1955: "A Fool for You" by Ray Charles & His Band topped the R&B chart.
1956: Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Frankie Lymon and Connie Francis (singing for Tuesday Weld) began work on the movie Rock, Rock, Rock!
1956: Elvis Presley released the single "Don't Be Cruel".
1960: The Beatles went to evaluate drummer Pete Best at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, England.
1960: Chubby Checker performed his smash hit "The Twist" on "American Bandstand".
1962: The Beach Boys released their single "Surfin' Safari".
1962: Booker T & the MG's released one of The Top Instrumentals of the Rock Era*--"Green Onions".
1963: Bob Dylan began recording the album The Times They Are A-Changin'.
1964: Rod Stewart appeared on television for the first time with his group the Hootchie Coo Men on the British show "The Beat Room".
1965: The Beatles released the album Help!
1966: The Monkees recorded "Valleri".
1966: "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by the Temptations racked up a sixth week at #1 on the R&B chart.
The ever-popular Paul Revere & the Raiders
1966: Yesterday...and Today was the #1 album again from the Beatles, holding off Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra and Aftermath by the Rolling Stones. What Now My Love from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was #4. The rest of the Top 10: The Soundtrack to "Doctor Zhivago" was #5, Going Places by Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Somewhere My Love from Ray Coniff & the Singers moved from 20-7, Alpert's Whipped Cream & Other Delights moved back into the Top 10 after 65 weeks, Paul Revere & the Raiders from Boise, Idaho were at #9 with Midnight Ride and If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by the Mamas & Papas was #10.
1969: Sly & the Family Stone released "Hot Fun in the Summertime".
1969: Three Dog Night released the single "Easy to Be Hard".
1969: Led Zeppelin appeared at the Memorial Coliseum in Sacramento, California.
1970: Deep Purple, Yes, Cat Stevens, Black Sabbath and Wishbone Ash were among the acts at the 10th National Jazz, Blues and Pop Festival at Plumpton Racecourse in Sussex, England.
1970: Paul Simon, Steppenwolf, Janis Joplin, Poco and Johnny Winters performed at an anti-war rock festival in New York City's Shea Stadium.
1971: Procol Harum recorded a concert done with the Edmonton Symphony in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The event would later be released as the album Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
1973: Stevie Wonder was seriously hurt in a car accident with a logging truck near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that put him in a coma for four days and also permanently robbed him of his sense of smell.
1974: ABBA flew to the United States for their first promotional visit.
1975: The Spinners released the single "Games People Play".
1977: The Police played at the Mont du Marsan Punk Festival in France, their final gig as a four-piece.
1977: Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" was #1 in the U.K. Boney M had #2--"Ma Baker", "Angelo" by Brotherhood of Man was third, followed by "Pretty Vacant" from the Sex Pistols and "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
1977: The great song "Strawberry Letter 23" by Brothers Johnson was the #1 R&B hit.
1979: The Commodores released their great single "Sail On".
1980: Paul Simon released the single "Late in the Evening".
1980: Pat Benatar released her classic album Crimes of Passion.
1981: Stevie Nicks released her first solo album Bella Donna.
1982: The Pink Floyd movie "The Wall" premiered in New York City.
1983: A new duo first charted with the song "Change". You probably know them better for their second single, released two years later called "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". They were Tears for Fears.
1983: The Very Best of the Beach Boys topped the U.K. album chart.
1983: Rita Coolidge had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with "All Time High".
1984: Bruce Springsteen released his single "Cover Me".
1984: Billy Ocean released "Caribbean Queen".
1984: The Cars premiered their video for "Drive".
1985: Bruce Springsteen performed in Washington, D.C.
1986: Janet Jackson released the single "When I Think of You".
1987: The Beastie Boys sued the city of Jacksonville Florida for including the phrase "mature audience" on promotional materials and concert tickets. What the city should have done was include the phrase "mature band" and that would have saved everyone from having to see the losers.
1987: "Who's That Girl" starring Madonna premiered in New York City.
1988: Steve Winwood reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Roll With It".
1988: Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses moved to #1 on the album chart after 50 weeks, dropping the great Hysteria to #2 after 51 weeks on the chart. Steve Winwood's Roll with It was third followed by Tracy Chapman's debut and the Soundtrack to "Dirty Dancing".
1990: Ace of Base made their concert debut in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1994: Domenico Modugno, who co-wrote and sang the smash hit "Volare", died at the age of 66.
1994: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories edged up to #1 with "Stay (I Missed You)". That knocked out All-4-One's 11-week run at the top with "I Swear". Coolio was third with "Fantastic Voyage", Elton John at song #4--"Can You Feel the Love Tonight", Janet Jackson was at #5 with "Any Time, Any Place" and Ace of Base had #6 with "Don't Turn Around".
1998: Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blige, Simply Red and Hanson appeared on Magic Johnson's talk show "The Magic Hour".
1998: George Michael performed at the Capital Center in Washington, D.C.
1999: Three for the price of one--Journey, Foreigner and Nazareth played in Cardwell, Montana.
2000: A sign that maybe it's time to call it quits? Oasis had to abandon their show at the Sudvest Festival in Portugal when their audience started throwing things at them.
2000: Ronan Keating, former member of Boyzone, had the #1 album in the U.K. with Ronan.
2000: Robbie Williams led the way on the U.K. singles chart with "Rock D.J.".
2001: Whitney Houston signed a recording contract with Arista Records for over $100 million.
2004: Rick James was found dead in his home from drugs in Los Angeles. He was 56.
2006: Shakira and Wyclef Jean had the top song in both the U.K. and Australia with "Hips Don't Lie".
2006: James Morrison topped the U.K. album chart with Undiscovered.
2009: Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, was sent to the hospital after falling off stage at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota onto fans, suffering neck and shoulder injuries.
Born This Day:
1928: Andy Warhol, manager of Velvet Underground; died February 22, 1987 at the age of 58
1939: Sonny Sanders, who wrote "Please Mr. Postman" for the Marvelettes and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" for Jackie Wilson, was born in Detroit
1942: Isaac Hayes, who scored a #1 hit with "Theme From Shaft" and wrote songs such as "Soul Man" and "Hold On! I'm A Comin'" for Sam & Dave, was born in Covington, Tennessee
1945: Rik Elswit of Dr. Hook
1952: Pat McDonald of Timbuk 3 ("The Future's So Bright, I Gotta' Wear Shades) was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin
1958: Randy DeBarge of the group DeBarge was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1959: John Keeble, drummer of Spandau Ballet, was born in LondonSource URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-6.html
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1956: Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Frankie Lymon and Connie Francis (singing for Tuesday Weld) began work on the movie Rock, Rock, Rock!
1956: Elvis Presley released the single "Don't Be Cruel".
1960: The Beatles went to evaluate drummer Pete Best at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, England.
1960: Chubby Checker performed his smash hit "The Twist" on "American Bandstand".
1962: The Beach Boys released their single "Surfin' Safari".
1962: Booker T & the MG's released one of The Top Instrumentals of the Rock Era*--"Green Onions".
1963: Bob Dylan began recording the album The Times They Are A-Changin'.
1964: Rod Stewart appeared on television for the first time with his group the Hootchie Coo Men on the British show "The Beat Room".
1965: The Beatles released the album Help!
1966: The Monkees recorded "Valleri".
1966: "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by the Temptations racked up a sixth week at #1 on the R&B chart.
The ever-popular Paul Revere & the Raiders
1966: Yesterday...and Today was the #1 album again from the Beatles, holding off Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra and Aftermath by the Rolling Stones. What Now My Love from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was #4. The rest of the Top 10: The Soundtrack to "Doctor Zhivago" was #5, Going Places by Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Somewhere My Love from Ray Coniff & the Singers moved from 20-7, Alpert's Whipped Cream & Other Delights moved back into the Top 10 after 65 weeks, Paul Revere & the Raiders from Boise, Idaho were at #9 with Midnight Ride and If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by the Mamas & Papas was #10.
1969: Sly & the Family Stone released "Hot Fun in the Summertime".
1969: Three Dog Night released the single "Easy to Be Hard".
1969: Led Zeppelin appeared at the Memorial Coliseum in Sacramento, California.
1970: Deep Purple, Yes, Cat Stevens, Black Sabbath and Wishbone Ash were among the acts at the 10th National Jazz, Blues and Pop Festival at Plumpton Racecourse in Sussex, England.
1970: Paul Simon, Steppenwolf, Janis Joplin, Poco and Johnny Winters performed at an anti-war rock festival in New York City's Shea Stadium.
1971: Procol Harum recorded a concert done with the Edmonton Symphony in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The event would later be released as the album Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
1973: Stevie Wonder was seriously hurt in a car accident with a logging truck near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that put him in a coma for four days and also permanently robbed him of his sense of smell.
1974: ABBA flew to the United States for their first promotional visit.
1975: The Spinners released the single "Games People Play".
1977: The Police played at the Mont du Marsan Punk Festival in France, their final gig as a four-piece.
1977: Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" was #1 in the U.K. Boney M had #2--"Ma Baker", "Angelo" by Brotherhood of Man was third, followed by "Pretty Vacant" from the Sex Pistols and "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
1977: The great song "Strawberry Letter 23" by Brothers Johnson was the #1 R&B hit.
1979: The Commodores released their great single "Sail On".
1980: Paul Simon released the single "Late in the Evening".
1980: Pat Benatar released her classic album Crimes of Passion.
1981: Stevie Nicks released her first solo album Bella Donna.
1982: The Pink Floyd movie "The Wall" premiered in New York City.
1983: A new duo first charted with the song "Change". You probably know them better for their second single, released two years later called "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". They were Tears for Fears.
1983: The Very Best of the Beach Boys topped the U.K. album chart.
1983: Rita Coolidge had the #1 Adult Contemporary song with "All Time High".
1984: Bruce Springsteen released his single "Cover Me".
1984: Billy Ocean released "Caribbean Queen".
1984: The Cars premiered their video for "Drive".
1985: Bruce Springsteen performed in Washington, D.C.
1986: Janet Jackson released the single "When I Think of You".
1987: The Beastie Boys sued the city of Jacksonville Florida for including the phrase "mature audience" on promotional materials and concert tickets. What the city should have done was include the phrase "mature band" and that would have saved everyone from having to see the losers.
1987: "Who's That Girl" starring Madonna premiered in New York City.
1988: Steve Winwood reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Roll With It".
1988: Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses moved to #1 on the album chart after 50 weeks, dropping the great Hysteria to #2 after 51 weeks on the chart. Steve Winwood's Roll with It was third followed by Tracy Chapman's debut and the Soundtrack to "Dirty Dancing".
1990: Ace of Base made their concert debut in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1994: Domenico Modugno, who co-wrote and sang the smash hit "Volare", died at the age of 66.
1994: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories edged up to #1 with "Stay (I Missed You)". That knocked out All-4-One's 11-week run at the top with "I Swear". Coolio was third with "Fantastic Voyage", Elton John at song #4--"Can You Feel the Love Tonight", Janet Jackson was at #5 with "Any Time, Any Place" and Ace of Base had #6 with "Don't Turn Around".
1998: Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blige, Simply Red and Hanson appeared on Magic Johnson's talk show "The Magic Hour".
1998: George Michael performed at the Capital Center in Washington, D.C.
1999: Three for the price of one--Journey, Foreigner and Nazareth played in Cardwell, Montana.
2000: A sign that maybe it's time to call it quits? Oasis had to abandon their show at the Sudvest Festival in Portugal when their audience started throwing things at them.
2000: Ronan Keating, former member of Boyzone, had the #1 album in the U.K. with Ronan.
2000: Robbie Williams led the way on the U.K. singles chart with "Rock D.J.".
2001: Whitney Houston signed a recording contract with Arista Records for over $100 million.
2004: Rick James was found dead in his home from drugs in Los Angeles. He was 56.
2006: Shakira and Wyclef Jean had the top song in both the U.K. and Australia with "Hips Don't Lie".
2006: James Morrison topped the U.K. album chart with Undiscovered.
2009: Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, was sent to the hospital after falling off stage at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota onto fans, suffering neck and shoulder injuries.
Born This Day:
1928: Andy Warhol, manager of Velvet Underground; died February 22, 1987 at the age of 58
1939: Sonny Sanders, who wrote "Please Mr. Postman" for the Marvelettes and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" for Jackie Wilson, was born in Detroit
1942: Isaac Hayes, who scored a #1 hit with "Theme From Shaft" and wrote songs such as "Soul Man" and "Hold On! I'm A Comin'" for Sam & Dave, was born in Covington, Tennessee
1945: Rik Elswit of Dr. Hook
1952: Pat McDonald of Timbuk 3 ("The Future's So Bright, I Gotta' Wear Shades) was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin
1958: Randy DeBarge of the group DeBarge was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1959: John Keeble, drummer of Spandau Ballet, was born in LondonSource URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-6.html
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