... and more August 7 birthdays – Warren Covington (1921) – Jazz trombonist with Tommy Dorsey. Felice Bryant (aka Matilda Scaduto, 1925) – songwriter. Herb Reed (1928) – The Platters. Charles Pope (1936) – The Tams. Ron Holden (1939) – American pop singer. Billy Joe "B. J." Thomas (1942) Lana Cantrell (1943) – singer. Kerry Chater (1945) – bassist for Gary Puckett and The Union Gap. Carlo Novi (1949) – saxophonist for Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes. Rodney Crowell (1950) – Country music singer/songwriter. Andy Fraser (1952) – bassist for Free. Bruce Dickinson (1958) – singer for Iron Maiden. Jacquie O'Sullivan (1960) – British backing vocalist for Visage, Eurythmics and Bananarama. Raul Malo (1965) – guitarist/vocalist for The Mavericks.
August 7 R.I.P. – Eddie Calvert (1978) – heart attack. Age 56. Trumpeter. Esther Phillips (1984) – liver and kidney failure. Age 48. R&B singer (“Double Crossing Blues”). Marshall Grant (2011) – Age 83. Bassist for The Tennessee Three. August 7 album releases – Brenda Lee – All The Way (1961) Frank Zappa – Lumpy Gravy (1967) Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970) The Moody Blues – A Question Of Balance (1970) Jellyfish – Bellybutton (1990) August 7 events – 1937 – Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra record “I Can’t Get Started.” 1954 – Johnny Cash marries his first wife, Vivian Liberto. 1954 – Elvis Presley, Bill Black and Scotty Moore play their fourth show together at their debut appearance at The Eagles Nest in Memphis. 1957 – The Quarrymen play the Cavern Club for the first time. Paul McCartney is away at scout camp and doesn’t make the gig. 1957 – Paul Anka makes his television debut, singing “Diana” on American Bandstand. 1963 – Beach Party, the first of five American-International beach movies, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, premieres in theaters. 1964 – Dean Martin re-records “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You.” 1964 – Time magazine reviews The Beatles' movie A Hard Days Night with the headline "Beatles Blow It," and advises readers to "avoid this film at all costs.” 1964 – The 4th Annual National Jazz Festival is held at the Richmond Athletic Association Grounds in Surrey. The three-day event features The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, Mose Allison, Chris Barber, The Graham Bond Organization, Georgie Fame, Long John Baldry and many others. 1965 – The Dave Clark 5’s Mike Smith breaks two ribs when he is pulled off stage by fans in Chicago. 1969 – Led Zeppelin appears at the Berkeley Community Theatre. 1970 – Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac. 1970 – The Goose Lake International Music Festival takes place in Leoni Township in Michigan. The three-day event features Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Mountain, The MC5, The Stooges, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The James Gang, Bob Seger and many others. 1974 – J. Geils’ singer Peter Wolf marries actress Faye Dunaway. 1976 – The Sex Pistols appear on the cover of Melody Maker. 1981 – Arkansas governor Frank D. White pays tribute to Claude King and his 1962 hit by declaring the day "Wolverton Mountain Day." 1981 – B.J. Thomas joins the Grand Ole Opry on his 39th birthday. 1987 – 24 years to the day after the release of Beach Party, Back To The Beach, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, premieres in theaters. 1987 – In an interview on NBC’s The Today Show, Madonna calls her Michigan hometown of Bay City, “a smelly little town.” 1996 – A federal appeals court overturns the ruling that original Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers members Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago co-wrote the group's biggest hit, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" ruling that copyright claims must be filed within three years of the song's publication. 1997 – An estimated 1,000,000 people turn out to see a free concert by Garth Brooks in Central Park. 1999 – The Dave Matthews Band plays the last of three nights at the Meadows Music Theater. Riots occur before and after the show in surrounding parking lots. 41 people are arrested. 2000 – After recently re-gaining the rights to Jimi Hendrix’s name, the Hendrix family successfully shuts down the less-than-official www.jimihendrix.com website. 2003 – The Osmonds receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2006 – Barry Manilow cancels his shows at the Las Vegas Hilton to undergo hip surgery. 2007 – British singer Lily Allen flies to the U.S. from Australia for the MTV Music Video Awards and has her Visa revoked at the Los Angeles Airport (where she is held and questioned for five hours) because of March and June arrests in London for attacking paparazzi. 2007 – Ronald Isley reports to prison to serve a three year sentence for tax evasion. 2007 – A West London Magistrate Court judge delays sentencing for Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty, who was arrested in July for possession of crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana, to see if the singer can get off drugs. 2008 – Elvis Presley’s peacock jumpsuit sells for $300,000 at an auction, becoming the highest price paid for any Elvis memorabilia. ____________________ Events correction -- 1965 – The Turtles release their single, “It Ain’t Me Babe” b/w “Almost There.”
