August 12 Born –
Percy Mayfield (1920) – songwriter ("Hit The Road Jack").
Joe Jones (1926) – R&B singer/songwriter ("You Talk Too Much").
Porter Wagoner (1927) – Country music artist.
Buck Owens (aka Alvis Owens, Jr., 1929) – Country music star.
Jimmy Norman (1937) – R&B singer/songwriter/lyricist (“Time Is On My Side”).
Rod Bernard (1940) – Cajun/Creole musician.
Craig Douglas (1941) – British singer.
Ron Mael (1945) – keyboardist for Sparks.
Mark Knopfler (1949) – Dire Straits.
Kid Creole (aka Thomas Browder, 1950) – Kid Creole and The Coconuts.
Jerry Speiser (1953) – drummer for Men At Work.
Pat Metheny (1954) – guitarist.
*Jürgen Dehmel (1958) – bassist for Nena.*
*Roy Hay (1961) – guitarist for Culture Club.*
*Sir Mix-A-Lot (aka Anthony Ray, 1963) – hip hop MC.*
*Paul Tucker (1968) – songwriter/producer, Lighthouse Family.*
August 12 R.I.P. –
Kyu Sakamoto (1985) – plane crash. Age 43. Japanese singer (“Sukiyaki”).
John Cage (1992) – stroke. Age 79. Composer.
Marty Paich (1995) – colon cancer. Age 70. L.A. session musician.
Luther Allison (1997) – cancer. Age 57. Blues guitarist.
Richie Hayward (2010) – lung disease, liver cancer. Age 64. Drummer for
Little Feat.
August 12 album releases –
The Kinks – The Kinks Greatest Hits! (1966) U.S.
Big Brother and The Holding Company – Big Brother and The Holding Company
(1967)
Big Brother and The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills (1968)
Roberta Flack – Chapter Two (1970)
Luther Vandross – Never Too Much (1981)
Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (1983) (EP)
Neil Young – Old Ways (1985)
Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
Metallica – Metallica (1991)
Pat Benatar – GO (2003)
Extreme – Saudades De Rock (2008)
August 12 events –
1877 – Thomas Edison completes his prototype of the phonograph.
1939 – The Wizard Of Oz movie premieres at the Strand Theatre in
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
1940 – The Will Bradley Trio records “Down The Road A Piece” for Columbia.
1953 – The Four Lads record “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” for Columbia
Records.
1957 – Frankie Lymon quits The Teenagers for a solo career.
1957 – Johnny Mathis releases his single, “Chances Are” b/w “The Twelfth Of
Never.”
1957 – Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps and The Four Coins perform on
American Bandstand.
1958 – Elvis Presley gets emergency leave from the Army to visit his
mother, who is deteriorating rapidly from hepatitis C, at Methodist
Hospital in Memphis.
1958 – The Crests record “Sixteen Candles” and “Molly Mae” in New York City.
1960 – John, Paul, George and Stu audition drummer Pete Best at the
Jacaranda Club in Liverpool, and he lands the job because he is the only
one to audition.
1963 – Jim Ed Brown of The Browns joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1966 – The Beatles begin their final U.S. tour, performing two shows at the
International Amphitheatre in Chicago. Opening acts on the tour include The
Remains, The Ronettes, The Cyrcle, and Bobby Hebb.
1966 – Sandra Dee files for divorce from Bobby Darin.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears at the Ambassador Theatre in
Washington DC.
1967 – Diana Ross and The Supremes lip-synch to “Reflections,” and The
Mamas and The Papas mime “Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The
Canyon)” on American Bandstand.
1968 – The New Yardbirds (soon to become Led Zeppelin) begin their first
rehearsal beneath a record store at 22 Gerrard Street in Westminster,
London.
1970 – Fleetwood Mac plays the first of five nights at the Whiskey A Go-Go,
with opening act Mason Proffit.
1970 – Janis Joplin performs her last concert at Harvard Stadium in Boston.
1970 – The Hollywood Bowl hosts a memorial concert for recently deceased
folk legend Woody Guthrie, featuring Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Richie
Havens, Pete Seeger, Odetta, and Tom Paxton.
1971 – The Carpenters release their single, “Superstar” b/w “Bless The
Beasts And Children” on A&M Records.
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono donate £1,000 to the Clyde Shipbuilders
Scottish Union fund, whose workers are refusing to stop work at the Glasgow
site despite being laid off and dismissed.
1972 – Jim Croce performs “Don’t Mess Around With Jim” on American
Bandstand. Also on the show is El Chicano.
1973 – The Eagles, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young all play the Corral Club in
Topanga, California.
1977 – Guitarist Henri Padovani quits The Police, leaving them a trio.
1984 – Lionel Richie performs “All Night Long” from Los Angeles for the
closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
1986 – Prince and The Revolution begin their Parade Tour at Wembley
Stadium. This will be Prince’s last tour with The Revolution.
1988 – KISS plays the first of two nights at The Ritz in New York City, on
their Crazy Nights World Tour.
1989 – The two-day Moscow Music Peace Festival begins at Lenin Stadium.
Western acts at the event include Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Ozzy
Osbourne, Skid Row and Scorpions. It is the first time Russian
concert-goers are allowed to stand and dance at a concert.
1994 – The three-day Woodstock ’94 festival begins in Saugerties, New York.
Festival artists include Blues Traveler, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Collective
Soul, Metallica, Joe Cocker, Aerosmith, King’s X, Sheryl Crow, Del Amitri,
Blind Melon, Nine Inch Nails, Melissa Etheridge, The Allman Brothers Band,
Peter Gabriel, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and many others.
1996 – Alanis Morissette performs at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
in New York, with opening act Radiohead.
1997 – MTV premieres the Fleetwood Mac reunion concert, The Dance.
1998 – Stone Temple Pilots’ singer Scott Weiland pleads guilty to heroin
possession and is sentenced to 90 days in a drug rehab facility.
1999 – Missouri governor Mel Carnahan declares the day "Porter Wagoner Day."
2000 – During their set at the Echo Basin Ranch in Mancos, Colorado, the
members of .38 Special escape death when a gust of wind lifts, then
collapses their stage canopy, bringing down tons of lighting equipment onto
the stage. Two band members and several crew members are injured, but none
seriously.
2003 – Lee Ryan, from the British boy band Blue, is arrested for drunk
driving in London.
2007 – Cary, North Carolina, declares the day “Chicago Day,” and the band
shows up to accept the honor.
2012 – A Symphony Of Music is the theme of the star-studded closing
ceremonies of the Summer Olympics, held at Olympic Stadium in London.
Participants include The Who, The Spice Girls, Ray Davies, Pet Shop Boys,
Elbow, George Michael, The Kaiser Chiefs, Annie Lennox and many others.
Also as part of the ceremonies, Blur headlines a concert in Hyde Park in
London, with opening acts New Order, The Specials, and Bombay Bicycle Club.
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