August 28 Born –
Donald O’Connor (1925) – actor/dancer/singer (Singing In The Rain).
Billy Grammer (1925) – Country music singer/guitarist (“Gotta Travel On”).
John Perkins (1931) – The Crew Cuts.
Clem Cattini (1937) – British session drummer, The Tornados.
Joe Osborn (1937) – session bassist with the Wrecking Crew.
Walter Ward (1940) – The Olympics.
Ken Andrew (1942) drummer for Middle Of The Road.
Sterling Morrison (1942) – guitarist for The Velvet Underground.
Anne "Honey" Lantree (1943) – drummer for The Honeycombs.
David Soul (1943) – actor/singer ("Don't Give Up On Us").
Danny Seraphine (1948) – drummer for Chicago.
Hugh Cornwell (1949) – vocalist for The Stranglers.
Martin Lamble (1949) – drummer for Fairport Convention.
Wayne Osmond (1951) – The Osmond Brothers.
Dave Hlubek (1951) – guitarist for Molly Hatchet.
Kim Appleby (1961) – Mel and Kim (“Respectable”).
Shania Twain (aka Eilleen Edwards, 1965) – Country music singer.
Thomas "Jack" Black (1969) – actor/singer/songwriter, Tenacious D.
Johnny J (aka John Jackson, 1969) – rapper/songwriter, hip hop producer.
Peter Turner (1974) – bassist for Elbow.
LeAnn Rimes (1982) – Country music singer.
August 28 R.I.P. –
Guy Stevens (1981) – drug overdose. Age 38. British producer and manager.
Phillip "Pip" Pyle (2006) – Age 56. Drummer for National Health.
Miyoshi Umeki (2007) – cancer. Age 78. Actress/singer (Flower Drum Song).
Gilbert Moorer (2008) – throat cancer. Age 67. The Esquires (“Get On Up”).
Patty Andrews (2010) – Age 92. The Andrews Sisters.
George Green (2011) – small cell lung cancer. Age 59. Songwriter (“Hurts So
Good”).
August 28 album releases –
Merle Haggard – Branded Man (1967)
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973)
Mike Oldfield – Hergest Ridge (1974)
Devo – Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! (1978)
Stevie Wonder – The Woman In Red (1984)
The Beach Boys – Still Cruisin’ (1988)
Mortification – Scrolls Of The Megilloth (1992)
Morrissey – “Southpaw Grammar” (1995)
August 28 events –
1922 – Radio station WEAF in New York City airs the first radio commercial,
a 10-minute ad for the Queensboro Realty Company. The 10 minutes of air
time cost $100.
1931 – Henry Allen and The Luis Russell Band record “You Rascal, You” in
New York City.
1947 – Gene Autry records “Here Comes Santa Claus” in Hollywood.
1959 – Ricky Nelson plays four one-hour shows in the Marine Ballroom at the
Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1960 – 17-year old Barry White completes his four-month prison term for
stealing 300 tires from a Cadillac dealership, and is released. While in
jail, White discovers music and decides to make a career for himself in
that industry.
1963 – Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Mahalia Jackson and Joan Baez
participate in and perform during Martin Luther King’s March on Washington
prior to his “I Have A Dream” speech.
1964 – The Beatles arrive in New York and perform the first of two shows at
the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. Following the concert, the band goes to
the Hotel Delmonico, where they meet Bob Dylan and smoke marijuana for the
first time.
1965 – The Rolling Stones hire Allen Klein as their manager, and sign a new
five-year contract with Decca Records.
1965 – After enjoying five days off, The Beatles return to the stage for
one show at Balboa Stadium in San Diego.
1965 – The Lovin’ Spoonful appears on American Bandstand, lip-synching to
“Do You Believe In Magic.” Also on the show is Danny Hutton, who performs
“Roses And Rainbows.”
1965 – Bob Dylan begins his first “electric” tour at Forest Hills Tennis
Stadium in New York.
1966 – The Beatles perform at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on their final
tour of the U.S.
1967 – The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and The Holding Company play at
the San Francisco funeral of Hell’s Angel Chocolate George, who was killed
when he was hit by a car.
1967 – The Kinks, Dave, Dee, Beaky, Mick and Tich, Geno Washington and The
Ram Jam Band, Rob Storme and The Whispers, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown,
Winstons Fumbs, and Hip Hooray Band all appear at the Hastings Stadium
Festival Of Music in Sussex.
1968 – Tammy Wynette records “Stand By Your Man” at Columbia Studios in
Nashville.
1968 – The Beatles, minus Ringo, begin recording “Dear Prudence” at Trident
Studios in London, with Paul on drums.
1970 – The Security desk at the International Hotel in Las Vegas receives a
phone call claiming Elvis Presley will be shot during his last show. The
show goes off without incident.
1972 – David Bowie makes his New York City stage debut at Carnegie Hall on
his Ziggy Stardust Tour.
1975 – The Happy Gang musical troupe performs two reunion concerts at the
Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. The Happy Gang radio show was the
longest running musical variety radio show in Canadian history, airing
daily for 22 years: from June 14, 1937 to June 5, 1959.
1982 – Queen performs at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, on
their Hot Space Tour.
1984 – With over one million tickets sold in only two months, The Jacksons'
Victory reunion tour becomes the most successful concert tour in history to
date.
1986 – The anti-corporate-pollution benefit concert, Get Tough On Toxics, is
held in Long Beach, California, featuring The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Joni
Mitchell, Warren Zevon, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Young and others.
1985 – Mick Jagger and wife Jerry Hall welcome the birth of their son,
James.
1986 – Tina Turner receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1996 – Isaac Hayes openly protests the use of the Sam and Dave song “Soul
Man” (which Hayes wrote) as a campaign song for Bob Dole’s Presidential
race.
1998 – The biographical film of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, Why Do
Fools Fall In Love, opens in theaters nationwide.
1999 – Cheap Trick celebrates their 25th anniversary with a show at Davis
Park in their hometown of Rockford, Illinois.
2004 – Lou Rawls is awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Ohio's
Wilberforce University in recognition of his charity work with the United
Negro College Fund and his "lifelong service to the education of
historically disadvantaged populations."
2005 – Art Garfunkel is arrested for possession of marijuana in Woodstock,
New York.
2005 – Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is admitted to the hospital after
being shot in the leg at a party hosted by hip-hop star Kanye West.
2007 – The founder and owner of the New York club CBGB’s, Hilly Kristal,
passes away from lung cancer at age 75.
2009 – Noel Gallagher quits Oasis, claiming he can no longer work with his
brother.
2011 – Aretha Franklin performs at the National Mall in Washington DC at
the dedication of a statue of Martin Luther King, on the 48th anniversary
of King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
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