TODAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 28TH
1930 - Born this day, Windsor Davies, actor (It ain't half hot Mum, Never the Twain), singer, 1975 UK No.1 single Whispering Grass with Don Estelle, also 1975 UK No.41 single Paper Doll.
1943 - Born this day, David Soul [Solberg], in Chicago, singer, 1977 UK and US No.1 single Don't Give Up On Us, 1977 UK No.2 single Going in with My Eyes Open, 1977 UK No.1 single Silver Lady, actor, (Starsky & Hutch, Here Comes the Bride).
1949 - Born this day, Hugh Cornwell, musician, guitarist, singer, The Stranglers, 1982 UK No.2 single Golden Brown, and over 20 other top 40 hits.
1960 - Barry White left prison after serving three months for stealing 300 car tyres.
1964 - At a meeting in The Delmorico Hotel, in New York, The Beatles met with Bob Dylan, and during their time together Dylan introduced them to marijuana.
1965 - Bob Dylan played the first night of a 40 date North American tour at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York City. Dylan played the first set solo and was backed by a band consisting of Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Harvey Brooks and Al Kooper in the second set. This format, one acoustic and one electric set was kept through-out the tour.
1965 - Born this day, Shania Twain, country singer, born in Canada as Eilleen Regina Edwards, biggest selling UK album of 1999, Come On Over.
1966 - Nearing the end of their final tour of America, The Beatles performed one show at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, before a crowd of 45,000. The Beatles' attempt to escape from the stadium in an armored truck is thwarted when the main gate was found to be locked, and The Beatles have to spend two hours in the back of the truck before they can leave the stadium.
1968 - Simon and Garfunkel started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Bookends'. The duo's fourth studio album featured 'America', 'Mrs. Robinson' and 'A Hazy Shade of Winter'.
1969 - Born on this day, Jack Black, actor, comedian and musician. One half of the comedy/rock duo Tenacious D with Kyle Gass.
1969 - Born this day, a daughter to Paul and Linda McCartney, Mary named after Paul's mother, who he mentioned in the song Let It Be.
1970 - During a four-week engagement at The International Hotel in Las Vegas, a security guard at the hotel received a phone call in which he was told Elvis Presley would be shot during his last show. The person demanded $50,000 to reveal the name of the potential killer. Later that day a menu was found in Elvis’ mail at the hotel on which Elvis’ face was destroyed and a gun had been drawn pointing to his heart. The threats were taken very seriously. Elvis played his last show without any incident.
1972 - Alice Cooper was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'School's Out'. Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?". Cooper said: "There's two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, the next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school."
1982 - Born this day, LeAnn Rimes, country singer, 1998 UK No.7 single How Do I Live, spent 30 weeks on the UK top 40 singles chart, the first record to do so since Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
1984 - The Jacksons' Victory Tour broke the record for concert ticket sales after they surpassed the 1.1 million mark in two months.
1986 - Born on this day, Florence Welch, singer, songwriter, Florence and the Machine, who scored the 2009 UK No.1 album ‘Lungs’. Also scored the 2012 UK No.1 single 'Sweet Nothing' with Calvin Harris.
1988 - Kylie Minogue set a new UK record when her debut album Kylie, became the biggest selling album by a female artist in Britain, with sales of almost 2 million.
1993 - Billy Joel started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with River Of Dreams.
1996 - Issac Hayes, who co-wrote the Sam and Dave's classic 'Soul Man', sent a protest letter to presidential candidate Bob Dole, requesting Dole to stop using his song, which supporters had changed to 'I'm A Dole Man.'
2005 - Green Day cleaned up at this years MTV awards held in Miami winning seven awards including, Video of the Year for 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' and the Viewer's Choice Award. Best Male Video went to Kanye West for ‘Jesus Walks’, Best Choreography went to Gwen Stefani for ‘Hollaback Girl’ and Breakthrough Video went to Gorillaz for ‘Feel Good Inc.’ The awards went ahead despite concerns over Hurricane Katrina, which hit Florida last week, and after a shooting at a pre-awards party. Record boss Suge Knight was shot in the leg during at a party for Kanye West.
2005 - Art Garfunkel was charged by police for possession after a marijuana cigarette was allegedly found in the ashtray of his car. Garfunkel had pleaded guilty the previous year to possession of marijuana in upstate New York.
2009 – Noel Gallagher quits British rock band Oasis after a furious bust up with his younger brother Liam backstage at a gig in France.
2013 – The most popular song played on New Zealand radio over the past week is Kiwi songstress Ginny Blackmore, “Bones”.
1930 - Born this day, Windsor Davies, actor (It ain't half hot Mum, Never the Twain), singer, 1975 UK No.1 single Whispering Grass with Don Estelle, also 1975 UK No.41 single Paper Doll.
1943 - Born this day, David Soul [Solberg], in Chicago, singer, 1977 UK and US No.1 single Don't Give Up On Us, 1977 UK No.2 single Going in with My Eyes Open, 1977 UK No.1 single Silver Lady, actor, (Starsky & Hutch, Here Comes the Bride).
1949 - Born this day, Hugh Cornwell, musician, guitarist, singer, The Stranglers, 1982 UK No.2 single Golden Brown, and over 20 other top 40 hits.
1960 - Barry White left prison after serving three months for stealing 300 car tyres.
1964 - At a meeting in The Delmorico Hotel, in New York, The Beatles met with Bob Dylan, and during their time together Dylan introduced them to marijuana.
1965 - Bob Dylan played the first night of a 40 date North American tour at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York City. Dylan played the first set solo and was backed by a band consisting of Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Harvey Brooks and Al Kooper in the second set. This format, one acoustic and one electric set was kept through-out the tour.
1965 - Born this day, Shania Twain, country singer, born in Canada as Eilleen Regina Edwards, biggest selling UK album of 1999, Come On Over.
1966 - Nearing the end of their final tour of America, The Beatles performed one show at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, before a crowd of 45,000. The Beatles' attempt to escape from the stadium in an armored truck is thwarted when the main gate was found to be locked, and The Beatles have to spend two hours in the back of the truck before they can leave the stadium.
1968 - Simon and Garfunkel started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Bookends'. The duo's fourth studio album featured 'America', 'Mrs. Robinson' and 'A Hazy Shade of Winter'.
1969 - Born on this day, Jack Black, actor, comedian and musician. One half of the comedy/rock duo Tenacious D with Kyle Gass.
1969 - Born this day, a daughter to Paul and Linda McCartney, Mary named after Paul's mother, who he mentioned in the song Let It Be.
1970 - During a four-week engagement at The International Hotel in Las Vegas, a security guard at the hotel received a phone call in which he was told Elvis Presley would be shot during his last show. The person demanded $50,000 to reveal the name of the potential killer. Later that day a menu was found in Elvis’ mail at the hotel on which Elvis’ face was destroyed and a gun had been drawn pointing to his heart. The threats were taken very seriously. Elvis played his last show without any incident.
1972 - Alice Cooper was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'School's Out'. Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?". Cooper said: "There's two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, the next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school."
1982 - Born this day, LeAnn Rimes, country singer, 1998 UK No.7 single How Do I Live, spent 30 weeks on the UK top 40 singles chart, the first record to do so since Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
1984 - The Jacksons' Victory Tour broke the record for concert ticket sales after they surpassed the 1.1 million mark in two months.
1986 - Born on this day, Florence Welch, singer, songwriter, Florence and the Machine, who scored the 2009 UK No.1 album ‘Lungs’. Also scored the 2012 UK No.1 single 'Sweet Nothing' with Calvin Harris.
1988 - Kylie Minogue set a new UK record when her debut album Kylie, became the biggest selling album by a female artist in Britain, with sales of almost 2 million.
1993 - Billy Joel started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with River Of Dreams.
1996 - Issac Hayes, who co-wrote the Sam and Dave's classic 'Soul Man', sent a protest letter to presidential candidate Bob Dole, requesting Dole to stop using his song, which supporters had changed to 'I'm A Dole Man.'
2005 - Green Day cleaned up at this years MTV awards held in Miami winning seven awards including, Video of the Year for 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' and the Viewer's Choice Award. Best Male Video went to Kanye West for ‘Jesus Walks’, Best Choreography went to Gwen Stefani for ‘Hollaback Girl’ and Breakthrough Video went to Gorillaz for ‘Feel Good Inc.’ The awards went ahead despite concerns over Hurricane Katrina, which hit Florida last week, and after a shooting at a pre-awards party. Record boss Suge Knight was shot in the leg during at a party for Kanye West.
2005 - Art Garfunkel was charged by police for possession after a marijuana cigarette was allegedly found in the ashtray of his car. Garfunkel had pleaded guilty the previous year to possession of marijuana in upstate New York.
2009 – Noel Gallagher quits British rock band Oasis after a furious bust up with his younger brother Liam backstage at a gig in France.
2013 – The most popular song played on New Zealand radio over the past week is Kiwi songstress Ginny Blackmore, “Bones”.