1956: Another of the famous days of the Rock Era as Elvis Presley released the single "Hound Dog".
1957: The Everly Brothers appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show to perform "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love".
1958: Billboard Magazine introduced the "Hot 100", a chart that was meant to show the popularity and chart movement of single releases.
1958: The initial chart had "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson at #1, followed by "Patricia" from Perez Prado and Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash". Elvis Presley came in fourth with "Hard Headed Woman". The rest of the very first Top 10: "When" from the Kalin Twins, Duane Eddy's great instrumental "Rebel-Rouser", "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters, "My True Love" from Jack Scott at #8, "Willie and the Hand Jive" from Johnny Otis Show and "Fever", the great song from Peggy Lee.
Little Eva in all her glory
1962: Bobby Vinton made it four weeks in a row at #1 with "Roses Are Red", but Neil Sedaka was racing up from #8 to #2 to challenge with "Breaking Up is Hard To Do". Brian Hyland's "Sealed with a Kiss" was song #3, followed by "The Wah Watusi" by Orlons. The rest of the Top 10: "Ahab, the Arab" by Ray Stevens, Speedy Gonzales" from Pat Boone, Ray Charles' former #1 "I Can't Stop Loving You" at #7, Little Eva moved from 14 to 8 with "The Loco-Motion" (written by Stanley, Idaho's Carole King), David Rose had #9--"The Stripper" and Richard Chamberlain reached #10 with the "Theme From "Dr. Kildare".
1963: The Beatles performed at the Queen's Theatre in Blackpool, England. Rapid fans blocked every entrance, so the group had to go through a construction area, up and across scaffolding to the roof, where they could be lowered through a trap door.
1964: The Troggs had the top U.K. song--"With a Girl Like You".
1964: Another of the historic days in the Rock Era as the Animals released the single "The House of the Rising Sun" on this date.
1965: Bob Dylan's work on the album Highway 61 Revisited was done. Dylan recorded "Desolation Row" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues".
1968: It was the second day of the Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, California. Jefferson Airplane, the Animals, the Byrds, the Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Blue Cheer performed.
1970: Jim Morrison was arrested for public drunkenness in Los Angeles.
1970: The Grateful Dead performed in San Francisco as part of the Medicine Ball Caravan touring festival.
1970: Diana Ross released the second single of her solo career--"Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
1973: Chicago VI remained at #1 on the album chart, out-dueling The #9 Album of All-Time in the Rock Era*--The Dark Side of the Moon from Pink Floyd. Now & Then from the Carpenters was moving up to challenge while Living in the Material World by George Harrison was #4. The rest of the Top 10: Diamond Girl from Seals & Crofts, Fantasy by Stanley, Idaho's Carole King, There Goes Rhymin' Simon by Paul Simon at 7, Machine Head, the great album from Deep Purple, Fresh at #9 by Sly & the Family Stone and Leon Live from Leon Russell.
1973: "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy was the new #1 on the Easy Listening chart.
They don't get much better than this one from Three Dog Night
1973: Maureen McGovern made one of the top jumps to #1 in the Rock Era when "The Morning After" went from 9-1. Jim Croce fell after three weeks at #1 with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". Wings shot up from 21-3 with "Live and Let Die", leapfrogging even Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". The rest of the Top 10: The Carpenters fell after peaking at 2 with "Yesterday Once More", Seals & Crofts remained at 6 with "Diamond Girl", Diana Ross had another solo smash with "Touch Me in the Morning" reaching the Top 10, the Stories were pretty much the story of the nation with "Brother Louie" rising from #20 to #8, Billy Preston ("Will It Go 'Round in Circles") and Three Dog Night ("Shambala") were on their way down.
1975: Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and his family suffered injuries from a car accident on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes.
1979: 20,000 people, including Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and Michael McDonald, attend a benefit tribute to the late Lowell George of Little Feat in Inglewood, California.
1979: Led Zeppelin played before 120,000 at Knebworth Park in England.
1979: Maxine Nightingale returned to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Lead Me On".
"Gold" from John Stewart with Stevie Nicks
1979: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer prevailed at #1 for a fourth week with Chic and "Good Times" in the runner-up position. Anita Ward with "Ring My Bell" was #3, Barbra Streisand moved up strong with "The Main Event/Fight" at #4 and John Stewart had his first solo hit with "Gold". The rest of the Top 10: Newcomer the Knack was up from 18-6 with "My Sharona", actor David Naughton had "Makin' It" at #7, Dr. Hook registered their 14th hit and fifth Top 10 song--"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman", Donna Summer's powerful "Hot Stuff" was at 9 and Cheap Trick fell with "I Want You To Want Me".
1980: John Lennon and Yoko Ono began recording of the album Double Fantasy at The Hit Factory in New York City.
1980: Pink Floyd began a five-night stint performing "The Wall" at Earl's Court in London.
1984: Phil Collins married Jill Tavelman.
1984: Purple Rain was the new #1 album from Prince, taking over from Born in the U.S.A by Bruce Springsteen. Sports from Huey Lewis & the News made it an outstanding top three. Victory by the Jacksons was up to #4, Can't Slow Down by Lionel Richie was still at #5 and Heartbeat City from the Cars rolled in at #6. The rest of the Top 10: Out of the Cellar from Ratt, Soundtracks to "Ghostbusters" (moving 19-8) and "Breakin'", and the Van Halen album 1984 at #10.
1984: Lionel Richie posted his seventh #1 Adult Contemporary song and second from the album Can't Slow Down when "Stuck On You" reached the summit.
1987: The Soundtrack to "Dirty Dancing" was released.
1990: M.C. Hammer (Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em) spent an eighth week at #1 on the album chart with Wilson Phillips close behind.
1990: Mariah Carey hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with her first release "Vision of Love".
1990: Mariah Carey became one of a select few to reach #1 with their debut single, as "Vision of Love" climbed to the top on this date. Billy Idol waited his turn that would never come with "Cradle of Love".
1994: Derek Leckenby, guitarist for Herman's Hermits, died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 51.
2000: Craig David topped the U.K. charts with "7 Days".
2002: Bruce Springsteen had the top album with The Rising.
2005: Little Milton (Campbell--"We're Gonna' Make It") died of a stroke.
2007: Lee Hazlewood died of cancer in his home in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 78. Hazlewood wrote "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" for Nancy Sinatra and produced Duane Eddy and Graham Parsons.
2009: Martha Reeves lost in her re-election to the City Council of Detroit, Michigan.
Born This Day:
1901: Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans
1936: Elsbeary Hobbs, bassist and one of the founding members of the Drifters was born in New York City; died of lung cancer at the age of 59
1940: Larry Knechtel, bassist and keyboardist with Bread and an esteemed session musician with Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Duane Eddy, the Doors and the Mamas & Papas, was born in Bell, California; died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 69 on August 20, 2009
1941: Timi Yuro ("Hurt" from 1961) was born in Chicago, Illinois; died March 30, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada
1943: David Carr of the Fortunes was born in Leyton, London; died July 16, 2011 of a heart attack at the age of 67
1947: Paul Layton of the New Seekers was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
1951: Roy Flowers of Sweet Sensation ("Sad Sweet Dreamer" from 1975
1952: Marie Ni Bhraonain of Clannad, the "First Lady of Celtic Music", was born in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland
1959: Robbin Crosby, guitarist with Ratt, was born in La Jolla, California; died of drugs June 6, 2002 at the age of 42
1962: Paul Reynolds, guitarist of A Flock of Seagulls, was born in Liverpool, EnglandSource URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-4.html
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1957: The Everly Brothers appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show to perform "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love".
1958: Billboard Magazine introduced the "Hot 100", a chart that was meant to show the popularity and chart movement of single releases.
1958: The initial chart had "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson at #1, followed by "Patricia" from Perez Prado and Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash". Elvis Presley came in fourth with "Hard Headed Woman". The rest of the very first Top 10: "When" from the Kalin Twins, Duane Eddy's great instrumental "Rebel-Rouser", "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters, "My True Love" from Jack Scott at #8, "Willie and the Hand Jive" from Johnny Otis Show and "Fever", the great song from Peggy Lee.
Little Eva in all her glory
1962: Bobby Vinton made it four weeks in a row at #1 with "Roses Are Red", but Neil Sedaka was racing up from #8 to #2 to challenge with "Breaking Up is Hard To Do". Brian Hyland's "Sealed with a Kiss" was song #3, followed by "The Wah Watusi" by Orlons. The rest of the Top 10: "Ahab, the Arab" by Ray Stevens, Speedy Gonzales" from Pat Boone, Ray Charles' former #1 "I Can't Stop Loving You" at #7, Little Eva moved from 14 to 8 with "The Loco-Motion" (written by Stanley, Idaho's Carole King), David Rose had #9--"The Stripper" and Richard Chamberlain reached #10 with the "Theme From "Dr. Kildare".
1963: The Beatles performed at the Queen's Theatre in Blackpool, England. Rapid fans blocked every entrance, so the group had to go through a construction area, up and across scaffolding to the roof, where they could be lowered through a trap door.
1964: The Troggs had the top U.K. song--"With a Girl Like You".
1964: Another of the historic days in the Rock Era as the Animals released the single "The House of the Rising Sun" on this date.
1965: Bob Dylan's work on the album Highway 61 Revisited was done. Dylan recorded "Desolation Row" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues".
1968: It was the second day of the Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, California. Jefferson Airplane, the Animals, the Byrds, the Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Blue Cheer performed.
1970: Jim Morrison was arrested for public drunkenness in Los Angeles.
1970: The Grateful Dead performed in San Francisco as part of the Medicine Ball Caravan touring festival.
1970: Diana Ross released the second single of her solo career--"Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
1973: Chicago VI remained at #1 on the album chart, out-dueling The #9 Album of All-Time in the Rock Era*--The Dark Side of the Moon from Pink Floyd. Now & Then from the Carpenters was moving up to challenge while Living in the Material World by George Harrison was #4. The rest of the Top 10: Diamond Girl from Seals & Crofts, Fantasy by Stanley, Idaho's Carole King, There Goes Rhymin' Simon by Paul Simon at 7, Machine Head, the great album from Deep Purple, Fresh at #9 by Sly & the Family Stone and Leon Live from Leon Russell.
1973: "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy was the new #1 on the Easy Listening chart.
They don't get much better than this one from Three Dog Night
1973: Maureen McGovern made one of the top jumps to #1 in the Rock Era when "The Morning After" went from 9-1. Jim Croce fell after three weeks at #1 with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". Wings shot up from 21-3 with "Live and Let Die", leapfrogging even Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". The rest of the Top 10: The Carpenters fell after peaking at 2 with "Yesterday Once More", Seals & Crofts remained at 6 with "Diamond Girl", Diana Ross had another solo smash with "Touch Me in the Morning" reaching the Top 10, the Stories were pretty much the story of the nation with "Brother Louie" rising from #20 to #8, Billy Preston ("Will It Go 'Round in Circles") and Three Dog Night ("Shambala") were on their way down.
1975: Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and his family suffered injuries from a car accident on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes.
1979: 20,000 people, including Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and Michael McDonald, attend a benefit tribute to the late Lowell George of Little Feat in Inglewood, California.
1979: Led Zeppelin played before 120,000 at Knebworth Park in England.
1979: Maxine Nightingale returned to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Lead Me On".
"Gold" from John Stewart with Stevie Nicks
1979: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer prevailed at #1 for a fourth week with Chic and "Good Times" in the runner-up position. Anita Ward with "Ring My Bell" was #3, Barbra Streisand moved up strong with "The Main Event/Fight" at #4 and John Stewart had his first solo hit with "Gold". The rest of the Top 10: Newcomer the Knack was up from 18-6 with "My Sharona", actor David Naughton had "Makin' It" at #7, Dr. Hook registered their 14th hit and fifth Top 10 song--"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman", Donna Summer's powerful "Hot Stuff" was at 9 and Cheap Trick fell with "I Want You To Want Me".
1980: John Lennon and Yoko Ono began recording of the album Double Fantasy at The Hit Factory in New York City.
1980: Pink Floyd began a five-night stint performing "The Wall" at Earl's Court in London.
1984: Phil Collins married Jill Tavelman.
1984: Purple Rain was the new #1 album from Prince, taking over from Born in the U.S.A by Bruce Springsteen. Sports from Huey Lewis & the News made it an outstanding top three. Victory by the Jacksons was up to #4, Can't Slow Down by Lionel Richie was still at #5 and Heartbeat City from the Cars rolled in at #6. The rest of the Top 10: Out of the Cellar from Ratt, Soundtracks to "Ghostbusters" (moving 19-8) and "Breakin'", and the Van Halen album 1984 at #10.
1984: Lionel Richie posted his seventh #1 Adult Contemporary song and second from the album Can't Slow Down when "Stuck On You" reached the summit.
1987: The Soundtrack to "Dirty Dancing" was released.
1990: M.C. Hammer (Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em) spent an eighth week at #1 on the album chart with Wilson Phillips close behind.
1990: Mariah Carey hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with her first release "Vision of Love".
1990: Mariah Carey became one of a select few to reach #1 with their debut single, as "Vision of Love" climbed to the top on this date. Billy Idol waited his turn that would never come with "Cradle of Love".
1994: Derek Leckenby, guitarist for Herman's Hermits, died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 51.
2000: Craig David topped the U.K. charts with "7 Days".
2002: Bruce Springsteen had the top album with The Rising.
2005: Little Milton (Campbell--"We're Gonna' Make It") died of a stroke.
2007: Lee Hazlewood died of cancer in his home in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 78. Hazlewood wrote "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" for Nancy Sinatra and produced Duane Eddy and Graham Parsons.
2009: Martha Reeves lost in her re-election to the City Council of Detroit, Michigan.
Born This Day:
1901: Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans
1936: Elsbeary Hobbs, bassist and one of the founding members of the Drifters was born in New York City; died of lung cancer at the age of 59
1940: Larry Knechtel, bassist and keyboardist with Bread and an esteemed session musician with Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Duane Eddy, the Doors and the Mamas & Papas, was born in Bell, California; died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 69 on August 20, 2009
1941: Timi Yuro ("Hurt" from 1961) was born in Chicago, Illinois; died March 30, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada
1943: David Carr of the Fortunes was born in Leyton, London; died July 16, 2011 of a heart attack at the age of 67
1947: Paul Layton of the New Seekers was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
1951: Roy Flowers of Sweet Sensation ("Sad Sweet Dreamer" from 1975
1952: Marie Ni Bhraonain of Clannad, the "First Lady of Celtic Music", was born in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland
1959: Robbin Crosby, guitarist with Ratt, was born in La Jolla, California; died of drugs June 6, 2002 at the age of 42
1962: Paul Reynolds, guitarist of A Flock of Seagulls, was born in Liverpool, EnglandSource URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-4.html
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