Happy birthday Edwyn!
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On Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:49:07 PM UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> ... 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.
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