August 29 Born –
Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920) – Jazz saxophonist.
Dinah Washington (aka Ruth Jones, 1924) – R&B/jazz singer ("Baby Get
Lost").
Johnny Paris (aka John Pocisk, 1940) – Johnny and The Hurricanes.
Dick Halligan (1943) – keyboardist for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Chris Copping (1945) – keyboardist for The Paramounts and Procol
Harum.
Rick Downey (1953) – drummer for Blue Öyster Cult.
Kevin "GG" Allin (1956) – vocalist for The Jabbers.
Michael Jackson (1958)
Jeff Fehily (1963) – drummer for Hothouse Flowers.
Elizabeth Fraser (1963) – Cocteau Twins.
Pebbles (aka Perri McKissack, 1964) – TLC.
Kyle Cook (1975) – guitarist for Matchbox 20.
August 29 R.I.P. –
Jimmy Reed (1976) – respiratory failure. Age 50. Blues guitarist/
songwriter ("Big Boss Man").
Guy Stevens (1981) – overdose. Age 38. British producer, manager.
Charlie Feathers (1998) – stroke. Age 66. Rockabilly artist.
"Jumpin'" Gene Simmons (2006) – Age 73. Rockabilly singer ("Haunted
House").
Simon Dee (2009) – bone cancer. Age 74. British radio DJ, and TV host
of Dee Time.
David “Honeyboy” Edwards (2011) – congestive heart failure. Age 96.
Delta blues singer/guitarist.
August 29 album releases –
Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour (1969)
Warren Zevon – Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels (1989)
Lenny Kravitz – Black And White America (2011)
August 29 events –
1946 – Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's A Pity
To Say Goodnight.”
1958 – The first of Alan Freed's Big Beat revues is held at Brooklyn’s
Fox Theatre in New York, featuring Chuck Berry, Billy Haley and His
Comets, Frankie Avalon, The Elegants, Bobby Freeman, and Jimmy
Clanton.
1959 – The Quarrymen play on opening night of Mona Best’s Casbah Club.
George Harrison joins the group on stage.
1962 – Elvis Presley’s 10th movie, Kid Galahad, opens in theaters
nationwide.
1964 – The Beatles play their second concert at the Forest Hills
Tennis Stadium in New York, concluding their first U.S. tour.
1964 – With the British Invasion in full swing, Billboard magazine
notes that guitar sales are the highest they've been since the advent
of Elvis Presley.
1964 – Roy Orbison releases his single, “Oh Pretty Woman” b/w “Yo Te
Amo Maria.”
1965 – The Beatles play the first of two nights at the Hollywood Bowl.
1966 – The last episode of Hullaballoo airs on NBC.
1966 – The Beatles play the last date of their last U.S. tour at the
Cow Palace in San Francisco.
1970 – The Man Pop Festival takes place at Winnipeg Stadium in
Manitoba, featuring Led Zeppelin, The Youngbloods, Iron Butterfly and
The Ides Of March.
1976 – The Sex Pistols appear at Screen On The Green, with The Clash
and The Buzzcocks as opening acts.
1977 – Three men are arrested near the Forest Hill Cemetery mausoleum
in Memphis for attempting to steal the body of Elvis Presley, where he
is entombed in a 900-pound copper coffin. The incident prompts the
family to move Elvis’ coffin back to Graceland.
1981 – The two-day Rock On The Tyne festival begins in Gateshead,
featuring U2, Lindisfarne, Elvis Costello, Rory Gallagher, Ian Dury,
Wang Chung and others.
1986 – The original American Bandstand studio, located at 4548 Market
Street in Philadelphia, is entered into the U.S. National Register of
Historic Places.
1992 – U2 plays Yankee Stadium: the second act to ever do so (after
Billy Joel).
1995 – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service places a lien on Aretha
Franklin's home for $661,456 in back taxes.
1995 – Two members of Meat Loaf's music video film crew, filming the
video for “I’d Lie For You,” are killed when their helicopter strikes
some power lines and crashes in Sequoia National Park.
1999 – HBO airs Cher: Live From Las Vegas.
2005 – Fats Domino is rescued from his flooded home in New Orleans'
Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina.
2008 – Organizers of the Rock En Seine festival in Paris threaten
legal action against Amy Winehouse when she cancels her appearance as
concert headliner two hours before show time.
2008 – Rapper DMX (aka Earl Simmons) pleads guilty to trying to buy
cocaine and cannabis in Miami, and is sentenced to time served.
However, Simmons is kept in custody awaiting extradition to the state
of Arizona on outstanding drug and animal cruelty charges.
