... and more August 18 birthdays –
Otto Harbach (1873) – songwriter, President of ASCAP.
Gilbert "Cisco" Houston (1918) – Folk singer with Woody Guthrie.
Lee Jackson (1921) – Blues artist.
Sonny Til (aka Earlington Tilghman, 1928) – The Orioles.
Johnny Preston (1939) – American singer ("Running Bear").
Maxine Brown (1939) – Soul/R&B singer ("All In My Mind").
Barbara Harris (1945) – The Toys ("A Lover's Concerto").
Sara Dash (1945) – Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles.
Nigel Griggs (1949) – bassist for Split Enz.
John Rees (1951) – bassist for Men At Work.
Patrick Swayze (1952) – actor/dancer/singer ("She's Like The Wind").
Marvin Isley (1953) – bassist for The Isley Brothers.
Dan Peters (1967) – drummer for Mudhoney.
Tracy Tracy (aka Tracy Cattell, 1967) – The Primitives.
____________________Birthday correction -- Nona Hendryx was born October 9, 1944. ____________________ August 18 R.I.P. – Rick Griffin (1991) – motorcycle crash. Age 47. Grateful Dead psychedelic album cover/poster artist. Tony Jackson (2003) – diabetes and cirrhosis. Age 65. Bassist for The Searchers. Elmer Bernstein (2004) – cancer. Age 82. Film score composer (The Magnificent Seven). Pervis Jackson (2008) – cancer. Age 70. The Spinners. Kenny Edwards (2010) – prostate cancer. Age 64. Singer/songwriter, The Stone Poneys. Mickey Lee Lane (2011) – Age 70. Brill songwriter/arranger (“Shaggy Dog”). August 18 album releases – The Who – Who Are You (1978) Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation (1987) August 18 events – 1937 – The FCC issues the first FM construction permit to W1XOJ (WGTR) in Boston. 1952 – A week after being fired from the Grand Ole Opry, Hank Williams is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in Alexander City, Alabama. 1961 – Jimmy Dean records “Big Bad John” in Nashville. 1962 – Ringo Starr makes his first appearance as The Beatles’ new drummer at the Horticultural Society dance in Birkenhead. 1963 – The Louvin Brothers play their final gig together. 1964 – The Beatles fly from London to San Francisco to begin their first proper tour of the U.S. 1965 – Arranged by KPOI DJ Tom Moffat in Hawaii, Herman's Hermits singer Peter Noone interviews Elvis Presley live from his bungalow in Honolulu, where he is relaxing while filming his latest movie, Paradise, Hawaiian Style. 1965 – The Beatles fly from Toronto to Atlanta to perform one show at Fulton County Stadium. 1965 – Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, Jackie DeShannon and Eddie Hodges all appear on Shindig! 1965 – The Dave Clark 5 movie, Having A Wild Weekend, has its U.S. premiere in New York City. 1966 – Singer Paul Jones quits Manfred Mann. 1966 – Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass perform at the White House for President and Mrs. Johnson. 1966 – The Four Tops release their single, “Reach Out I’ll Be There” b/ w “Until You Love Someone” on Motown. 1966 – The Beatles perform at the Suffolk Downs Racetrack in Boston. Dave Driscoll is there. 1969 – The Woodstock festival finally comes to an end, 12 hours behind schedule, with Jimi Hendrix’s iconic performance. 1971 – The 5th Dimension Traveling Sunshine Show television special airs on on ABC-TV, featuring guests Dionne Warwick and The Carpenters. 1973 – Drummer Gene Krupa plays his last gig with The Benny Goodman Quartet. 1976 – Marvin Gaye narrowly avoids a ten-day jail sentence by finally paying his back child support and alimony. 1977 – The Police make their stage debut as a three-piece at Rebecca’s in Birmingham, West Midlands. 1977 – At 4am, a drunk driver plows into a crowd of 2,000 mourners standing outside the gates of Graceland awaiting Elvis’ funeral. Two girls are killed, and the driver flees the scene. 1977 – Elvis Presley’s funeral and burial service is held at Graceland. 1978 – The Temptations' Melvin Franklin is shot four times in the hand and leg during an attempted carjacking. He survives. 1982 – Liverpool names four of its streets for The Beatles: John Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive. 1983 – The Police appear at Shea Stadium, with opening acts Joan Jett and The Blackhearts and R.E.M. 1991 – Billy Preston is arrested on charges of battery after allegedly attacking a 16-year-old prostitute that Preston discovered was a transvestite. 1992 – Courtney Love gives birth to Kurt Cobain’s only child, Frances Bean. 2000 – During their set at the annual Classic Rock Festival at Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater in Darrington, Washington, Joey Molland of Badfinger falls off the stage and breaks his leg, but finishes the show. 2005 – In an interview on MTV, Kanye West denounces the rampant homophobia in the hip-hop community. 2006 – Vocalist for The Darkness, Justin Hawkins checks himself into a rehab hospital, suffering from “exhaustion.” 2006 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty pleads guilty to seven counts of drug possession, including heroin and crack cocaine, in Thames Magistrates Court in London. 2010 – Bee Gee Robin Gibb undergoes emergency gastro-intestinal surgery for blocked intestines.
