I've been having a lot of trouble with the August 4 post. It keeps
appearing and disappearing on my end, so I'll post it again and see if
it stays. Sorry, but it's out of order at this point. What the hell?
August 4 Born –
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong (1901) – trumpeter/singer.
Herb Ellis (1921) – Jazz guitarist with Oscar Peterson.
Elsberry Hobbs (1936) – The Five Crowns and The Drifters.
Frankie Ford (1939) – rock 'n' roll/R&B singer ("Sea Cruise").
Larry Knechtel (1940) – session keyboardist with the Wrecking Crew,
Bread.
Timi Yuro (aka Rosemary Yuro, 1940) – R&B/soul singer ("Hurt").
David Carr (1943) – keyboardist for The Fortunes and The Ventures.
Dave Manders (1947) – guitarist/vocalist for Paper Lace.
Klaus Schulze (1947) – Tangerine Dream.
Paul Layton (1947) – bassist/vocalist for The New Seekers.
Roy Flowers (1951) – drummer for Sweet Sensation.
Moya Brennan (aka Máire Ní Bhraonáin, 1952) – Irish folk singer,
Clannad.
Ian Broudie (1958) – British singer/songwriter/producer, Big In Japan.
Robbin Crosby (1959) – guitarist for Ratt.
August 4 R.I.P. –
Frank Fontaine (aka Crazy Guggenheim, 1978) – heart attack. Age 58.
Singer on The Jackie Gleason Show.
Jeri Southern (1991) – pneumonia. Age 64. Jazz pianist/singer ("Fire
Down Below").
Little Milton (2005) – stroke. Age 70. Blues singer/guitarist ("Just A
Little Bit").
Lee Hazelwood (2007) – renal cancer. Age 78. Songwriter ("These Boots
Are Made For Walkin'").
August 4 album releases –
Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
Aretha Franklin – Aretha Arrives (1967)
Michael Jackson – Ben (1972)
Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
August 4 events –
1927 – Jimmie Rodgers has his first recording session, recording
"Sleep, Baby, Sleep" and "Soldier's Sweetheart."
1956 – Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" hits the charts at #24.
1956 – George Jones joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1957 – The Everly Brothers perform “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake Up Little
Susie” on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1958 – Billboard combines record sales figures with five other
popularity charts to create the Billboard Hot 100, and Ricky Nelson's
"Poor Little Fool" is the first song to top the new chart.
1959 – Skeeter Davis joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1963 – The Beatles' version of "From Me To You" charts in the U.S. at
#116, thanks to Del Shannon's cover version of the song which charted
first.
1966 – In the wake of John Lennon's comments that The Beatles are
"more popular than Jesus," the South African Broadcasting Corporation
issues a ban on all Beatles music.
1967 – After a show in Minneapolis, a 16-year-old girl stows away on
The Monkees' airplane to St. Louis. The girl's father threatens to
bring charges of transporting a minor across state lines.
1969 – Day two of the Newport Pop Festival features Quicksilver
Messenger Service, Blue Cheer, The Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, The
Byrds and others.
1970 – Dennis Wilson marries his second wife, Barbara Charren.
1970 – Jim Morrison is arrested for public drunkenness when he is
found passed out in someone's yard.
1972 – The movie Superfly, featuring Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack,
opens in theaters.
1975 – Robert Plant and his family are involved in a serious car
accident on the island of Rhodes in Greece. Plant's wife, Maureen, is
hospitalized, and Robert ends up in a wheel chair due to a severe leg
injury, forcing the cancellation of tour dates for the rest of the
year.
1980 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin recording Double Fantasy.
1984 – Phil Collins marries his second wife, Jill Tavelman.
1990 – Three armed men with backstage passes steal $260,000 in
merchandise sales money from a New Kids On The Block concert in
Montreal.
1990 – During her concert in St. Louis, Janet Jackson collapses on
stage from what is determined to be an inner ear infection.
2001 – Eurythmics' Dave Stewart marries his second wife, Anoushka Fisz.
