Musical
birthdays today include jazz drummer Milford Graves (82), Hawkwind
guitarist Dave Brock (82), Kraftwerk founder and leader Ralf Hütter (77), Chicago [the group, that is] trombonist and horn arranger James Pankow (76), Robert Plant (75), John Hiatt (71), Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst (53), singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum (44), and Demi Lovato (31).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz legend Jack Teagarden, born on this day in 1905... for country singer Jim Reeves, born in 1923... for original Flying Burrito Brother and country rock pioneer Sneaky Pete Kleinow, who would have been 89... for The Seeds frontman Sky Saxon, who would have been 85... for Isaac Hayes, who would have been 81... for Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, who would have been 74... for The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger, who would have been 71... for Joe Dassin, who died today in 1980... and for Bread member and widely employed session man Larry Knechtel, who left us today in 2009.
Also on August 20: Tchaikovsky conducts the orchestra in the premiere performance of his 1812 Overture in Moscow (1882)... Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and his partner found Immediate Records. The launch party is attended by Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Nico, among others. The new label's first release will be the McCoys' 'Hang on Sloopy', and will go on to become the home of the Small Faces and the Nice, as well as the place where Jimmy Page will serve his apprenticeship as a producer... The Rolling Stones release (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction in the UK, some 2 1/2 months after its American debut (1965)... Dr. David R. Lipscomb, director of the audio lab at the University of Tennessee, reports that guinea pigs subjected over a 3-month period to 90 hours of rock music recorded at 120 decibels at a Knoxville club have suffered acute inner ear damage. NYC disco owner Steve Paul is quoted as saying "In the event that we notice a rise in guinea pig attendance at The Scene, we will bear their comfort in mind" (1968)... Frank Zappa announces that he has disbanded The Mothers of Invention. he will form a new lineup the following year... After finishing 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)', The Beatles begin working on the running order for the Abbey Road album. The medley is initially slated for side 1 of the record, and Octopus' Garden and Oh! Darling are in reverse order from the final version. This day also marks the last time all four Beatles are together in the Abbey Road studio (1969)... The Stones release the single 'Angie' (1973)... Bob Dylan visits Michael Bloomfield at the guitarist's home in Marin Co., CA to play him some of the material from the yet-to-be-recorded Blood on the Tracks. He is considering using Bloomfield on some of the sessions. The visit does not go well, however, and the atmosphere is tense as Dylan runs through song after song without a pause. Bloomfield is unable to follow the chord changes, and Dylan seems uninterested in helping him learn the songs (1974)... Dylan releases Slow Train Coming, his first album following his conversion to Christianity (1979)... Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen makes his first live appearance with the band since losing his left arm in a car accident (1986)... A doctor in Phoenix, AZ files a $35 million lawsuit against the Southwest Bell phone company. He alleges that his wife died because he could not get through to 911, all lines being jammed by callers trying to purchase Garth Brooks concert tickets (1992)... Madame Tussaud's opens an interactive Pop Idol display with a speaking waxwork of judge Simon Cowell. The waxwork makes such comments as "That was extraordinary... Unfortunately, I mean extraordinarily bad", and "Thank you, goodbye, and that was the worst performance I have ever heard" (2003)... A man in Stoke-on-Trent, England names Bryan Adams as the 'other man' in a divorce action after years spent trying to cope with his wife's obsession with the singer. Rob Tinsley says that he has been living for years with a life-size cutout standing at the foot of the marital bed, and posters of the Canadian rocker covering most of the wall surfaces of the house (2004).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz legend Jack Teagarden, born on this day in 1905... for country singer Jim Reeves, born in 1923... for original Flying Burrito Brother and country rock pioneer Sneaky Pete Kleinow, who would have been 89... for The Seeds frontman Sky Saxon, who would have been 85... for Isaac Hayes, who would have been 81... for Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, who would have been 74... for The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger, who would have been 71... for Joe Dassin, who died today in 1980... and for Bread member and widely employed session man Larry Knechtel, who left us today in 2009.
Also on August 20: Tchaikovsky conducts the orchestra in the premiere performance of his 1812 Overture in Moscow (1882)... Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and his partner found Immediate Records. The launch party is attended by Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Nico, among others. The new label's first release will be the McCoys' 'Hang on Sloopy', and will go on to become the home of the Small Faces and the Nice, as well as the place where Jimmy Page will serve his apprenticeship as a producer... The Rolling Stones release (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction in the UK, some 2 1/2 months after its American debut (1965)... Dr. David R. Lipscomb, director of the audio lab at the University of Tennessee, reports that guinea pigs subjected over a 3-month period to 90 hours of rock music recorded at 120 decibels at a Knoxville club have suffered acute inner ear damage. NYC disco owner Steve Paul is quoted as saying "In the event that we notice a rise in guinea pig attendance at The Scene, we will bear their comfort in mind" (1968)... Frank Zappa announces that he has disbanded The Mothers of Invention. he will form a new lineup the following year... After finishing 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)', The Beatles begin working on the running order for the Abbey Road album. The medley is initially slated for side 1 of the record, and Octopus' Garden and Oh! Darling are in reverse order from the final version. This day also marks the last time all four Beatles are together in the Abbey Road studio (1969)... The Stones release the single 'Angie' (1973)... Bob Dylan visits Michael Bloomfield at the guitarist's home in Marin Co., CA to play him some of the material from the yet-to-be-recorded Blood on the Tracks. He is considering using Bloomfield on some of the sessions. The visit does not go well, however, and the atmosphere is tense as Dylan runs through song after song without a pause. Bloomfield is unable to follow the chord changes, and Dylan seems uninterested in helping him learn the songs (1974)... Dylan releases Slow Train Coming, his first album following his conversion to Christianity (1979)... Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen makes his first live appearance with the band since losing his left arm in a car accident (1986)... A doctor in Phoenix, AZ files a $35 million lawsuit against the Southwest Bell phone company. He alleges that his wife died because he could not get through to 911, all lines being jammed by callers trying to purchase Garth Brooks concert tickets (1992)... Madame Tussaud's opens an interactive Pop Idol display with a speaking waxwork of judge Simon Cowell. The waxwork makes such comments as "That was extraordinary... Unfortunately, I mean extraordinarily bad", and "Thank you, goodbye, and that was the worst performance I have ever heard" (2003)... A man in Stoke-on-Trent, England names Bryan Adams as the 'other man' in a divorce action after years spent trying to cope with his wife's obsession with the singer. Rob Tinsley says that he has been living for years with a life-size cutout standing at the foot of the marital bed, and posters of the Canadian rocker covering most of the wall surfaces of the house (2004).
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