TODAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 1st
1939 - Band leader Glenn Miller recorded In the Mood which would later become his theme tune.
1942 - Born this day, Jerry Garcia [Jerome John], in San Francisco, guitarist, banjo player, lyricist, tie designer, lead singer of the Grateful Dead. 1970 UK No.69 and US No.127 album, Workingman's Dead. Died 9 August 1995.
1951 - Born this day, Tommy Bolin, guitarist, Zephyr, The James Gang, joined Deep Purple in 1975. Died 4 December 1976 of a heroin overdose
1953 - Born this day, Robert Cray, in Columbus, Georgia, blues singer, songwriter, guitarist (1987 Grammy), 1987 UK No.50 single Right Next Door, Because Of Me.
1959 - Born this day, Joe Elliott, vocals, Def Leppard, 1987 UK No.6 single Animal, 1987 world wide No.1 album Hysteria, 1988 US No.1 single Love Bites.
1964 - Rod Stewart's group Steam Packet opened two shows for the Rolling Stones at the London Palladium.
1964 - The Beatles scored their fifth US No.1 single in seven months when A Hard Day's Night went to the top of the charts. The group had now spent 17 weeks at the No.1 position in this year.
1964 - Born this day, Adam Duritz, vocals, piano, Counting Crows, 1994 UK No.28 single Mr Jones, 1996 US No.1 album Recovering The Satellites.
1970 - The film 'Performance' featuring Mick Jagger in his acting debut, had its UK premiere in London. The British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg also featured James Fox.
1971 - The Concert for Bangladesh was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and Billy Preston and members from Badfinger performed. A multi-record set commemorating the event was a super sales success. Together, the concert and the album raised over $11 million to help the starving millions of Bangladesh.
1971 - As a summer replacement, CBS launched The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour on this date. The unlikely hosting couple, Sonny and Cher Bono, were fresh and funny, and they were embraced by the American public. The show was a huge hit, and was picked up as a permanent CBS fixture. The musical-variety show, with the glamorous, exotic Cher and the farcical, diminutive Sonny poking fun affectionately at each other, lasted many years until the Bonos announced their marriage was over and they were cancelling the show.
1978 - Born this day, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's first child.
1981 – At 12.01am “MTV” broadcast for the first time. First songs played were “Video Killed the Radio Star” – The Buggles followed by “You Better Run” – Pat Benatar. Most featured artist of the first day was Rod Stewart, first video to play twice was “You Better You Bet” – The Who, Split Enz featured 6 times during the day with 4 different songs including “History Never Repeats”, “One Step Ahead”, “I Hope I Never” & “I Got You”.
1981 - Australian singer Rick Springfield started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Jessie's Girl, it made No.43 hit in the UK. Rick had played Noah Drake in the TV show General Hospital.
1981 - Shakin' Stevens had his second UK No.1 single with his version of Green Door. It was originally a hit for Frankie Vaughan, a 1956 UK No.2 single.
1987 - Dave Stewart married ex Bananarama member SiobharnFahey.
1987 - Bob Seger scored his first US No.1 single with Shakedown, taken from the film Beverly Hills Cop II.
1987 - Los Lobos were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Ritchie Valens song La Bamba. It also made No.1 in the US. The song was the title track from the film based on Ritchie Valens who died in the same plane crash the killed Buddy Holly.
1994 - Lisa Marie Presley confirmed rumours that she had married pop star Michael Jackson on 26 May, in the Dominican Republic. The couple divorced less than two years later.
1999 - Ronan Keating scored his first UK No.1 solo single with When You Say Nothing At All.
2000 - Madonna's forthcoming single Music had it's release date brought forward by two weeks after the track was made available as an illegal MP3 file on the Internet.
2002 - A new book 'Show the Girl the Door' written by a former tour manager disclosed some strange demands by female acts. It revealed that Shania Twain would travel with a sniffer dog in case of bombs. Jennifer Lopez liked her dressing room to be all white, including carpets flowers and furniture. Cher would have high security rooms for her wigs. Janet Jackson would have a full medical team on standby including a doctor nurse and throat specialist and Britney Spears would demand her favourite Gummie Bear soft sweets.
2007 - John Lennon's "granny" sunglasses were snapped up by a British collector at auction. The sunglasses, from one of the last Beatles concerts, were expected to fetch around £1m, but auction bosses refused to say what the actual figure was. Lennon gave the gold-rimmed glasses to his Japanese interpreter in Tokyo in 1966, and the translator removed the lenses when Lennon died.
2013 - The British government was trying to stop American Idol singer Kelly Clarkson from taking a rare turquoise and gold ring once owned by Jane Austen out of the country. The 2002 winner of the Idol TV show bought the jewellery at auction last year for more than £150,000, but Culture minister Ed Vaizey had put a temporary export bar on it saying he wanted the "national treasure" to be "saved for the nation".
1939 - Band leader Glenn Miller recorded In the Mood which would later become his theme tune.
1942 - Born this day, Jerry Garcia [Jerome John], in San Francisco, guitarist, banjo player, lyricist, tie designer, lead singer of the Grateful Dead. 1970 UK No.69 and US No.127 album, Workingman's Dead. Died 9 August 1995.
1951 - Born this day, Tommy Bolin, guitarist, Zephyr, The James Gang, joined Deep Purple in 1975. Died 4 December 1976 of a heroin overdose
1953 - Born this day, Robert Cray, in Columbus, Georgia, blues singer, songwriter, guitarist (1987 Grammy), 1987 UK No.50 single Right Next Door, Because Of Me.
1959 - Born this day, Joe Elliott, vocals, Def Leppard, 1987 UK No.6 single Animal, 1987 world wide No.1 album Hysteria, 1988 US No.1 single Love Bites.
1964 - Rod Stewart's group Steam Packet opened two shows for the Rolling Stones at the London Palladium.
1964 - The Beatles scored their fifth US No.1 single in seven months when A Hard Day's Night went to the top of the charts. The group had now spent 17 weeks at the No.1 position in this year.
1964 - Born this day, Adam Duritz, vocals, piano, Counting Crows, 1994 UK No.28 single Mr Jones, 1996 US No.1 album Recovering The Satellites.
1970 - The film 'Performance' featuring Mick Jagger in his acting debut, had its UK premiere in London. The British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg also featured James Fox.
1971 - The Concert for Bangladesh was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and Billy Preston and members from Badfinger performed. A multi-record set commemorating the event was a super sales success. Together, the concert and the album raised over $11 million to help the starving millions of Bangladesh.
1971 - As a summer replacement, CBS launched The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour on this date. The unlikely hosting couple, Sonny and Cher Bono, were fresh and funny, and they were embraced by the American public. The show was a huge hit, and was picked up as a permanent CBS fixture. The musical-variety show, with the glamorous, exotic Cher and the farcical, diminutive Sonny poking fun affectionately at each other, lasted many years until the Bonos announced their marriage was over and they were cancelling the show.
1978 - Born this day, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's first child.
1981 – At 12.01am “MTV” broadcast for the first time. First songs played were “Video Killed the Radio Star” – The Buggles followed by “You Better Run” – Pat Benatar. Most featured artist of the first day was Rod Stewart, first video to play twice was “You Better You Bet” – The Who, Split Enz featured 6 times during the day with 4 different songs including “History Never Repeats”, “One Step Ahead”, “I Hope I Never” & “I Got You”.
1981 - Australian singer Rick Springfield started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Jessie's Girl, it made No.43 hit in the UK. Rick had played Noah Drake in the TV show General Hospital.
1981 - Shakin' Stevens had his second UK No.1 single with his version of Green Door. It was originally a hit for Frankie Vaughan, a 1956 UK No.2 single.
1987 - Dave Stewart married ex Bananarama member SiobharnFahey.
1987 - Bob Seger scored his first US No.1 single with Shakedown, taken from the film Beverly Hills Cop II.
1987 - Los Lobos were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Ritchie Valens song La Bamba. It also made No.1 in the US. The song was the title track from the film based on Ritchie Valens who died in the same plane crash the killed Buddy Holly.
1994 - Lisa Marie Presley confirmed rumours that she had married pop star Michael Jackson on 26 May, in the Dominican Republic. The couple divorced less than two years later.
1999 - Ronan Keating scored his first UK No.1 solo single with When You Say Nothing At All.
2000 - Madonna's forthcoming single Music had it's release date brought forward by two weeks after the track was made available as an illegal MP3 file on the Internet.
2002 - A new book 'Show the Girl the Door' written by a former tour manager disclosed some strange demands by female acts. It revealed that Shania Twain would travel with a sniffer dog in case of bombs. Jennifer Lopez liked her dressing room to be all white, including carpets flowers and furniture. Cher would have high security rooms for her wigs. Janet Jackson would have a full medical team on standby including a doctor nurse and throat specialist and Britney Spears would demand her favourite Gummie Bear soft sweets.
2007 - John Lennon's "granny" sunglasses were snapped up by a British collector at auction. The sunglasses, from one of the last Beatles concerts, were expected to fetch around £1m, but auction bosses refused to say what the actual figure was. Lennon gave the gold-rimmed glasses to his Japanese interpreter in Tokyo in 1966, and the translator removed the lenses when Lennon died.
2013 - The British government was trying to stop American Idol singer Kelly Clarkson from taking a rare turquoise and gold ring once owned by Jane Austen out of the country. The 2002 winner of the Idol TV show bought the jewellery at auction last year for more than £150,000, but Culture minister Ed Vaizey had put a temporary export bar on it saying he wanted the "national treasure" to be "saved for the nation".