August 29 Born –
Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920) – Jazz saxophonist.
Dinah Washington (aka Ruth Jones, 1924) – R&B/jazz singer ("Baby Get Lost").
Johnny Paris (aka John Pocisk, 1940) – Johnny and The Hurricanes.
Dick Halligan (1943) – keyboardist for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Chris Copping (1945) – keyboardist for The Paramounts and Procol Harum.
Rick Downey (1953) – drummer for Blue Öyster Cult.
Kevin "GG" Allin (1956) – vocalist for The Jabbers.
Michael Jackson (1958) – singer/songwriter, The Jackson 5.
Sadenia “Eddi” Reader (1959) – singer for Fairground Attraction.
Jeff Fehily (1963) – drummer for Hothouse Flowers.
Elizabeth Fraser (1963) – Cocteau Twins.
Pebbles (aka Perri McKissack, 1964) – TLC.
Anton Newcombe (1967) – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist for The
Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Meshell Ndegeocello (aka Michelle Johnson, 1968) – R&B/soul singer, bassist.
Alex Griffin (1971) – bassist for Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.
Kyle Cook (1975) – guitarist for Matchbox Twenty.
August 29 R.I.P. –
Jimmy Reed (1976) – respiratory failure. Age 50. Blues guitarist/songwriter
("Big Boss Man").
Guy Stevens (1981) – overdose. Age 38. British producer, manager.
Lee Marvin (1987) – heart attack. Age 63. Actor/singer (“Wand’rin’ Star”).
Charlie Feathers (1998) – stroke. Age 66. Rockabilly artist.
"Jumpin'" Gene Simmons (2006) – Age 73. Rockabilly singer ("Haunted House").
Simon Dee (2009) – bone cancer. Age 74. British radio DJ, and TV host of
Dee Time.
Chris Connor (2009) – cancer. Age 81. Jazz singer with Stan Kenton.
David “Honeyboy” Edwards (2011) – congestive heart failure. Age 96. Delta
blues singer/guitarist.
August 29 album releases –
Tony Bennett – A Time For Love (1966)
Diana Ross and The Supremes – Greatest Hits (1967)
Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour (1969)
Split Enz – Dizrythmia (1977)
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (1977)
Jethro Tull – A (1980) UK
Warren Zevon – Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels (1989)
Danny O’Keefe – Redux (1989)
The Innocence Mission – The Innocence Mission (1989)
Elton John – Sleeping With The Past (1989)
Palace Brothers – Days In The Wake (1994)
Heart – The Road Home (1995)
Sarah Brightman – La Luna (2000)
Eric Clapton – Back Home (2005)
Lenny Kravitz – Black And White America (2011)
Counting Crows – August And Everything After: Live At Town Hall (2011)
August 29 events –
1946 – Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's A Pity To Say
Goodnight.”
1958 – The first of Alan Freed's Big Beat revues is held at Brooklyn’s Fox
Theatre in New York, featuring Chuck Berry, Billy Haley and His Comets,
Frankie Avalon, The Elegants, Bobby Freeman, and Jimmy Clanton.
1959 – The Quarrymen - consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ken
Brown - play on opening night at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club in
Liverpool. George Harrison joins the group on stage.
1962 – Elvis Presley’s 10th movie, Kid Galahad, opens in theaters
nationwide.
1964 – The Beatles play their second concert at the Forest Hills Tennis
Stadium in New York on their first U.S. tour.
1964 – With the British Invasion in full swing, Billboard magazine notes
that guitar sales are the highest they've been since the advent of Elvis
Presley.
1964 – Roy Orbison releases his single, “Oh Pretty Woman” b/w “Yo Te Amo
Maria.”
1965 – The Beatles play the first of two nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Like
the previous year, both shows are recorded by Capitol Records for a
possible live album release.
1965 – Gerry and The Pacemakers perform “I Like It,” “You’ll Never Walk
Alone” and “I’m The One” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Other musical guests
include Jerry Vale, The Womenfolk, and The Kessler Twins.
1966 – The last episode of Hullaballoo airs on NBC-TV. Guests include
Lesley Gore, Paul Anka, Peter and Gordon, and The Cyrkle.
1966 – The Beatles play for the last time in front of a paying audience at
the Cow Palace in San Francisco: their last tour date ever.
1969 – Led Zeppelin plays the first of two nights at the Singer Bowl Music
Festival at the State Pavilion in Flushing Meadow, New York.
1970 – The Man Pop Festival takes place at Winnipeg Stadium in Manitoba,
Canada, featuring Led Zeppelin, The Youngbloods, Iron Butterfly and The
Ides Of March.
1976 – The Sex Pistols appear at the Screen On The Green cinema in
Islington, London, at the venue’s “Midnight Special,” with The Clash and
The Buzzcocks as opening acts. The entire show is recorded.
1977 – Three men are arrested near the Forest Hill Cemetery mausoleum in
Memphis for attempting to steal the body of Elvis Presley, where he is
entombed in a 900-pound copper coffin. The incident prompts the family to
move Elvis’ coffin back to Graceland.
1978 – After 2 1/2 years, The Eagles play the final date of their Hotel
California Tour at the Miami Baseball Stadium in Florida.
1979 – Radio station WBNO in Bryan, Ohio, goes off the grid and becomes the
first solar-powered radio station.
1980 – Queen performs at the Forum in Montreal, Canada, on their The Game
Tour.
1981 – The two-day Rock On The Tyne festival begins in Gateshead, featuring
U2, Lindisfarne, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Rory Gallagher, Ian
Dury and The Blockheads, Huang Chung, Dr. Feelgood, Ginger Baker and others.
1984 – U2 begin their 112-date Unforgettable Fire Tour at Town Hall in
Christchurch, New Zealand.
1986 – The original American Bandstand studio, located at 4548 Market
Street in Philadelphia, is entered into the U.S. National Register of
Historic Places.
1991 – DJ Kurt St. Thomas from radio station WFNX in Boston gives Nirvana's
album Nevermind its world premiere by playing the album in its entirety.
1992 – U2 plays Yankee Stadium: the second act ever to do so (after Billy
Joel).
1995 – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service places a lien on Aretha Franklin's
home for $661,456 in back taxes.
1995 – Two members of Meat Loaf's music video film crew, filming the video
for “I’d Lie For You,” are killed when their helicopter strikes some power
lines and crashes in Sequoia National Park in California.
1998 – Country music singer Johnny Rodriguez is charged with murder for the
early morning shooting death of Bosco Borrego, after confronting the
intruder in his mother’s house. Rodriguez will be acquitted in 1999.
1999 – In a live broadcast from Caesar’s Palace, HBO airs Cher: Live From
Las Vegas.
2000 – Slipknot causes chaos at the Kerrang! Awards in London, smashing
glasses, setting fire to their table, throwing a monitor off the stage and
destroying a microphone. The band goes on to pick up 3 awards, including
Best Single and Best Live Act.
2005 – Fats Domino is rescued from his flooded home in New Orleans' Ninth
Ward after Hurricane Katrina.
2007 – The Police begin the European leg of their Reunion Tour at the
Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 – Organizers of the Rock En Seine festival in Paris threaten legal
action against Amy Winehouse when she cancels her appearance as the concert
headliner two hours before show time.
2008 – Rapper DMX (aka Earl Simmons) pleads guilty to trying to buy cocaine
and cannabis in Miami, and is sentenced to time served. However, Simmons is
kept in custody awaiting extradition to Arizona on outstanding drug and
animal cruelty charges.
2012 – Country music singer Leann Rimes voluntarily checks herself into a
30-day rehab facility the day after her 30th birthday.
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