Musical birthdays today include Ginger Baker (74), Johnny Nash (73), Billy J. Kramer (70), Ian Gillan (68), John Deacon (62) and Lee Ann Womack (47).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Blind Willie McTell, who died on this day in 1959... and for rockabilly pioneer Dorsey Burnette, who left us today in 1979.
Also on August 19: All You Need is Love goes to the top of the US charts, giving the Beatles their 14th stateside no. 1 (1967)... After 58 episodes, The Monkees' TV show airs on NBC for the last time (1968)... Joni Mitchell, Steven Stills, David Crosby and Jefferson Airplane all appear on the Dick Cavett Show from Television Center in NYC (1969)... Miles Davis begins three days of sessions that will yield the landmark fusion album Bitches Brew (1969)... Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge are married in Malibu, CA. The couple will divorce in 1979 (1973)... The Three Degrees score their only UK no. 1 with When Will I See You Again. The girl group were reportedly Prince Charles' favourite band of the '70s (1975)... The Sex Pistols began an incognito tour under the name The Spots [an acronym for Sex Pistols on Tour Secretly] (1977)...
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Blind Willie McTell, who died on this day in 1959... and for rockabilly pioneer Dorsey Burnette, who left us today in 1979.
Also on August 19: All You Need is Love goes to the top of the US charts, giving the Beatles their 14th stateside no. 1 (1967)... After 58 episodes, The Monkees' TV show airs on NBC for the last time (1968)... Joni Mitchell, Steven Stills, David Crosby and Jefferson Airplane all appear on the Dick Cavett Show from Television Center in NYC (1969)... Miles Davis begins three days of sessions that will yield the landmark fusion album Bitches Brew (1969)... Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge are married in Malibu, CA. The couple will divorce in 1979 (1973)... The Three Degrees score their only UK no. 1 with When Will I See You Again. The girl group were reportedly Prince Charles' favourite band of the '70s (1975)... The Sex Pistols began an incognito tour under the name The Spots [an acronym for Sex Pistols on Tour Secretly] (1977)...
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