August 7 Born –
Warren Covington (1921) – Jazz trombonist with Tommy Dorsey.
Felice Bryant (aka Matilda Scaduto, 1925) – songwriter (“Devoted To You”).
Stan Freberg (1926) – novelty record artist ("Nuttin' For Christmas").
Herb Reed (1928) – The Platters.
Luther Dixon (1931) – singer/songwriter/producer (“Boys”).
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (aka Ronald Kirk, 1935) – Jazz saxophonist,
multi-instrumentalist.
Charles Pope (1936) – The Tams.
Ron Holden (1939) – American pop singer.
Billy Joe "B. J." Thomas (1942) – singer.
Lana Cantrell (1943) – singer.
Kerry Chater (1945) – bassist for Gary Puckett and The Union Gap.
Carlo Novi (1949) – saxophonist for Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes.
Rodney Crowell (1950) – Country music singer/songwriter.
Andy Fraser (1952) – bassist for Free.
Bruce Dickinson (1958) – singer for Iron Maiden.
Jacquie O'Sullivan (1960) – British backing vocalist for Visage, Eurythmics
and Bananarama.
Ian Dench (1964) – guitarist/songwriter for EMF.
Raul Malo (1965) – guitarist/vocalist for The Mavericks.
Kristin Hersch (1966) – singer/songwriter for Throwing Muses.
August 7 R.I.P. –
Homer (aka Henry Haynes, 1971) – heart attack. Age 51. Homer and Jethro.
Eddie Calvert (1978) – heart attack. Age 56. Trumpeter.
Esther Phillips (1984) – liver and kidney failure. Age 48. R&B singer
(“Double Crossing Blues”).
Marshall Grant (2011) – Age 83. Bassist for The Tennessee Three.
August 7 album releases –
Brenda Lee – All The Way (1961)
Frank Zappa – Lumpy Gravy (1967)
The Byrds – Greatest Hits (1967)
Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
The Moody Blues – A Question Of Balance (1970)
King Curtis – Live At Fillmore West (1971)
Roberta Flack – Roberta Flack (1978)
Black Sabbath – Born Again (1983)
Jellyfish – Bellybutton (1990)
Extreme – Extreme II. Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale) (1990)
August 7 events –
1937 – Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra record “I Can’t Get Started.”
1954 – Johnny Cash marries his first wife, Vivian Liberto, in San Antonio,
Texas.
1954 – Elvis Presley, Bill Black and Scotty Moore play their fourth show
together at their debut appearance at The Eagles Nest in Memphis.
1957 – The Quarrymen play the Cavern Club for the first time. New member
Paul McCartney is away at scout camp and doesn’t make the gig.
1957 – Paul Anka makes his television debut, singing “Diana” on American
Bandstand.
1958 – Paul Anka records "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" at Bell Sound
Studios in New York City.
1963 – Beach Party, the first of five American-International beach movies,
starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, premieres in theaters.
1964 – Dean Martin records “The Door Is Still Open To My Heart,” and
re-records “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You” at United in Hollywood.
1964 – Time magazine reviews The Beatles' movie A Hard Days Night, with the
headline "Beatles Blow It," and advises readers to "avoid this film at all
costs.”
1964 – The 4th annual National Jazz Festival is held at the Richmond
Athletic Association Grounds in Surrey. The three-day event features The
Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, Mose Allison, Chris Barber,
The Graham Bond Organization, The Authentics, Georgie Fame and The Blue
Flames, Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men, Memphis Slim, Jimmy
Witherspoon and others.
1965 – The Turtles release their single, “It Ain’t Me Babe” b/w “Almost
There.”
1965 – The Dave Clark 5’s Mike Smith breaks two ribs when he is pulled off
stage by fans in Chicago.
1969 – Led Zeppelin appears at the Berkeley Community Theatre in California.
1970 – Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac.
1970 – The Goose Lake International Music Festival begins in Leoni Township
in Michigan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leoni_Township,_Michigan>. The
three-day event features Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Mountain, The MC5,
The Stooges, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The James Gang, Bob Seger,
Chicago, John Sebastian, Brownsville Station and others.
1971 – Frank Zappa and The Mothers, along with The Phlorescent Leech and
Eddie, appear at the Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus, and record the
show for live album release. The subsequent album, Just Another Band From
L.A., will be the final Mothers album to feature Howard Kaylan and Mark
Volman.
1972 – The Eagles perform at the PNE Coliseum in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
1974 – J. Geils’ singer Peter Wolf marries actress Faye Dunaway. They stay
married for five years.
1976 – The Sex Pistols appear on the cover of Melody Maker.
1979 – The Marshall Tucker Band appears at the Long Beach Arena in southern
California. During the course of the concert, an angry fan steals a car
from the parking lot and crashes it into the arena, plowing through two
sets of metal doors and a brick wall.
1981 – Arkansas governor Frank D. White pays tribute to Claude King and his
1962 hit by declaring the day "Wolverton Mountain Day."
1981 – B.J. Thomas joins the Grand Ole Opry on his 39th birthday.
1987 – 24 years to the day after the release of Beach Party, Back To The
Beach, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, premieres in
theaters. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Dick Dale make a cameo appearance
together, performing “Pipeline.”
1987 – In an interview on NBC’s The Today Show, Madonna calls her Michigan
hometown of Bay City “a smelly little town.”
1995 – LL Cool J (aka James Smith) marries Simone Johnson at his home in
Long Island. They are still married.
1996 – A federal appeals court overturns the ruling that original Frankie
Lymon and The Teenagers members, Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago,
co-wrote the group's biggest hit, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" ruling that
copyright claims must be filed within three years of the song's publication.
1997 – An estimated 1,000,000 people turn out to see a free concert by
Garth Brooks in Central Park in New York City. It is the largest free
concert ever to be held in the park. The concert is also broadcast live on
HBO, with an estimated 15 million viewers.
1999 – The Dave Matthews Band plays the last of three nights at the Meadows
Music Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. Rioting by non-ticket holders
occurs before and after the show in surrounding parking lots. 41 people are
arrested.
2000 – After recently re-gaining the rights to Jimi Hendrix’s name, the
Hendrix family successfully shuts down the less-than-official
www.jimihendrix.com.
2003 – The Osmonds receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2006 – Barry Manilow cancels his shows at the Las Vegas Hilton to undergo
hip surgery.
2007 – British singer Lily Allen flies to the U.S. from Australia for the
MTV Music Video Awards and has her visa revoked at the Los Angeles Airport
- where she is held and questioned for five hours - due to March and June
arrests in London for attacking paparazzi.
2007 – Ron Isley reports to prison to serve a three-year sentence for tax
evasion.
2007 – A West London Magistrate Court judge delays sentencing for
Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty, who was arrested in July for possession
of crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana, to see if the singer can get off
drugs through rehab.
2008 – Elvis Presley’s peacock jumpsuit sells for $300,000 at an auction,
becoming the highest price paid for any Elvis memorabilia.
2012 – Country singer Randy Travis is found drunk and naked lying in the
middle of the road in Sherman, Texas. When police arrive on the scene,
Travis threatens to shoot and kill them.
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