August 19 Born –
Jimmy Rowles (1918) – Jazz pianist with Ella Fitzgerald.
Peter "Ginger" Baker (1939) – drummer for Cream and Blind Faith.
Johnny Nash (1940) – singer/songwriter ("I Can See Clearly Now").
Roger Cook (1940) – British songwriter, Blue Mink and David and Jonathan.
Don Fardon (1943) – British singer, The Sorrows (“Indian Reservation”).
Billy J. Kramer (aka William Ashton, 1943) – singer with The Dakotas.
Ian Gillan (1945) – singer for Deep Purple.
Elliot Lurie (1948) – guitarist for Looking Glass.
Susan Jacks (aka Susan Pesklevits, 1948) – The Poppy Family.
John Deacon (1951) – bassist for Queen.
Joey Tempest (aka Rolf Larsson, 1963) – vocalist for Europe.
Lee Ann Womack (1966) – Country music singer/songwriter ("I Hope You
Dance").
August 19 R.I.P. –
Blind Willie McTell (1959) – stroke. Age 61. Ragtime/blues singer/guitarist
("Statesboro Blues").
Dorsey Burnette (1979) – heart attack. Age 46. Rockabilly artist, The Rock
And Roll Trio.
Richard Maltby, Sr. (1991) – heart failure. Age 77. Conductor/arranger/band
leader (“The Man With The Golden Arm”).
Betty Everett (2001) – Age 61. Soul singer/pianist (“The Shoop Shoop Song
(It’s In His Kiss)”).
LeRoi Moore (2008) – pneumonia. Age 46. Saxophonist for The Dave Matthews
Band.
Dick Maloney (2010) – Age 77. Canadian jazz singer/songwriter, radio host
of Sentimental Journey.
August 19 album releases –
The Beach Boys – The Best Of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 (1968)
The Beach Boys – Stack-O-Tracks (1968)
The Carpenters – Close To You (1970)
Nilsson – Pussycats (1974)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – So Far (1974)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never
Ends (1974)
The Manhattan Transfer – Coming Out (1976)
The Doobie Brothers – Livin’ On The Fault Line (1977)
John Cougar Mellencamp – Scarecrow (1985)
Arthur Brown and Jimmy Carl Black – Brown, Black & Blue (1991)
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – The Fire Inside (1991)
The Beach Boys – Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 (1996)
Sneaker Pimps – Becoming X (1996)
Fleetwood Mac – The Dance (1997)
Alison Moyet – Hometime (2002) UK
Lady Gaga – The Fame (2008)
August 19 events –
1918 – Army Sgt. Irving Berlin debuts his musical, Yip, Yip, Yaphank, at
the Century Theater in New York.
1939 – The Dick Jurgens Orchestra records “Day Dreams Come True At Night.”
1954 – B.B. King plays to a capacity crowd at the Savoy Ballroom in
Hollywood, with openers The Platters and Johnny Otis.
1954 – Elvis Presley records “Blue Moon” at Sun Records.
1955 – New York City radio station WINS institutes a policy of playing
original versions of R&B singles rather than cover versions by white
artists.
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis plays live on American Bandstand. Jimmy Bowen is
also on the show.
1957 – Pat Boone appears on the cover of Newsweek with the byline, "His
Refreshing Song Fills The Air."
1957 – Country music artist Don Gibson releases his single, “Blue Blue Day”
b/w “Too Soon To Know” on RCA Records.
1963 – Buck Owens releases his single, “Love’s Gonna Live Here” b/w
“Getting Used To Losing You” on Capitol Records.
1964 – The Beatles begin their first U.S. tour with a performance at the
Cow Palace in San Francisco. Opening acts for the tour are The Righteous
Brothers, The Bill Black Combo, The Exciters and Jackie DeShannon.
1964 – The Rolling Stones play the second of three nights at the New
Theatre Ballroom in Guernsey.
1964 – The High Numbers play The Scene club in Soho.
1965 – The Beatles play two shows at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston,
Texas.
1966 – Sandy Posey records “Single Girl” at Columbia Studios in Nashville.
1966 – The Beatles fly to Memphis for two concerts at the Mid-South
Coliseum. Prior to the shows, the group receives death threats, and a
Memphis city official announces, “The Beatles are not welcome in Memphis.”
Outside the stadium, a mass religious rally takes place, as well as
protests by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
1967 – Charlie Walker joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1967 – Jason Starkey is born: the second son for Ringo and Maureen Starr.
1969 – Jefferson Airplane, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Joni Mitchell
all appear on The Dick Cavett Show, having just come from the Woodstock
festival.
1969 – R.B. Greaves records his song, “Take A Letter, Maria” at Muscle
Shoals in Alabama.
1969 – Miles Davis begins recording his album Bitches Brew with the first
of three marathon sessions at Columbia Studios in New York City.
1971 – Led Zeppelin begins their seventh North American tour at the Pacific
Coliseum in Vancouver.
1972 – David Bowie plays the first of two nights at the Rainbow Theatre in
London on his Ziggy Stardust tour.
1972 – The Midnight Special music variety show debuts on NBC-TV as a
90-minute special encouraging young people to vote in the upcoming
Presidential election. The program will become a weekly music show starting
February 2, 1973.
1973 – Kris Kristofferson marries Rita Coolidge. They stay married six
years.
1977 – The Sex Pistols begin a secret tour, appearing as The Spots (The Sex
Pistols On Tour Secretly) at the Club Lafayette in Wolverhampton.
1980 – Alice Cooper suffers an asthma attack and is forced to cancel his
concert in Toronto, causing 1,400 ticket holders to riot.
1982 – Queen appears at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi,
Mississippi, on their Hot Space Tour.
1983 – Sporadic since it was originally shut down in 1968, pirate radio
station Radio Caroline makes its comeback on board the ship Ross Revenge in
the North Sea's international waters.
1985 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform at Giants Stadium in
East Rutherford, New Jersey, on their Born In The U.S.A. Tour.
1988 – On the 100th anniversary of the jukebox, Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog”
and Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” are named the most played jukebox songs.
1998 – Priscilla Presley wins $75,000 in her defamation lawsuit against
Currie Grant, who claimed he’d had an affair with her before she married
Elvis.
1999 – A television ad featuring the late Linda McCartney urging a boycott
of fishing is banned by the Advertising Clearance Centre in the UK.
2000 – The two-day V2000 festival begins at Hylands Park in Chelmsford,
featuring Coldplay, The Dandy Warhols, Joe Strummer, Barenaked Ladies,
Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, Travis, The Flaming Lips, Macy Gray,
Supergrass, Beth Orton, Feeder, Toploader, Cypress Hill and others.
2003 – 40-year old Steven Hindley from Nottinghamshire is jailed for six
months for stalking and threatening S Club singer Tina Barrett
2005 – A life-size bronze statue of Phil Lynott is unveiled on Harry Street
in Dublin. The ceremony is attended by his former Thin Lizzy band members
Gary Moore, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham.
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