10: The Troggs with "Wild Thing" just ahead of two big movers--"You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes (up from 28 to 7) and the Beatles (climbing from 52 to 8) with "Yellow Submarine", Petula Clark remained at 9 with "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" and Billy Stewart's "Summertime".
1967: Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead at his home from drugs.
1969: Led Zeppelin played two shows at the Casino Ballroom on Hampton Beach in New Haven, Connecticut.
1971: Pink Floyd finished work on the album Meddle.
1973: Gladys Knight & the Pips released the single "Midnight Train to Georgia".
1975: The Eagles were flying high on the One of These Nights tour, performing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1977: Jackson Browne recorded "Stay" and "Running on Empty" live in Columbia, Maryland.
1977: The Floaters were on top as their song "Float On" led the way in the U.K.
1977: Jimmy Buffett married Jane Slagsvol.
The Commodores with their first big hit
1977: Once again, the Emotions were leading the way with "Best of My Love" but Andy Gibb's former #1 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" was at #2. Rita Coolidge remained in third with "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher", the Commodores' great song "Easy" was at #4 and James Taylor moved from 12 to 5 with his remake of "Handy Man". The rest of the Top 10: "Whatcha' Gonna' Do" by Pablo Cruise, Crosby, Stills & Nash with "Just a Song Before I Go", the Floaters and "Float On" at #8, Fleetwood Mac had another Top 10 from Rumours with "Don't Stop" and one of the great songs of the summer--"Strawberry Letter 23" by the Brothers Johnson jumped up from 23 to 10.
Steve Miller's album was against tough competition
1977: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was making its third run as the #1 album, now in its 16th week at that position. CSN by Crosby, Stills & Nash was #2 followed by Streisand Superman by Barbra Streisand and the Soundtrack to "Star Wars". JT by James Taylor was fifth. The rest of the Top 10: I'm in You by Peter Frampton, Book of Dreams from the Steve Miller Band, the Emotions with Rejoice at 8, the Commodores with their self-titled release and Love Gun from Kiss.
1979: Abba released the single "Voulez Vous".
1983: Rita Coolidge held on to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fourth week with "All Time High".
1982: Queen played at the Myriad in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1983: Barry Manilow was in concert at Blenheim Palace in England.
Loverboy had another Top 10 album
1983: The Police album Synchronicity had been out nine weeks with six of those at #1. For now, it held off Michael Jackson's Thriller, which would eventually return to #1. The Soundtrack to "Flashdance" came in third and Def Leppard completed a pretty powerful top four with Pyromania. The rest of the Top 10: The Wild Heart from Ms. Stevie Nicks, Staying Alive by the Bee Gees, David Bowie's Let's Dance dropped to 7, Loverboy had another hit album with Keep It Up, Donna Summer entered the Top 10 with She Works Hard for the Money and the Fixx completed the list with Reach the Beach.
1988: Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine reached the top with "1-2-3" on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Tracy Chapman from her stunning debut album
1988: George Michael set an all-time record with his fourth consecutive #1 song from the same album--Faith. "Monkey" was the one that did it on this date and that gave him eight #1 songs in the decade, beaten only by Michael Jackson. Elton John's "I Don't Wanna' Go On With You Like That" moved up to challenge while Chicago was up to #3 with "I Don't Wanna' Live Without Your Love". Guns N' Roses had an all-out smash with "Sweet Child O' Mine" which was up to #4 and Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" moved from 12 to 5. The rest of the Top 10: "Fast Car" from Tracy Chapman, Steve Winwood tumbled from #1, Huey Lewis & the News hit the Top 10 with "Perfect World", Whitney Houston" moved to 9 with "Love Will Save the Day" and Glorida Estefan & Miami Sound Machine had #10--"1-2-3".
1988: Tracy Chapman pulled off the rare feat of getting a #1 album with her debut. After 54 weeks, Hysteria by Def Leppard was at #2. Steve Winwood dropped with his album Roll With It and Guns N' Roses fell with Appetite for Destruction. The rest of the Top 10: He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper from D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, George Michael's Faith was #6, OU812 by Van Halen came in seventh, the great "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack was #8, the self-titled Richard Marx came in at #9, passing Poison's Open Up and Say...Ahh!
1990: Elite guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn and three members of Eric Clapton's band were killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.
1990: George Michael released the single "Praying for Time" from his great album Listen Without Prejudice.
1991: Pearl Jam released an album (Ten) that would alter the grunge rock landscape.
1992: Lyrics to "A Day in the Life" that were handwritten by John Lennon sold at an auction for $87,000.
1993: Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, the Lemonheads, Blur and New Order headlined the three-day Reading Festival in the U.K.
1994: Boyz II Men had the #1 R&B song for a second week with "I'll Make Love to You".
1995: Neil Young and Pearl Jam headlined the Redding Festival.
1996: OutKast released their album ATliens.
1996: Pearl Jam released the album No Code.
2000: Richard Jaeger, percussionist who played for Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and the Pointer Sisters, died.
2001: Five had the #1 U.K. song with "Let's Dance".
2003: The Rolling Stones took to the London club Astoria to perform.
2003: A Georgia judge ordered Bobby Brown to serve nine days in jail for violating parole.
2004: Green Day, the White Stripes, Morrissey, the Darkness, Franz Ferdinand, the Offspring and Lostprophets appeared at the Carling Weekend Festival in Reading and Leeds, England.
2006: Beyonce and Jay-Z held the #1 spot in the U.K. with "Deja Vu".
2009: Paul Young was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame.
2010: Marvin Hamlisch was named as the principal conductor of the California Pops Orchestra.
Born This Day:
1937: Tommy Sands ("Teen-Age Crush" from 1957)
1942: Daryl Dragon of the Captain & Tennille was born in Los Angeles.
1944: Cuba Gooding, lead singer of the Main Ingredient, was born in New York City.
1947: David Leon "Billy" Knight, who played percussion on many songs such as "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "The Way We Were"; died December 6, 2002.
1949: Tim Bogert, bassist for Vanilla Fudge, was born in Richfield, New Jersey.
1949: Simon Kirke, drummer of Bad Company, was born in Shrewsbury, England.
1949: Jeff Cook of Alabama
1951: Kevin Kavanaugh, keyboardist with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
1953: Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush, was born in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.
1956: Glen Matlock, bass guitarist for the Sex Pistols, was born in Paddington, England.
1962: Yolanda Adams was born in Houston, Texas.
1970: Tony Kanal, bassist of No Doubt, was born in Kingsbury, London.
1977: Mase (real name Mason Betha) was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1979: Jon Siebles, guitarist for Eve 6
1986: Mario was born in Baltimore, MarylandSource URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august_26.html
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