... and more August 23 birthdays –
Tex Williams (1917) – Western swing musician (“Smoke! Smoke! Smoke
(That Cigarette)”).
Roger Greenway (1938) – British songwriter, Blue Mink and David and
Jonathan.
Pete Shannon (1941) – bassist for The Nashville Teens.
Tony Micale (1942) – The Reflections.
Pete Fornatale (1945) – influential FM DJ.
Jim Sohns (1946) – vocalist for The Shadows Of Knight.
Rick Springfield (1949)
Jimi Jamison (1951) – vocalist for Survivor.
Mark Hudson (1951) – songwriter/producer, The Hudson Brothers.
Mark Avsec (1954) – keyboardist/songwriter, Wild Cherry and Donny
Iris.
Edwyn Collins (1959) – guitarist for Nu-Sonics and Orange Juice.
Dean DeLeo (1961) – guitarist for Stone Temple Pilots.
Shaun Ryder (1962) – singer for Happy Mondays.
Cedella Marley (1967) – Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers.
Julian Casablancas (1978) – vocalist for The Strokes.
August 23 R.I.P. –
Oscar Hammerstein II (1960) – stomach cancer. Age 65. Songwriter/
lyricist.
David Rose (1990) – Age 80. American songwriter ("Bonanza").
Eric Allandale (2001) – stroke. Age 65. The Foundations.
Maynard Ferguson (2006) – kidney and liver failure due to abdominal
infection. Age 78.
Jimmy Cleveland (2008) – Age 82. Jazz trombonist with Miles Davis and
Oscar Peterson.
Bill Phillips (2010) – Age 74. Country music singer (“Put It Off Until
Tomorrow”).
Natalie Nevins (2010) – complications from hip surgery. Age 85. Singer/
flautist on The Lawrence Welk Show.
George Weiss (2010) – natural causes. Age 89. Songwriter (“What A
Wonderful World”).
August 23 album releases –
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced (1967) U.S.
Fleetwood Mac – Mr. Wonderful (1968)
Hole – Pretty On The Inside (1991)
Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
August 23 events –
1963 – The Rolling Stones make their debut appearance on Ready Steady
Go!, lip-synching to their single, “Come On.”
1964 – The Beatles play the Hollywood Bowl. The show is recorded by
Capitol Records for possible future release.
1966 – The Beatles appear at Shea Stadium, but do not sell out the
venue like they did the previous year.
1967 – Herman’s Hermits appear at Atwood Stadium in Flint, Michigan,
with The Who as opening act. Following the show, Keith Moon,
celebrating his 21st birthday, accidently drives a Lincoln Continental
into the Holiday Inn swimming pool.
1967 – Joni Mitchell makes her UK stage debut opening for The
Piccadilly Line at the Marquee Club in London.
1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears at the Singer Bowl in
Flushing Meadow Park, New York, with opening acts Soft Machine and Big
Brother and The Holding Company.
1970 – The Velvet Underground, performing at Max’s Kansas City in New
York during their nine-week summer engagement, are recorded during
their sets by Andy Warhol associate Bridgid Polk, who records the show
on a portable cassette tape player. The tape will see album release
two years later as Live At Max's Kansas City.
1974 – John Lennon claims to have seen a UFO, as noted in the liner
notes on his Walls And Bridges album: “On the 23rd August 1974 at 9
o'clock I saw a U.F.O. – J.L.”
1975 – Joy Division’s Ian Curtis marries Deborah Woodruff.
1977 – Linda Ronstadt releases her single, “Blue Bayou” b/w “Old
Paint” on Asylum Records.
1980 – The Heatwave Festival takes place in Mosport Park near Toronto,
featuring Elvis Costello, The B-52s, Talking Heads, Rockpile, The
Pretenders and others.
1987 – A 20th anniversary "Summer Of Love" concert headlined by the
Grateful Dead at Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angel Camp,
California, goes horribly wrong when an armed escaped felon, wandering
in the crowd, shoots a pursuing police officer while trying to escape.
Police shoot back and kill the man.
1991 – The Reading Festival takes place at Little John’s Farm,
featuring Nirvana, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Blur,
Silverfish and many others.
1993 – The L.A.P.D. announces to the public that they are
investigating Michael Jackson for child molestation.
1993 – Duran Duran receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 – Don Henley sues Paramount Pictures for breach of contract for
not including one of his songs in the movie, Double Jeopardy.
1999 – Phil Everly marries his third wife, Patti Arnold.
2000 – Kenny Loggins receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2003 – Trace Adkins joins the Grand Ole Opry.
2004 – Queen becomes the first band officially sanctioned by the
Iranian government since the 1979 cultural revolution that outlawed
rock groups.
2005 – Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown is arraigned on cocaine
possession and distribution charges in Chelmsford Crown Court in
London.
2007 – Queen guitarist Brian May completes his PhD in astrophysics.
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Events corrections --
Help! debuted in the U.S. on August 25, 1965.
The Velvet Underground's last gig was on August 28, 1970, at Max's.
