Another of the reasons that makes Different Light one of The Top 100 Albums of the Rock Era*. There isn't a bad track on the album, but this is one of the best songs not released as a single:
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
This Date in Rock Music History: August 13
1959: Bobby Darin signed a $1 million contract with Paramount Pictures.
1964: The Supremes recorded "Baby Love".
1964: Manfred Mann topped the U.K. charts with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy".
1965: The Beatles released the album Help! in the United States.
1965: Jefferson Airplane made their stage debut at the opening of the Matrix Club in San Francisco, California.
1965: The Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport in New York City for a tour of North America.
1966: Revolver was the #1 album in the U.K.
1966: "Yesterday"...and Today from the Beatles spent a third week as the #1 album. Aftermath by the Rolling Stones moved to challenge while What Now My Love from Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was #3. Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra remained at 4 with the Soundtrack to "Doctor Zhivago" #5. The rest of the Top 10: Somewhere My Love from Ray Coniff & the Singers, Going Places, spending week #45 among the top album sellers for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass was #8, The Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" was next with If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears from the Mamas & Papas completing the list.
1966: Definition of a "hot" song--"Sunshine Superman" from Donovan moved from #61 to #20.
1966: "Summer In The City" by Lovin' Spoonful took over at #1. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs remained at #2 with "Lil' Red Riding Hood" and the novelty smash "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV moved to #3. The Troggs' former #1 "Wild Thing" was #4. The rest of the Top 10: Crispian St. Petters and "The Pied Piper", the Mamas & Papas with "I Saw Her Again" at #6, Bobby Hebb climbed up to #7 with "Sunny", "Mother's Little Helper" from the Rolling Stones was song #8, Ray Coniff & the Singers moved to #9 with "Somewhere, My Love" and Tommy Roe was at 10 with "Sweet Pea".
1967: It was a great show to wrap up the three-day National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor, England. Cream made its first major appearance, and another highlight was the first concert ever by Fleetwood Mac. Other artists performing on the closing night were Donovan, Pentangle, Jeff Beck, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Chicken Shack (with Christine McVie), Denny Laine, and Blossom Toes.
1971: King Curtis, the great saxophone player who shared the stage with Buddy Holly and others, was stabbed to death outside his home in Manhattan, New York.
1971: John Lennon flew from Heathrow Airport in London to New York City with the Beatles. He never went back to his native England.
1972: John Lennon, Stevie Wonder and Sha Na Na played a benefit concert to assist the mentally ill.
1972: Ten Years After and Status Quo highlighted performances on the final night of the National Jazz, Blues, Folk and Rock Festival in Reading, England.
1975: Bruce Springsteen played the first of five concerts at the Bottom Line Club in New York City.
1977: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, one of the top Canadian acts of the Rock Era, announced that they were breaking up.
1977: The Floaters landed at #1 on the R&B chart with "Float On".
1977: George Benson moved from 89 to 54 with "The Greatest Love Of All".
1977: Barbra Streisand still had the #1 AC hit for a third week--"My Heart Belongs To Me".
1977: Andy Gibb's first hit "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" spent a third straight week at #1, holding off Peter Frampton's "I'm In You", which would have to settle for three weeks at #2. The Emotions were right there with "Best Of My Love" and Rita Coolidge's remake of the Jackie Wilson song "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher" moved to #4. The rest of the Top 10: Peter McCann remained at 5 with "Do You Wanna' Make Love", Barbra Streisand fell from 4 with "My Heart Belongs To Me", the Commodores edged up with "Easy", Pablo Cruise were at #8 with "Whatcha' Gonna' Do?", Alice Cooper was in the #9 position with "You And Me" and the Bay City Rollers reached the Top 10 with "You Made Me Believe In Magic".
1983: K.C. and the Sunshine Band led the way in the U.K. with "Give It Up".
1983: Donna Summer earned a third week at #1 on the R&B chart with "She Works Hard For The Money".
1983: The Police were at #1 for the sixth week with one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*--"Every Breath You Take". The Eurythmics could not budge with "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)", Donna Summer was still at 3 with "She Works Hard For The Money" and another song from the movie Flashdance--"Maniac" was up to #4 for Michael Sembello. The rest of the Top 10: Duran Duran with "Is There Something I Should Know", Stevie Nicks and her smash solo hit "Stand Back", Irene Cara still in the Top 20 after 20 weeks with "Flashdance...What A Feeling", Men at Work jumped into the Top 10 with "It's a Mistake", Sergio Mendes had #9--"Never Gonna' Let You Go" and the Human League were at 10 with "(Keep Feeling) Fascination".
1985: Whitney Houston released her single "Saving All My Love For You".
1988: To promote their legendary album Hysteria, Def Leppard played the first of two shows at the gorgeous Red Rocks Amphitheater.
1990: George Michael released the single "Praying For Time" from his great album Listen Without Prejudice.1990: Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed after a rack fell on him prior to a concert in Brooklyn, New York.
1991: Mariah Carey released the single "Emotions", the title track from her new album.
1992: Neil Diamond played the first of six sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1994: Woodstock '94 was held in Saugerties, New York. Aerosmith, Green Day, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nine Inch Nails performed.
1994: Janet Jackson had the #1 R&B song for a 10th week with "Any Time, Any Place".
1996: Alex Van Halen, drummer of Van Halen, filed for divorce from wife Kelly.
1999: The KISS movie Detroit Rock City opened in theaters.
1999: Mick Jagger's marriage to Jerry Hall was declared null and void.
2000: Former Spice Girl Melanie C reached #1 in the U.K. with "I Turn To You".
2001: Garth Hudson, keyboardist with the Band, filed for bankruptcy (Note: Other sources incorrectly report the date as September 12, but the first account of the bankruptcy appeared in Billboard magazine August 13.)
2004: Guitarist Wes Borland went back to Limp Bizkit.
2004: Bjork performed at the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
2014: Guitarist Chris Walla, a member of Death Cab for Cutie for 17 years, left the group.
Born This Day:
1940: John Stokes of the Bachelors ("Diane" from 1964) was born in Dublin, Ireland
1949: Cliff Fish, bassist of Paper Lace ("The Night Chicago Died" from 1974), was born in Ripley, Derbeyshire.
1959: Danny Bonaduce of the Partridge Family was born in Broomall, Pennsylvania.
1984: Diamond Blue Smith, singer with Pretty Ricky, was born in Miami, Florida.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
This Date in Rock Music History: August 12
1956: Elvis Presley received the key to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
1956: The Platters performed on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1957: Frankie Lymon left his group the Teenagers for a solo career.
1957: Buddy Holly & the Crickets debuted on the Singles chart with their first hit record--"That'll Be The Day".
1958: The Crests recorded "16 Candles".
1960: Pete Best became the new drummer for the Silver Beatles.
1963: The Ronettes released the single "Be My Baby".
1966: John Lennon held a press conference at the Astor Tower Hotel in Chicago, Illinois to apologize for his recent remark that "the Beatles were more popular than Jesus."
1966: The Beatles, Ronettes and Bobby Hebb performed at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. It was the beginning of what would turn out to be the final U.S. tour for the Beatles.
1967: Ten Years After, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, the Nice, Amen Corner, Zoot Money, Paul Jones, and Aynsley Dunbar performed on the second day of the National Jazz & Blues Festival in Windsor, Great Britain. Pink Floyd was scheduled to perform, but had to cancel due to the unreliability of lead singer Syd Barrett.
1967: Jimmy Hendrix performed at the Ambassador Theater in Washington, D.C. for the fourth of five shows.
1967: The Supremes sang "Reflections" on American Bandstand.
1967: "Reflections was the highest-debuting song of the week, giving the Supremes their 21st career hit.
1967: Bobbie Gentry moved from #71 to #21 on this date with "Ode To Billie Joe".
Procol Harum's best--...
1967: The Doors spent a third week at #1 with "Light My Fire". The Beatles challenged with "All You Need Is Love" but Stevie Wonder was on his way down with "I Was Made To Love Her". The Monkees had another big hit--"Pleasant Valley Sunday", which climbed from #9 to #4. The rest of the Top 10: "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by the Buckinghams, Frankie Valli remained at 6 with "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Procol Harum fell with "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", the Association was still in the Top 10 after 12 weeks with "Windy", the Hollies scored their third Top 10 with "Carrie-Anne" and the Young Rascals climbed in with "A Girl Like You".
1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles had only been out eight weeks, but seven of those were at #1 on the Album chart. Headquarters from the Monkees remained at 2 while Flowers by the Rolling Stones locked up position #3.
1968: The four members of Led Zeppelin played together for the first time at a studio rehearsal on Gerrard Street in London's West End. The quartet's first song was "Train Kept-A-Rollin'".
1968: Big Brother & the Holding Company released their one and only big album, Cheap Thrills.
1970: A promising new singer released his first single on this date--it was called "Fire And Rain" and the artist was James Taylor. (Note: some websites falsely say the single was released in February. It was Taylor's album that was released in February. The single "Fire And Rain" was released on August 12, according to the book 'Long Ago And Far Away: James Taylor - His Life And Music' by Timothy White. The book "Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story' by Ian Halperin and Taylor's official website also confirm that the song was released in August.)
1970: Neil Diamond released the single "Cracklin' Rosie". (Note: one website falsely reports that the song entered the 'Billboard' chart on August 16. The correct date is August 31, according to 'Billboard' itself.)
1970: Derek & the Dominoes played at the Speakeasy in London.
1970: Janis Joplin performed for the final time at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts before she died from drugs less than two months later.
1970: The trial of Jim Morrison of the Doors for indecent exposure onstage began in Miami, Florida. (Note: some websites claim the trial began on August 10. It was originally scheduled to begin that day, but the judge in the case had another trial that took precedence, and the Morrison trial began August 12th, confirmed by the newspaper 'The Examiner'.)
1971: The Carpenters released the single "Superstar".1972: Jim Croce appeared on American Bandstand.
1972: The Festival of Hope, at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York, with Jefferson Airplane and James Brown performing, became the first rock festival to raise funds for an established charity.
1972: ELO, Faces, and Focus were among the acts to perform on the second day of the National Jazz, Blues, Folk & Rock Festival in Reading, England.
1972: Alice Cooper had the #1 U.K. song with "School's Out".
1972: The great Al Green landed himself a #1 R&B song with "I'm Still In Love With You".
1972: Gilbert O'Sullivan remained on top for a third week with "Alone Again (Naturally)". Looking Glass held steady at #2 for the third week with "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)".
1973: What an incredible show this was. The Eagles, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young in the same night at the Corral Club in Topanga, California.
1974: A new British band released its first single on this date--Bad Company sent "Can't Get Enough" to radio stations.
1978: Toby Beau reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "My Angel Baby".
1978: The Little River Band had the fastest-rising song as "Reminiscing" moved from 56 to 34.
1978: "Three Times A Lady" was the new #1 on the R&B chart for the Commodores.
1978: The Commodores registered their first #1 song with "Three Times A Lady". "Grease" by Frankie Valli and "Last Dance" from Donna Summer each moved up one to fill the void left when "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones dropped to #4. Foreigner was up to 5 with "Hot Blooded". The rest of the Top 10: A Taste of Honey raced up from #17 with "Boogie Oogie Oogie", Pablo Cruise had song #7--"Love Will Find A Way", Barry Manilow enjoyed his 12th hit and 8th Top 10 song with "Copacabana (At The Copa)", Walter Egan reached the Top 10 with "Magnet And Steel" and Andy Gibb climbed from 16-10 with "An Everlasting Love".
1981: Christopher Cross released the single "Arthur's Theme".
1981: Dan Fogelberg released the single "Hard To Say".
1982: Joe Tex ("I Gotcha'" from 1972) died of a heart attack at the age of 49 in Navasota, Texas. (Note: some websites report he died on August 13. He died prior to midnight on August 12, according to his official death certificate and the website 'Texasescapes.com'.)
1984: Lionel Richie closed the Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games by singing "All Night Long".
1985: Syu Sakamoto was killed in a plane crash when his flight, JAL #123 (a 747 jet), crashed on a mountain about 60 miles northwest of Tokyo. Sakamoto was the first Japanese artist to reach #1 in the United States with "Sukiyaki". He was 43.
1986: Paul Simon released his amazing album Graceland. (Some websites claim Paul Simon released the album August 25. According to Paul's official website, he released the LP August 12.)
1987: Heart released the single "Who Will You Run To". (Note: some websites report the song was released August 15. "Who Will You Run To" debuted on the Singles chart on August 17. For that to occur, it had to be released before the reporting deadline of August 14 in order to make the chart that week.)
1987: John Mellencamp released the single "Paper In Fire". (Note: some websites report the song was released August 15. "Paper In Fire" debuted on the Singles chart on August 17. For that to occur, it had to be released before the reporting deadline of August 14 in order to make the chart that week.)
1989: The Rolling Stones played a secret club concert at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut.
1989: Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, the Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne and Skid Row performed at the two-day Moscow Music Peace Festival at Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russia. This was the first concert in which the audience was allowed to stand up and dance. This wasn't 800 years B.C., but it really happened in Russia in 1989. And if Putin had his way, he'd stop you Russians from dancing today.
1989: Prince owned the top R&B song with "Batdance".
1989: Richard Marx stepped up to #1 with "Right Here Waiting".
1991: Bryan Adams had a firm hold on #1 in the U.K. with "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You".
1992: Don Henley & Patty Smyth released the single "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough".
1992: The Grateful Dead canceled five shows so Jerry Garcia could recover from exhaustion.
1993: Jesse Tobias replaced guitarist Arik Marshall in the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1995: Michael Stipe of R.E.M. had an operation for a hernia.
1995: A mass wake was held for Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.
1995: TLC dominated again with "Waterfalls" at #1 for the sixth week. Seal was going to make it interesting, though, with his new song "Kiss From A Rose", which was up to #2.
1996: Alanis Morissette was in concert at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York. Radiohead opened for her.
1996: The Spice Girls mined gold when their first release "Wannabe" reached #1.
1998: Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession.
2000: Robbie Williams scored a #1 song in the U.K. with "Rock DJ".
2001: Alicia Keys had the #1 song with the great "Fallin'".
2006: LeToya had the #1 album with LeToya.
2007: Cary, North Carolina proclaimed the date "Chicago Day" in honor of the great group from the windy city.
2010: Carl Perkins was inducted into the Memphis Beale Street Walk of Fame posthumously.
Born This Day:
1918: Sid Bernstein, producer and promoter who brought the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Moody Blues, Herman's Hermits and the Kinks to the United States, and organized concerts for Sly & the Family Stone, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Laura Branigan, Lenny Kravitz and Melanie, among others, was born in New York City; died August 20, 2013 in Manhattan. (Note: some websites claim Sid died August 21, but according to the newspaper 'The New York Times', he died August 20.)
1926: Joe Jones ("You Talk Too Much" from 1960) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana; died after quadruple bypass surgery in Los Angeles on November 27, 2005.
1949: Mark Knopfler, guitarist, singer and founder of Dire Straits, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
1950: Kid Creole (Thomas August Darnell Browder) was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Note: some websites insist Browder was born in the Bronx, New York, but according to 'Billboard' magazine, Thomas was born in Montreal, then raised in the Bronx.)
1953: Jerry Speiser, a founding member and drummer of Men at Work
1958: Jurgen Dehmel, bassist and songwriter of Nena ("99 Luftballoons") was born in Berlin, West Germany.
1961: Roy Hay, guitarist and keyboardist of Culture Club, was born in Southend, Essex, England.
1963: Sir Mix-A-Lot was born in Seattle, Washington
1956: The Platters performed on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1957: Frankie Lymon left his group the Teenagers for a solo career.
1957: Buddy Holly & the Crickets debuted on the Singles chart with their first hit record--"That'll Be The Day".
1958: The Crests recorded "16 Candles".
1960: Pete Best became the new drummer for the Silver Beatles.
1963: The Ronettes released the single "Be My Baby".
1966: The Beatles, Ronettes and Bobby Hebb performed at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. It was the beginning of what would turn out to be the final U.S. tour for the Beatles.
1967: Ten Years After, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, the Nice, Amen Corner, Zoot Money, Paul Jones, and Aynsley Dunbar performed on the second day of the National Jazz & Blues Festival in Windsor, Great Britain. Pink Floyd was scheduled to perform, but had to cancel due to the unreliability of lead singer Syd Barrett.
1967: Jimmy Hendrix performed at the Ambassador Theater in Washington, D.C. for the fourth of five shows.
1967: The Supremes sang "Reflections" on American Bandstand.
1967: "Reflections was the highest-debuting song of the week, giving the Supremes their 21st career hit.
1967: Bobbie Gentry moved from #71 to #21 on this date with "Ode To Billie Joe".
Procol Harum's best--...
1967: The Doors spent a third week at #1 with "Light My Fire". The Beatles challenged with "All You Need Is Love" but Stevie Wonder was on his way down with "I Was Made To Love Her". The Monkees had another big hit--"Pleasant Valley Sunday", which climbed from #9 to #4. The rest of the Top 10: "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by the Buckinghams, Frankie Valli remained at 6 with "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Procol Harum fell with "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", the Association was still in the Top 10 after 12 weeks with "Windy", the Hollies scored their third Top 10 with "Carrie-Anne" and the Young Rascals climbed in with "A Girl Like You".
1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles had only been out eight weeks, but seven of those were at #1 on the Album chart. Headquarters from the Monkees remained at 2 while Flowers by the Rolling Stones locked up position #3.
1968: The four members of Led Zeppelin played together for the first time at a studio rehearsal on Gerrard Street in London's West End. The quartet's first song was "Train Kept-A-Rollin'".
1968: Big Brother & the Holding Company released their one and only big album, Cheap Thrills.
1970: A promising new singer released his first single on this date--it was called "Fire And Rain" and the artist was James Taylor. (Note: some websites falsely say the single was released in February. It was Taylor's album that was released in February. The single "Fire And Rain" was released on August 12, according to the book 'Long Ago And Far Away: James Taylor - His Life And Music' by Timothy White. The book "Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story' by Ian Halperin and Taylor's official website also confirm that the song was released in August.)
1970: Neil Diamond released the single "Cracklin' Rosie". (Note: one website falsely reports that the song entered the 'Billboard' chart on August 16. The correct date is August 31, according to 'Billboard' itself.)
1970: Derek & the Dominoes played at the Speakeasy in London.
1970: Janis Joplin performed for the final time at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts before she died from drugs less than two months later.
1970: The trial of Jim Morrison of the Doors for indecent exposure onstage began in Miami, Florida. (Note: some websites claim the trial began on August 10. It was originally scheduled to begin that day, but the judge in the case had another trial that took precedence, and the Morrison trial began August 12th, confirmed by the newspaper 'The Examiner'.)
1971: The Carpenters released the single "Superstar".1972: Jim Croce appeared on American Bandstand.
1972: The Festival of Hope, at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York, with Jefferson Airplane and James Brown performing, became the first rock festival to raise funds for an established charity.
1972: Alice Cooper had the #1 U.K. song with "School's Out".
1972: The great Al Green landed himself a #1 R&B song with "I'm Still In Love With You".
1973: What an incredible show this was. The Eagles, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young in the same night at the Corral Club in Topanga, California.
1974: A new British band released its first single on this date--Bad Company sent "Can't Get Enough" to radio stations.
1978: Toby Beau reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "My Angel Baby".
1978: The Little River Band had the fastest-rising song as "Reminiscing" moved from 56 to 34.
1978: "Three Times A Lady" was the new #1 on the R&B chart for the Commodores.
1978: The Commodores registered their first #1 song with "Three Times A Lady". "Grease" by Frankie Valli and "Last Dance" from Donna Summer each moved up one to fill the void left when "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones dropped to #4. Foreigner was up to 5 with "Hot Blooded". The rest of the Top 10: A Taste of Honey raced up from #17 with "Boogie Oogie Oogie", Pablo Cruise had song #7--"Love Will Find A Way", Barry Manilow enjoyed his 12th hit and 8th Top 10 song with "Copacabana (At The Copa)", Walter Egan reached the Top 10 with "Magnet And Steel" and Andy Gibb climbed from 16-10 with "An Everlasting Love".
1981: Christopher Cross released the single "Arthur's Theme".
1981: Dan Fogelberg released the single "Hard To Say".
1982: Joe Tex ("I Gotcha'" from 1972) died of a heart attack at the age of 49 in Navasota, Texas. (Note: some websites report he died on August 13. He died prior to midnight on August 12, according to his official death certificate and the website 'Texasescapes.com'.)
1984: Lionel Richie closed the Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games by singing "All Night Long".
1985: Syu Sakamoto was killed in a plane crash when his flight, JAL #123 (a 747 jet), crashed on a mountain about 60 miles northwest of Tokyo. Sakamoto was the first Japanese artist to reach #1 in the United States with "Sukiyaki". He was 43.
1986: Paul Simon released his amazing album Graceland. (Some websites claim Paul Simon released the album August 25. According to Paul's official website, he released the LP August 12.)
1987: Heart released the single "Who Will You Run To". (Note: some websites report the song was released August 15. "Who Will You Run To" debuted on the Singles chart on August 17. For that to occur, it had to be released before the reporting deadline of August 14 in order to make the chart that week.)
1987: John Mellencamp released the single "Paper In Fire". (Note: some websites report the song was released August 15. "Paper In Fire" debuted on the Singles chart on August 17. For that to occur, it had to be released before the reporting deadline of August 14 in order to make the chart that week.)
1989: The Rolling Stones played a secret club concert at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut.
1989: Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, the Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne and Skid Row performed at the two-day Moscow Music Peace Festival at Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russia. This was the first concert in which the audience was allowed to stand up and dance. This wasn't 800 years B.C., but it really happened in Russia in 1989. And if Putin had his way, he'd stop you Russians from dancing today.
1989: Prince owned the top R&B song with "Batdance".
1989: Richard Marx stepped up to #1 with "Right Here Waiting".
1991: Bryan Adams had a firm hold on #1 in the U.K. with "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You".
1992: Don Henley & Patty Smyth released the single "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough".
1992: The Grateful Dead canceled five shows so Jerry Garcia could recover from exhaustion.
1993: Jesse Tobias replaced guitarist Arik Marshall in the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1995: Michael Stipe of R.E.M. had an operation for a hernia.
1995: A mass wake was held for Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.
1995: TLC dominated again with "Waterfalls" at #1 for the sixth week. Seal was going to make it interesting, though, with his new song "Kiss From A Rose", which was up to #2.
1996: Alanis Morissette was in concert at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York. Radiohead opened for her.
1996: The Spice Girls mined gold when their first release "Wannabe" reached #1.
1998: Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession.
2000: Robbie Williams scored a #1 song in the U.K. with "Rock DJ".
2001: Alicia Keys had the #1 song with the great "Fallin'".
2006: LeToya had the #1 album with LeToya.
2007: Cary, North Carolina proclaimed the date "Chicago Day" in honor of the great group from the windy city.
2010: Carl Perkins was inducted into the Memphis Beale Street Walk of Fame posthumously.
Born This Day:
1918: Sid Bernstein, producer and promoter who brought the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Moody Blues, Herman's Hermits and the Kinks to the United States, and organized concerts for Sly & the Family Stone, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Laura Branigan, Lenny Kravitz and Melanie, among others, was born in New York City; died August 20, 2013 in Manhattan. (Note: some websites claim Sid died August 21, but according to the newspaper 'The New York Times', he died August 20.)
1926: Joe Jones ("You Talk Too Much" from 1960) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana; died after quadruple bypass surgery in Los Angeles on November 27, 2005.
1950: Kid Creole (Thomas August Darnell Browder) was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Note: some websites insist Browder was born in the Bronx, New York, but according to 'Billboard' magazine, Thomas was born in Montreal, then raised in the Bronx.)
1953: Jerry Speiser, a founding member and drummer of Men at Work
1958: Jurgen Dehmel, bassist and songwriter of Nena ("99 Luftballoons") was born in Berlin, West Germany.
1961: Roy Hay, guitarist and keyboardist of Culture Club, was born in Southend, Essex, England.
1963: Sir Mix-A-Lot was born in Seattle, Washington
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