1954: Elvis Presley sang his new song "That's All Right (Mama)" at Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee.
1955: Chuck Berry released his first single on this date as "Maybelline" was sent to radio stations.
1959: Brook Benton had the top R&B song with "Thank You Pretty Baby".
1959: Elvis Presley moved to #1 with his 37th hit, "A Big Hunk O' Love".
1961: 14-year-old Helen Shapiro became the youngest person to reach #1 in the U.K. with "You Don't Know".
1963: Cliff Richard, the Searchers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and the Shadows were on the 100th edition of Thank Your Lucky Stars on BBC-TV.
1963: The Rolling Stones, Acker Bilk and Long John Baldry were all at the Richmond Jazz Festival in Richmond, England. Sounds like they couldn't find enough jazz artists to perform.
1963: Peter, Paul & Mary were at #1 for a second week with "Blowin' in the Wind".
1964: Another Motown act released their first single on this date--the Four Tops sent "Baby, I Need Your Loving" to radio stations.
1968: The Dells rose to #1 on the R&B chart with "Stay in My Corner".
1968: Deep Purple, GInger Baker, Ten Years After, the Nice and Arthur Brown performed at the National Jazz & Blues Festival at the Kempton Park Race Course in Sunbury-On-Thames, England.
1968: Tom Jones rose to the top of the U.K. album chart with Delilah.
1968: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert remained #1 for a 10th week on the Easy Listening chart.
1970: This guy had struggled for years writing songs for other artists. He decided it was time to break free and put out his own music. On this date, Elton John released his first single--"Border Song".
1970: The trial of Jim Morrison of the Doors for indecent exposure onstage began in Miami, Florida.
1970: Elvis Presley began performing at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1970: Simon & Garfunkel dominated the U.K. album chart with Bridge Over Troubled Water. The Beatles were at #2 with Let It Be while Bob Dylan had the #3 album Self Portrait.
1974: Bob Dylan re-signed with Columbia Records after being in the Elektra tent for a couple of LP's.
1974: Roberta Flack topped the Easy Listening chart with "Fee Like Makin' Love".
Saluting Blue Magic's Top 10 hit
1974: Roberta Flack moved to #1 with "Feel Like Makin' Love, holding off Paper Lace and "The Night Chicago Died" for the moment. John Denver's #1 "Annie's Song" was at #3 followed by Elton John with "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". The rest of the Top 10: Dave Loggins with "Please Come to Boston", Chicago's "Call on Me", ABBA's first hit "Waterloo" entering the Top 10, Blue Magic with "Sideshow", Jim Stafford and "Wildwood Weed" and Rufus moving from 19 to 10 with "Tell Me Something Good".
1974: John Denver took over from Elton John's Caribou with Back Home Again, the new #1 album. Bob Dylan & the Band had Before the Flood, 461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton was #4 and Loggins & Messina had #5 with On Stage. The rest of the Top 10: Bachman-Turner Overdrive II, Journey to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman, Tres Hombres by ZZ Top, Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic at #9 and Paul McCartney & Wings were at #10 after 34 weeks with Band on the Run.
1975: Manhattan Transfer got their own summer variety show which debuted on CBS-TV.
1976: Elton John sold out 10 concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City and opened the first show on this date. He grossed $1.25 million to break the previous record at the venue.
1979: Michael Jackson released the album Off the Wall.
1981: A great singer with a lot of promise released his first record on this date. James Ingram released the single "Just Once".
1982: Frank Zappa and Moon Unit Zappa performed "Valley Girl" on Late Night with David Letterman.
1982: Queen performed at the Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut.
1983: Kajagoogoo ("Too Shy" from 1983) fired lead singer Limahl, who began a solo career.
1985: Like a Virgin by Madonna became the first album by a female artist to reach five million in sales.
1985: Michael Jackson took the advice of Paul McCartney and invested in the ATV catalog which contained 251 songs written by McCartney and John Lennon.
1985: Paul Young led the way on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Everytime You Go Away".
1985: After 38 weeks, Reckless by Bryan Adams reached #1 on the album chart. Tears for Fears were second with Songs from the Big Chair and Phil Collins held fast at #3 with No Jacket Required. Sting had #4--The Dream of the Blue Turtles while Bruce Springsteen was #5 with Born in the U.S.A. The rest of the Top 10: The Power Station with their debut, Motley Crue with Theatre of Pain at #7, Prince & the Revolution had #8 with Around the World in a Day, Ratt was stuck at 9 with Invasion of Your Privacy and Dire Straits entered the Top 10 with Brothers in Arms.
1987: Wilson Pickett was found guilty of possessing a shotgun with intent to endanger life.
1992: Def Leppard began an extensive tour at Madison Square Garden.
1993: The Dave Matthews Band played at The Flood Zone in Richmond, Virginia. Two of the songs at the performance were included on the album Remember Two Things.
1994: The Eagles were at the Great Woods Amphitheatre in Boston, Massachusetts.
1995: Van Halen appeared on Late Night with David Letterman.
1995: Jimmy Buffet was the musical act for United States President Bill Clinton's birthday celebration at the White House.
1999: Oasis announced that rhythm guitarist Paul Arthurs was leaving the group.
2004: Esquire Magazine named Andre 3000 of OutKast the Best Dressed Man.
2006: Barbara George "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" from 1961) died of a lung infection at the age of 63.
Barbara George ("I Know") dies of a lung infection, 2006
2004: Rick Fox of the Los Angeles Lakers filed for divorce from Vanessa Williams.
2008: Isaac Hayes, singer-songwriter most noted for the #1 song "Theme From 'Shaft'" died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 65.
2010: Olivia Newton-John was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia by the Governor-General in Canbera.
Born This Day:
1909: Leo Fender, inventor of that great guitar, was born in Anaheim, California; died March 21, 1991
1928: Jimmy Dean ("Big Bad John") was born in Plainview, Texas; died June 13, 2010
1928: Eddie Fisher was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died September 22, 2010
1940: Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; died November 5, 2003
1940: "Tunes" Antunes of John Cafferty's Beaver Brown Band
1940: Daddy Dewdrop (real name Richard Monda), who gave us "Chick-A-Boom" in 1971, was born in Cleveland, Ohio
1943: Ronnie Spector was born in New York City
1943: James Griffin of Bread was born in Cincinnati, Ohio; died of cancer January 11, 2005 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee
1945: Larry Larden of Every Mother's Son
1947: Arlo Guthrie was born in Coney Island, New York
1947: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull was born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1947: Ronnie Spector, lead singer with the Ronettes, was born in New York City.
1948: Patti Austin (The #1 song "Baby, Come to Me" with James Ingram) was born in New York City
1949: Andy Cresswell-Davis of the Korgis ("Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime"
1950: Greg Kihn ("Jeopardy" and "The Breakup Song") was born in Baltimore, Maryland
1954: Neil Tennant, singer/songwriter of the Pet Shop Boys, was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England
1959: Mark Price, drummer for All About Eve who also worked with the Cure and Right Said Fred, was born in Bernley, Lancashire, England.
1961: Jon Fariss, drummer of INXS, was born in Perth, Western Australia
1962: Julia Fordham, backing singer for Kim Wilde, was born in Portsmouth, England
1968: Michael Bivins of New Edition and later Bell Biv Devoe was born in Boston, Massachusetts
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1955: Chuck Berry released his first single on this date as "Maybelline" was sent to radio stations.
1959: Brook Benton had the top R&B song with "Thank You Pretty Baby".
1959: Elvis Presley moved to #1 with his 37th hit, "A Big Hunk O' Love".
1961: 14-year-old Helen Shapiro became the youngest person to reach #1 in the U.K. with "You Don't Know".
1963: Cliff Richard, the Searchers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and the Shadows were on the 100th edition of Thank Your Lucky Stars on BBC-TV.
1963: The Rolling Stones, Acker Bilk and Long John Baldry were all at the Richmond Jazz Festival in Richmond, England. Sounds like they couldn't find enough jazz artists to perform.
1963: Peter, Paul & Mary were at #1 for a second week with "Blowin' in the Wind".
1964: Another Motown act released their first single on this date--the Four Tops sent "Baby, I Need Your Loving" to radio stations.
1968: The Dells rose to #1 on the R&B chart with "Stay in My Corner".
1968: Deep Purple, GInger Baker, Ten Years After, the Nice and Arthur Brown performed at the National Jazz & Blues Festival at the Kempton Park Race Course in Sunbury-On-Thames, England.
1968: Tom Jones rose to the top of the U.K. album chart with Delilah.
1968: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert remained #1 for a 10th week on the Easy Listening chart.
1970: This guy had struggled for years writing songs for other artists. He decided it was time to break free and put out his own music. On this date, Elton John released his first single--"Border Song".
1970: The trial of Jim Morrison of the Doors for indecent exposure onstage began in Miami, Florida.
1970: Elvis Presley began performing at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1970: Simon & Garfunkel dominated the U.K. album chart with Bridge Over Troubled Water. The Beatles were at #2 with Let It Be while Bob Dylan had the #3 album Self Portrait.
1974: Bob Dylan re-signed with Columbia Records after being in the Elektra tent for a couple of LP's.
1974: Roberta Flack topped the Easy Listening chart with "Fee Like Makin' Love".
Saluting Blue Magic's Top 10 hit
1974: Roberta Flack moved to #1 with "Feel Like Makin' Love, holding off Paper Lace and "The Night Chicago Died" for the moment. John Denver's #1 "Annie's Song" was at #3 followed by Elton John with "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". The rest of the Top 10: Dave Loggins with "Please Come to Boston", Chicago's "Call on Me", ABBA's first hit "Waterloo" entering the Top 10, Blue Magic with "Sideshow", Jim Stafford and "Wildwood Weed" and Rufus moving from 19 to 10 with "Tell Me Something Good".
1974: John Denver took over from Elton John's Caribou with Back Home Again, the new #1 album. Bob Dylan & the Band had Before the Flood, 461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton was #4 and Loggins & Messina had #5 with On Stage. The rest of the Top 10: Bachman-Turner Overdrive II, Journey to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman, Tres Hombres by ZZ Top, Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic at #9 and Paul McCartney & Wings were at #10 after 34 weeks with Band on the Run.
1975: Manhattan Transfer got their own summer variety show which debuted on CBS-TV.
1976: Elton John sold out 10 concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City and opened the first show on this date. He grossed $1.25 million to break the previous record at the venue.
1979: Michael Jackson released the album Off the Wall.
1981: A great singer with a lot of promise released his first record on this date. James Ingram released the single "Just Once".
1982: Frank Zappa and Moon Unit Zappa performed "Valley Girl" on Late Night with David Letterman.
1982: Queen performed at the Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut.
1983: Kajagoogoo ("Too Shy" from 1983) fired lead singer Limahl, who began a solo career.
1985: Like a Virgin by Madonna became the first album by a female artist to reach five million in sales.
1985: Michael Jackson took the advice of Paul McCartney and invested in the ATV catalog which contained 251 songs written by McCartney and John Lennon.
1985: Paul Young led the way on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Everytime You Go Away".
1985: After 38 weeks, Reckless by Bryan Adams reached #1 on the album chart. Tears for Fears were second with Songs from the Big Chair and Phil Collins held fast at #3 with No Jacket Required. Sting had #4--The Dream of the Blue Turtles while Bruce Springsteen was #5 with Born in the U.S.A. The rest of the Top 10: The Power Station with their debut, Motley Crue with Theatre of Pain at #7, Prince & the Revolution had #8 with Around the World in a Day, Ratt was stuck at 9 with Invasion of Your Privacy and Dire Straits entered the Top 10 with Brothers in Arms.
1987: Wilson Pickett was found guilty of possessing a shotgun with intent to endanger life.
1992: Def Leppard began an extensive tour at Madison Square Garden.
1993: The Dave Matthews Band played at The Flood Zone in Richmond, Virginia. Two of the songs at the performance were included on the album Remember Two Things.
1994: The Eagles were at the Great Woods Amphitheatre in Boston, Massachusetts.
1995: Van Halen appeared on Late Night with David Letterman.
1995: Jimmy Buffet was the musical act for United States President Bill Clinton's birthday celebration at the White House.
1999: Oasis announced that rhythm guitarist Paul Arthurs was leaving the group.
2004: Esquire Magazine named Andre 3000 of OutKast the Best Dressed Man.
2006: Barbara George "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" from 1961) died of a lung infection at the age of 63.
Barbara George ("I Know") dies of a lung infection, 2006
2004: Rick Fox of the Los Angeles Lakers filed for divorce from Vanessa Williams.
2008: Isaac Hayes, singer-songwriter most noted for the #1 song "Theme From 'Shaft'" died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 65.
2010: Olivia Newton-John was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia by the Governor-General in Canbera.
Born This Day:
1909: Leo Fender, inventor of that great guitar, was born in Anaheim, California; died March 21, 1991
1928: Jimmy Dean ("Big Bad John") was born in Plainview, Texas; died June 13, 2010
1928: Eddie Fisher was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died September 22, 2010
1940: Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; died November 5, 2003
1940: "Tunes" Antunes of John Cafferty's Beaver Brown Band
1940: Daddy Dewdrop (real name Richard Monda), who gave us "Chick-A-Boom" in 1971, was born in Cleveland, Ohio
1943: Ronnie Spector was born in New York City
1943: James Griffin of Bread was born in Cincinnati, Ohio; died of cancer January 11, 2005 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee
1945: Larry Larden of Every Mother's Son
1947: Arlo Guthrie was born in Coney Island, New York
1947: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull was born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1947: Ronnie Spector, lead singer with the Ronettes, was born in New York City.
1948: Patti Austin (The #1 song "Baby, Come to Me" with James Ingram) was born in New York City
1949: Andy Cresswell-Davis of the Korgis ("Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime"
1950: Greg Kihn ("Jeopardy" and "The Breakup Song") was born in Baltimore, Maryland
1954: Neil Tennant, singer/songwriter of the Pet Shop Boys, was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England
1959: Mark Price, drummer for All About Eve who also worked with the Cure and Right Said Fred, was born in Bernley, Lancashire, England.
1961: Jon Fariss, drummer of INXS, was born in Perth, Western Australia
1962: Julia Fordham, backing singer for Kim Wilde, was born in Portsmouth, England
1968: Michael Bivins of New Edition and later Bell Biv Devoe was born in Boston, Massachusetts
1980: Jessica Simpson was born in Abilene, TexasSource URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august_09.html
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