August 31 Born –
Arthur Godfrey (1903) – radio personality/talent scout. Alan Jay Lerner (1918) – Broadway musical lyricist. Big Tiny Little (aka Dudley Little, Jr., 1930) – pianist with The Lawrence Welk Orchestra. Jerry Allison (1939) – drummer for The Crickets. Wilton Felder (1940) – saxophonist for The Crusaders. Roger Dean (1944) – album cover artist for Yes, Uriah Heep, Asia and others. Van Morrison (aka George Morrison, 1945) – singer/songwriter, Them. Bob Welch (1945) – Fleetwood Mac and Paris. Rudolf Schenker (1948) – guitarist for Scorpions. Rick Roberts (1949) – The Flying Burrito Brothers. Anthony Thistlethwaite (1955) – multi-instrumentalist for The Waterboys. Gina Schock (1957) – drummer for The Go-Gos. Glenn Tilbrook (1957) – vocalist/guitarist for Squeeze. Tony DeFranco (1959) – The DeFranco Family. Chris Whitley (1960) – singer/songwriter/guitarist. Bruce Guthro (1961) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for Runrig. Larry Waddell (1963) – keyboardist/saxophonist for Mint Condition. Gerard Love (1967) – bassist for Teenage Fanclub. Jeff Russo (1969) – guitarist for Tonic and Low Stars. Debbie Gibson (1970) – singer. Craig Nicholls (1977) – vocalist for The Vines. Del Marquis (aka Derek Gruen, 1977) – guitarist for Scissor Sisters. August 31 R.I.P. – Lionel Hampton (2002) – congestive heart failure. Age 94. Vibraphonist. Carl Wayne (2004) – esophageal cancer. Age 61. Vocalist for The Move. Joe Barry (2004) – Age 65. Singer (“I’m A Fool To Care”). Walter “Max” Bygraves (2012) – Alzheimer’s disease. Age 89. British singer/actor/entertainer. August 31 album releases – The Ventures – Going To The Ventures’ Dance Party! (1962) Dionne Warwick – Make Way For Dionne Warwick (1964) The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go (1964) The Beach Boys – Sunflower (1970) Neil Young – After The Gold Rush (1970) Dr. John – The Sun, Moon & Herbs (1971) The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup (1973) Donna Summer – Live And More (1978) The Gun Club – Fire Of Love (1981) Carly Simon – Hello Big Man (1983) Michael Jackson – Bad (1987) Charles and Eddie – Duophonic (1992) Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells II (1992) Garth Brooks – In Pieces (1993) Mariah Carey – Music Box (1993) The Divine Comedy – Fin de Siècle (1998) Dixie Chicks – Fly (1999) Megadeth – Risk (1999) Stabbing Westward – What Do I Have To Do? (2003) Asia – Silent Nation (2004) The Black Crowes – Before The Frost…Until The Freeze (2009) August 31 events – 1939 – Frank Sinatra and The Harry James Orchestra record “All Or Nothing At All” for Columbia. 1954 – Perry Como, along with The Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra, records “Papa Loves Mambo” in New York City. 1955 – A London judge fines Sidney Turner three pounds ten shillings for "creating an abominable noise" after Turner threatens to drive his neighbors “mad” by playing Bill Haley’s “Shake, Rattle And Roll” all night long. 1956 – For the first time ever, the top 10 songs on the UK singles chart are all by American artists, including Elvis Presley, The Platters, Doris Day, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers and others. 1957 – Elvis Presley makes his last concert appearance ever outside the U.S., performing at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada. 1957 – Country music guitarist Roy Clark marries Barbara Rupard. They are still married. 1961 – The Beatles receive their first review in print by Bob Wooler in an enthusiastic article about the group in Mersey Beat. 1963 – The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100. 1965 – Sonny and Cher arrive in the UK for their first promotional tour. 1965 – The Beatles play two shows at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, wrapping up their second U.S. tour. 1966 – The Rolling Stones begin recording “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadows” at IBC Studios in London. 1968 – 18-year old guitarist Danny Kirwan joins Fleetwood Mac. 1868 – The first Isle of Wight Festival begins at Ford Farm near Godshill in Wooten. Artists performing during the two-day event include Jefferson Airplane, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Move, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Pretty Things, Plastic Penny, Smile, Harsh Reality, Apple, Blonde On Blonde, Orange Bicycle and others. 1968 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “Street Fighting Man” b/w “No Expectations.” 1968 – Jeannie C. Riley makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1969 – The two-day New Orleans Pop Festival begins in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, featuring The Grateful Dead, The Byrds, Iron Butterfly, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Youngbloods, Canned Heat, It’s A Beautiful Day, Chicago Transit Authority, Country Joe and The Fish, The Spiral Starecase, Lee Michaels, Sweetwater, Cat Mother and The All Night News Boys and others. 1970 – Peter, Paul & Mary’s Peter Yarrow is arrested at the Shoreham Hotel for taking “immoral liberties” with a 14-year old girl. 1971 – The Rolling Stones, along with the father of Brian Jones, file a high court writ against ex-managers Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton, claiming they made a secret deal with Decca Records in 1963 to deprive the group of royalties. 1974 – The last episode of The Partridge Family airs on ABC-TV. 1974 – At his deportation trial, John Lennon testifies that the Nixon Administration wanted him deported to silence him for his anti-Vietnam War stance. 1975 – Rod Stewart and Faces, Loggins and Messina, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Fleetwood Mac appear at Balboa Stadium in San Diego. 1976 – George Harrison is found guilty of "subconscious plagiarism" of The Chiffons’ song “He’s So Fine” while writing his song "My Sweet Lord." 1980 – Karen Carpenter marries her first and only husband, Tom Burris. 1980 – Queen performs at the Rochester Community War Memorial arena in New York on their The Game Tour. 1984 – Prince’s movie Purple Rain opens in theatres across the UK. 1984 – Canada’s answer to MTV, MuchMusic, begins broadcasting. 1986 – Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof marries his girlfriend of 10 years, Paula Yates. Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon is best man. The couple stays married for 10 years. 1987 – To coincide with the album’s release, CBS-TV airs the 18-minute, Martin Scorsese-directed Michael Jackson video, Bad. 1989 – The Rolling Stones begin their Steel Wheels Tour - their first tour since 1981 - at Veteran’s Stadium in Philadelphia. 1990 – Funeral services are held for Stevie Ray Vaughan at Laurel Land Memorial Park in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, with over 1,500 in attendance. Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder sing “Amazing Grace.” 1991 – Jan Berry marries his second wife, Gertie Filip, on stage during a concert at the Stardust Convention Centre in Las Vegas. Dean Torrence is Berry's best man. 1994 – Rapper R. Kelly secretly marries R&B singer Aaliyah at the Sheraton Gateway Suites Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. Since the bride is only 15, her parents have the marriage annulled in February 1995. 2002 – NASA announces that ‘NSYNC singer Lance Bass is to become the first celebrity astronaut. However, Bass ends up not going when he fails to pay for his $20 million ticket on the craft. 2004 – The UK medical magazine, Thorax, issues a warning to music fans saying that listening to loud music in the car with a powerful bass box can give you a collapsed lung. 2006 – The Times runs a story about the backstage riders of some rock stars while out on tour. Ozzy Osbourne insists on an eye, ear, nose and throat doctor at each venue; The Beach Boys require a licensed masseur; Meat Loaf, a mask and one small tank of oxygen. David Bowie requests that the dressing room temperature is between 57° and 64°, and Paul McCartney must have a large arrangement of white Casablanca lilies in his dressing room. On stage, Mick Jagger utilizes a teleprompter with the lyrics to all the songs, and the name of the city where they are performing. 2009 – The IRS files a tax lien against singer Patti LaBelle for over $330,000 in back taxes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
