Musical birthdays today include jazz vibraphonist Peter Appleyard (85), former Hawkwind sax & winds player Nik Turner (73), Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker (69), Valerie Simpson (67), Leon Redbone (64), Branford Marsalis (53) and Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson (47).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for original Deep Purple drummer Chris Curtis, who would have been 72 today... for English composer Ralph Vaughn Williams, who died today in 1958.... for Lee Hays of the Weavers, who passed away in 1981... and for Laura Branigan, who left us today in 2004 at the age of 37.
Also on August 26: The Beatles hold a press conference with the Maharishi Mashesh Yogi at University College in Bangor, north Wales. The Fab Four announce that they have become disciples of the guru and that they renounce the use of drugs. Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, who have arrived to take part in the Maharishi's 'Spiritual Regeneration Movement', are also present (1967)... Bob Dylan and his wife Sara fly from New York to Heathrow Airport. Their ultimate destination is the second annual Isle of Wight festival, where the singer will arrive in the early hours of the next day to begin rehearsals with the Band (1969)... Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announces that he is running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He will carry the election in 1988, and go on to win a seat in Congress in 1996 (1987)... Rolling Stone Magazine names Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitarist in rock history (2003)... A plaque was unveiled by former Quarrymen John Duff Lowe and Colin Hantonat at the site where the band that was to become the Beatles made their first recordings. John, Paul and George recorded a version of Buddy Holly's That'll Be the Day and Lennon-Harrison song called 'In Spite of All the Danger' at Liverpool's Percy Studio in 1958 (2005)... A post office on the same street as the Los Angeles studio where Ray Charles recorded many of his classic sides is renamed after the R&B legend. A federal bill is signed by president George W. Bush to effect the name change (2005).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for original Deep Purple drummer Chris Curtis, who would have been 72 today... for English composer Ralph Vaughn Williams, who died today in 1958.... for Lee Hays of the Weavers, who passed away in 1981... and for Laura Branigan, who left us today in 2004 at the age of 37.
Also on August 26: The Beatles hold a press conference with the Maharishi Mashesh Yogi at University College in Bangor, north Wales. The Fab Four announce that they have become disciples of the guru and that they renounce the use of drugs. Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, who have arrived to take part in the Maharishi's 'Spiritual Regeneration Movement', are also present (1967)... Bob Dylan and his wife Sara fly from New York to Heathrow Airport. Their ultimate destination is the second annual Isle of Wight festival, where the singer will arrive in the early hours of the next day to begin rehearsals with the Band (1969)... Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announces that he is running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He will carry the election in 1988, and go on to win a seat in Congress in 1996 (1987)... Rolling Stone Magazine names Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitarist in rock history (2003)... A plaque was unveiled by former Quarrymen John Duff Lowe and Colin Hantonat at the site where the band that was to become the Beatles made their first recordings. John, Paul and George recorded a version of Buddy Holly's That'll Be the Day and Lennon-Harrison song called 'In Spite of All the Danger' at Liverpool's Percy Studio in 1958 (2005)... A post office on the same street as the Los Angeles studio where Ray Charles recorded many of his classic sides is renamed after the R&B legend. A federal bill is signed by president George W. Bush to effect the name change (2005).
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