... and more August 25 birthdays –
Christopher Augustine (1941) – drummer for Every Mother's Son.
Walter Williams (1942) – The O'Jays.
Alan Parker (1944) – British session guitarist.
Pete Arnesen (1947) – keyboardist for The Rubettes.
Willy DeVille (1950) – Mink DeVille.
James Warren (1951) – bassist for The Korgis.
Rob Halford (1951) – singer for Judas Priest.
Bob Mayo (1951) – keyboardist for Peter Frampton.
Geoff Downes (1952) – keyboardist for Yes, Asia and The Bugles.
John McGeoch (1955) – guitarist for Magazine and Siouxsie and The
Banshees.
Billy Ray Cyrus (1961) – Country music singer/songwriter ("Achy Breaky
Heart").
Vivian Campbell (1962) – guitarist for Def Leppard and Thin Lizzy.
Erik Dahlgren (1965) – drummer for The Wannadies.
Terminator X (aka Norman Rogers, 1966) – DJ for Public Enemy.
Jeff Tweedy (1967) – guitarist/vocalist for Uncle Tupelo and Wilco.August 25 R.I.P. – Ray Eberle (1979) – heart attack. Age 60. Singer with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Rob Fisher (1999) – cancer. Age 42. Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher. Jack Nitzsche (2000) – cardiac arrest. Age 63. Producer/arranger. Aaliyah (2001) – plane crash. Age 22. Singer (“Try Again”). August 25 album releases – The Supremes – The Supremes A’ Go-Go (1966) Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston – Take Two (1966) The Who – Who’s Next (1971) U.S. The Kinks – Everybody’s In Show-Biz (1972) Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (1975) The Replacements – Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981) The Time – What Time Is It? (1982) Alice Cooper – Zipper Catches Skin (1982) The Cars – Door To Door (1987) Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992) The Wallflowers – The Wallflowers (1992) August 25 events – 1964 – The Beatles meet Burt Lancaster and Jayne Mansfield, who talks them into going to the Whiskey A Go-Go. Photographers cause such a problem that George throws a glass of water, and the group leaves within 15 minutes. 1965 – Two female Beatles fans hire a helicopter to fly over the house The Beatles are renting in Beverly Hills, and jump from the helicopter into the swimming pool. 1965 – The film, Wild On The Beach, opens in theaters, and features performances by Sonny and Cher, Sandy Nelson, and The Astronauts. 1966 – The Beatles play two shows at the Coliseum in Seattle. 1967 – The Beach Boys, with a rare live appearance by leader Brian Wilson, play the first of two shows at the Honolulu International Center in Hawaii. 1967 – The Beatles and a small group of friends travel to Bangor in North Wales to attend a 10-day seminar with the Maharishi. 1970 – Elton John makes his U.S. stage debut at the Troubadour in L.A., playing the first of six sold-out nights at the club. 1970 – Emerson, Lake and Palmer makes their live stage debut at the Guild Hall in Plymouth. 1970 – Jimi Hendrix holds a grand opening party for his Electric Ladyland studio. 1973 – Bobby Darin performs his last concert at the Las Vegas Hilton. 1973 – Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks crashes his car in Macon, Georgia, breaking his leg. 1976 – Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello star in the summer television replacement series, Easy Does It. The show lasts four weeks. 1977 – California governor Jerry Brown appoints singer and longtime environmental activist Helen Reddy to the state's Parks Commission. 1989 – Chicago mayor Richard Daley declares the day “Pop Staples Day,” in honor of the native musician and leader of the Staple Singers. 1993 – Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard, McKinley Lee, are arrested for the murder of rival gang member Philip Woldermariam in a drive-by shooting. 1994 – The divorce between Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley becomes finalized. 1994 – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant reunite in a London studio and record and film their concert that will become the MTV special, Unledded. 1994 – Jimmy Buffett crashes his Grumman G-44 Widgeon seaplane into the waters of Nantucket while attempting to takeoff. Buffet swims to safety with minor injuries. 1997 – A deranged man who escaped from a mental institution near Helsinki, Finland, dowses the stage Michael Jackson will be performing on with gasoline, but is arrested before he is able to light the stage on fire. 1999 – The city of Concord, California, sues Whitney Houston for $100,000 when she cancels her concert there due to illness. 2005 – Former Guns ‘N Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan sue Axl Rose for publishing royalties when Rose claims himself to be the sole administrator of the band’s copyrights, calling Rose’s move “arrogance and ego.” 2006 – Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton reveals he is battling throat cancer. 2007 – Singing his 1968 hit “Fire” on stage in Lewes, England, Arthur Brown catches on fire while wearing his customary tin-foil hat with a small fire burning in the center. 2009 – Bob Dylan reveals on his weekly radio show that he is speaking to a number of car companies about becoming the voice of their satellite navigation systems. 2010 – A selection of previously unseen photographs of The Beatles taken by Astrid Kirchherr in Hamburg in 1960 go on display in Liverpool at the Victoria Gallery and Museum.
