10 AUGUST
In Music History
1959 Elvis Presley's "A Big Hunk O' Love" hits #1.
1959 The four male singers in The Platters are arrested in Cincinnati for aiding and abetting prostitution. They are acquitted of the charges, but the incident strains relations with their female singer Zola Taylor and gets them removed from some playlists.
1948 R&B/Pop/Jazz singer Patti Austin is born in Harlem, New York.
1946 Mick Clarke (bass player/vocalist for the Rubettes) is born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
1943 Singer-songwriter James Griffin (of Bread) is born Cincinnati, Ohio.
1940 Bobby Hatfield (of The Righteous Brothers) is born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
1928 Country singer/musician Jimmy Dean is born in Plainview, Texas.
1928 Singer Eddie Fisher is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1909 Inventor Leo Fender, who founded Fender Musical Instruments, is born in Anaheim, California.
1899 Scott Joplin signs a contract for a royalty of 1% per copy, with a minimum sales price of $.25, for "The Maple Leaf Rag."
1880 Composer/violinist Clarence Cameron White is born in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Stevie Wonder Hits #1 With Live Stomper
1963Stevie 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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1984 Red Hot Chili Peppers release their self-titled debut album, an arduous collaboration with producer Andy Gill of the British rock band Gang of Four.More
1976 Elton John begins a record-breaking 10-night run of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1972 Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested backstage in Gothenburg, Sweden, for possession of six ounces of marijuana, which was mailed to them by someone in McCartney's office who thought they would like some weed on the road. The couple are released after paying a combined fine of $1,200.
1947 Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson is born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
1943 Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes is born Veronica Yvette Bennett in New York City, New York.
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