1961: Elvis Presley moved from 61 to 26 on this date with "Little Sister".
1963: The Rolling Stones appeared for the first time on the British television show Ready Steady Go!
1963: Peter, Paul & Mary performed "Blowin' in the Wind" for Civil Rights marchers gathered at the Washington Mall in Washington, D.C. to hear the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. speak. Bob Dylan also performed.
1964: The Beatles were on the cover of Life Magazine.
1965: Bob Dylan played his electric material for an audience at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium and was booed roundly. Afterwards, we have Dylan to thank for introducing the Beatles, who met him backstage, to marijuana.
1965: The Rolling Stones signed a five-year contract with Decca Records and also announced that Allen Klein would co-manage the group along with Andrew Long Oldham.
1965: "Eve of Destruction" from Barry McGuire moved from 58 to 27 on this date.
1966: The Beatles performed in Dodger Stadium on their final tour of the United States. A plan to escape the cheering crowds backfired when a gate was locked. The Fab Four had to spend two hours in the back of an armored truck before they could leave.
1967: The Kinks and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown appeared at the Hastings Stadium Festival of Music in Hastings, England.
1968: The Beatles recorded the track "Dear Prudence" at Trident Studios in London.
1968: The Beach Boys landed at #1 in the U.K. with "Do It Again".
1968: Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel was the #1 album in the U.K.
1969: Paul and Linda McCartney announced the birth of daughter Mary.
1971: "Beginnings" by Chicago was the top Easy Listening song.
1971: Aretha Franklin's "Spanish Harlem" was the #1 R&B song.
One of the classics....from Five Man Electrical Band
1971: The Bee Gees owned the top song for a fourth week with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart". John Denver moved up with "Take Me Home, Country Roads" while Canada's Five Man Electrical Band had a solid winner with "Signs".
Rod Stewart's first big solo album
1971: Carole King from Stanley, Idaho made it 11 straight weeks at #1 withe the top album Tapestry. Paul & Linda McCartney combined but couldn't topple her with Ram. James Taylor's Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon remained at 3 while Rod Stewart was approaching the group with Every Picture Tells a Story. The rest of the Top 10: The Carpenters were at 5 with their self-titled album, Who's Next by the Who moved into the Top 10, Aqualung by Jethro Tull was #7, the Moody Blues rose from 30 to 8 in only their second week with Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, the Soundtrack to "Jesus Christ Superstar" was still at #9 after 41 weeks and B, S & T 4 from Blood, Sweat & Tears was the final entry.
1972: Alice Cooper owned the #1 U.K. song with "School's Out".
1976: "Shower the People" by James Taylor was the leading Easy Listening song.
1976: K.C. & the Sunshine Band had the #1 R&B song with "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty".
Seals & Crofts with their great summer song
1976: Elton John & Kiki Dee had the #1 song for a fourth week with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". The Bee Gees were not giving up with "You Should Be Dancing". Wings remained at 3 with "Let 'Em In", Lou Rawls had a solid #4 with "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" and England Dan & John Ford Coley's first hit--"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" was still at 5. The rest of the Top 10: "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" from K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Wild Cherry with their only hit "Play That Funky Music", Walter Murphy's instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven" moved from 12-7, Seals & Crofts were still at #9 after 20 weeks of release with "Get Closer" and George Benson moved in with "This Masquerade".
1976: The album Frampton Comes Alive! was so good that it was now in its third run at #1 (five weeks total). The self-titled Fleetwood Mac was moving back up after 57 weeks, Spitfire by Jefferson Starship was third while Neil Diamond held on to 4 with Beautiful Noise. The rest of the Top 10: George Benson's excellent Breezin' at #5, Wings at the Speed of Sound coming in at #6, Boz Scaggs and the smooth Silk Degrees entering the Top 10, 15 Big Ones from the Beach Boys, the Average White Band did some Soul Searching and Chicago X came in at #10.
1978: Devo released the album Are We Not Men?
1978: Ambrosia released their single "How Much I Feel".
1981: Guy Stevens, who produced the Clash, Free ad Mott the Hoople, died at the age of 38 from an overdose of prescription drugs.
1982: Queen appeared at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
1982: Chicago led the way on the AC chart with "Hard to Say I'm Sorry".
1984: The Jacksons broke the existing record for concert ticket sales (1.1 million) in two months for their Victory Tour.
1986: Tina Turner earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1988: The Kylie Minogue album Kylie became the top-selling ever in the U.K. by a female artist with sales of nearly two million.
1993: Culture Beat had the top U.K. song with "Mr. Vain".
1993: The new Billy Joel album River of Dreams debuted at #1.
1993: SWV had a big R&B hit with the #1 "Right Here/"Human Nature".
1999: Cheap Trick celebrated their 25th anniversary together with a concert in Rockford, Illinois. Slash of Guns N' Roses joined them onstage.
2003: Missy Elliott captured Video of the Year honors for "Work It" at the MTV Video Music Awards. Justin Timberlake won Best Male Video for "Cry Me a River" while Coldplay won both Best Group Video and Breakthrough Video for "The Scientist".
2004: Lou Rawls was given an honorary doctorate degree from Wilberforce University in Kettering, Ohio in recognition of his work on behalf of the United Negro College Fund.
2005: Oasis had the top U.K. song with "The Importance of Being Idle", the group's eighth #1 song in their native country.
2005: James Blunt led the way on the U.K. album chart with Back to Bedlam.
2005: Hillary Duff had the top album in the United States with Most Wanted.
2005: Green Day won seven MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams".
2008: Gilbert Moorer, lead singer of the Esquires ("Get On Up" from 1967), died of throat cancer at the age of 67.
2009: Noel Gallagher of Oasis quit the group, saying he could no longer work with brother Liam.
2010: A memorial for Dan Fogelberg was unveiled in his hometown of Peoria, Illinois.
Born This Day:
1925: Billy Grammar ("Gotta' Travel On" from 1958) was born in Benton, Illinois; died August 10, 2011
1931: John Perkins of the Crewcuts
1939: Clem Cattini, drummer of the Tornados ("Telstar"), and prolific session musician featured on a record 44 #1 songs in the U.K., was born in London.
1941: Joseph Shabalala, founder of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, was born in Ladysmith, South Africa.
1942: Sterling Morrison, guitarist of Velvet Underground
1943: David Soul, actor and singer ("Don't Give Up On Us" from 1977) was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1943: Honey Lantree, drummer of the Honeycombs ("Have I the Right")
1948: Daniel Seraphine, drummer of Chicago, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1949: Martin Lamble, drummer of Fairport Convention
1951: Wayne Osmond of the Osmonds was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1952: Dave Hlubek, lead guitarist of Molly Hatchet, was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1961: Kim Appleby of Mel and Tim ("Respectable" from 1987)
1965: Shania Twain was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
1982: LeAnn Rimes was born in Jackson, Mississippi.
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