... and more August 11 birthdays –
Mike Hugg (1942) – drummer for Manfred Mann.
Guy Villari (1942) – The Regents.
Kenny Gamble (1943) – producer/songwriter (“I’m Gonna Make You Love
Me”).
Jim Kale (1943) – bassist for The Guess Who.
Bill Hurd (1948) – keyboardist for The Rubettes.
Bryan Bassett (1954) – guitarist for Wild Cherry.
Richie Ramone (aka Richard Reinhardt, 1957) – drummer for The Ramones.
Jah Wobble (aka John Wardle, 1958) – bassist for Public Image Ltd.
Paul Gendler (1960) – guitarist for Modern Romance.
Bragi Ólafsson (1962) – bassist for The Sugarcubes.
Charlie Sexton (1968) – guitarist/singer/songwriter, Arc Angels.
August 11 R.I.P. –
Pat McAuley (1984) – aspiration of vomit from an asthma attack. Age
40. Them.
Percy Mayfield (1984) – heart attack. Age 63. Songwriter ("Please Send
Me Someone To Love").
Phil Harris (1995) – heart attack. Age 91. Singer/songwriter (“The
Thing”).
Mel Taylor (1996) – cancer. Age 62. Drummer for The Ventures.
Jani Lane (2011) – acute alcohol poisoning. Age 47. Singer for
Warrant.
August 11 album releases –
The Kinks – Kinda Kinks (1965) U.S.
Donovan – Barabajagal (1969) U.S.
Klaatu – 3:47 EST (1976)
Vanity 6 – Vanity 6 (1982)
The Beach Boys – Endless Harmony Soundtrack (1998)
August 11 events –
1952 – The Grand Ole Opry fires Hank Williams because of his habitual
drinking, but offers to reinstate him when he sobers up. He doesn’t.
1952 – Country artist Roy Acuff appears on the cover of Newsweek
magazine.
1957 – Buddy Knox sings “Party Doll” and “Hula Love” on the U.S. Army
Show special edition of The Ed Sullivan Show.
1963 – The Kingston Trio are the “mystery guest” on What’s My Line.
1964 – Roger Daltrey has a fist fight with his father-in-law, then
climbs onstage at the Railway Hotel in Harrow with his band The High
Numbers (soon to become The Who).
1964 – The Beatles’ movie, A Hard Day’s Night, has its U.S. premiere
in New York City.
1965 – The Ronettes, Bobby Goldsboro, Glen Campbell, Billy Preston,
Donna Loren and others appear on Shindig!
1966 – The Beatles fly from London to Chicago to begin what will be
their final U.S. tour. Upon arriving in Chicago, the group holds two
press conferences, addressing the “bigger than Jesus” controversy.
1967 – The Seventh National Jazz and Blues Festival takes place at the
Royal Windsor Racecourse. The three-day event features the stage
debut of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, as well as Cream, Small Faces,
Ten Years After, The Nice, Donovan, Chicken Shack, Jeff Beck and
others.
1969 – Even though it was Gladys Knight who recommended the group to
Berry Gordy and Motown, Diana Ross hosts a “coming out” party for The
Jackson 5 at Daisy’s Disco in Beverly Hills.
1972 – San Antonio mayor John Gatti declares the day “Cheech and Chong
Day.”
1972 – Priscilla Presley files for divorce from Elvis.
1973 – The film, American Graffiti, premieres in theaters in the U.S.
and Canada, and sets off an oldies revival.
1976 – Keith Moon is hospitalized after having a complete mental
breakdown and trashing his room at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami,
Florida.
1979 – Led Zeppelin plays their last concert in England at Knebworth.
1986 – Thanks to the marathons of The Monkees’ television series on
MTV, their first six albums all re-enter the Billboard 200.
1987 – A Los Angeles judge throws out a lawsuit filed against Ozzy
Osbourne by the parents of a teenager who committed suicide supposedly
while listening to Ozzy’s song, “Suicide Solution.”
1989 – Bruce Springsteen joins Ringo and his All Starr Band on stage
at the Garden State Arts Center in New Jersey and sings four songs:
“Get Back,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Photograph” and “With A Little Help
>From My Friends.”
1992 – Ray Charles sings “America, The Beautiful” at the opening of
The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1997 – Sonny West, Red West, Lamar Fike and Marty Lacker - four of the
biggest members of Elvis' "Memphis Mafia" - recall the King in a one-
time only web chat.
1999 – KISS receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
