... and more August 1 birthdays –
Morris Stoloff (1898) – film composer (The Jolson Story).
Lionel Bart (1930) – British songwriter ("Living Doll").
Raymond "Boz" Burrell (1946) – vocalist/bassist for King Crimson and
Bad Company.
Rick Coonce (1946) – drummer for The Grass Roots.
Rick Anderson (1947) – bassist for The Tubes.
Jim Carroll (1949) – punk musician, author/poet.
Tim Bachman (1951) – guitarist/vocalist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Tommy Bolin (1951)
Robert Cray (1953)
Michael Penn (1958)
Rob Buck (1958) – guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs.
Joe Elliott (1959) – singer for Def Leppard.
Suzi Gardner (1960) – guitarist/vocalist for L7.
Chuck D. (aka Carlton Ridenhour, 1960) – rapper with Public Enemy.
Coolio (aka Artis Ivey, Jr., 1963) – rapper.
Adam Duritz (1964) – vocalist for Counting Crows.
Dan Donegan (1968) – guitarist for Disturbed.
Dhani Harrison (1978)
August 1 R.I.P. –
Bill Buchanan (1996) – cancer. Age 66. Brill songwriter ("The Flying
Saucer").
August 1 album releases –
Brenda Lee – Brenda Lee (1960)
Jethro Tull – Stand Up (1969) UK
The Kinks – One For The Road (1980) UK
Aerosmith – Rock In A Hard Place (1982)
August 1 events –
1942 – The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra records "Charleston Alley" for
Decca.
1942 – The American Federation of Musicians goes on strike to protest
non-payment of royalties from recordings and phonograph records. The
strike does not include performing live.
1949 – Frankie Laine releases his single, "That Lucky Old Sun (Just
Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" b/w "I Get Sentimental" on Mercury.
1954 – Alan Freed presents his first Moondog Jubilee Of Stars Under
The Stars revue at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, featuring Fats Domino,
The Clovers, The Orioles, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter.
1958 – Johnny Cash signs with Columbia Records.
1960 – The East German magazine, Young World, declares Elvis Presley
"Public Enemy #1" for his embodiment of the decadent American culture.
1960 – 18-year old Aretha Franklin makes her first non-Gospel
recordings, and records four demos for Columbia Records in New York.
1960 – Chubby Checker's "The Twist" enters the Hot 100 at #49.
1963 – The first issue of the Beatles Monthly magazine is published.
1964 – Billboard magazine reports that the harmonica is hip again,
thanks to The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Little Stevie
Wonder.
1964 – Roy Orbison records "Oh, Pretty Woman" in Nashville.
1964 – The Rolling Stones play the London Palladium with opening acts
The Walker Brothers, The Fourmost, and The Steampacket, featuring 19-
year old singer, Rod Stewart.
1965 – Marianne Faithfull collapses during a performance in
Lancashire, and is taken to a hospital, canceling the remainder of her
tour.
1966 – Birmingham, Alabama radio station, WACI, calls for the first
"Beatles Burn-In": a bonfire of Beatles records to protest John
Lennon's recently published comments that his group was "bigger than
Jesus."
1969 – Beach Boy Carl Wilson is indicted in Los Angeles for failing to
perform his required community service hours, which were imposed upon
him after he refused to be drafted as a conscientious objector.
1969 – The Beatles record "Because": the last time all four would
begin recording a song together.
1969 – The first of the three day Atlantic City Pop Festival is held
at the Atlantic City racetrack. Festival acts include The Byrds,
Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, Procol Harum, Janis Joplin and many
others.
1970 – After being shelved for almost two years, the Mick Jagger
movie, Performance, premieres in London.
1971 – George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh is held at Madison
Square Garden, with two shows. Both shows are recorded and filmed.
1971 – The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour debuts on CBS.
1972 – Elvis Presley releases his single, "Burning Love" b/w "It's A
Matter Of Time."
1972 – The Eagles release their single, "Witchy Woman" b/w "Early
Bird."
1973 – The film, American Graffiti, premieres in theaters and sets off
an oldies revival.
1977 – The Red and Sonny West tell-all book, Elvis: What Happened?
hits bookstore shelves two weeks before the singer's death.
1978 – George Harrison and bride-to-be, Olivia Trinidad Arias,
announce the birth of their first and only child, Dhani.
1980 – Def Leppard makes their U.S. stage debut in New York as the
opening act for AC/DC.
1980 – George Harrison forms his own movie production company,
Handmade Films.
1984 – Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson appear and sing two duets
on the soap opera, As The World Turns.
1987 – Eurythmics' Dave Stewart marries Bananarama founding member,
Siobhan Fahey.
1987 – MTV Europe is launched from Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a live
performance from Elton John.
1988 – Cincinnati AM radio station, WCVG, becomes the first U.S.
station to go "all Elvis." It doesn't last a year.
1990 – The band UB40, and two of their technicians, are arrested for
possession of marijuana and are deported from the Seychelles.
1994 – The Rolling Stones politely refuse an invitation to play at the
Clinton White House.
1994 – Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley officially confirm the
rumors that they are married.
2007 – Rapper Eminem sues Apple for copyright infringement for
allowing downloads of his music on iTunes without his permission.
2007 – Prince kicks off his "21 Nights in London" tour at the O2
Arena.
2007 – John Lennon's "granny" sunglasses, worn on The Beatles' 1966
U.S. tour, are sold at an auction for an undisclosed price.
