Music Almanac - August 7

Birthdays

• 1904 - Dave Kapp (founder of Kapp Records) (d. 1976)
• 1925 - Felice Bryant (d. 2003)
• 1928 - Herb Reed (Platters) (d. 2012)
• 1935 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk (d. 1977)
• 1936 - Charles Pope (Tams) (d. 2013)
• 1942 - B.J. Thomas
• 1942 - Garrison Keillor
• 1943 - Lana Cantrell
• 1945 - Kerry Chater (Gary Puckett & the Union Gap)
• 1949 - Carlo Novi (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
• 1950 - Rodney Crowell
• 1952 - Andy Fraser (Free) (d. 2015)
• 1952 - Richard Joswick (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods)
• 1958 - Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
• 1959 - Michael Peterson
• 1960 - Jackie O'Sullivan (Bananarama)
• 1962 - Alison Brown
• 1964 - Ian Dench (EMF)
• 1965 - Raul Malo (Mavericks)
• 1966 - Kristen Hirsch (Throwing Muses)
• 1976 - Barry Kerch (Shinedown)
• 1977 - Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed)

Deaths

• 1971 - Homer Haynes (Homer & Jethro) - Heart attack (51)
• 1984 - Esther Phillips - Liver & kidney failure due to drug use (48)
• 2001 - Larry Adler (harmonica player with Sting, Elton John) (87)
• 2001 - Billy Byrd (credited as first electric guitar player in country music) - Natural causes (81)
• 2009 - Mike Seeger - Cancer (75)
• 2011 - Marshall Grant (Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two) (83)

On This Day

• 1946 - Merle Travis wrote Sixteen Tons.
• 1948 - Hank Williams made his debut on the Louisiana Hayride.
• 1963 - The film Beach Party with Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Dick Dale & the Del Tones premiers.
• 1965 - Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five is pulled off of a Chicago stage by rabid fans, breaking ribs.
• 1970 - Over 200,000 people attended the Goose Lake International Music Festival in Leoni, MI to see acts like Bob Seger, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Mountain, 10 Years After, John Sebastian, Iggy & the Stooges, MC5, Brownsville Station, James Gang, Rod Stewart and the Flying Burrito Brothers.
• 1970 - Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac.
• 1979 - X-Ray Spex break up after Poly Styrene tries to take the group in a folk direction.
• 1981 - The film Heavy Metal was released.
• 1981 - B.J. Thomas became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1982 - Sting sued Virgin Publishing saying that he has an unfair deal with the company over his early works.
• 1985 - Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall become the parents of James Leroy Jagger.
• 1987 - 24 years after the release of Beach Part, Back to the Beach opens in the U.S.
• 1991 - Willie Nelson sold his ranch in Colorado to pay off his tax debt.
• 1997 - An estimated one-million people attended a Garth Brooks concert in Central Park, New York, the largest crowd in history.
• 1999 - 55 people are arrested for rioting outside of a Dave Matthews Band concert in Hartford, CT.
• 2000 - The family of Jimi Hendrix won in court, gaining ownership of www.jimihendrix.com.
• 2002 - Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell and Jay Darlington of Oasis were injured in a car accident in Indianapolis, IN, receiving cuts and bruises.
• 2003 - The Osmonds received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 2004 - William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys suffered a heart attack.
• 2005 - Marc Cohn was shot in the head during a carjacking in Denver.
• 2006 - Johnny Rodriguez broke his jaw and cheekbone when he was thrown from a horse.
• 2007 - Lily Allen's U.S. work visa was canceled after she arrived in Los Angles over an alleged assault in London.
• 2007 - It was announced that Vince Gill, Mel Tillis and Ralph Emery had been elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 2008 - Genesis finished their reunion tour.
• 2008 - Former Sugarland member Karen Hall sued Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush saying that she was not compensated for her early contributions to the band.
• 2011 - Big Boi of OutKast was arrested on drug charges in Miami.
• 2012 - Randy Travis was arrested when he was found naked, lying in the middle of a road and smelling of alcohol.

Marriages

• 1954 - Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto
• 1966 - Xavier Cugat and Charo
• 1974 - Peter Wolf (J Geils Band) and Faye Dunaway
• 1995 - LL Cool J and Simone Johnson
• 2008 - Jewel and Ty Murray
• 2010 - Robbie Williams and Ayda Field

Divorces

• 1990 - Bob Dylan and Carolyn Dennis (filed by Dennis)

Recorded

• 1971 - Just Another Band From L.A. - Frank Zappa
• 1979 - It's Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis

Released

• 1962 - Sentimentally Yours - Patsy Cline (final studio album)
• 1965 - It Ain't Me Babe - Turtles (single)
• 1979 - All the Gold in California - Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers (single)
• 1980 - On the Road Again - Willie Nelson (single)
• 1989 - The Cinderella Theory - George Clinton
• 1989 - Country Club - Travis Tritt (debut single)

Broadcasts

• 1955 - Ed Sullivan Show - Bill Haley & the Comets
• 1956 - The Gene Autrey Show (CBS) (final show)
• 1957 - American Bandstand (ABC) - Paul Anka (national TV debut)
• 1993 - America Comes To Graceland - Mac Davis, George Harrison, John Denver, Lisa Hartman, Elton John, Richard Marx
• 1997 - Garth Brooks Live in Central Park (HBO) - Billy Joel, Don McLean

Number Ones - U.S. Singles

• 1954 - Sh-Boom - Crew Cuts (7 weeks)
• 1965 - I'm Henry VIII, I Am - Herman's Hermits (1 week)
• 1971 - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees (4 weeks)
• 1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee (4 weeks)
• 2004 - Slow Motion - Juvenile Featuring Soulja Slim (2 weeks)

Number Ones - U.S. Albums

• 1982 - Mirage - Fleetwood Mac (5 weeks)
• 1993 - Black Sunday - Cypress Hill (2 weeks)
• 2004 - Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. R&B Singles

• 1965 - In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett (1 week)
• 1971 - Hot Pants (Part 1) - James Brown (1 week)
• 1976 - Getaway - Earth, Wind & Fire (2 weeks)
• 1993 - Check You Self - Ice Cube Featuring Das EFX (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Country Singles

• 1961 - I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline (2 weeks)
• 1965 - The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (and the Last Thing Ev'ry Night) - Jimmy Dean (2 weeks)
• 1976 - Golden Ring - George Jones & Tammy Wynette (1 week)
• 1982 - Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams, Jr. (1 week)
• 2004 - Somebody - Reba McEntire (1 week)
• 2010 - Undo It - Carrie Underwood (1 week)

Number Ones - U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles

• 1961 - Together - Connie Francis (1 week)
• 1965 - Save Your Heart For Me - Gary Lewis & the Playboys (3 weeks)
• 1971 - If Not For You - Olivia Newton-John (3 weeks)
• 1976 - Let 'Em In - Wings (1 week)
• 1999 - You'll Be In My Heart - Phil Collins (3 weeks)
• 2004 - This One's For the Girls - Martina McBride (6 weeks)

Number Ones - U.K. Singles

• 1982 - Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners With the Emerald Express (4 weeks)
• 1999 - When You Say Nothing at All - Ronan Keating (2 weeks)
• 2004 - Thunderbirds / 3 AM - Busted (2 weeks)
• 2010 - All Time Low - Wanted (1 week)

Number Ones - U.K. Albums

• 1971 - Hot Hits 6 - Various Artists (1 week)
• 1982 - The Kids From “Fame” - Kids From Fame (8 weeks)
• 2004 - Live in Hyde Park - Red Hot Chili Peppers (2 weeks)