August 24 Born –
Fred Rose (1898) – songwriter, publisher, Acuff-Rose Music.
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1905) – delta blues singer/songwriter/guitarist
("That's All Right").
Wynonie Harris (1915) – R&B singer ("Who Threw The Whisky In The Well").
Louis Teicher (1924) – pianist for Ferrante and Teicher.
Art Snider (1926) – Canadian pianist/arranger/producer, founder of Chateau
Records.
Willie Winfield (1929) – The Harptones.
David Freiberg (1938) – bassist for Quicksilver Messenger Service and
Jefferson Airplane.
Mason Williams (1938) – guitarist/composer ("Classical Gas").
Ernest Wright, Jr. (1939) – Little Anthony and The Imperials.
Tony Secunda (1940) – manager of The Moody Blues, The Move, Procol Harum
and T. Rex.
Marshall Thompson (1942) – The Chi-Lites.
Carl Mann (1942) – Rockabilly artist (“Mona Lisa”).
Jimmy Soul (aka James McCleese, 1942) – American singer ("If You Wanna Be
Happy").
John Cipollina (1943) – guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Jim Brady (1944) – The Sandpipers.
Ken Hensley (1945) – organist for Uriah Heep.
Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (1945) – saxophonist for Average White Band.
Jim Fox (1947) – drummer for The James Gang.
Jean Michel Jarre (1948) – French composer/producer.
Danny Joe Brown (1951) – vocalist for Molly Hatchet.
Michael DeRosier (1951) – session drummer, Heart.
Mark Bedford (1961) – bassist for Madness.
Colin Angus (1961) – The Shamen.
John Bush (1963) – vocalist for Anthrax and Armored Saint.
Andreas Kisser (1968) – guitarist for Sepultura.
Kristyn Osborn (1970) – SHeDAISY.
August 24 R.I.P. –
Louis Prima (1978) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 67.
Singer/songwriter/trumpeter.
Gene Page (1998) – Age 58. Composer/conductor/arranger/producer.
Warren Covington (1999) – Age 78. Jazz trombonist with Tommy Dorsey.
Hal Kalin (2005) – car crash. Age 70. The Kalin Twins ("When").
August 24 album releases –
Jeff Beck – Truth (1968)
The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You (1981)
R.E.M. – Chronic Town (1982) (EP)
Rainbow – Bent Out Of Shape (1983)
John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Corey Hart – Young Man Running (1988)
Debbie Harry – Debravation (1993)
The Alkaholiks – 21 & Over (1993)
Annihilator – Set The World On Fire (1993)
Shaggy – Midnite Lover (1997)
Moloko – I Am Not A Doctor (1998)
Christina Aguilera – Christina Aguilera (1999)
Prince – The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (1999)
Donovan – Beat Café (2004)
Steve Earle – The Revolution Starts Now. (2004)
August 24 events –
1953 – Nat "King" Cole records "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" at the
Capitol Tower in Hollywood.
1956 – Little Richard plays The Cotton Club in Lubbock, Texas. Buddy Holley
is in the audience.
1956 – Elvis Presley records “Love Me Tender,” “We’re Gonna Move” and “Poor
Boy” at 20th Century Fox Stage 1 in Hollywood.
1959 – Billboard magazine’s headline reads, "Rock and Roll Ain't Ready For
The Ol' Rockin' Chair Yet," with an accompanying story stating that rock
and roll was losing popularity a year ago, but the record buyers now like
Elvis Presley, Lloyd Price and Fats Domino along with newcomers, The Everly
Brothers, The Drifters and Ricky Nelson.
1963 – Bobby Bare records “500 Miles Away From Home” at RCA Studios in
Nashville.
1964 – Brian Epstein and "Colonel" Tom Parker meet for the first time and
have lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel during The Beatles’ first tour of
America. Parker offers to help Epstein and the group any way he can while
they’re in the U.S.
1964 – Capitol Records releases The Beatles single, “Matchbox” b/w “Slow
Down.”
1965 – Enjoying a day off in Beverly Hills, John, George and Ringo take LSD
with their guests Roger McGuinn and David Crosby. McCartney refuses.
1966 – The Youngbloods record “Get Together” at RCA Studios in New York
City.
1966 – The Doors begin recording their first album at Sunset Sound
Recording Studios in Hollywood.
1966 – The Beatles arrive in L.A. for a few days off while on their third
and final U.S. tour.
1966 – The Youngbloods record “Get Together” at RCA Studios in New York
City.
1967 – John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison and their partners
attend a lecture by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Hilton Hotel in London.
1968 – The Middle Earth Club sponsors a mini two day “festival” called
Magical Mystery Tour at the Roundhouse in London, featuring The Incredible
String Band, The Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, Traffic, Free, The
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Blossom Toes, The Deviants and Blonde On Blonde.
1969 – Arlo Guthrie’s movie, Alice’s Restaurant, premieres at the New York
Film Festival.
1969 – John Lennon writes, rehearses and records “Cold Turkey” all in one
session at Abbey Road studios.
1969 – Led Zeppelin appears at Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.
1975 – Queen begins recording “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield Studios in
Monmouth, Wales.
1977 – Federal agents raid a Nashville recording studio and arrest Waylon
Jennings for cocaine possession with intent to distribute.
1977 – Johnny Paycheck records “Take This Job And Shove It” at CBS Studios
in Nashville.
1978 – Bruce Springsteen appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for
the first time.
1979 – B.B. King celebrates his 30th year in show business with a
performance at the Roxy in Los Angeles.
1979 – The Cars perform in Central Park in New York City for 500,000 people.
1979 – Prince releases his single, “I Wanna Be Your Lover” b/w “My Love Is
Forever” in the U.S. In the UK, the single’s B-side features “Just As Long
As We’re Together,” and in Germany, the single’s B-side is “Why You Wanna
Treat Me So Bad.”
1979 – Singer Bobby Rydell appears as himself on the NBC-TV sitcom, The Facts
Of Life.
1980 – Queen performs at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh on their The Game
Tour.
1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for
murdering John Lennon.
1982 – The Rolling Stones release their live single, “Time Is On My Side”
b/w “Twenty Flight Rock” in the UK, from their Still Life album.
1983 – Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife, Shawn Stephens, is found dead in the
couple’s home from a methadone overdose. They were married less than three
months.
1989 – The Who perform a special 20th anniversary charity concert of their
rock opera Tommy at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, featuring
guests Elton John as the Pinball Wizard, Patti Labelle as the Acid Queen,
Steve Winwood as the Hawker, Phil Collins as Uncle Ernie, and Billy Idol as
Cousin Kevin.
1990 – This year’s three-day Reading Festival begins in England. Artists
appearing during the festival include Faith No More, The Cramps, Nick Cave
and The Bad Seeds, Jane’s Addiction, Inspiral Carpets, The Buzzcocks, Billy
Bragg, The Pixies, Living Colour, The Fall, Mudhoney and others.
1990 – The band Judas Priest is vindicated in court and the wrongful death
lawsuit against the band is dismissed for allegedly causing the suicide
deaths of two youths in Nevada.
1994 – The Eagles play the second of two nights at Giants Stadium in East
Rutherford, New Jersey, on their Hell Freezes Over Tour.
1996 – Oasis singer Liam Gallagher fails to show up for the recording of
the band’s MTV Unplugged session at London's Royal Festival Hall in front
of 400 fans. He is later spotted in the audience watching the show take
place without him.
1998 – Shania Twain’s outdoor concert in Syracuse, New York, is halted
abruptly when lightning hits the ground 40 yards from the stage. No one is
injured.
1998 – 53-year old Ingrid Pedersen announces that she is the long-lost
illegitimate half-sister of John Lennon, having been given up for adoption
by Lennon’s mother, Julia, as a baby.
2001 – The three-day Carling Weekend Festival begins in Temple Newsham,
Leeds. Artists appearing during the festival include Eminem, Marilyn
Manson, Papa Roach, The Queens Of The Stone Age, System Of A Down, Green
Day, Iggy Pop, Eels, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Rancid, Feeder,
Frank Black and The Catholics, Travis, Run DMC and others.
2005 – Justin Timberlake wins a substantial undisclosed amount in his libel
lawsuit against the British tabloid News Of The World for an article
stating that Timberlake had sexual liaisons while involved with actress
Cameron Diaz.
2006 – Linda Ronstadt cancels all tour dates for the rest of the year to
recover from an undisclosed surgery.
2007 – During a routine medical check-up, Bo Diddley has a heart attack in
his doctor’s office and is admitted into the hospital.
2009 – The L.A. County coroner’s office rules Michael Jackson’s death a
homicide.
2010 – George Michael pleads guilty in Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court
in London to driving under the influence of drugs, stemming from his July
arrest when he crashed his car into a building. He loses his license for
six months.
2010 – Bob Dylan announces that he will attempt to thwart scalpers from
buying large batches of tickets and selling them at inflated prices over
the Internet by selling one ticket per person at the door for the concerts
on his current tour.
2010 – Singer Julio Iglesias marries his girlfriend of 20 years - and the
mother of his five children -Miranda Rijnsburger in a private ceremony in
Marbella, Spain.
2011 – Frank DiLeo, music executive and manager of Michael Jackson during
his heyday, dies at age 63 due to complications from heart surgery.
2011 – Esther Gordy Edwards - Motown staffer, creator of the Hitsville
U.S.A. Motown Museum, and older sister of Berry Gordy - passes away at age
91.
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