August 15 Born –
Léon Theremin (1896) – inventor.
Hugo Winterhalter (1909) – musician/arranger (“Canadian Sunset”).
Buster Brown (1911) – R&B singer ("Fannie Mae").
Oscar Peterson (1925) – Jazz pianist/composer.
Bill Pinkney (1925) – The Drifters.
Rose Maddox (aka Roselea Brogdon, 1925) – Country music singer ("Sing A
Little Song Of Heartache").
Jackie Brenston (1930) – R&B singer (“Rocket 88”).
Bobby Helms (1933) – Country music singer ("Jingle Bell Rock").
Floyd Ashton (1933) – The Tams.
Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (1938) – drummer for The Crusaders.
Shirley "Shan" Palmer (1938) – The Kaye Sisters.
Don Rich (1941) – guitarist/fiddler for Buck Owens and The Buckaroos.
Peter York (1942) – drummer for The Spencer Davis Group.
Jimmy Webb (1946) – songwriter.
Tom Johnston (1948) – guitarist/vocalist for The Doobie Brothers.
Kate Taylor (1949) – Folk singer.
Tommy Aldridge (1950) – drummer for Black Oak Arkansas.
Bobby Caldwell (1951) – singer/songwriter/producer (“What You Won’t Do For
Love”).
Matt Johnson (1961) – singer for The The.
Marcia Schofield (1962) – keyboardist for The Fall.
Stuart Richardson (1973) – bassist for Lostprophets.
Dave Welsh (1984) – guitarist for The Fray.
August 15 R.I.P. –
Big Bill Broonzy (1958) – throat cancer. Age 55. Country blues
singer/songwriter.
Thomas Wayne (1971) – car crash. Age 31. Singer ("Tragedy").
Norman Petty (1984) – leukemia. Age 57. Songwriter/producer, recording
studio owner ("Mood Indigo").
Rudy Collins (1988) – Age 54. Jazz drummer with Dizzy Gillespie and Herbie
Mann.
Lew DeWitt (1990) – Crohn's disease. Age 52. The Statler Brothers.
Jackie Edwards (1992) – heart attack. Age 54. Jamaican songwriter (“Keep On
Running”).
Ed Roberts (1993) – cancer. Age 57. Ruby and The Romantics.
Jerry Wexler (2008) – congestive heart failure. Age 91. Music
journalist/producer.
Robert Wilson (2010) – heart attack. Age 53. Bassist for The Gap Band, “The
Godfather of Bass Guitar.”
Bob Birch (2012) – suicide. Age 56. Bassist for Elton John.
August 15 album releases –
Chad and Jeremy – Distant Shores (1966)
Fleetwood Mac – The Pious Bird Of Good Omen (1969)
The Band – Rock Of Ages: The Band In Concert (1972)
Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing (1975)
Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door (1979)
America – Alibi (1980)
The Cars – Panorama (1980)
The Pretenders – Pretenders II (1981) U.S.
The Kinks – Give The People What They Want (1981) U.S.
AC/DC – Flick Of The Switch (1983)
Cheap Trick – Next Position Please (1983)
Dio – Sacred Heart (1985)
Michelle Shocked – Short Sharp Shocked (1988)
Brian Wilson – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times (1995)
Garbage – Garbage (1995)
Blind Melon – Soup (1995)
Blue October – Consent To Treatment (2000)
August 15 events –
1939 – The Wizard Of Oz has its Hollywood premiere at Grauman’s Chinese
Theatre.
1941 – Ben Bernie and His Orchestra records “Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams.”
1955 – Elvis Presley signs a management contract with Hank Snow
Attractions, which is owned equally by Snow and Colonel Tom Parker. Elvis’
first manager, Bob Neal, stays on as an advisor.
1955 – After RCA bids $20,000 to land a contract with Elvis Presley,
Columbia A&R man (and anti rock and roller) Mitch Miller claims, “No singer
is worth that much.”
1955 – Frank Sinatra records “Love And Marriage” in L.A.
1958 – Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena Santiago in his family home in
Lubbuck, Texas.
1963 – Rick Nelson records “Fools Rush In” at Western in Hollywood.
1963 – The Four Seasons headline a show in Dundas, Ontario in Canada, with
supporting acts Dionne Warwick, The Chiffons, Randy and The Rainbows,
Johnny Cymbal and Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans.
1964 – After the massive success of the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night,
United Artists rushes to sign The Dave Clark 5 to a film project entitled Catch
Us If You Can.
1964 – Dean Martin knocks The Beatles out of the #1 spot on the Hot 100
with his hit, “Everybody Loves Somebody.”
1965 – The Beatles begin their second U.S. tour at sold-out Shea Stadium,
setting a world attendance record. Opening acts on the tour include Brenda
Holloway, Cannibal and The Headhunters, King Curtis, and Sounds
Incorporated.
1965 – Otis Redding releases his single, “Respect” b/w “Ole Man Trouble” on
the Stax label.
1966 – The Beatles play at D.C. Stadium in Washington DC. Prior to the
concert, the Ku Klux Klan holds a parade in front of the stadium to protest
Lennon’s blasphemous Jesus comment.
1966 – Bobby Darin records “If I Were A Carpenter” in Los Angeles.
1967 – Fleetwood Mac makes their club debut at the Marquee in London.
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears at The Fifth Dimension club in
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1968 – The Beatles record “Rocky Raccoon.” It is the last Beatles song to
feature John Lennon on harmonica.
1969 – Promising “three days of peace, love and music, the Woodstock Music
and Art Fair begins on Max Yasgur’s 60 acre farm in Bethel, New York. Acts
appearing during the festival include Canned Heat, The Keef Hartley Band,
Mountain, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Johnny Winter, The Band,
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Janis Joplin
and The Kozmic Blues Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Incredible String
Band, Sweetwater, Santana, The Who, Joe Cocker, Sly and The Family Stone,
Ten Years After, Jimi Hendrix and others.
1969 – Led Zeppelin declines to play at Woodstock, instead opting for a
more lucrative gig at the Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio, Texas, where they
earn $30,000. Jethro Tull and Sweet Smoke open the show.
1972 – The Eagles perform at the Spectrum arena in Philadelphia, with
opening act Yes.
1973 – Baltimore, Maryland declares the day “Cass Elliott Day” in honor of
the native singer.
1980 – George Harrison’s autobiography, I Me Mine, hits bookstore shelves.
1981 – The Jacksons appear at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on their Triumph
Tour.
1982 – Queen appears at the St. Paul Civic Center arena in Minnesota on
their Hot Space Tour.
1991 – Paul Simon gives a free concert in Central Park in New York City in
front of 100,000. The concert is recorded and filmed.
1995 – The Clarence, a Dublin hotel owned by U2’s Bono and The Edge, burns
out of control for three hours and sustains major fire damage. The Kitchen
nightclub, located in the same building, is also damaged by fire.
1998 – Reba McEntire receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2002 – The John Lennon Memorial Garden opens in the small Scottish town of
Durness, where Lennon spent holidays as a youth.
2005 – Sly Stone emerges from seclusion and drives his younger sister, Vet
Stone, on his motorcycle to Los Angeles' Knitting Factory, where Vet is
performing with her edition of Sly & The Family Stone.
2007 – The Osmonds reunite for the first time in over twenty years to
celebrate their 50th anniversary in show business at The Orleans in Las
Vegas. The event is taped for broadcast by PBS.
2007 – 16 John Lennon albums become available for download on iTunes.
2009 – U2 performs at Wembley Stadium in front of 88,000 people on their 360°
Tour.
2012 – Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley make a surprise appearance at
Graceland for the annual observation of Elvis’ death: their first ever
appearance at this event.
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