Musical birthdays today include Blood, Sweat & Tears multi-instrumentalist Dick Halligan (70), Radiators guitarist Dave Malone (61), Fairground Attraction's Eddi Reader (54), Planet X guitarist Tony McAlpine (53), former Cocteau Twins lead singer Liz Fraser (50), Brian Jonestown Massacre founder Anton Newcombe (46), Ned's Atomic Dustbin bassist Alex Griffin (42) and Simple Plan bassist David Desrosiers (33).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Charlie 'Bird' Parker, who would have been 93 today... for GG Allin, who would have been 57... for Michael Jackson, who would have been 55... and for bluesman Jimmy Reed, who died today in 1976.
Also on August 29: Roy Orbison's 'Oh, Pretty Woman' is released in the US. The lyric was inspired by a remark that Orbison's songwriting partner Bill Dees made when his [Orbison's] wife Claudette interrupted their conversation to say that she was going out. When Orbison asked if she was okay for money, Dees interjected "A pretty woman never needs any money" (1964)... The Beatles play their last scheduled concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. They do not play any songs from Revolver, their most recent release, and close the show with 'Long Tall Sally' (1966)... Edwin Starr tops the US singles charts with 'War' (1970)... The no. 1 single in the UK today is Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You up' (1987)... U2 play the second rock concert in the history of Yankee Stadium [Billy Joel's in 1990 was the first] (1992)... Oasis release their debut album Definitely Maybe, which will become the fastest-selling debut of all time (1994)... During the VMAs at Radio City Music Hall, Madonna stuns a packed house by passionately kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera while performing a racy version of Like a Virgin (2003)... 77-year-old Fats Domino is rescued by helicopter from the flooding in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina. He had earlier told his agent that he planned to remain in his home despite the order to evacuate (2005).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Charlie 'Bird' Parker, who would have been 93 today... for GG Allin, who would have been 57... for Michael Jackson, who would have been 55... and for bluesman Jimmy Reed, who died today in 1976.
Also on August 29: Roy Orbison's 'Oh, Pretty Woman' is released in the US. The lyric was inspired by a remark that Orbison's songwriting partner Bill Dees made when his [Orbison's] wife Claudette interrupted their conversation to say that she was going out. When Orbison asked if she was okay for money, Dees interjected "A pretty woman never needs any money" (1964)... The Beatles play their last scheduled concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. They do not play any songs from Revolver, their most recent release, and close the show with 'Long Tall Sally' (1966)... Edwin Starr tops the US singles charts with 'War' (1970)... The no. 1 single in the UK today is Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You up' (1987)... U2 play the second rock concert in the history of Yankee Stadium [Billy Joel's in 1990 was the first] (1992)... Oasis release their debut album Definitely Maybe, which will become the fastest-selling debut of all time (1994)... During the VMAs at Radio City Music Hall, Madonna stuns a packed house by passionately kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera while performing a racy version of Like a Virgin (2003)... 77-year-old Fats Domino is rescued by helicopter from the flooding in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina. He had earlier told his agent that he planned to remain in his home despite the order to evacuate (2005).
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