Saturday, August 10, 2013

August Anniversaries

AUGUST 31

  • 1966 - The Byrds played the first of an 11 night engagement at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California. (Legacy Recordings)
  • 1968 - The first Isle of Wight was held on 31 August and 1 September 1968, with Jefferson Airplane, Arthur Brown, The Move, Smile, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Plastic Penny and The Pretty Things.
  • 1973 - Rolling Stones release "Goat's Head Soup."
  • 1974 - John Lennon testified in U.S. federal court that former President Richard M. Nixon attempted to have him deported over his involvement in anti-war protests.
  • 1976 - George Harrison lost the lawsuit accusing him of unconsciously plagiarizing his song My Sweet Lord from the Chiffons' song, "He's So Fine."

AUGUST 30

  • 1969 - Written by Rick Evens in 1964, Zager and Evans hit No.1 on the charts with 'In The Year 2525.'
  • 1972 - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Elephant's Memory, Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, and Sha Na Na headlined two One To One benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden.
  • 1988 - Bruce Springsteen's wife Julianne filed for a divorce.

 

AUGUST 29

  • 1958 - Alan Freed's "Big Beat Show" opened at the Fox Theatre in Brooklyn, NY.
  • 1958 - George Harrison joined John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the band Quarrymen.  
  • 1964 - Rob Orbison's ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ was released. It took four weeks to reach the top of the charts.
  • 1966 - The Beatles played their last concert before a paying audience, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
  • 1967 - The final episode of "The Fugitive" aired.
  • 1976 - Mathis James "JimmyReed died at the age of 50 in San Francisco, following an epileptic seizure.

 

AUGUST 28

  • 1811 - Percy Bysshe Shelley and Harriet Westbrook eloped.
  • 1931 - "You Rascal You" was recorded by Henry Allen, with the Luis Russell Band.
  • 1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
  • 1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
  • 1961 - Tamla Records released the Marvelettes first single, ‘Please Mr. Postman’.
  • 1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
  • 1964 - After playing a show at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York, The Beatles meet Bob Dylan for the first time at The Delmonico Hotel. Dylan and mutual journalist friend Al Aronowitz alter rock history when they introduce the Fab Four to ummm... their friend Mary Jane.
  • 1965 - The Rolling Stones signed a five-year recording deal with Decca Records, and announced Allen Klein would co-manage the band.
  • 1965, Bob Dylan played Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York City. Dylan played the first set solo acoustic, the second electric set featured with Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Harvey Brooks and Al Kooper.
  • 1968 – Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
  • 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel began a five-week stay at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Bookends'. The duo's fourth studio album featured 'America', 'Mrs. Robinson' and 'A Hazy Shade of Winter'.
  • 1972 - Alice Cooper had the no. single with 'School's Out.'
  • 1981 - Producer Guy Stevens died at the age of 38 years old.
  • 1996 - Issac Hayes, who co-wrote the Sam and Dave's classic 'Soul Man', sent a protest letter to Bob Dole, requesting the presidential candidate to stop using his song, which supporters had changed to 'I'm A Dole Man.'
 

AUGUST 26

  • 1970 - Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studio opened in New York City.
  • 1970 - Duane Allman started recording with Eric Clapton's new band, Derek & the Dominoes.
  • 1980 - Tom Peterson quit Cheap Trick due to the "personal and musical differences," but returned to the group in 1988.

 

AUGUST 25

  • 1967 - Brian Wilson returned to performing live with The Beach Boys in Honolulu after after taking two years off.
  • 1970 - Elton John made his first live appearance in the U.S. at "The Troubadour" in Los Angeles, CA. He was the support act for David Ackles. Among those in the audience were Don Henley, Quincy Jones and Leon Russell.
  • 1970 - The celebrate to opening of Jimi Hendrix's new studio, a party was held in 'Electric Ladyland' studios in New York City.
  • 1975 - Bruce Springsteen's album "Born to Run" was released.

 

AUGUST 24

  • 1963 - Stevie Wonder became the first artist ever to score a No.1 album and single in the same week.
  • 1966, The Doors started recording their first album in Los Angeles.
  • 1968 - The Who's drummer, Keith Moon,drove a Lincoln into the pool of a Holiday Inn in Flint, MI, during a celebration of his birthday.
  • 1969 - The motion picture based on Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" premiered in New York and Los Angeles.
  • 1990 - Sinead O'Connor refused to perform if the United States National Anthem was played before her Homdel, N.J., concert.

 

AUGUST 23

  • 1962 - John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool, England.
  • 1968 - Ringo Starr temporarily quit The Beatles during the White Album sessions.

 

AUGUST 22

  • 1932 - The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) began its first TV broadcast in England.
  • 1938 - Count Basie recorded "Jumpin’ at the Woodside."
  • 1956 - Elvis began work on his first movie, "Love Me Tender," originally entitled "The Reno Brothers."
  • 1962 - The first TV appearance of The Beatles
  • 1964 - Martha & The Vandellas' "Dancing In The Streets" was released.
  • 1964 - The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go" hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It was their first number-one single.
  • 1964 - Liberty Records reported the album "The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles" was selling 25,000 copies a day.
  • 1966 - Jerry Lee Lewis was signed to play Iago in "Catch My Soul," a rock version of Shakespeare's "Othello."
  • 1969 - The Beatles met at John Lennon’s Tittenhurst Park home in England for their final ever photo session.
  • 1978 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
  • 1998 - "The Howard Stern Radio Show" premiered on CBS to about 70% of the U.S.

 

AUGUST 21

  • 1938 - Fats Waller records "Ain't Misbehavin'."
  • 1961 – Motown releases "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes, the label's first #1, later covered by the Beatles.
  • 1994 - John Denver was charged with drunken driving after crashing his Porsche into a tree.
  • 1995 - R.E.M. sued Hershey Foods, claiming the company exploited its name when it ran a "Kit Kat - R.E.M. Concert" sweepstakes in Hershey candy bars. The suit was eventually dropped.
  • 1996 - Ex-Talking Heads lead singer and main songwriter David Byrne sued to prevent the rest of the band from touring under the moniker "The Heads." The suit was settled out of court.
AUGUST 20
  • 1965 - Andrew Loog Oldham, manager of the Rolling Stones, and his partner Tony Calder launched Immediate records.
  • 1967 - The New York Times reported about a noise reduction system for album and tape recording developed by technicians R. and D.W. Dolby.
  • 1968 - The University of Tennessee reported that a guinea pig subjected to days of rock music played at 120 decibels had suffered acute hearing damage.
  • 1969 - Last time John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr gathered together at London's Abbey Road studios.
  • 1969 - Frank Zappa disbanded the Mothers of Invention right after an eight-day tour in Canada. Zappa said that he was "tired of playing for people who clap for all the wrong reasons."
  • 1973 - Bruce Springsteen performed the first night of a seven night run at Oliver's in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

AUGUST 19

  • 1972 - NBC-TV presented "The Midnight Special" for the first time, hosted by John Denver. It became a regular series the following February. Guests included Mama Cass, The Everly Brothers, The Isley Brothers, Harry Chapin, Linda Ronstadt, Argent and Helen Reddy.
  • 1973 - Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson were married.
  • 1977 - The Sex Pistols began an undercover UK tour as The SPOTS (Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly).

 

AUGUST 18

  • 1937 - The first FM radio construction permit was issued in Boston, MA. The station went on the air two years later.
  • 1966 - Paul Jones left Manfred Mann, and was replaced by singer Mike D’Abo.
  • 1969 - During the filming of 'Ned Kelly' in Australia, Mick Jagger was accidentally shot in the hand.
  • 1977 – Steve Biko is arrested.
  • 1978 - The Who's "Who Are You" was released. 
  • 1979 - Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter were married.
AUGUST 17
  • 1959 – "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.
  • 1970 - Christine (Perfect) McVie joined Fleetwood Mac.
  • 1973 - Paul Williams of the Temptations was found dead by police. It was later ruled a suicide.
  • 1974 - Rick Wakeman was replaced Patrick Moraz in the Prog Rock band Yes.
  • 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
  • 1986 - Rick Allen played his first concert with Def Leppard since losing his left arm in a car accident.
AUGUST 16
  • 1938 - American blues musician Robert Johnson died at the age of 27.
  • 1962 - Ringo Starr was picked to replace Pete Best as the drummer for the Beatles.
  • 1966 - The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," was released on Colgems.
  • 1974 – Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.
  • 1975 - Peter Gabriel announced that he was leaving the group Genesis.
  • 1977 - Elvis Presley dies.
  • 1983 - Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher were married.
  • 1985 - Madonna and Sean Penn were married.

 

AUGUST 15

  • 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
  • 1958 - Buddy Holly and Maria Elena Santiago were married in a private ceremony at his parents home in Lubbock, Texas.
  • 1965 – The Beatles play to 56,000 fans at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York.
  • 1969 – The three day Woodstock music festival opens in Bethel, New York.
AUGUST 14
  • 1958 - Elvis Presley's mother Gladys died.
  • 1962 - Pete Best loses job as Beatles drummer. Last gig following night at The Cavern.
  • 1965 - The McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy" was released on Bang Records.
  • 1967 - All U.K. offshore pirate radio stations were closed down due to the marine broadcasting act. Radio Caroline continued until the following March.
  • 1970 - Stephen Stills was arrested on cocaine possession charges at a motel in La Jolla, CA.
  • 1971 - Rod Stewart released "Maggie May."
  • 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens at the USA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
  • 1976 - The Steve Miller Band's "Rock 'N Me" was released on Capitol.
  • 1976 - Nick Lowe's debut solo single, "So It Goes," was released on Stiff Records.
  • 1985 - Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono for the ATV music-publishing catalog.
  • 1988 - Roy Buchanan committed suicide by hanging himself in a jail in Fairfax, VA.

AUGUST 13

  • 1938 - Robert Johnson played a show at a roadhouse outside Greenwood, Mississippi. According to legend, Johnson was poisoned by the bar owner, and died several days later.
  • 1952 - The Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton recorded the original version of "Hound Dog."
  • 1965 - Stage debut for The Jefferson Airplane at San Francisco's Matrix Club.
  • 1965 - The Beatles soundtrack album "Help!" was released in the United States.
  • 1971 - King Curtis was stabbed to death outside his New York home. He recently played on John Lennon's "Imagine" LP. He was only 37. 
  • 1990 - Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed after a light rack fell on him before a concert in Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 1995 - R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe has surgery for a hernia.

AUGUST 12

  • 1877 - Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording.
  • 1940 - Will Bradley and his trio recorded "Down the Road Apiece."
  • 1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: 13 prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
  • 1958 – Art Kane photographs 57 notable jazz musicians in the black and white group portrait "A Great Day in Harlem" in front of a Brownstone in New York City.
  • 1960 - The Silver Beetles recruited drummer Pete Best.
  • 1964 - The Beatles first film, ‘A Hard Days Night,’ directed in black and white by Richard Lester, opened in 500 American cinemas.
  • 1966 - John Lennon apologized at a news conference in Chicago, IL, for his remark that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus."
  • 1967 - Fleetwood Mac made their stage debut in Great Britain at the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival.
  • 1970 - A Woody Guthrie memorial concert held at the Hollywood Bowl.
  • 1971 - John & Yoko donated £1,000 to the Clyde Shipbuilders Scottish Union fighting fund. The workers refused to stop work after losing their jobs.
  • 1988 - "The Last Temptation of Christ" opened.

August 11

  • 1952 - Hank Williams was fired from the Grand Ole Opry and told not to return until he was sober.
  • 1966 - At a press conference held at The Astor Towers Hotel in Chicago, John Lennon apologized for his remarks that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus"
  • 1969 - Diana Ross invited 350 guests to The Daisy Club in Beverly Hills to see the newest Motown act, The Jackson 5.
  • 1972 - Elvis and Pricilla Presley filed for divorce after five years of marriage.

 

August 10

  • 1970 - Jim Morrison's trial for allegedly exposing himself onstage in Miami, FL, began.
  • 1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for drug possession after a Wings concert in Gothenburg Sweden. Paul was fined $1,000 and Linda $200.
  • 2002 - Lisa Marie Presley married actor Nicolas Cage at a resort in Hawaii.

August 9

  • 1930 - Betty Boop had her beginning in "Dizzy Dishes," created by Max Fleischer.
  • 1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. He was the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.
  • 1942 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was arrested Britain. He was not released until 1944.
  • 1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S.
  • 1978 - Muddy Waters performed at a White House picnic for U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
  • 1995 - Jerry Garcia guitarist and singer from The Grateful Dead dies from a heart attack at the Serenity Knolls rehabilitation clinic in San Francisco aged 53

August 8

  • 1923 - Benny Goodman, at the age of 14, took a job as a clarinet player on a Chicago-based excursion boat on Lake Michigan.
  • 1960 - 25,000 copies of "Tell Laura I Love Her" were destroyed by U.K.'s Decca Records. It was said that the song was "too tasteless and vulgar for English sensibility."
  • 1963 - The Oregon band the Kingsmen release "Louie Louie." Many radio stations ban the song when they decide the indecipherable lyrics must be obscene.
  • 1964 - The single by The Young World Singers called 'Ringo For President' was released in the U.S.
  • 1969 - The photo session for the cover of The Beatles 'Abbey Road' album took place on the crossing outside Abbey Road studios
  • 1970 - Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of blues singer Bessie Smith. Smith was one of Joplin's idols.
  • 1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.

August 7

  • 1957 - The Quarry Men played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, (without Paul McCartney who was away at Boy Scout summer camp). The Cavern was still a jazz club, but skiffle was tolerated, but when John Lennon dared to play ‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, the club owner sent a note to the stage saying, "Cut out the bloody rock!"
  • 1964 - The Rolling Stones, Ronnie Scott, Tuby Hayes, Manfred Mann, Yardbirds and Mose Allison all appeared at the fourth Richmond Jazz Festival held over three days in Richmond, England.
  • 1965 - Herman's Hermits went to No.1 on the singles chart with 'I'm Henry VIII I Am'. The single was only released in the US. 
  • 1965 - The Turtles' remake of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" was released.
  • 1974 - Peter Wolf (J. Geils Band) and Faye Dunaway were married. They divorced in 1979.
  • 1987 - A Los Angeles judge threw out a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The lawsuit had been filed by the parents of a teenager who had committed suicide while listening to Ozzy's song, "Suicide Solution.

August 6

  • 1940 - Columbia Records cut the price of its 12-inch classical records. The records were priced $1.00. RCA Victor followed two weeks later.
  • 1965 - The Voting Rights Act was signed by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 1970 - An anti-war rock festival was held at Shea Stadium in New York. Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Steppenwolf and Johnny Winter were the acts. During the concert, Janis sang a duet of "What the World Needs Now" with Dionne Warwick and reunited with Big Brother & The Holding Company.
  • 1971 - Procul Harum recorded a concert with the Edmonton Symphony in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Portions would later be included in the album "Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra."
  • 1973 - Stevie Wonder was seriously injured in a car accident. He permanently lost his sense of smell. He was in a coma for four days.
  • 1987 - The Beastie Boys sued the city of Jacksonville, FL for including the phrase "mature audience" on their concert tickets and ads.

 

August 5

  • 1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to teenagers by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
  • 1962 – Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
  • 1965 - Jan Berry of Jan and Dean was accidentally knocked off a camera car and broke his leg on the first day of filming a new film Easy Come, Easy Go. Several other people were also hurt, causing Paramount to cancel the movie entirely.
  • 1966 - The Beatles album "Revolver" (14 track version) was released in the U.K.
  • 1969 - George Harrison had his new Moog synthesizer brought into the studio for The Beatles to use in finishing their forthcoming album ‘Abbey Road’. Moog overdubs were recorded onto ‘Because.’
  • 1975 - Stevie Wonder signed a $13 million contract to cover seven years. The contract was the largest contract in the recording industry at the time.
  • 1980 - The Osmonds split up.
  • 1983 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young member David Crosby was sentenced to five years in jail in Texas for cocaine and firearms offenses. Crosby had slept through most of his trial. 
  • 1984 - Bruce Springsteen played the first of ten nights at the Meadowlands in New Jersey to mark the homecoming of the Born in the USA Tour.
  • 1985 - Bruce Springsteen kicked off the fourth leg of his Born in the USA world tour at the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington D.C.

August 4

  • 1927 - Jimmy Rodgers recorded "Sleep Baby Sleep" and "Soldier's Sweetheart."
  • 1956 - Elvis Presley's RCA 45 r.p.m. single, "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel" was released.
  • 1957 - The Everly Brothers made their second appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show and introduced their upcoming single, "Wake Up Little Susie" and the song "Bye Bye Love."
  • 1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time.
  • 1967 - Pink Floyd released their debut album "The Piper At the Gates of Dawn," on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett. 
  • 1980 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono began recording their album "Double Fantasy."

 

August 3

  • 1963 - The Beatles made their final appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. They had performed nearly 300 shows at the club since 1961.
  • 1963 - The first ever edition of 'Ready Steady Go! was shown on UK TV. 

  • 1963 - The Beach Boys released "Surfer Girl."
  • 1963 - Allan Sherman released "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadda."
  • 1966 - The Rolling Stones recorded "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby" in L.A.
  • 1971 - Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new band Wings
  • 1974 - Jeff Baxter quit Steely Dan and joined the Doobie Brothers.
  • 2007 - Queen guitarist Brian May handed in his astronomy PhD thesis - 36 years after abandoning it to join the band. May had recently carried out observational work in Tenerife, where he studied the formation of "zodiacal dust clouds".

August 2

  • 1961 - The Beatles began their engagement as regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club. They performed about 300 shows over the next two years.
  • 1962 - Robert Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan.
  • 1963 - Eric Clapton quits The Roosters to form Casey Jones and the Engineers.
  • 1964 - The Beatles appeared at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth. One of the supporting acts was The Kinks.
  • 1969 - Bob Dylan attends his high school reunion in Hibbing, Minn.
  • 1977 - The Who buy the Shepperton film studios in London.
  • 1980 - CBS UK finally releases The Clash's single 'Bank Robber' after it been available as an import only.

August 1

  • 1960 - Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was released.
  • 1960 - Elvis Presley was named Public Enemy #1 by the East German newspaper, "Young World.
  • 1963 - "Beatles Monthly" publishes first issue this month.
  • 1971 - Two Concerts For Bangla Desh took place at Madison Square Garden.
  • 1973 - The movie "American Graffiti" opened.
  • 1977 - The book "Elvis: What Happened?" went on sale. The book was written by two of Elvis' ex-bodyguards.
  • 1980 - George Harrison formed a production company called "Hand Made Films Productions."
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ROCK MOBSTER ARCHIVES 

August Birthdays

AUGUST 31

  • 1939 - Jerry Allison (Crickets)
  • 1944 - Roger Dean
  • 1945 - Van Morrison
  • 1955 - Anthony Thistlethwaite
  • 1957 - Glenn Tillbrook
  • 1957 - Gina Schock

 

AUGUST 30

  • 1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • 1898 – Shirley Booth
  • 1918 – Ted Williams
  • 1919 – Kitty Wells
  • 1935 – John Phillips
  • 1939 – John Peel
  • 1943 – Robert Crumb
  • 1946 – Peggy Lipton
  • 1948 – Lewis Black
  • 1953 – Horace Panter (The Specials and General Public)
  • 1963 – Paul Oakenfold
  • 1982 - Dom Flemons

 

AUGUST 29
  • 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • 1898 – Preston Sturges
  • 1915 – Ingrid Bergman
  • 1917 – Isabel Sanford
  • 1920 – Charlie Parker
  • 1924 – Dinah Washington
  • 1943 – Dick Halligan (BS&T)
  • 1945 - Chris Copping (Procol Harum)
  • 1952 – Dave Malone (Radiators)
  • 1953 - Rick Downey (Blue Öyster Cult)
  • 1955 – Diamanda Galás
  • 1956 – GG Allin
  • 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser
  • 1967 – Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
  • 1968 – Meshell Ndegeocello
  • 1971 – Alex Griffin (Ned's Atomic Dustbin)

 

AUGUST 28
  • 1899 – Charles Boyer
  • 1921 – Nancy Kulp
  • 1925 – Donald O'Connor
  • 1930 – Ben Gazzara
  • 1942 – Sterling Morrison
  • 1948 – Danny Seraphine (Chicago)
  • 1949 – Hugh Cornwell
  • 1951 – Wayne Osmond
  • 1969 – Jack Black
  • 1969 – Mary McCartney
  • 1986 – Florence Welch
 

AUGUST 27

  • 1909 – Lester Young
  • 1927 – Jimmy C. Newman
  • 1931 – Sri Chinmoy
  • 1935 - Carter Stanley
  • 1937 – Alice Coltrane
  • 1937 – Tommy Sands
  • 1940 – Sonny Sharrock
  • 1941 – Cesária Évora
  • 1942 – Daryl Dragon
  • 1943 – Tuesday Weld
  • 1944 - Tim Bogart
  • 1947 – Barbara Bach
  • 1952 – Paul Reubens
  • 1953 – Alex Lifeson
  • 1956 - Glen Matlock
  • 1979 – Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire)

 

AUGUST 26

  • 1901 – Jimmy Rushing
  • 1935 – Geraldine Ferraro
  • 1938 – Jet Black (The Stranglers)
  • 1940 – Nik Turner (Hawkwind)
  • 1944 – Maureen Tucker
  • 1946 – Valerie Simpson
  • 1949 - Bob Cowsill (The Cowsills)
  • 1949 – Leon Redbone
  • 1960 – Branford Marsalis
  • 1966 – Shirley Manson
  • 1979 – Allison Robertson (The Donnas)

 

AUGUST 25

  • 1910 – Ruby Keeler
  • 1913 – Walt Kelly (Pogo)
  • 1918 – Leonard Bernstein
  • 1921 – Monty Hall
  • 1930 – Sean Connery
  • 1933 – Wayne Shorter
  • 1949 – Gene Simmons
  • 1951 – Rob Halford
  • 1952 – Geoff Downes
  • 1954 – Elvis Costello
  • 1955 – John McGeoch
  • 1958 – Tim Burton
  • 1967 – Jeff Tweedy
  • 1970 – Jo Dee Messina

 

AUGUST 24

  • 1897 – Fred Rose
  • 1899 – Jorge Luis Borges
  • 1905 – Arthur Crudup
  • 1922 – Howard Zinn
  • 1938 – David Freiberg
  • 1938 – Mason Williams
  • 1943 – John Cipollina
  • 1945 – Ronee Blakley
  • 1945 – Malcolm Duncan (Average White Band)
  • 1945 – Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)
  • 1948 – Jean Michel Jarre
  • 1952 – John Cowan
  • 1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson
  • 1957 – Stephen Fry
  • 1958 – Steve Guttenberg
  • 1973 – Dave Chappelle
AUGUST 23
  • 1912 – Gene Kelly
  • 1917 – Tex Williams
  • 1946 – Keith Moon
  • 1949 – Rick Springfield
  • 1953 – Bobby G (Bucks Fizz)
  • 1960 – Gary Hoey
  • 1961 – Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
  • 1962 – Shaun Ryder
  • 1970 – Brad Mehldau
  • 1970 – River Phoenix
  • 1975 – Eliza Carthy
  • 1978 – Julian Casablancas
  • 1986 – SkyBlu (LMFAO)
 
AUGUST 22
  • 1862 – Claude Debussy
  • 1880 - George Herriman (American cartoonist: Krazy Kat)
  • 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • 1909 – Julius J. Epstein
  • 1917 – John Lee Hooker
  • 1920 – Ray Bradbury
  • 1926 - Bob Flanigan (The Four Freshmen)
  • 1936 – Chuck Brown
  • 1936 – Dale Hawkins
  • 1939 – Valerie Harper
  • 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski
  • 1945 – Ron Dante (The Archies, The Cuff Links)
  • 1947 – Donna Jean Godchaux
  • 1947 – Cindy Williams
  • 1948 – David Marks (The Beach Boys)
  • 1952 – Peter Laughner
  • 1958 – Vernon Reid
  • 1961 – Roland Orzabal
  • 1961 – Debbi Peterson
  • 1961 - Jay Aston (Gene Loves Jezabel)
  • 1961 - Michael Aston (Gene Loves Jezabel)
  • 1962 - Gary Lee Connor (Screaming Trees)
  • 1963 – Tori Amos
  • 1966 – GZA
  • 1972 – Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty)
  • 1973 – Kristen Wiig
  • 1978 – Robert Levon Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)

 

AUGUST 21

  • 1904 – Count Basie
  • 1905 – Friz Freleng
  • 1932 – Melvin Van Peebles
  • 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain
  • 1938 – Kenny Rogers
  • 1939 – James Burton
  • 1939 – Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers)
  • 1939 – Clarence Williams III
  • 1944 – Jackie DeShannon
  • 1947 - Carl Giammarese (The Buckinghams)
  • 1951 – Glenn Hughes
  • 1952 – Joe Strummer
  • 1954 - Nick Kane (The Mavericks)
  • 1957 – Steve Smith (Journey and Montrose)
  • 1957 - Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge)
  • 1957 - Budgie (Siouxie and the Banshees)
  • 1971 - Liam Howlett (Prodigy)

 

AUGUST 20

  • 1890 – Howard Phillips Lovecraft
  • 1905 – Jack Teagarden
  • 1923 – Jim Reeves
  • 1933 - "Uncle John" Turner (Johnny Winter)
  • 1934 -  Sneaky Pete Kleinow
  • 1942 – Isaac Hayes
  • 1944 - John Povey (Pretty Things)
  • 1946 – Ralf Hütter (Kraftwerk)
  • 1947 – James Pankow
  • 1948 – Robert Plant
  • 1949 – Phil Lynott
  • 1952 – Doug Fieger
  • 1952 – John Hiatt
  • 1952 - Rudy Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers)
  • 1965 – KRS-One
  • 1966 – Dimebag Darrell Abbott
  • 1970 – Fred Durst
  • 1980 – Langhorne Slim

 

 

AUGUST 19

  • 1871 – Orville Wright
  • 1883 – Coco Chanel
  • 1902 – Ogden Nash
  • 1921 – Gene Roddenberry
  • 1931 - Willie Shoemaker
  • 1939 – Ginger Baker
  • 1940 – Johnny Nash
  • 1940 – Jill St. John
  • 1943 – Billy J. Kramer
  • 1944 – Eddy Raven
  • 1945 – Ian Gillan
  • 1946 – William Jefferson Clinton
  • 1951 - John Deacon (Queen)
  • 1956 – Adam Arkin

 

AUGUST 18

  • 1904 – Max Factor, Jr.
  • 1918 – Cisco Houston
  • 1929 – Hugues Aufray
  • 1934 – Vincent Bugliosi
  • 1934 – Roberto Clemente
  • 1936 – Robert Redford
  • 1943 – Sarah Dash
  • 1943 – Martin Mull
  • 1943 – Carl Wayne (The Move and The Hollies)
  • 1949 – Nigel Griggs (Split Enz)
  • 1978 – Andy Samberg

 

AUGUST 17

  • 1786 – Davy Crockett
  • 1882 - Samuel Goldwyn
  • 1887 – Marcus Garvey
  • 1893 – Mae West
  • 1909 – Larry Clinton
  • 1914 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
  • 1926 – Valerie Eliot
  • 1928 – T. J. Anderson
  • 1930 – Ted Hughes
  • 1932 - Duke Pearson
  • 1936 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman
  • 1939 – Luther Allison
  • 1939 - Ed Sanders 
  • 1943 – Robert De Niro
  • 1943 – Dave "Snaker" Ray
  • 1953 – Kevin Rowland
  • 1954 – Eric Johnson
  • 1955 - Colin Moulding (XTC)
  • 1958 – Belinda Carlisle
  • 1962 – Gilby Clarke
  • 1964 – Maria McKee
  • 1965 - Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) 
  • 1966 - Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson)
  • 1969 – Donnie Wahlberg

AUGUST 16

  • 1888 – T. E. Lawrence
  • 1920 - Charles Bukowski
  • 1924 – Fess Parker
  • 1928 – Eydie Gormé
  • 1928 – Eddie Kirkland
  • 1929 – Bill Evans
  • 1930 – Robert Culp
  • 1933 – Julie Newmar
  • 1939 – Billy Joe Shaver
  • 1942 - Robert Lester (The Chi-Lites)
  • 1944 – Kevin Ayers
  • 1946 – Lesley Ann Warren
  • 1948 – Barry Hay (Golden Earring)
  • 1949 – Scott Asheton
  • 1949 – Bill Spooner (The Tubes)
  • 1950 - Joey Spampinato (NRBQ)
  • 1953 - James J.T. Taylor (Kool and The Gang)
  • 1953 - Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
  • 1957 – Tim Farriss (INXS)
  • 1958 – Madonna Louise Ciccone
  • 1958 - Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's)
  • 1962 – Steve Carell
  • 1964 - Maria McKee (Lone Justice)
  • 1968 - Donovan Leitch, Jr.
  • 1972 - Emily Robinson (The Dixie Chicks)

 

AUGUST 15
  • 1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 1912 – Julia Child
  • 1919 – Huntz Hall
  • 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis
  • 1923 – Rose Marie
  • 1925 – Mike Connors
  • 1952 - Rose Maddox
  • 1925 – Oscar Peterson
  • 1928 – Nicolas Roeg
  • 1933 – Bobby Helms
  • 1933 – Jim Lange
  • 1934 – Bobby Byrd (The Famous Flames)
  • 1936 - Pat Priest
  • 1942 - Pete York (Spencer Davis Group)
  • 1944 – Linda Ellerbee
  • 1945 – Duffy Dyer
  • 1946 – Jimmy Webb
  • 1948 - Tom Johnston
  • 1950 – Tommy Aldridge
  • 1951 – Bobby Caldwell
  • 1961 - Matt Johnson (The The)
  • 1963 – Lady Miss Kier
  • 1964 – Melinda Gates
(Missing: technical difficulties)
AUGUST 7:
  • 1926 - Stan Freberg
  • 1936 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  • 1937 - Magic Slim
  • 1942 – Garrison Keillor
  • 1942 – B. J. Thomas
  • 1950 - Rodney Crowell
  • 1952 - Andy Fraser (Free)
  • 1958 – Bruce Dickinson
  • 1960 – David Duchovny
  • 1960 - Jacqui O'Sullivan (Bananarama)
  • 1965 - Raul Malo (The Mavericks)
  • 1966 – Kristin Hersh
AUGUST 6:
  • 1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  • 1917 – Robert Mitchum
  • 1918 – Norman Granz
  • 1928 – Andy Warhol
  • 1930 – Abbey Lincoln
  • 1938 – Peter Bonerz
  • 1946 – Allan Holdsworth
  • 1952 – Pat MacDonald (Timbuk3)
  • 1952 – Vinnie Vincent
  • 1958 – Randy DeBarge
  • 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan
AUGUST 5:
  • 1942 - Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five)
  • 1947 – Rick Derringer
  • 1947 - Greg Leskiw (Guess Who)
  • 1956 – Maureen McCormick
  • 1959 – Pete Burns
  • 1959 – Pat Smear
  • 1964 – Adam Yauch
  • 1965 – Jeff Coffin (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones)
  • 1966 – Jennifer Finch (L7)
  • 1967 – Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)
AUGUST 4:
  • 1792 – Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 1901 – Louis Armstrong
  • 1921 – Herb Ellis
  • 1936 - Elsbeary Hobbs (The Drifters)
  • 1940 – Larry Knechtel
  • 1940 – Timi Yuro
  • 1942 – Cleon Jones
  • 1944 – Richard Belzer
  • 1946 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett
  • 1947 – Klaus Schulze
  • 1952 – Maire Ni Bhraaonion
  • 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton
  • 1961 – Barack Obama
  • 1962 - Paul Reynolds (A Flock of Seagulls)
  • 1965 – Terri Lyne Carrington
AUGUST 3:
  • 1910 - Joseph Spence
  • 1924 - Gordon Stoker (The Jordanaires)
  • 1926 – Tony Bennett
  • 1930 – James Komack
  • 1939 – Jimmie Nicol (The Beatles)
  • 1941 – Beverly Lee (The Shirelles)
  • 1941 – Martha Stewart
  • 1946 – Syreeta Wright
  • 1946 – John York (The Byrds)
  • 1949 – B. B. Dickerson (War)
  • 1951 – Jay North
  • 1956 – Kirk Brandon
  • 1959 – Martin Atkins
  • 1961 – Lee Rocker
  • 1963 – Debby Hax Walker
  • 1963 – James Hetfield
  • 1963 – Ed Roland (Collective Soul)
  • 1963 - Kyoko Chan Cox 
  • 1970 – Stephen Carpenter (Deftones)
  • 1971 – DJ Spinderella
  • 1977 – Tom Brady
AUGUST 2:
  • 1924 – Carroll O'Connor
  • 1932 – Peter O'Toole
  • 1935 – Hank Cochran
  • 1937 – Garth Hudson
  • 1939 - Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
  • 1941 - Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles)
  • 1944 – Jim Capaldi
  • 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low
  • 1951 - Andrew Gold
  • 1951 – Joe Lynn Turner
  • 1953 – Butch Patrick
  • 1957 – Mojo Nixon
  • 1957 – Butch Vig
  • 1960 – David Yow
  • 1961 – Pete de Freitas (Echo & the Bunnymen)
  • 1962 – Lee Mavers (The La's)
  • 1970 – Kevin Smith
AUGUST 1:
  • 1779 – Francis Scott Key
  • 1819 – Herman Melville
  • 1930 – Lionel Bart
  • 1931 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  • 1931 - Tom Wilson
  • 1933 – Dom DeLuise
  • 1942 – Jerry Garcia
  • 1946 – Boz Burrell
  • 1946 – Rick Coonce (The Grass Roots)
  • 1950 – Jim Carroll
  • 1951 – Tommy Bolin
  • 1951 – Tim Bachman
  • 1953 – Robert Cray
  • 1958 – Rob Buck (10,000 Maniacs)
  • 1959 - Joe Elliot (Def Leppard)
  • 1960 – Chuck D
  • 1960 - Suzi Gardner (L7)
  • 1963 – Coolio
  • 1963 – Dean Wareham
  • 1964 – Adam Duritz

 

Thanks to Wikipedia, On This Day and Yeah Baby Tunes.


Rock Mobster Archives: 2013 August 29-31

Saturday, August 31, 2013 
  1. DIFFERENT DRUM: THE POWER OF LINDA RONSTADT’S VOICE (New Yorker)

  2. Micky Dolenz Talks About The Monkees Present... And 

    The Monkees' Future (HuffPo)

  3. Neko Case opens up about her latest album on NPR's Listen Live party (NPR)
  4. Elton John set for stage return after appendix operation (Mirror UK)
  5. Moby Releases Song With Wayne Coyne (Noise 11)
  6. SAN FRANCISCO'S TOMPKINS SQUARE LABEL PRESENTS THE FIRST-EVER VINYL REISSUE OF DINO VALENTE'S 1968 SELF-TITLED CLASSIC ON EPIC RECORDS (Soundcloud) 
  7. Ozzy Osbourne nearly burns down mansion while frying up a snack(Mirror UK)
  8. The Beatles' Isolated Vocals of the Complete Side 2 of Abbey Road (That Eric Alper)
  9. House of Blues to reopen as New Hampshire family mourns loss of 19-year-old woman (Boston Globe)
  10. Tributes paid to ‘keeper of language’ Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, who has died at 74 (Irish Times)

Friday, August 30, 2013
  1. Sightings: Robyn Hitchcock Sat in With Chris Pickering Last Night at The 5 Spot; Anyone Know What He's Doing in Town?(Nashville Scene) 
  2. $2 Tuesday Playlist 8-27-13: I turned around only to see the singular Robyn Hitchcock! (Tim Hobbs)
  3. Photographer Bob Gruen recalls John Lennon’s only post-Beatles concerts(Examiner)
  4. Legendary Beatles Strawberry Field gates painted yellow: Mystery message daubed on iconic tourist attraction(Liverpool Echo)
  5. Zappa’s ’200 Motels’ Is Readied for Its Close-up (Variety)
  6. The Dead Weather working on new songs in the studio yesterday… (and searching for bodies)(Third Man Records)
  7. Mastertapes with David Crosby: Radio 4 | 7 October. Be in the audience(BBC)
  8. Man Arrested After Attempting to Set Ryman Auditorium on Fire(Taste Of Country)
  9. These Tift Merritt Traveling Alone deluxe sets came in today - and we can't stop staring. It's available Sept. 17(on vinyl too!)(Yep Roc)
  10. Death Cab for Cutie to Release Anniversary Edition of Transatlanticism(Paste Magazine)
  11. Peter Hook, former bassist for both Joy Division and New Order is hoping to release a whole stash of master tapes filled with material from both bands.(Paste Magazine)
  12. Neil Young’s Studio Prowess Is More Than Meets the Ear(Variety)
  13. 6 Things Every One Direction Fan Needs To Know About Joy Division(Buzzfeed) 
  14. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Facing Boycott In Germany Over 'Anti-Semitic' Inflatable Pig(NY Daily News)
  15. Ted Nugent's Wife Arrested In Dallas For Gun Possession(Breitbart)
  16. Rolf Harris formally charged with child sex offences (Noise 11)
Thursday, August 29, 2013
  1. Take a first look at Rolling Stone's cover story on Bob Dylan and the making of Self Portrait before it hits newsstands this Friday(Rolling Stone) 
  2. EP #27: Greil Marcus full hour interview. He discusses Bob's music, career, and influences. (Kreative Kontrol)
  3. The Band plays on: Legendary New York Shows get deluxe deep dive - Watch Robbie and his son Sebastian talk about the new upcoming release from The Band. (MSN)
  4. HUFF 2013 a Hitchcock thriller - Pop surrealism fans take note: British master bound for Halifax (Robyn Hitchcock interview, new album news) (Chronicle Herald)
  5. Beatles’ secretary Freda Kelly finally breaks her silence: Protecting John Lennon’s affairs, sleeping at Ringo Starr’s house (Fox News)
  6. Meet The Man Behind Pink Floyd’s Iconic Battersea Power Station Album Cover (Time Out)
  7. BluesFest 2013 takes place at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall this Autumn. (Bluesfest.co.uk)
  8. Stream 'Boardwalk Empire Soundtrack Volume 1' (Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Matt Berninger (of The National), Rufus Wainwright, Neko Case and more)(Paste Magazine) 
  9. Who Needs 'It Girls' When You Have Joan Jett and Lou Reed? Not Saint Laurent (PHOTOS)(HuffPo)
  10. Eric Clapton will headline the Baloise Session, an indoor music festival, in Basel, Switzerland on 13 and 14 November (Where' Eric)
  11. The Boot shares another new track from Mark Knopfler's Privateering, in stores September 10! (The Boot) Also: Mark has added a second date in Oakland, on October 28. The MarkKnopfler.com presale starts Tuesday, September 3 at 10 am PDT. 
  12. TALKING HEAD DAVID BYRNE’S LOST ‘TALKING HEADS’ VIDEO PROJECT FROM 1975 (Dangerous Minds)
  13. Huey Lewis is No Duck: A Golfer/Rocker Speaks(Jim Sullivan Ink) 
  14. Jimmy Webb Records With Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Crosby and Nash (and Carly Simon, Brian Wilson, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Grant, Lyle Loveltt, the Jordanaires, Marc Cohn, America, Justin Currie, Keith Urban and Rumer)(VVN Music) 
  15. Engelbert Humperdinck lays down his duet with Gene Simmons (KISS) in LA (VIDEO)(Noise 11)
  16. Yippie and Peace Activist Mayer Vishner Is Dead, Apparently a Suicide(Bedford and Bowery)
  17. House of Blues to shut down tonight after woman, 19, dies, two others injured, in apparent drug overdose (Boston Globe)
  18. Here is how The Times covered the March on Washington in its Aug. 29, 1963 edition; and here is how Times readers who were there that day recall their experiences (NY Times)
  19. On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington we present a selection of pictures—most of which never ran in LIFE—commemorating that day.(Life.com) 
  20. Joan Baez: "It's the most powerful speech I've ever heard." (BBC) 
  21. 16 concert films (and one concert series) by famous directors (AV Club)
  22. Old wave: The 10 least essential albums of 1983 (AV Club)
  23. Dylan's back pages - August 28 -March on Washington (63), Meet the Beatles (64), Forest Hills (65) (Examiner)
  24. Bob Dylan and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Dylan audio @ 11m) (Examiner)
  25. The Who confirm full track-listing and release date for Tommy Super Deluxe Edition (Uncut) 10 am ET 
  26. Now that's a wrap party: John Cusack enjoys surprise show from Beach Boy Brian Wilson after he finishes playing legendary musician in new biopic (Daily Mail)
  27. August 27, 2013: Taking a look back into CBS6's archives, 41 years ago today, a big controversy between spac and "The Grateful Dead."  (WRBG CBS6)
  28. Across the Great Divide: The Band, “This Wheel’s On Fire” from Music from Big Pink (1968) (Something Else Reviews)

Rock Mobster Archives: 2013 August 22-28

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Tuesday, August 27, 2013
  1. The Replacements reunite at Riot Fest (City Pages)
  2. The Replacements shrug off 22 years at Riot Fest Toronto. It was worth the wait.(CoS)
  3. The Replacements Reunite: Stream the Whole Set (Slate/Browbeat) 
  4. Concert Review: The Replacements gave the crowd exactly what it wanted (and on time, to boot!) at Riot Fest (National Post)
  5. Bruce Springsteen adds second and final Melbourne show (Noise 11) 
  6. Remembering John Lennon w/ Bettye LaVette & Special Guests Bob Gruen, Jack Douglas & Dennis Elsas - 9/12 (City Winery)
  7. John Lennon's tie goes under the hammer at Beatles auction (Liverpool Echo)
  8. Here’s an exclusive look at the artwork from the forthcoming picture book of Octopus’s Garden – publishing this October, the song will be brought to life by illustrator Ben Cort and published with a CD of Ringo reading the story and an original, previously un-heard recording of the song by Ringo. (Facebook)
  9. Died On This Date (August 27, 1967) Brian Epstein / Managed The Beatles (The Music's Over)
  10. Listen to an unreleased version of "London's Burning" from The Clash's first ever recording session in 1976 at Beaconsfield Film School (Guitar World)
  11. Sunday Video: How to Make Borscht with Neko Case (Rookie Mag)
  12. Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends - Peggy Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Dan Zanes, Aoife O'Donovan & More - Explore The Ruth Crawford Seeger Christmas Songbook On 'The Sounding Joy'; Oct. 15 Via Smithsonian Folkways(Shore Fire Media) 
  13. The Kinks confirm tracklisting for Muswell Hillbillies deluxe edition(Uncut)
  14. Skydog: The Duane Allman retrospective was as 7CD set that sold out almost immediately back in March. If you missed out, the good news is that it's being re-released in October (Super Deluxe Edition)
  15. Twangville weighs in on David Bromberg's Only Slightly Mad(Twangsville)
  16. Review: Dylan’s new ‘Self (effacing) Portrait’ and the myth of authenticity(Part one) (Part two) (Examiner)
  17. Grateful Dead Live at Old Renaissance Faire Grounds on 1972-08-27 (August 27, 1972) (Archive.org)
  18. Our interview with Stephen Stills and his new band The Rides is now available (Nashville's Hippie Radio)
  19. Rev Tor’s The Last Waltz found right emotional vibe at Bull Run concert(Bill Copeland Music News)
  20. Sting Conquers Writer’s Block With His First New Songs in a Decade(Vulture)
  21. Billy Corgan: “I should’ve quit Smashing Pumpkins when Jimmy Chamberlin left after Mellon Collie…”(Uncut)
  22. Eminem Announces 'Marshall Mathers LP 2' In Beats By Dre Commercial(Billboard)
  23. You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold(Shore Fire Media) 
  24. Ex-US Senator Scott Brown took the stage and jammed with the band Cheap Trick last night in N.H. (video) (Boston Globe)
  25. HUMBLE PIE / PERFORMANCE: ROCKIN' THE FILLMORE - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS. A 4CD box set featuring the four full shows, unedited and as originally sequenced (Super Deluxe Edition)
  26. Old-School VW Microbus Will Finally End Production This Year(Jalopnik) 
  27. 2013 Houston Astros: Baseball's Worst Team Is The Most Profitable In History (Forbes)
  28. Hunting Again for Salinger Within the Silences and Secrets(NY Times)
  29. In 1955, an all-white, all-male jury acquitted two men of kidnapping and murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till, shocking the nation. Photos from the trial (Life.com)
Monday, August 26, 2013

 

Sunday, August 25, 2013
  1. Linda Ronstadt Discloses Her Battle With Parkinson’s Disease (The original source)(AARP Blog)
  2. David Bromberg, amplified: Wilmington musician on 2 albums within the month (With Bromberg/Larry Campbell interview) (Delaware Online:30 day free trial)
  3. "Transformer" book signing in London on 6th September with Mick Rock(Lou Reed)
  4. The dovetailing music and film careers of Neil Young (The Dissolve) 
  5. New To The Vault: Pink Floyd, Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY), AUG 21, 1988 (Wolfgang's Vault)
  6. Raiders' Mark Lindsay just keeps getting his kicks in music (Goldmine)
  7. Rare Grateful Dead Artwork, Photos Coming to NYC Gallery (Jambands)
  8. Bob Dylan & Clydie King go way back - but not as far as her sweet first records (Michael Gray)
  9. Norah Jones Remembers the Radio Host Marian McPartland (NY Times)
  10. Welcome back, mono records; we've missed you so much (Goldmine)
  11. Now you can stop by Whole Foods to pick up quinoa, kale, and yes, vinyl records(Time)
  12. Hard Rockers Admit Favorite Pop Songs (Video)(Punch Baby)
  13. ‘Imagine’ And ‘Band On The Run’ Mash Up (Viral Viral Videos)
  14. Macho, macho men: the Village people are back, and they're bringing the '70s with them (nj.com)
  15. The God of 'SNL' Will See You Now (NY Times)
  16. The Deal That Brought Dvorak to New York (NY Times)
  17. Short film: I forgot my phone (Boing Boing)

 

 

Saturday, August 24, 2013
  1. Linda Ronstadt Reveals She Has Parkinson's Disease, 'Can't Sing A Note'(LAist) 
  2. David Crosby's Recent Conversation w/ Neil Young | Rolling Stone (Thrasher’s Wheat)
  3. Rolling Stone im September 2013 – Elvis Costello & The Roots: Das Pop-Paar des Jahres. Warum die überraschende Paarung auf dem wütenden neuen Album „Wise Up Ghost“ so perfekt harmoniert, erfuhr Maik Brüggemeyer beim nicht ganz einfachen Treffen mit Elvis Costello - (Rolling Stone.de)
  4. The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg – Album By Album (Uncut)
  5. Concert Review: Nick Lowe, Club Helsinki Hudson, 8.21.13(Rogovoy Report)
  6. Across the Great Divide: The Band, “Lonesome Suzie” from Music from Big Pink (1968)  (Something Else Reviews)
  7. David Byrne Reflects on Peter Gabriel Version of ‘Listening Wind’ (Hidden Track)
 

 

Friday, August 23, 2013 
  1. NEW: The Rolling Stones CNE Stadium (Toronto, Canada) SEP 3, 1989 (Wolfgang's Vault)
  2. Bob Dylan’s 'Another Self Portrait’: First look, first listen, first thoughts(Photos)(Examiner) 
  3. Bruce Springsteen on Instagram (Instagram)
  4. World's Largest Record Collection is Worth $50 Million; No One Wants it for $3 Million(Gizmodo)
  5. Tommy Stinson of The Replacements takes us to his old house  It’s where the band first crawled out of the basement. (AV Club)
  6. Look Out! 'The Who FAQ' is Officially on the Way!(Psychobabble)
  7. Stephen Stills' new band the Rides will release their debut album next week. Here's their cover of Iggy & the Stooges' 'Search and Destroy' (Rock Cellar Magazine)
  8. Only $7.99 til Aug. 30 - the YR15 15-month calendar! (Yep Roc)
  9. French Police Arrest Escaped Member Of 'Pink Panther' Gang Of Jewel Thieves (HuffPo)
Thursday, August 22, 2013
  1. Apple's upcoming iTunes Radio will shake things up for other music-streaming services (Time)
  2. Why do Japanese still buy CDs? (CNN) 
  3. Beatles: Live at the BBC Vol 2? (Wogblog) 
  4. RIP, Sid Bernstein (August 21, 2013) Legendary Concert Promoter; Brought The British Invasion To America (The Music's Over) 
  5. Sid Bernstein, who brought The Beatles to U.S., dies (CNN)
  6. Definitive Woody Guthrie Collection 'American Radical Patriot' Coming (with Bob Dylan 78 r.p.m.) (Rounder) 
  7. September is a blur of releases from THE CLASH. Box sets, hits collections, vinyl, CDs (Super Deluxe Edition)
  8. Exclusive listen to "Holed Up," the second track from Tony Joe's upcoming album HOODOO (USA Today)
  9. 'You're What I Wanted': Assembling The Family Stone (npr) 
  10. R&B star Brandy plays to crowd of 40 in 90,000 seat stadium (Telegraph)
  11. Fred Penner replaces Neil Young at Greenbelt Harvest Picnic(Hammer In The News)
  12. The Monkees – Full Show Recording – Dallas TX 08/02/2013(Monkees.net) 
  13. Grateful and very much alive, former Dead drummer brings godly vibes to Israel(Haaretz)(Subcribers only)
  14. Art From Scrap Hosts Annual One Night Stand Fundraiser (Yoko Ono, Jeff Bridges, John Nava, Thomas Van Stein, and Kent Twitchell)(Santa Barbara Independent) 
  15. Behind the song: The Rutles' 'Piggy In The Middle'(American Songwriter)
  16. GIG REMINDER: Will be enjoying a Sunday afternoon with Mike Livesley & The Rutles at London's Borderline on Sunday 25 August. 3pm-9pm (John Otway)
  17. The memories hidden in the scent of a record store(PNW Inlander) 
  18. Vinyl’s not dead, long live vinyl (Reuters) 
  19. The Clash to open a pop-up store (Black Market Clash)(Uncut)
  20. Big Wheel Keeps On Turning: Elvis Costello Interviewed  (Quietus)
  21. Marian McPartland, 'Piano Jazz' Host, Has Died (npr) 
  22. Let’s Spend the Night Together: (In)Famous Rock ‘n Roll Hotel Rooms (You Can Check Out - But You May Never Leave(Rock Cellar Magazine)
  23. Just announced: Wilco at Stubb's Austin, Fri 10/11. An official late night show as part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL). Tickets on sale Fri 8/23 at 10AM CDT (Wilco)
  24. What Is Afropunk? (Sound Of The City)
  25. GetToTheFront.com: Tired Pony Announce Show In London {Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), Richard Colburn (Belle and Sebastian), Iain Archer, Jacknife Lee, Peter Buck (R.E.M.)}(The Third Bar)
  26. New CD+Blu-ray version of YES' "Close to the Edge" which is due out in October, with 5.1 surround and some great exclusive content is going to be the ultimate version of the album(Super Deluxe Edition)
  27. Track Of The Day: Joseph Arthur– Missy Baba. A freewheeling taste of the prolific Ohio native’s new double album(MOJO) 
  28. “People aren’t being given a chance in music and society.” Alan McGee discusses his new label, 359 (MOJO)
  29. Property of Jesus – Chrissie Hynde (Cinch Review)
  30. How "One Direction" are being advertised on the streets of Cardiff, Wales.(9gag) 
  31. A bunch of middle-aged librarians recreated the "Sabotage" video, and the result is adorable(AV Club) 
  32. Now Boston puts pianos on its streets(Arts Journal)
  33. Democracy May Prove the Doom of WBAI(NY Times)
  34. THE AWESOME STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF MEN WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING A SINGLE GAME OF TAG FOR 23 YEARS (The Blaze)
  35. Kermit the Frog Takes on Steve Martin in a Match of "Dueling Banjos"(Paste)
  36. Jon Stewart becomes US TVs highest paid host  (Noise 11) 

  

 

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