1956: Elvis Presley recorded "Love Me Tender" and "We're Gonna' Move" at 20th Century Fox Studios in Hollywood.
1956: Little Richard played at the Cotton Club in Lubbock, Texas, with native son Buddy Holly in the audience.
1963: Peter, Paul & Mary made it four straight weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "Blowin' in the Wind".
1963: Stevie Wonder became the first artist of the Rock Era to have the #1 single ("Fingertips, Pt. 2") and the #1 album (The Twelve-Year-Old Genius) at the same time and the first to be #1 on those two as well as #1 on the R&B chart. "Fingertips" was #1 on the R&B chart for the fourth straight week.
1963: This is a Top 10 worth mentioning--Besides Wonder's "Fingertips" at #1, Allan Sherman held #2 with "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!", the 4 Seasons reached the #3 position with "Candy Girl" and the Angels moved from 10 to 4 with "My Boyfriend's Back". The rest of the Top 10: "Judy's Turn To Cry" from Lesley Gore, Peter, Paul & Mary with "Blowin' in the Wind", the Surfaris' instrumental "Wipe Out", Kai Winding with "More", Elvis Presley with "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" and "Denise", song #10 from Randy & the Rainbows.
1964: The Beatles performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California.
1966: The Doors began recording their landmark debut album at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California.
1967: The Beatles met with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Park Lane Hilton.
1968: Traffic, Free, Fairport Convention and others performed at the Roundhouse in London.
1968: Keith Moon, drummer of the Who, drove a car into the pool of a Holiday Inn motel in Flint, Michigan.
1968: "Stay in My Corner" by the Dells posted a third week at #1 on the R&B chart.
1968: Deep Purple moved from 83 to 38 with "Hush".
1969: Arlo Guthrie's film of his legendary song "Alice's Restaurant" premiered in New York and Los Angeles.
1974: Chicago took over the #1 spot on the Easy Listening chart with "Call on Me".
1974: Eric Clapton held on to the #1 album with 461 Ocean Boulevard. John Denver was still at #2 with Back Home Again, Elton John remained third with Caribou, Stevie Wonder moved up with Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive II was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Bad Company rocked up from 18 to 6 with their self-titled release, On Stage from Loggins & Messina was #7, Robin Trower had #8--Bridge of Sighs, Bob Dylan & the Band fell hard with Before the Flood and Paul McCartney & Wings remained at #10 after 36 weeks with Band on the Run.
1975: Queen began recording "Bohemian Rhapsody" at Rockfield Studio in Monmouth, Wales.
1978: Bruce Springsteen was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.
1978: Louis Prima, who had a hit with "That Old Black Magic in 1958 with wife Keely Smith, died of pneumonia.
1979: Bobby Rydell appeared in an episode of the NBC television show "The Facts of Life".
1979: B.B. King celebrated his 30th year in the music business in a special event at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1979: The Cars appeared at Central Park in New York City before 500,000 people.
1980: Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, UFO, Rory Gallagher, the Pat Travers Band and Gillan performed at the 20th National Rock Festival in Reading Rock, England.
1983: Shawn Lewis, the wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, was found dead from drugs at their home in Mississippi.
1989: The Who performed the rock opera "Tommy" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California along with guests Elton John, Phil Collins, Steve Winwood, Billy Idol and Patti LaBelle.
1994: Dave Abruzzese quit Pearl Jam.
1998: Shania Twain had to cut her concert short in Syracuse, New York when lightning hit the ground 40 yards behind the stage.
1985: Kool & the Gang had the top R&B song on this date with one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*--"Cherish".
John Parr was in the Top Five
1985: Huey Lewis & the News hit #1 for the first time with "The Power of Love". That moved "Shout" by Tears for Fears out while Corey Hart was stuck on three with "Never Surrender". John Parr moved up with "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" and Aretha Franklin was #5 with "Freeway of Love". The rest of the Top 10: Tina Turner with "We Don't Need Another Hero", Bryan Adams was up to 7 with "Summer of '69", Sting fell with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Paul Young had song #9--"Everytime You Go Away" and Heart had their 17th hit but their first Top 10 in five years with "What About Love".
1990: Jesus Jones, Faith No More, the Cramps, the Fall and others performed at the three-day U.K. Reading Festival.
1991: Metallica hit #1 in the U.K. with their self-titled debut album.
1994: The Eagles were at Giants Stadium in New York City.
1996: Liam Gallagher of Oasis failed to show up for the group's recording of an MTV unplugged session at Royal Festival Hall in London.
1998: Gene Page, producer of Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Roberta Flack, Barry White, the Righteous Brothers and Dobie Gray, among others, died after a long illness.
1999: Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan, bass guitarist, left the group Oasis.
1999: Christina Aguilera released her self-titled debut album.
2000: Kenny Loggins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001: Green Day, Weezer, Iggy Pop, Queens of the Stone Age, the Cult, the Strokes and others appeared at the Carling Weekend Reading/Leeds Festival.
2005: Hilary Duff had the top album with Most Wanted, a compilation of her hits.
2005: Hal Kalin of the Kalin Twins ("When" from 1958) died in a car accident in Waldorf, Maryland at the age of 71.
2007: Elite guitarist Bo Diddley suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized in Gainesville, Florida.
2009: A street in Northern Poland (in the Smogorzewie district) is named after the Beatles.
Born This Day:
1938: David Freiberg, bassist of Jefferson Starship and Quicksilver Messenger Service, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1938: Mason Williams was born in Abilene, Texas.
1939: Ernie Wright of Little Anthony and the Imperials
1942: Jimmy Soul ("If You Wanna' Be Happy") was born in New York City.
1943: John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service was born in Berkeley, California.
1944: Jim Capaldi, founder, songwriter and drummer of Traffic, was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England; died of stomach cancer in London on January 28, 2005. Capaldi played with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison and also had a solo hit with "That's Love" in 1983.
1944: James Brady of the Sandpipers
1945: Malcolm Duncan, saxophone player with the Average White Band, was born in Montrose, Scotland.
1945: Ken Hensley of Uriah Heap was born in Stevenage, England.
1947: Jim Fox, drummer and organist of the James Gang
1951: Danny Joe Brown of Molly Hatchet was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1951: Mike Derosier of Heart
1957: Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar was born in Los Angeles, California.
1961: Mark Bedford, bass guitarist for Madness ("Our House") was born in London.
1963: John Bush, lead singer of Anthrax, was born in Los Angeles, California.Source URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august_23.html
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1956: Little Richard played at the Cotton Club in Lubbock, Texas, with native son Buddy Holly in the audience.
1963: Peter, Paul & Mary made it four straight weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "Blowin' in the Wind".
1963: Stevie Wonder became the first artist of the Rock Era to have the #1 single ("Fingertips, Pt. 2") and the #1 album (The Twelve-Year-Old Genius) at the same time and the first to be #1 on those two as well as #1 on the R&B chart. "Fingertips" was #1 on the R&B chart for the fourth straight week.
1963: This is a Top 10 worth mentioning--Besides Wonder's "Fingertips" at #1, Allan Sherman held #2 with "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!", the 4 Seasons reached the #3 position with "Candy Girl" and the Angels moved from 10 to 4 with "My Boyfriend's Back". The rest of the Top 10: "Judy's Turn To Cry" from Lesley Gore, Peter, Paul & Mary with "Blowin' in the Wind", the Surfaris' instrumental "Wipe Out", Kai Winding with "More", Elvis Presley with "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" and "Denise", song #10 from Randy & the Rainbows.
1964: The Beatles performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California.
1966: The Doors began recording their landmark debut album at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California.
1967: The Beatles met with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Park Lane Hilton.
1968: Traffic, Free, Fairport Convention and others performed at the Roundhouse in London.
1968: Keith Moon, drummer of the Who, drove a car into the pool of a Holiday Inn motel in Flint, Michigan.
1968: "Stay in My Corner" by the Dells posted a third week at #1 on the R&B chart.
1968: Deep Purple moved from 83 to 38 with "Hush".
1969: Arlo Guthrie's film of his legendary song "Alice's Restaurant" premiered in New York and Los Angeles.
1974: Chicago took over the #1 spot on the Easy Listening chart with "Call on Me".
1974: Eric Clapton held on to the #1 album with 461 Ocean Boulevard. John Denver was still at #2 with Back Home Again, Elton John remained third with Caribou, Stevie Wonder moved up with Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive II was #5. The rest of the Top 10: Bad Company rocked up from 18 to 6 with their self-titled release, On Stage from Loggins & Messina was #7, Robin Trower had #8--Bridge of Sighs, Bob Dylan & the Band fell hard with Before the Flood and Paul McCartney & Wings remained at #10 after 36 weeks with Band on the Run.
1975: Queen began recording "Bohemian Rhapsody" at Rockfield Studio in Monmouth, Wales.
1978: Bruce Springsteen was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.
1978: Louis Prima, who had a hit with "That Old Black Magic in 1958 with wife Keely Smith, died of pneumonia.
1979: Bobby Rydell appeared in an episode of the NBC television show "The Facts of Life".
1979: B.B. King celebrated his 30th year in the music business in a special event at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1979: The Cars appeared at Central Park in New York City before 500,000 people.
1980: Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, UFO, Rory Gallagher, the Pat Travers Band and Gillan performed at the 20th National Rock Festival in Reading Rock, England.
1983: Shawn Lewis, the wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, was found dead from drugs at their home in Mississippi.
1989: The Who performed the rock opera "Tommy" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California along with guests Elton John, Phil Collins, Steve Winwood, Billy Idol and Patti LaBelle.
1994: Dave Abruzzese quit Pearl Jam.
1998: Shania Twain had to cut her concert short in Syracuse, New York when lightning hit the ground 40 yards behind the stage.
1985: Kool & the Gang had the top R&B song on this date with one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*--"Cherish".
John Parr was in the Top Five
1985: Huey Lewis & the News hit #1 for the first time with "The Power of Love". That moved "Shout" by Tears for Fears out while Corey Hart was stuck on three with "Never Surrender". John Parr moved up with "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" and Aretha Franklin was #5 with "Freeway of Love". The rest of the Top 10: Tina Turner with "We Don't Need Another Hero", Bryan Adams was up to 7 with "Summer of '69", Sting fell with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Paul Young had song #9--"Everytime You Go Away" and Heart had their 17th hit but their first Top 10 in five years with "What About Love".
1990: Jesus Jones, Faith No More, the Cramps, the Fall and others performed at the three-day U.K. Reading Festival.
1991: Metallica hit #1 in the U.K. with their self-titled debut album.
1994: The Eagles were at Giants Stadium in New York City.
1996: Liam Gallagher of Oasis failed to show up for the group's recording of an MTV unplugged session at Royal Festival Hall in London.
1998: Gene Page, producer of Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Roberta Flack, Barry White, the Righteous Brothers and Dobie Gray, among others, died after a long illness.
1999: Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan, bass guitarist, left the group Oasis.
1999: Christina Aguilera released her self-titled debut album.
2000: Kenny Loggins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001: Green Day, Weezer, Iggy Pop, Queens of the Stone Age, the Cult, the Strokes and others appeared at the Carling Weekend Reading/Leeds Festival.
2005: Hilary Duff had the top album with Most Wanted, a compilation of her hits.
2005: Hal Kalin of the Kalin Twins ("When" from 1958) died in a car accident in Waldorf, Maryland at the age of 71.
2007: Elite guitarist Bo Diddley suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized in Gainesville, Florida.
2009: A street in Northern Poland (in the Smogorzewie district) is named after the Beatles.
Born This Day:
1938: David Freiberg, bassist of Jefferson Starship and Quicksilver Messenger Service, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1938: Mason Williams was born in Abilene, Texas.
1939: Ernie Wright of Little Anthony and the Imperials
1942: Jimmy Soul ("If You Wanna' Be Happy") was born in New York City.
1943: John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service was born in Berkeley, California.
1944: Jim Capaldi, founder, songwriter and drummer of Traffic, was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England; died of stomach cancer in London on January 28, 2005. Capaldi played with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison and also had a solo hit with "That's Love" in 1983.
1944: James Brady of the Sandpipers
1945: Malcolm Duncan, saxophone player with the Average White Band, was born in Montrose, Scotland.
1945: Ken Hensley of Uriah Heap was born in Stevenage, England.
1947: Jim Fox, drummer and organist of the James Gang
1951: Danny Joe Brown of Molly Hatchet was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1951: Mike Derosier of Heart
1957: Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar was born in Los Angeles, California.
1961: Mark Bedford, bass guitarist for Madness ("Our House") was born in London.
1963: John Bush, lead singer of Anthrax, was born in Los Angeles, California.Source URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august_23.html
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