Also of Joe Strummer and the Mescalernos (3 albums)!
On Wednesday, 21 August 2013 15:38:27 UTC+1, Eidem wrote:
> August 21 Born –
>
> William "Count" Basie (1904) – Jazz pianist/composer/bandleader.
>
> Hy Zaret (aka Hyman Zaritsky, 1907) – composer/lyricist ("Unchained
> Melody").
>
> Art Farmer (1928) – Jazz trumpeter with Lionel Hampton and Gerry Mulligan.
>
> Kenny Rogers (1938) – The New Christy Minstrels, The First Edition.
>
> James Burton (1939) – session guitarist, road guitarist with Rick Nelson
> and Elvis Presley.
>
> Harold Reid (1939) – The Statler Brothers.
>
> Tom Coster (1941) – keyboardist for The Loading Zone and Santana.
>
> Jackie DeShannon (1944) – singer/songwriter.
>
> Carl Giammarese (1947) – guitarist for The Buckinghams.
>
> Robert Hazard (1948) – songwriter ("Girls Just Wanna Have Fun").
>
> Glenn Hughes (1951) – bassist for Trapeze and Deep Purple.
>
> Joe Strummer (aka John Mellor, 1952) – The Clash.
>
> Nick Kane (1954) – guitarist for The Mavericks.
>
> Steve Smith (1954) – drummer for Journey.
>
> Budgie (aka Peter Clarke, 1957) – drummer for Siouxsie and The Banshees.
>
> Kim Sledge (1957) – Sister Sledge.
>
> David Morales (1961) – DJ/remixer/producer.
>
> Serj Tankian (1967) – vocalist for System Of A Down.
>
> Geraldine “Dina” Carroll (1968) – British singer.
>
> Liam Howlett (1971) – keyboardist for The Prodigy.
>
>
>
> August 21 R.I.P. –
>
> Thad Jones (1986) – Age 63. Jazz trumpeter for The Count Basie Orchestra.
>
> Tatiana Troyanos (1993) – breast cancer. Age 54. Opera singer.
>
> Robert Moog (2005) – brain tumor. Age 71. Inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
>
> Buddy Harman (2008) – congestive heart failure. Age 79. Prolific Nashville
> session drummer.
>
> Johnny Carter (2009) – Age 75. The Flamingos and The Dells.
>
>
>
> August 21 album releases –
>
> Etta James – Tell Mama (1968)
>
> Metallica – The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)
>
> Jethro Tull – Rock Island (1989) UK
>
> Alice In Chains – Facelift (1990)
>
> Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – Stranger In Us All (1995)
>
> Palace Music – Viva Last Blues (1995)
>
> Oasis – Be Here Now (1997)
>
> Paul McCartney – Liverpool Sound Collage (2000)
>
> John Waite – Figure In A Landscape (2001)
>
> The Damned – Grave Disorder (2001)
>
>
>
> August 21 events –
>
> 1938 – Fats Waller records “Ain’t Misbehavin’” in London.
>
> 1948 – The Orioles release their single, “It’s Too Soon To Know” b/w
> “Barbara Lee” on the It’s A Natural label. Considered to be one of the
> first rock and roll records, the single is the first “race record” to cross
> over and chart on the “white” pop carts.
>
> 1954 – Elvis Presley makes his first appearance outside of Tennessee at
> the Mint Club in Gladewater, Texas.
>
> 1958 – Ricky Nelson records “Lonesome Town” and “I Got A Feeling” at
> Master Recorders in Hollywood.
>
> 1960 – Lionel Hampton, and The Four Preps appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
> Other musical guests include Tina Robin and Manolo Mera.
>
> 1961 – Still recovering from her serious car accident and on crutches,
> Patsy Cline records the Willie Nelson song “Crazy” at Owen Bradley’s
> Quonset Hut studio.
>
> 1961 – The Marvelettes release their debut single, “Please Mr. Postman”
> b/w “So Long Baby” on the Tamla label.
>
> 1964 – The Beatles play at the Seattle Center Coliseum in Washington on
> their first U.S. tour.
>
> 1965 – Barry McGuire’s “Eve Of Destruction” hits #58 on the Hot 100.
>
> 1965 – The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Do You Believe In Magic” debuts on
> Billboard’s Hot 100.
>
> 1965 – The Beatles play at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota,
> on their second tour of the U.S.
>
> 1966 – The Beatles perform their postponed set at Cosley Stadium in
> Cincinnati at 12 noon, and then fly 350 miles to St. Louis, Missouri, for a
> show at Busch Stadium in the pouring rain. A make-shift tarp keeps the
> group somewhat dry, but the accumulative effect of the “bigger than Jesus”
> controversy, the death threats, the demonstrations and the rain cement the
> group’s decision to stop touring.
>
> 1968 – Jerry Lee Lewis agrees to play Iago in a controversial (and
> ultimately disastrous) rock-opera version of Shakespeare's Othello
> entitled Catch My Soul.
>
> 1969 – Led Zeppelin performs at the Carousel Theatre in Framington,
> Massachusetts.
>
> 1971 – Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Hawkwind, Duster Bennett, Brewers
> Droop, Indian Summer, Graphite, and Queen all appear at the Carnon Downs
> Festival at the Tregye Country Club in Truro, Cornwall.
>
> 1972 – At a Jefferson Airplane show in Akron, Ohio, a fight breaks out on
> stage between the band and local police when guitarist Paul Kantner refers
> to them as "pigs." Grace Slick is maced in the eyes, Kantner is thrown to
> the floor, and Jack Casady is arrested. Spectators throw rocks at the
> police, who respond with tear gas.
>
> 1975 – The Eagles appear at the Paramount Northwest Theater in Seattle on
> their One Of These Nights Tour.
>
> 1976 – The Rolling Stones, 10CC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Todd Rundgren's Utopia
> and Hot Tuna all appear at Knebworth.
>
> 1976 – RCA Records announces that sales of Elvis Presley records has
> surpassed the 400 million mark.
>
> 1979 – Gary Numan releases his single, “Cars” b/w “Asylum.”
>
> 1980 – Linda Ronstadt makes her Broadway debut in The Pirates Of Penzance.
>
> 1982 – U2’s Bono marries Alison Stewart. They are still married.
>
> 1983 – Guitarist Johnny Ramone undergoes four hours of surgery to remove
> blood clots from his brain after being found unconscious on a New York
> street after a fight.
>
> 1984 – Jazz film score composer and actor Clint Eastwood receives a star
> on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
>
> 1993 – Following up on molestation allegations made by a child who had
> recently spent time there, the L.A.P.D. raids Michael Jackson’s Neverland
> Ranch looking for incriminating evidence.
>
> 1994 – While on probation for drunk driving, John Denver crashes his
> Porsche into a tree and is arrested again for drunk driving in Aspen,
> Colorado.
>
> 1994 – During her concert at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California, Whitney
> Houston asks that the spotlight be turned on Justin and Sydney Simpson,
> whose father, O.J. Simpson, is currently on trial for murder.
>
> 1996 – After serving only two years of his original five-year sentence for
> kidnapping and torture, Rick James is released from California’s Folsom
> Prison.
>
> 1997 – Former Stone Roses drummer Alan Wren, in court for driving with no
> car insurance, loses his temper with a top Manchester Magistrate, is jailed
> for seven days.
>
> 1997 – At a press conference in San Francisco’s Hard Rock Cafe, Carlos
> Santana unveils his limited-edition line of t-shirts bearing his artwork,
> and autographs 500 of the shirts for distribution to foreign and domestic
> markets.
>
> 1998 – Journey performs at Freedom Hall in Louisville at the Kentucky
> State Fair: their seventh show with new singer Steve Augeri.
>
> 2000 – Madonna releases her single, “Music” b/w “Cyber Raga” on CD,
> cassette and DVD.
>
> 2000 – Survivor lead guitarist Frank Sullivan files a lawsuit in Chicago
> against TVT Records and CBS Television for their unauthorized use of the
> Survivor trademark (registered back in 1977) on the hit reality television
> show and the show’s soundtrack CD.
>
> 2003 – Johnny Cash holds his final recording session, recording the song
> "Engine One-Forty-Three" at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville.
>
> 2005 – Joan Baez camps with and performs for military mothers and other
> anti-war protesters at Camp Casey, a protest camp near President Bush'sranch
> in Crawford, Texas.
>
> 2005 – The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights at Fenway Park in
> Boston - their first two shows in the U.S. on their A Bigger Bang Tour.
>
> 2008 – Convicted pedophile Gary Glitter is refused entry into Hong Kong
> after being deported from Thailand. Banned entry in 19 countries, and with
> nowhere else to go, he returns to Thailand.
>
> 2009 – Journey and Heart appear at Freedom Hall in Louisville at the
> Kentucky State Fair.
>
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