28 AUGUST
In Music History
1964 The Beatles smoke pot for the first time, supplied by Bob Dylan, who joins the band after one of their concerts in New York state. Dylan is surprised they haven't tried it before, as he thought they sang "I get high" in their song "I Want To Hold Your Hand," when it was really "I can't hide."
1961 Joe Dowell's "Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)" hits #1, where it will stay for one week.
1960 A 17-year-old Barry White completes his four-month prison term for stealing 300 tires from a Cadillac dealership. Having heard Elvis sing "It's Now Or Never" in prison, he leaves determined to make music his life.
1955 Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till is murdered by two white men in Money, Mississippi, for talking to a white woman. His story later inspires Bob Dylan's "The Death of Emmett Till" and Emmylou Harris' "My Name is Emmett Till."
1951 Dave Hlubek (lead guitarist for Molly Hatchet) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1951 Wayne Osmond (of The Osmonds) is born in Ogden, Utah.
1949 Martin Lamble (drummer for Fairport Convention) is born in St John's Wood, London, England.
1948 Danny Seraphine (original drummer for Chicago) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1943 Ann "Honey" Lantree (drummer and singer for The Honeycombs) is born in Hayes, Middlesex, England.
1943 Actor/singer David Soul is born David Richard Solberg Jr in Chicago, Illinois. Soul played "Hutch" to Paul Michael Glaser's "Starsky" in the '70s crime series, Starsky & Hutch.
1942 Ken Andrew (original drummer for Middle of the Road) is born in Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland.
1937 Vocalist John Perkins (of The Crew-Cuts) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for the hit 1954 cover of The Chords' "Sh-Boom."
1931 Drummer Clem Cattini (of The Tornados) is born Stoke Newington, North London, England.
1925 Country singer Billy Grammer is born in Benton, Illinois. Known for his chart-crossing 1959 hit, "Gotta Travel On."
1925 Song-and-dance man Donald O'Connor is born in Chicago, Illinois. Known for starring in Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly.
Blood In The Streets Of The Town Of Chicago
1968At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, overzealous police in riot gear brutally beat protestors who are demonstrating against the Vietnam War. The Doors, Graham Nash and Chicago all write songs about it.
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