Jack-o was also an actor...appearing as the Cowardly Lion in 'The Wiz"
On Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:30:18 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
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> August 29 Born –
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> Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920) – Jazz saxophonist.
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> Dinah Washington (aka Ruth Jones, 1924) – R&B/jazz singer ("Baby Get
> Lost").
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> Johnny Paris (aka John Pocisk, 1940) – Johnny and The Hurricanes.
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> Dick Halligan (1943) – keyboardist for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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> Chris Copping (1945) – keyboardist for The Paramounts and Procol Harum.
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> Rick Downey (1953) – drummer for Blue Öyster Cult.
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> Kevin "GG" Allin (1956) – vocalist for The Jabbers.
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> Michael Jackson (1958) – singer/songwriter, The Jackson 5.
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> Sadenia “Eddi” Reader (1959) – singer for Fairground Attraction.
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> Jeff Fehily (1963) – drummer for Hothouse Flowers.
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> Elizabeth Fraser (1963) – Cocteau Twins.
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> Pebbles (aka Perri McKissack, 1964) – TLC.
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> Anton Newcombe (1967) – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist for The
> Brian Jonestown Massacre.
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> Meshell Ndegeocello (aka Michelle Johnson, 1968) – R&B/soul singer,
> bassist.
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> Alex Griffin (1971) – bassist for Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.
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> Kyle Cook (1975) – guitarist for Matchbox Twenty.
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> August 29 R.I.P. –
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> Jimmy Reed (1976) – respiratory failure. Age 50. Blues
> guitarist/songwriter ("Big Boss Man").
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> Guy Stevens (1981) – overdose. Age 38. British producer, manager.
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> Lee Marvin (1987) – heart attack. Age 63. Actor/singer (“Wand’rin’ Star”).
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> Charlie Feathers (1998) – stroke. Age 66. Rockabilly artist.
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> "Jumpin'" Gene Simmons (2006) – Age 73. Rockabilly singer ("Haunted
> House").
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> Simon Dee (2009) – bone cancer. Age 74. British radio DJ, and TV host of
> Dee Time.
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> Chris Connor (2009) – cancer. Age 81. Jazz singer with Stan Kenton.
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> David “Honeyboy” Edwards (2011) – congestive heart failure. Age 96. Delta
> blues singer/guitarist.
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> August 29 album releases –
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> Tony Bennett – A Time For Love (1966)
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> Diana Ross and The Supremes – Greatest Hits (1967)
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> Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour (1969)
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> Split Enz – Dizrythmia (1977)
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> Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (1977)
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> Jethro Tull – A (1980) UK
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> Warren Zevon – Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
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> The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels (1989)
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> Danny O’Keefe – Redux (1989)
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> The Innocence Mission – The Innocence Mission (1989)
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> Elton John – Sleeping With The Past (1989)
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> Palace Brothers – Days In The Wake (1994)
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> Heart – The Road Home (1995)
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> Sarah Brightman – La Luna (2000)
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> Eric Clapton – Back Home (2005)
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> Lenny Kravitz – Black And White America (2011)
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> Counting Crows – August And Everything After: Live At Town Hall (2011)
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> August 29 events –
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> 1946 – Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's A Pity To
> Say Goodnight.”
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 1964 – Roy Orbison releases his single, “Oh Pretty Woman” b/w “Yo Te Amo
> Maria.”
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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