Musical birthdays today include: Mel Tillis (81), Connie Stevens [of 'Sixteen Reasons' fame] (75), Dave Clark Five saxophonist Denis Payton (70), session drummer Anton Fig (61), Flock of Seagulls drummer Ali Score (61), Madness guitarist and songwriter Chris Foreman (57), Dennis Drew [keyboardist for 10,000 Maniacs] (56) and The Edge (52)...
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Benny Carter, born on this date in 1906... for country legend Webb Pierce, who would have been 92 today... for Joe Tex, who would have been 80 ... for Cannonball Adderley, who died today in 1975... and for French-Canadian chansonnier Félix Leclerc, who left us today in 1988.
Also on August 8th: 16-year-old Bryan Hyland goes to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. The song will reach no. 8 on the British charts (1960)... The Searchers have the first of their 3 UK no. 1s with Sweets for My Sweet (1963)... Bob Dylan joins Joan Baez in her performance at the annual Forest Hills Music Festival. Among their duets is the first known public performance of Dylan's 'Mama You Been on My Mind'. NY Times critic Robert Shelton, hitherto one of Dylan's strongest supporters, writes a harsh review of the performance that will estrange him from the Dylan camp for months (1964)... In response to John Lennon's published remark about the Beatles being bigger than Jesus, the South African Broadcasting Corporation bans all of the group's records. Meanwhile, Revolver is released in the US, beginning a 77 week stay in the album charts, peaking at no. 1 (1966)... The photo session for the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road takes place outside the EMI recording studios of the same name in near northwest London. Photographer Iain McMillan, perched atop a stepladder in the middle of the road, takes six shots of the Fab Four walking across the zebra crossing while a policeman holds up traffic. The band then go back inside and finished the overdubs on The End, I Want You (She's So Heavy) and Oh! Darling (1969)... The headstone paid for by Janis Joplin for her idol Bessie Smith is installed in a brief ceremony at the blues legend's grave in Mount Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA with Joplin present(1970)... David Crosby of CSN&Y is released after serving 3 years on drug and weapons possession charges. His conviction will be overturned by a Texas appeals court in 1987 (1986)... U2 top the US singles charts with 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for' (1987)... A band called On a Friday plays its first public show at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford, England. The group, who during a drinking session following the gig decide to change their name to Radiohead, originally got together at Abingdon School, an all-boys' public school, and always held rehearsals on Friday afternoon in the music room (1991)... The UK's biggest chain of undertakers, Co-Op Funeral Services, report that bereaved families much prefer pop songs to hymns at funerals. Among the most popular choices are Bette Midler's Wind beneath My Wings and My Heart Will Go on by Celine Dion. They also report some unexpected choices, including 'Another One Bites the Dust' and 'Wake Me up before You Go-Go' (2002).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Benny Carter, born on this date in 1906... for country legend Webb Pierce, who would have been 92 today... for Joe Tex, who would have been 80 ... for Cannonball Adderley, who died today in 1975... and for French-Canadian chansonnier Félix Leclerc, who left us today in 1988.
Also on August 8th: 16-year-old Bryan Hyland goes to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. The song will reach no. 8 on the British charts (1960)... The Searchers have the first of their 3 UK no. 1s with Sweets for My Sweet (1963)... Bob Dylan joins Joan Baez in her performance at the annual Forest Hills Music Festival. Among their duets is the first known public performance of Dylan's 'Mama You Been on My Mind'. NY Times critic Robert Shelton, hitherto one of Dylan's strongest supporters, writes a harsh review of the performance that will estrange him from the Dylan camp for months (1964)... In response to John Lennon's published remark about the Beatles being bigger than Jesus, the South African Broadcasting Corporation bans all of the group's records. Meanwhile, Revolver is released in the US, beginning a 77 week stay in the album charts, peaking at no. 1 (1966)... The photo session for the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road takes place outside the EMI recording studios of the same name in near northwest London. Photographer Iain McMillan, perched atop a stepladder in the middle of the road, takes six shots of the Fab Four walking across the zebra crossing while a policeman holds up traffic. The band then go back inside and finished the overdubs on The End, I Want You (She's So Heavy) and Oh! Darling (1969)... The headstone paid for by Janis Joplin for her idol Bessie Smith is installed in a brief ceremony at the blues legend's grave in Mount Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA with Joplin present(1970)... David Crosby of CSN&Y is released after serving 3 years on drug and weapons possession charges. His conviction will be overturned by a Texas appeals court in 1987 (1986)... U2 top the US singles charts with 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for' (1987)... A band called On a Friday plays its first public show at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford, England. The group, who during a drinking session following the gig decide to change their name to Radiohead, originally got together at Abingdon School, an all-boys' public school, and always held rehearsals on Friday afternoon in the music room (1991)... The UK's biggest chain of undertakers, Co-Op Funeral Services, report that bereaved families much prefer pop songs to hymns at funerals. Among the most popular choices are Bette Midler's Wind beneath My Wings and My Heart Will Go on by Celine Dion. They also report some unexpected choices, including 'Another One Bites the Dust' and 'Wake Me up before You Go-Go' (2002).
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