August 25 Born –
Leonard Bernstein (1918) – composer (West Side Story).
Jerry Rivers (1928) – fiddler for Hank Williams and The Drifting Cowboys
(“Hey Good Lookin’”).
Wayne Shorter (1933) – saxophonist with Miles Davis and Weather Report.
Christopher Augustine (1941) – drummer for Every Mother's Son.
Walter Williams (1942) – The O'Jays.
Alan Parker (1944) – British session guitarist.
Pete Arnesen (1947) – keyboardist for The Rubettes.
Gene Simmons (aka Chaim Weitz, 1949) – KISS.
Willy DeVille (1950) – Mink DeVille.
James Warren (1951) – bassist for The Korgis.
Rob Halford (1951) – singer for Judas Priest.
Bob Mayo (1951) – keyboardist for Peter Frampton.
Geoff Downes (1952) – keyboardist for Yes, Asia and The Bugles.
Elvis Costello (aka Declan MacManus, 1954) – singer/songwriter.
Chris Sievey (aka Frank Sidebottom, 1955) – The Freshies.
John McGeoch (1955) – guitarist for Magazine and Siouxsie and The Banshees.
Billy Ray Cyrus (1961) – Country music singer/songwriter ("Achy Breaky
Heart").
Vivian Campbell (1962) – guitarist for Def Leppard and Thin Lizzy.
Candida Doyle (1963) – keyboardist for Pulp.
Erik Dahlgren (1965) – drummer for The Wannadies.
Mia Zapata (1965) – singer for The Gits.
Terminator X (aka Norman Rogers, 1966) – DJ for Public Enemy.
Jeff Tweedy (1967) – guitarist/vocalist for Uncle Tupelo and Wilco.
Luke Scott (1969) – guitarist for Babybird.
Flattus Maximus (aka Cory Smoot, 1977) – guitarist for GWAR.
August 25 R.I.P. –
Stan Kenton (1979) – stroke. Age 67. Pianist and composer.
Ray Eberle (1979) – heart attack. Age 60. Singer with the Glenn Miller
Orchestra.
Rob Fisher (1999) – cancer. Age 42. Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher.
Jack Nitzsche (2000) – cardiac arrest. Age 63. Producer/arranger.
Allen Woody (2000) – Age 44. Bassist for The Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t
Mule.
Aaliyah (2001) – plane crash. Age 22. Singer (“Try Again”).
John L. Nelson (2001) – Age 85. Jazz musician, The Prince Rogers Trio.
August 25 album releases –
The Supremes – The Supremes A’ Go-Go (1966)
Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston – Take Two (1966)
The Who – Who’s Next (1971) U.S.
The Kinks – Everybody’s In Show-Biz (1972)
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (1975)
The Replacements – Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981)
The Time – What Time Is It? (1982)
Alice Cooper – Zipper Catches Skin (1982)
The Cars – Door To Door (1987)
Metallica – …And Justice For All (1988)
Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992)
The Wallflowers – The Wallflowers (1992)
Garth Brooks – Beyond The Season (1992)
Linda Ronstadt – Frenesi (1992)
The Brian Jones Massacre – Methodrone (1995)
Rammstein – Sehnsucht (1997)
Gamma Ray – Somewhere Out In Space (1997)
Dolly Parton – Hungry Again (1998)
Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
August 25 events –
1941 – Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra records “Don’t Let Julia Fool Ya.”
1957 – Guy Mitchell sings “Call Rosie On The Phone,” and Sal Mineo performs
“Lasting Love” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Carmen McRae,
performing “Skyliner.”
1961 – The Beatles open for Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band aboard
the MV Royal Iris ferry boat (their first of four such appearances) for the
Riverboat Shuffle - a three-hour trip down the Mersey River, put on by
Cavern Club owner Ray McFall.
1963 – Paul McCartney is fined £31 and has his driver’s license suspended
for a year after being found guilty of speeding.
1964 – On a day off during their first U.S. tour, The Beatles meet Burt
Lancaster and Jayne Mansfield, who talk them into going to the Whiskey A
Go-Go. Photographers cause such a problem that George throws a glass of
water, and the group leaves within 15 minutes.
1965 – The Beatles’ second feature film, Help! opens in theaters nationwide
in the U.S. Meanwhile, two female Beatles fans hire a helicopter to fly
over the house The Beatles are renting in Beverly Hills while on tour, and
jump from the helicopter into the swimming pool.
1965 – The film, Wild On The Beach, opens in theaters, featuring
performances by Sonny and Cher, Sandy Nelson, and The Astronauts.
1966 – The Beatles play two shows at the Coliseum in Seattle, Washington,
on their final tour of the U.S.
1967 – The Beach Boys, with a rare live appearance by leader Brian Wilson,
play the first of two shows at the Honolulu International Center in Hawaii.
Both shows will be recorded for a possible live album release.
1967 – The Beatles and a small group of friends travel to Bangor in North
Wales to attend a 10-day seminar with the Maharishi.
1967 – Episode 6 of Rick Nelson’s new television series, Malibu U., airs on
ABC, with guests The Doors, Marvin Gaye, Chad and Jeremy, and Lou Christie.
1970 – Elton John makes his U.S. stage debut at the Troubadour in L.A.,
playing the first of six sold-out nights at the club.
1970 – Emerson, Lake and Palmer make their live stage debut at the Guild
Hall in Plymouth, England.
1970 – Jimi Hendrix holds a grand opening party for his Electric Ladyland
studio in New York City.
1971 – Led Zeppelin appears at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Texas.
1973 – Bobby Darin performs his last concert at the Las Vegas Hilton.
1973 – The Allman Brothers Band releases their single, “Ramblin’ Man” b/w
“Pony Boy.” Meanwhile, Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks crashes his car
in Macon, Georgia, breaking his leg.
1975 – Bruce Springsteen releases his single, “Born To Run” b/w “Meeting
Across The River.”
1976 – Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello star in the summer television
replacement series, Easy Does It. The show lasts four weeks.
1977 – California governor Jerry Brown appoints singer and longtime
environmental activist Helen Reddy to the state's Parks Commission.
1981 – R.E.M. appears at The Scorpio in Charlotte, North Carolina, at a
show billed as "Charlotte's First Gay New Wave Disco and Costume Party."
1989 – Chicago Mayor Richard Michael Daley declares the day “Pop Staples Day,”
in honor of the native musician and leader of the Staple Singers.
1989 – Singer John Mellencamp becomes a grandfather at age 38 when his
19-year old daughter Michelle gives birth to Elexis Suzanne Peach.
1993 – Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard, McKinley Lee, are arrested for the
murder of rival gang member Philip Woldermariam in a drive-by shooting.
Snoop is released on $1 million bail.
1994 – The divorce between Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley becomes
finalized after nine years of marriage.
1994 – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant reunite in a London studio and record
and film their concert that will become the MTV special, Unledded.
1994 – Jimmy Buffett crashes his Grumman G-44 Widgeon seaplane into the
waters of Nantucket while attempting to takeoff. Buffet swims to safety
with minor injuries.
1995 – This year’s Reading Festival begins at Little John’s Farm in the UK.
Artists appearing during the three-day event include Smashing Pumpkins,
Green Day, Foo Fighters, Beck, Neil Young, Soundgarden, Blind Melon, Hole,
Teenage Fanclub, Silverchair, Paul Weller, The Boo Radleys, Reef,
Stereolab, Pavement, The Cardigans, Echobelly, White Zombie and many others.
1997 – A deranged man who escaped from a mental institution near Helsinki,
Finland, dowses the stage Michael Jackson will be performing on with
gasoline, but is arrested before he is able to light the stage on fire.
1999 – The city of Concord, California, sues Whitney Houston for $100,000
when she cancels her concert there due to “illness.”
1999 – Bassist for Oasis, Paul McGuigan, quits the band barely three weeks
after guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs left the group.
2000 – This year’s three-day Carling Weekend Festival begins in Reading,
England. Artists appearing during the three-day event include Oasis, Primal
Scream, Limp Bizkit, Pulp, Slipknot, Muse, The Wannadies, Black Eyed Peas,
Ian Brown, Ween, Blink-182, Super Furry Animals, Foo Fighters, The
Supersuckers, Queens Of The Stone Age, Elliott Smith, Rage Against The
Machine and many others.
2005 – Former Guns ‘N Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan sue Axl Rose for
publishing royalties when Rose claims himself to be the sole administrator
of the band’s copyrights, calling Rose’s move “arrogance and ego.”
2006 – Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton reveals he is battling throat cancer.
2007 – Singing his 1968 hit “Fire” on stage in Lewes, England, Arthur Brown
catches on fire while wearing his customary tin-foil hat with a small fire
burning
in the center.
2009 – Bob Dylan reveals on his weekly radio show that he is speaking to a
number of car companies about becoming the voice of their satellite
navigation systems.
2009 – Rapper Chris Brown is sentenced to 180 days community service, 52
weeks of domestic violence counseling, five years probation and is fined
$2,960 for the February 8 beating of singer Rihanna. He is also ordered to
remain at least 100 yards away from the singer.
2010 – A day after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of drugs,
George Michael checks into a rehab facility in London.
2010 – The center stage of the Grand Ole Opry’s Ryman Auditorium, Opry
Circle, is replaced and repaired after the venue flooded three months
earlier. Country artists Brad Paisley and Little Jimmy Dickens pitch in.
2010 – A selection of previously unseen photographs of The Beatles taken by
Astrid Kirchherr in Hamburg in 1960, go on display in Liverpool at the
Victoria Gallery and Museum.
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