August 3 Born –
Ray Bloch (1902) – pianist/songwriter, band leader for The Jackie Gleason
Show.
Les Elgart (1917) – trumpeter, bandleader ("Bandstand Boogie").
Charlie Shavers (1920) – jazz trumpeter with Dizzy Gillespie and Billie
Holiday.
Richard Adler (1921) – composer/lyricist ("Whatever Lola Wants").
Eddie Jefferson (1918) – Jazz vocalist/lyricist ("Moody's Mood For Love").
Gordon Stoker (1924) – The Jordanaires.
Tony Bennett (aka Anthony Benedetto, 1926) – singer.
Arthur Wood (1929) – original keyboardist for Climax Blues Band. Died in
2005.
Kenny Hodges (1936) – bassist for Spanky and Our Gang.
Michael "Terry" Wogan (1938) – British radio personality.
Jimmie Nicol (1939) – Ringo Starr stand-in for eight shows.
Beverly Lee (1941) – The Shirelles.
John Foley York (1946) – bassist with The Byrds.
Syreeta Wright (1946) – singer/songwriter with Motown.
Morris "B. B." Dickerson (1949) – bassist for War and The Creators.
John Graham (1951) – guitarist for Earth, Wind & Fire.
Ian Bairnson (1953) – guitarist for Pilot and The Alan Parsons Project.
Randy Scruggs (1953) – Country guitarist/singer/producer.
Kirk Brandon (1956) – Theatre Of Hate and Spear Of Destiny.
Martin Atkins (1959) – drummer for Public Image Ltd. and Ministry.
Ed Roland (1963) – vocalist for Collective Soul.
James Hetfield (1963) – guitarist/vocalist for Metallica.
Dean Sams (1966) – keyboardist for Lonestar.
Skin (aka Deborah Dyer, 1967) – vocalist for Skunk Anansie.
Stephen Carpenter (1970) – guitarist for Deftones.
DJ Spinderella (aka Deidra Roper, 1971) – Salt-N-Pepa.
August 3 R.I.P. –
Emile Berliner (1929) – heart attack. Age 78. Inventor of the disc
gramophone.
Maurice Kinn (2000) – cancer. Age 76. Founder of The New Musical Express
publication.
Arthur Lee (2006) – acute myeloid leukemia. Age 61. Love.
Erik Darling (2008) – lymphoma. Age 74. Folk singer/songwriter, The Weavers.
Louis Teicher (2008) – heart failure. Age 83. Ferrante & Teicher.
Bobby Hebb (2010) – lung cancer. Age 72. Singer/songwriter ("Sunny").
August 3 album releases –
Brenda Lee – Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! (1959)
Brenda Lee – Emotions (1961)
Canned Heat – Future Blues (1970)
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)
AC/DC – Highway To Hell (1979)
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music (1979)
Peter Frampton – The Art Of Control (1982)
Def Leppard – Hysteria (1987)
Babes In Toyland – To Mother (1991) (EP)
The Beach Boys – Summer In Paradise (1992)
The Hollywood Flames – The Hollywood Flames (1992)
Uncle Tupelo – March 16-20, 1992 (1992)
INXS – Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992)
Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Buju Banton – Voice Of America (1993)
Kylie Minogue – Mixes (1998)
The Pietasters – Awesome Mix Tape Vol. 6 (1999)
Basement Jaxx – Remedy (1999) U.S.
Gov't Mule – Mulennium (2010)
The Black Crowes – Croweology (2010)
August 3 events –
1959 – The Kingston Trio appears on the cover of Life magazine.
1961 – Chuck Berry records "Come On" at Chess in Chicago.
1963 – The Beatles play their last show at the Cavern Club.
1963 – The Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" hits the Billboard Hot 100.
1963 – Allan Sherman releases his single, “*Hello Muddah*, Hello Faddah (A
Letter From Camp)” b/w “(Rag Mop) Rat Fink.”
1966 – The Rolling Stones begin recording "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby,
Standing In The Shadow?" at RCA Studios in Hollywood.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays the first of five nights at the
Salvation Club in New York City.
1968 – Un-known singer Helen Reddy opens for The 5th Dimension at Steel
Pier in Atlantic City.
1969 – The first day of the two-day Newport Pop Festival is held in Costa
Mesa, California, featuring Alice Cooper, Steppenwolf, The Electric Flag,
Sonny and Cher, Country Joe and The Fish, Canned Heat, Tiny Tim, The James
Cotton Blues Band, The Chambers Brothers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band,
and The Charles Lloyd Quartet.
1971 – Paul McCartney announces the formation of Wings.
1974 – Jeff "Skunk" Baxter quits Steely Dan.
1974 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opens for Anne Murray at the
Schaefer Festival in Central Park in New York City.
1986 – UK tabloid News Of The World runs an interview with 16-year old
model Mandy Smith, who reveals she's been having an affair with Rolling
Stones bassist Bill Wyman for two years.
1991 – Metallica holds a free listening party for their new self-titled
album at Madison Square Garden.
1991 – The first day of the two-day Cities In The Park concerts takes place
at Heaton Park in Manchester, England. First day acts include The
Buzzcocks, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Amok, The Wonder Stuff,
Cabaret Voltaire, Paris Angels, The Railway Children, Ruthless Rap
Assassins, and Ashley & Jackson.
1991 – Johnny Lee makes his Grand Ole Opry debut.
1993 – Boston Ventures, the group Berry Gordy sold Motown to in 1988 for
$61 million, sells the label and its holdings to Dutch conglomerate
Polygram for $325 million.
1999 – Patsy Cline posthumously receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
2000 – Pearl Jam begins the North American leg of their Binaural Tour at
the GTE Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with opening act Sonic
Youth.
2002 – Bob Dylan plays the Newport Folk Festival for the first time in 37
years.
2007 – 36 years after leaving school to play music, Queen's Brian May turns
in his Astronomy PhD thesis paper.
2007 R&B singer Usher marries his hair stylist Tameka Foster. They stay
married for two years.
2009 – Katherine Jackson is named permanent guardian of Michael Jackson's
three children.
2010 – Aretha Franklin slips and falls in her bathtub, breaking two ribs,
which forces the cancellation of two upcoming August shows in Brooklyn.
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