8 AUGUST
In Music History
1958 Bing Crosby and his second wife, Kathryn, have their first child together: Harry Lillis Crosby III (Harry is Bing's real first name). Crosby had a total of seven children - six boys and one girl.
1958 Chris Foreman (guitarist for Madness) is born in London, England.
1957 Dennis Drew (keyboardist for 10,000 Maniacs) is born in Jamestown, New York.
1956 Alister "Ali" Score (drummer for A Flock Of Seagulls) is born in Beverley, Yorkshire, England.
1953 Les Paul and Mary Ford's "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" hits #1 in America.
1950 Vocalist/guitarist Andy Fairweather Low (of Amen Corner) is born in Ystrad Mynach, Wales, United Kingdom. Also sang backing vocal's for The Who's Who Are You.
1949 Airrion Love (of The Stylistics) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1949 Actor/singer Keith Carradine is born in San Mateo, California. Also appeared in Madonna's "Material Girl" music video.
1944 Country/Pop singer Michael Johnson is born in Alamosa, Colorado.
1942 John "Jay" David (drummer for Dr. Hook) is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.
1941 Les Brown and his Band of Renown record "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio."
1939 Baritone singer Phil Balsley (of The Statler Brothers) is born in Staunton, Virginia.
1938 Actress/singer Connie Stevens is born in Brooklyn, New York. Had a #3 hit with "Sixteen Reasons" in 1960.
1933 Southern Soul singer Joe Tex is born Joseph Arrington Jr. in Rogers, Texas.
1932 Country singer Mel Tillis is born in Dover, Florida. Known for the hits "I Ain't Never," "Good Woman Blues," and "Coca-Cola Cowboy."
Beatles Cross Abbey Road, Creating World's Most Famous Crosswalk
1969The Beatles shoot the photo for their Abbey Road album cover at the crosswalk outside Abbey Road studios, where they are recording. Fans find many nested clues in the shot of the four band members walking in stride across the street, fuelling rumors that Paul McCartney is dead.
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1992 Opening for Guns N' Roses at a show in Montreal, James Hetfield of Metallica is injured by the pyrotechnics, which burn the entire left side of his body. Metallica can't continue, and Guns N' Roses cut their set short after just 15 minutes when Axl Rose leaves the stage, upset over monitor problems. A near riot ensues at Olympic Stadium as fans are not pleased.
1988 N.W.A., featuring Dr. Dre and Easy-E, release the Gangsta Rap classic Straight Outta Compton, which gets a lot of attention for its song "F--k Tha Police."
1980 The fantasy musical Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, debuts to scathing reviews ("In a word, Xana-don't.") and inspires the Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst films of the year. But it has a killer soundtrack thanks to "Magic."More
1975 Hank Williams Jr. nearly meets his doom when he falls 500 feet down Ajax Mountain in Montana. He survives, but with some facial scars he will often cover with a hat, beard, and sunglasses.
1970 Enjoying some libations at a nearby bar before her concert at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, Janis Joplin writes the song "Mercedes Benz," which she sings that night. Joplin does just one more show before her death.
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