August 14 Born –
Armando "Buddy" Greco (1926) – singer/pianist ("The Lady Is A Tramp").
Darrell "Dash" Crofts (1940) – Seals and Crofts.
David Crosby (1941) – singer/songwriter, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash
and Young.
Lionel Morton (1941) – The Four Pennies.
Connie Smith (1941) – Country music singer (“Once A Day”).
Frank “Son” Seals (1942) – Blues guitarist/singer.
Larry Graham (1946) – bassist for Sly and The Family Stone.
George Newsome (1947) – drummer for Climax Blues Band.
Maddy Prior (1947) – singer for Steeleye Span.
Bruce Thomas (1948) – bassist for Elvis Costello and The Attractions.
Bob "Slim" Dunlap (1951) – guitarist for The Replacements.
Sarah Brightman (1960 – classical singer.
Sharon Bryant (1960) – Atlantic Starr.
Mark Collins (1965) – guitarist for The Charlatans.
Kevin Cadogan (1970) – guitarist/vocalist for Third Eye Blind.
Ana Matronic (aka Ana Lynch, 1974) – Scissor Sisters.
August 14 R.I.P. –
Johnny Burnette (1964) – drowned. Age 30. Rockabilly songwriter/musician.
Charles Fizer (1965) – shot during the Watts riots. Age 25. The Olympics.
Oscar Levant (1972) – heart attack. Age 65. Pianist/composer (“Blame It On
My Youth”).
Robert Calvert (1988) – heart attack. Age 44. Singer for Hawkwind.
Roy Buchanan (1988) – suicide. Age 48. Blues guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Tony Williams (1992) – emphysema. Age 68. The Platters.
Dave Williams (2002) – cardiomyopathy. Age 30. Vocalist for Drowning Pool.
Johnny Duncan (2006) – heart attack. Age 67. Country music singer (“It
Couldn’t Have Been Any Better”).
Lita Roza (2008) – Age 82. British singer (“(How Much Is) That Doggie In
The Window?”).
Abbey Lincoln (2010) – Age 80. Jazz singer/songwriter/actress (For The Love
Of Ivy).
August 14 album releases –
The Rolling Stones – Five X Five (1964) UK (EP)
The Who – Who’s Next (1971) UK
Al Green – Al Green Gets Next To You (1971)
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells – Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues (1972)
Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly (1973)
Brenda Lee – Feels So Right (1985)
The Heart Throbs – Cleopatra Grip (1990)
Motörhead – March Ör Die (1992)
August 14 events –
1956 – The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Elvis Presley is
founded by Washington DC disc jockey Bob Rickman because of all the
derogatory articles written about Elvis.
1958 – Elvis Presley’s mother, Gladys, dies at 3:00am from a heart attack
at age 46. Elvis refuses an autopsy, and her body is taken to Graceland
where it will lay in state for two days. An inconsolable Elvis spends the
next two days sitting and staring at his mother’s lifeless corpse.
1959 – Johnny Cash, along with The Anita Kerr Singers, records “I’ll
Remember You,” “Lorena,” “The Rebel Johnny Yuma,” “The Ballad Of Boot
Hill,” “Remember The Alamo” and “The Little Drummer Boy” at Owen Bradley’s
Quonset Hut studio in Nashville.
1962 – Roy Orbison records “Leah” and “Workin’ For The Man” in Nashville.
1962 – Brian Epstein, along with John, Paul and George - considering advice
from producer George Martin - decide that drummer Pete Best is to be let go
from the group.
1964 – Tony Bennett records “Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)” at
CBS Studios in New York City.
1965 – The McCoys’ “Hang On Sloopy” hits the Billboard Hot 100.
1965 – Bobby Bare joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1965 – The Beatles gather at Studio 50 in New York City and tape six songs
for future Ed Sullivan shows, performing “I Feel Fine,” “I’m Down,” “Act
Naturally,” “Ticket To Ride,” “Yesterday” and “Help!”
1965 – Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” hits #1 on the Hot 100 and stays
there for three weeks.
1966 – The Beatles play one show at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio,
on their final U.S. tour. The concert is halted for 30 minutes when fans
break through a security barrier and invade the field.
1966 – Texas radio station KLUE-AM, who hosted the first Beatles bonfire
their previous evening, is knocked off the air when a lightning bolt hits
their transmission tower.
1966 – The Catholic Herald of London runs an editorial describing John
Lennon's recent "bigger than Jesus" comment as "arrogant," while admitting
it was a generally accurate remark.
1966 – Little Anthony and The Imperials, and Lenny Welch & Flip Cartridge
appear at the Surf ‘N’ See Club in Sea Bright, New Jersey, with local
opening acts The Vick-Ters, Libbi & Evelyn, The Shadows, The Rusty Chain,
and The Castiles, featuring 16-year old Bruce Springsteen.
1967 – Britain's new Marine Broadcasting Offenses Act goes into effect,
forcing all but one (Radio Caroline) of the country's famous "pirate" radio
stations off the air.
1968 – Arthur Brown’s “Fire” hits #1 on the UK singles chart and stays
there for two weeks.
1970 – Stephen Stills is arrested for possession of cocaine and
barbiturates in La Jolla, California, after being found crawling along a
motel hallway, incoherent and "combative."
1970 – The three-day Yorkshire Folk, Blues and Jazz Festival begins in
Krumlin. Festival acts include Atomic Rooster, The Kinks, Elton John, Yes,
The Pretty Things, Mungo Jerry, The Groundhogs, Alan Price, Pentangle,
Juicy Lucy, Fairport Convention and others. Torrential rains mar the entire
event, with the third day of the festival being completely rained out.
Music newspaper Melody Maker calls the festival “an unmitigated disaster.”
1971 – Diana Ross gives birth to her first child, Rhonda, the daughter of
Berry Gordy.
1971 – Rod Stewart’s “Maggie Mae” charts on the Hot 100.
1971 – Elton John records “Indian Sunset,” “Rotten Peaches” and “Madman
Across The Water” at Trident Studios in London.
1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiers in the UK.
1976 – Nick Lowe releases his first solo single, “So It Goes” b/w “Heart Of
The City” on Stiff Records: the record company’s first release.
1976 – Steve Miller releases their single, “Rock‘n Me” b/w “Shu Ba Da Du Ma
Ma Ma Ma."
1981 – Judge Joseph Evans rules that the estate of Elvis Presley is no
longer beholden to Colonel Tom Parker, thus breaking the manager’s 36 year
hold over Elvis’ money. The judge then advises Elvis Presley Enterprises to
sue Parker for mismanagement.
1985 – Michael Jackson takes control of The Beatles’ music catalog.
1992 – Wayne Newton files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1994 – Clifton Clowers, the real-life Tennessee mountain man who was the
subject of Claude King's 1964 country smash "Wolverton Mountain," dies at
the ripe old age of 101.
1995 – The Foo Fighters make their network television debut, performing
“This Is A Call” on The Late Show With David Letterman.
1996 - A Long Island battered women's shelter refuses a donation from the
proceeds of a charity concert featuring soul singer James Brown, who has
been accused of wife beating three times since 1988.
1999 – Former teen idol Leif Garrett pleads guilty to drug possession to
get into a rehab center.
2001 – A pizza-stained piece of paper signed by three of the four Beatles
during their 1964 tour of Australia sells for £17,441 to an anonymous
collector at an auction in Melbourne. John, Paul and George all signed
their autographs for a fan while the band was staying at a hotel in
Adelaide. Ringo, who had remained in London to have his tonsils taken out,
was not on the tour at that point.
2005 – Babyshambles front man Pete Doherty is held by customs officials for
three hours and forced to endure an all-body and cavity strip search at
Gardermoen Airport in Norway in an effort to ensure that he is not carrying
drugs.
2006 – Boy George begins his five days of community service by sweeping the
streets of New York City, and is soon mobbed by the media. George is moved
to a fenced off area so he isn’t bothered.
2009 – George Michael is arrested for driving under the influence after his
Land Rover is involved in a collision with a lorry on the A34 in Berkshire.
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