Wikipedia:WikiProject Record Production/August 1
| These musicians were born on this day in... |
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| 1779 Francis Scott Key, the composer of the "Star-Spangled Banner" – 1910 Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003) – 1926 Theo Adam, German bass-baritone – 1930 Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d. 1999) – 1931 Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American folk musician – 1945 Sandi Griffiths, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show – 1946 Boz Burrell, British musician (King Crimson, Bad Company) (d. 2006) – 1946 Rick Coonce, rock drummer for The Grass Roots – 1951 Tommy Bolin, American musician (Deep Purple) (d. 1976) – 1953 Robert Cray, American singer – 1958 Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000) – 1958 Michael Penn, American singer and songwriter – 1959 Joe Elliott, English musician (Def Leppard) – 1959 Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese musician – 1960 Chuck D, American activist and rapper (Public Enemy) – 1960 Suzi Gardner, guitarist and songwriter (L7) – 1963 Coolio, American rapper – 1963 Dean Wareham, New Zealand musician (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta) – 1964 Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows) – 1968 Dan Donegan, American musician (Disturbed) – 1972 Nicke Royale, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters) – 1977 Damien Saez, French musician, songwriter, and author – 1981 Ashley Parker Angel, American singer and actor – 1989 Tiffany (Stephanie Hwang), American-born South Korean singer (Girls' Generation) – 1994 – Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer (S/mileage) – 1858 Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884) |
| These musicians died on this day in... |
| 1989 John Ogdon, British pianist (b. 1937) – 1996 Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940) – 1997 Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915) – 2005 Al Aronowitz, American music journalist (b. 1928) – 2007 Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer (b. 1932) |
| These musical events occurred on this day in... |
| 1954 The "Moondog Jubilee of Stars Under the Stars" took place at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Acts on the bill included Fats Domino, Muddy Waters, the Clovers, the Orioles, and Little Walter – 1960 Elvis Presley was named Public Enemy #1 by the East German newspaper, "Young World" – 1968 Mick Jagger's movie "Performance" was released – 1971 Tony Kaye quit Yes to form Badger. He was replaced by Rick Wakeman – 1977 The book "Elvis: What Happened?" went on sale. The book was written by two of Elvis' ex-bodyguards – 1980 George Harrison formed a production company called "Hand Made Films Productions" – 1981 MTV debuts at 12:01am. The first video shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. [1] – 1994 Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announced that they married 11 weeks earlier in the Dominican Republic – 1996 - MTV launched another channel known as MTV2 – |
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| 1987 Siobhan Fahey Bananarama and Dave Stewart Eurythmics were married – |
| These recordings were completed on this day in... |
| 1960 Aretha Franklin made her first secular recordings, which included "Today I Sing the Blues" – |
| These records were released on this day in... |
| 1960 Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was released – |
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| 1971 "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" was debuted on CBS-TV – |
| These U.S. Singles reached #1 on this day in... |
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| These U.S. R&B Singles reached #1 on this day in... |
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