August 18 Born –
Otto Harbach (1873) – songwriter, President of ASCAP.
Enoch Light (1905) – violinist, band leader, recording engineer.
Gilbert "Cisco" Houston (1918) – Folk singer with Woody Guthrie.
Lee Jackson (1921) – Blues artist.
Sonny Til (aka Earlington Tilghman, 1928) – The Orioles.
Johnny Preston (1939) – American singer ("Running Bear").
Maxine Brown (1939) – Soul/R&B singer ("All In My Mind").
Carl Wayne (aka Colin Tooley, 1943) – vocalist for The Move.
Barbara Harris (1945) – The Toys ("A Lover's Concerto").
Sara Dash (1945) – Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles.
Nigel Griggs (1949) – bassist for Split Enz.
Dennis Elliott (1950) – original drummer for Foreigner.
John Rees (1951) – bassist for Men At Work.
Patrick Swayze (1952) – actor/dancer/singer ("She's Like The Wind").
Marvin Isley (1953) – bassist for The Isley Brothers.
Dan Peters (1967) – drummer for Mudhoney.
Blas Elias (1967) – drummer for Slaughter and Blue Man Group.
Tracy Tracy (aka Tracy Cattell, 1967) – The Primitives.
Dirk Lance (aka George Alex Katunich, 1976) – bassist for Incubus.
August 18 R.I.P. –
Rick Griffin (1991) – motorcycle crash. Age 47. Grateful Dead psychedelic
album cover/poster artist.
Tony Jackson (2003) – diabetes and cirrhosis. Age 65. Bassist for The
Searchers.
Elmer Bernstein (2004) – cancer. Age 82. Film score composer (The
Magnificent Seven).
Pervis Jackson (2008) – cancer. Age 70. The Spinners.
Kenny Edwards (2010) – prostate cancer. Age 64.
Singer/songwriter/keyboardist, The Stone Poneys.
Mickey Lee Lane (2011) – Age 70. Brill songwriter/arranger (“Shaggy Dog”).
Scott McKenzie (2012) – Age 73. Singer (“San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear
Flowers In Your Hair)”).
August 18 album releases –
Burning Spear – Man In The Hills (1976)
The Who – Who Are You (1978)
Wall Of Voodoo – Dark Continent (1981)
ABBA – ABBA Live (1986)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Kicking Against The Pricks (1986)
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (1986) U.S.
Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation (1987)
Debbie Gibson – Out Of The Blue (1987) U.S.
Phranc – Goofyfoot (1995) (EP)
At The Drive-In – Acrobatic Tenement (1996)
Tina Arena – In Deep (1997)
Korn – Follow The Leader (1998)
Front Line Assembly – Re-Wind (1998)
At The Drive-In – In/Casino/Out (1998)
Roy Buchanan – Live: Amazing Grace (2009)
August 18 events –
1937 – The FCC issues the first FM construction permit to W1XOJ (WGTR) in
Boston.
1949 – Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra, along with singer Harry Prime,
records “You’re Breaking My Heart” for Bluebird Records.
1952 – A week after being fired from the Grand Ole Opry, Hank Williams is
arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in Alexander City, Alabama.
1960 – Bobby Darin records “Lazy River” and “Artificial Flowers” in Los
Angeles.
1961 – Jimmy Dean records “Big Bad John” in Nashville.
1961 – The first day of the Mariposa Folk Festival begins at Oval Park in
Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Artists performing at the two-day event include
Ian & Sylvia, The Travellers, Bonnie Dobson, Jacques Labreque, Alan Mills
and others.
1962 – Ringo Starr makes his first appearance as The Beatles’ new drummer
at the Horticultural Society Dance in Birkenhead.
1963 – The Louvin Brothers play their final gig together in Watseka,
Illinois.
1964 – The Beatles fly from London to San Francisco to begin their first
proper tour of the U.S.
1965 – Arranged by KPOI DJ Tom Moffat in Hawaii, Herman's Hermits singer
Peter Noone interviews Elvis Presley live from his bungalow in Honolulu,
where he is relaxing while filming his latest movie, Paradise, Hawaiian
Style.
1965 – The Beatles fly from Toronto to Atlanta to perform one show at
Fulton County Stadium in Georgia.
1965 – Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, Jackie DeShannon, Glen Campbell, Dick and
Dee Dee, Jay P. Mobey, Eddie Rambeau, Billy Preston, Patty Michaels, Fanita
James, Bobby Sherman, The Wellingtons and Eddie Hodges all appear on
Shindig!
1965 – The Dave Clark 5 movie, Having A Wild Weekend, has its U.S. premiere
in New York City.
1966 – Singer Paul Jones quits Manfred Mann. Mike d’Abo will replace him.
1966 – Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass perform at the White House for
President and Mrs. Johnson.
1966 – The Four Tops release their single, “Reach Out I’ll Be There” b/w
“Until You Love Someone” on Motown.
1966 – The Beatles perform at the Suffolk Downs Racetrack in Boston.
1967 – Episode 5 of Rick Nelson’s new television series, Malibu U., airs on
ABC, with guests The 5th Dimension, The Sunshine Company, and Roger
Williams.
1969 – Mick Jagger is accidently shot in the hand by a prop gun on the set
of the movie Ned Kelly.
1969 – The Woodstock festival finally comes to an end, 12 hours behind
schedule, with Jimi Hendrix’s iconic performance.
1969 – Led Zeppelin performs at the Rock Pile club in Toronto, Canada, with
opening act Edward Bear.
1971 – The 5th Dimension Traveling Sunshine Show television special airs on
ABC-TV, featuring guests Dionne Warwick and The Carpenters.
1973 – Drummer Gene Krupa plays his last gig with The Benny Goodman
Quartet. He will be dead from leukemia in less than two months.
1976 – Marvin Gaye narrowly avoids a ten-day jail sentence by finally
paying his back child support and alimony.
1977 – The Police make their stage debut as a three-piece at Rebecca’s in
Birmingham, West Midlands.
1977 – At 4am, a drunk driver plows into a crowd of 2,000 mourners standing
outside the gates of Graceland awaiting Elvis’ funeral. Two girls are
killed, and the driver flees the scene. At 2:00 in the afternoon, Elvis
Presley’s funeral and burial service is held at Graceland.
1978 – The Temptations' Melvin Franklin is shot four times in the hand and
leg during an attempted carjacking. He survives.
1979 – The Who, AC/DC, The Stranglers, and Nils Lofgren appear at Wembley
Stadium.
1979 – Nick Lowe marries Johnny Cash’s step-daughter, Carlene Carter.
1982 – Liverpool names four of its streets for The Beatles: John Lennon
Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.
1983 – The Police appear at Shea Stadium, with opening acts Joan Jett and
The Blackhearts and R.E.M.
1986 – Ian & Sylvia reunite for the first time in 11 years for a concert at
the Kingswood Music Theatre at the Wonderland Amusement Park in Toronto,
with opening acts Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris and Murray
McLauchlan.
1991 – Billy Preston is arrested on charges of battery after allegedly
attacking a 16-year-old prostitute that Preston discovered was a
transvestite.
1991 – Sweet Jesus appears at the Boardwalk in Manchester, with opening act
The Rain - soon to become Oasis.
1992 – Courtney Love gives birth to Kurt Cobain’s only child, Frances Bean.
2000 – During their set at the annual Classic Rock Festival at Whitehorse
Mountain Amphitheater in Darrington, Washington, Joey Molland of Badfinger
falls off the stage and breaks his leg, but finishes the show.
2005 – In an interview on MTV, Kanye West denounces the rampant homophobia
in the hip-hop community.
2006 – Vocalist for The Darkness Justin Hawkins checks himself into the
Priory rehabilitation hospital, suffering from exhaustion after three years
of constant touring.
2006 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty pleads guilty in Thames Magistrates
Court in London to seven counts of drug possession, including heroin and
crack cocaine.
2010 – Bee Gee Robin Gibb undergoes emergency gastro-intestinal surgery for
blocked intestines.
2010 – French beauty brand Etat Libre D'Orange announces that they have
teamed up with The Sex Pistols to bottle the scent of the Punk era by
launching the band's first fragrance, with company executives claiming, "to
wear this scent, you must resist tradition, fight conformity, and disregard
aromatic conventions."
2012 – Husband and drummer for Wynonna Judd, Michael “Cactus” Moser has his
left leg torn off when he collides with a car while riding his motorcycle
through the Black Hills in South Dakota. Moser is life-flighted to a nearby
hospital where the remainder of his leg is amputated.
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