... and more August 28 birthdays –
Donald O’Connor (1925) – actor/dancer/singer (Singing In The Rain).
Billy Grammer (1925) – Country music singer/guitarist (“Gotta Travel
On”).
John Perkins (1931) – The Crew Cuts.
Clem Cattini (1937) – British session drummer, The Tornados.
Joe Osborn (1937) – session bassist with the Wrecking Crew.
Ken Andrew (1942) drummer for Middle Of The Road.
Sterling Morrison (1942) – guitarist for The Velvet Underground.
Anne "Honey" Lantree (1943) – drummer for The Honeycombs.
David Soul (1943) – actor/singer ("Don't Give Up On Us").
Hugh Cornwell (1949) – vocalist for The Stranglers.
Martin Lamble (1949) – drummer for Fairport Convention.
Wayne Osmond (1951) – The Osmond Brothers.
Dave Hlubek (1951) – guitarist for Molly Hatchet.
Shania Twain (aka Eilleen Edwards, 1965)
Thomas "Jack" Black (1969) – Tenacious D.
LeAnn Rimes (1982)August 28 R.I.P. – Phillip "Pip" Pyle (2006) – Age 56. Drummer for National Health. Gilbert Moorer (2008) – throat cancer. Age 67. The Esquires (“Get On Up”). Patty Andrews (2010) – Age 92. The Andrews Sisters. George Green (2011) – small cell lung cancer. Age 59. Songwriter (“Hurts So Good”). August 28 album releases – Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) Devo – Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! (1978) Stevie Wonder – The Woman In Red (1984) The Beach Boys – Still Cruisin’ (1988) August 28 events – 1931 – Henry Allen and the Luis Russell Band record “You Rascal, You.” 1947 – Gene Autry records “Here Comes Santa Claus” in Hollywood. 1960 – 17-year old Barry White completes his four-month prison term for stealing 300 tires from a Cadillac dealership. 1963 – Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Mahalia Jackson and Joan Baez participate and perform during Martin Luther King’s March on Washington prior to his “I Have a Dream” speech. 1964 – The Beatles arrive in New York and perform the first of two shows at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. Following the concert, the band goes to the Hotel Delmonico, where they meet Bob Dylan and smoke marijuana for the first time. 1965 – The Rolling Stones hire Allen Klein as their manager, and sign a new five-year contract with Decca Records. 1965 – After enjoying five days off, The Beatles return to the stage at Balboa Stadium in San Diego. 1965 – The Lovin’ Spoonful appears on American Bandstand, lip-synching to “Do You Believe In Magic.” Also on the show is Danny Hutton, who performs “Roses And Rainbows.” 1965 – Bob Dylan begins his first “electric” tour at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York. 1966 – The Beatles perform at Dodger Stadium in L.A. 1967 – The Grateful Dead, along with Janis Joplin and Big Brother and The Holding Company, play at the San Francisco funeral of Hell’s Angel Chocolate George, who was killed when he was hit by a car. 1967 – The Kinks, Dave, Dee, Beaky, Mick and Tich, and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown all appear at the Hastings Stadium Festival Of Music. 1968 – Tammy Wynette records “Stand By Your Man” at Epic Studios. 1968 – The Beatles, minus Ringo, begin recording “Dear Prudence” at Trident Studios in London. 1970 – The Security desk at the International Hotel in Las Vegas receives a phone call claiming Elvis Presley will be shot during his last show. The show goes off without incident. 1984 – With over one million tickets sold in only two months, The Jacksons' Victory reunion tour becomes the most successful concert tour in history. 1986 – The anti-corporate-pollution benefit concert, Get Tough On Toxics, is held in Long Beach, featuring The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Warren Zevon, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Young and others. 1986 – Tina Turner receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1996 – Isaac Hayes openly protests the use of the Sam and Dave song “Soul Man” (which he wrote) as a campaign song for Bob Dole’s Presidential race. 1998 – The biographical film on Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, opens in theaters nationwide. 1999 – Cheap Trick celebrates their 25th anniversary with a show at Davis Park in Rockford, Illinois. Slash joins them on stage. 2004 – Lou Rawls is awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Ohio's Wilberforce University in recognition of his charity work with the United Negro College Fund and his "lifelong service to the education of historically disadvantaged populations." 2005 – Art Garfunkel is arrested for possession of marijuana. 2005 – Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is admitted to a hospital after being shot in the leg at a party hosted by hip-hop star Kanye West. 2009 – Noel Gallagher quits Oasis, claiming he can no longer work with his brother.
