10 August

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10 AUGUST

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1987 Wilson Pickett is found guilty of threatening patrons at a New Jersey bar with a loaded shotgun after a brawl inside the club. He is given two years' probation and fined $1000.

1985 While taking part in a yacht race, Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon is trapped along with five other team members after his boat capsizes. The British coast guard scrambles to rescue the stricken crew, and after repairs to its keel the vessel goes on to take third place in the 1985/86 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.

1977 Aaron Kamin (lead guitarist for The Calling) is born in Studio City, California.

1975 The vocal group The Manhattan Transfer debut a summer replacement series on CBS, simply called Manhattan Transfer. The variety show runs for four weeks.

1974 Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Makin' Love" hits #1 in America.

1974 John Denver's album Back Home Again hits #1 in America.

1969 Maurine Dallas Watkins - author of the book Chicago - dies from lung cancer at age 72.

1968 R&B singer Michael "Biv" Bivins (of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1968 The Who release "Magic Bus."

1968 Cream's Wheels Of Fire album hits #1 in the US.

1967 Guitarist Todd Nichols (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1966 Sandy Posey records "Single Girl."

1964 On his way to visit two injured fans in Liverpool, England, Mick Jagger is pulled over and fined 32 pounds for speeding and driving without insurance.

1964 Rapper/singer/songwriter Neneh Cherry is born in Stockholm, Sweden.

1961 INXS drummer Jon Farriss is born in Perth, Western Australia. His brothers Tim and Andrew are also in the band.

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Stevie Wonder Hits #1 With Live Stomper

1963

Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips (Part 2)" becomes the first live recording to hit #1 in the US. It holds the position for three weeks.

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