TODAY IN HISTORY – August 2nd
1950 - Born on this day, Andy Fairweather-Low, singer, songwriter, Amen Corner, (1969 UK No.1 single 'If Paradise Is Half As Nice'). Solo (1975 UK No.6 single 'Wide Eyed And Legless'). As a session guitarist has worked with Bob Dylan, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Bill Wyman, Sheryl Crow and Ringo Starr.
1951 - Born this day, Andrew Gold, singer, songwriter, solo, 1977 US No.7 and UK No.11 single Lonely Boy, 1978 UK No.5 single Never Let Her Slip Away, Wax, 1987 UK No.12 single Bridge To Your Heart. (Died June 3rd 2011). His mother Marnie Nixon provided the singing voice for numerous actresses most notably Natalie Wood (West Side Story), Deborah Kerr (The King and I) and Audrey Hepburn (My Fair Lady).
1957 - Born on this day, Butch Vig, record producer and the drummer with Garbage, (1996 UK No. 4 single 'Stupid Girl'). Produced Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins' Gish and Nirvana's Nevermind album.
1960 - Johnny Kidd and The Pirates were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Shakin' All Over'. Their only UK No.1. Kidd died in car crash in 1966. Many acts have covered the song, including: The Who, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and The Guess Who.
1961 - The Beatles began their engagement as the regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club, where they performed some 300 times over a two-year period.
1962 - Robert Allen Zimmerman legally became Bob Dylan, having signed a music publishing deal with Witmark Music on 12th July of this year, engineered by Albert Grossman.
1964 - After an intense search the bodies of Jim Reeves and Dean Manuel were found in the wreckage of an aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States announced Reeves' death formally. The single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls had crashed 42 hours earlier during a thunderstrom. Thousands of people travelled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves' final resting place near Carthage, Texas.
1969 - Bob Dylan attended his ten-year high school reunion in Hibbing, Minnesota but left when a drunk tried to pick a fight.
1969 - 'Wet Dream', by Jamaican reggae singer Max Romeo entered the UK singles chart. The song gained notoriety due to its lyrics which were of an explicit sexual nature, was banned by the BBC and most radio stations.
1973 - The Mamas And The Papas filed a lawsuit against their record label Dunhill, for $9 million in unpaid royalties.
1975 - The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with One Of These Nights, it was the group's second US No.1 single and the first single to chart in the UK where it made No.23.
1976 - Peter "Puddy" Watts, road manager with Pink Floyd died of a heroin overdose. Watts supplied the crazed laughter on the groups 'Dark Side Of The Moon' album
1980 - The Clash released their single 'Bank Robber' after it been available as an import only. The band's record company CBS didn't want to release the record saying it was not commercial enough.
1986 - Peter Cetera started a two week run at No.1 on the US charts with the theme from the film Karate Kid II, The Glory Of Love. It made No.3 in the UK.
1986 - Chris de Burgh was at No.1 in the UK with The Lady In Red, his first No.1 in twenty-four single releases.
1987 - The audience carried Billy Joel out on their shoulders at the end of a Leningrad, Russia concert.
1991 - Singer Rick James, the Grammy-winning 'King of Funk' of the 1980s, was arrested with his 21-year-old girlfriend Tanya Hijazi, and charged with assault with a deadly weapon (with a hot cocaine pipe), aggravated mayhem, torture, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation with a young woman, during three days at James' Hollywood Hills home. James was held in lieu of $1 million bail. Died August 6th 2004 aged 56.
1998 - Mojo Magazine published the results from an nation-wide survey asking 'Who is your favourite recording artist of all time, 5th place was Elton John, 4th was Queen, in 3rd was Frank Sinatra, second placing went to Elvis Presley and first place to The Beatles.
2000 - Died this day, Jerome Smith, of KC and The Sunshine Band, after being crushed by a bulldozer he was operating. 1975 US No.1 single Get Down Tonight, 1983 UK No.1 single Give It Up.
2005 - Status Quo filmed a cameo appearance in UK's Coronation Street playing themselves. Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt were set to appear in three episodes of the long-running ITV soap.
1950 - Born on this day, Andy Fairweather-Low, singer, songwriter, Amen Corner, (1969 UK No.1 single 'If Paradise Is Half As Nice'). Solo (1975 UK No.6 single 'Wide Eyed And Legless'). As a session guitarist has worked with Bob Dylan, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Bill Wyman, Sheryl Crow and Ringo Starr.
1951 - Born this day, Andrew Gold, singer, songwriter, solo, 1977 US No.7 and UK No.11 single Lonely Boy, 1978 UK No.5 single Never Let Her Slip Away, Wax, 1987 UK No.12 single Bridge To Your Heart. (Died June 3rd 2011). His mother Marnie Nixon provided the singing voice for numerous actresses most notably Natalie Wood (West Side Story), Deborah Kerr (The King and I) and Audrey Hepburn (My Fair Lady).
1957 - Born on this day, Butch Vig, record producer and the drummer with Garbage, (1996 UK No. 4 single 'Stupid Girl'). Produced Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins' Gish and Nirvana's Nevermind album.
1960 - Johnny Kidd and The Pirates were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Shakin' All Over'. Their only UK No.1. Kidd died in car crash in 1966. Many acts have covered the song, including: The Who, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and The Guess Who.
1961 - The Beatles began their engagement as the regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club, where they performed some 300 times over a two-year period.
1962 - Robert Allen Zimmerman legally became Bob Dylan, having signed a music publishing deal with Witmark Music on 12th July of this year, engineered by Albert Grossman.
1964 - After an intense search the bodies of Jim Reeves and Dean Manuel were found in the wreckage of an aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States announced Reeves' death formally. The single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls had crashed 42 hours earlier during a thunderstrom. Thousands of people travelled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves' final resting place near Carthage, Texas.
1969 - Bob Dylan attended his ten-year high school reunion in Hibbing, Minnesota but left when a drunk tried to pick a fight.
1969 - 'Wet Dream', by Jamaican reggae singer Max Romeo entered the UK singles chart. The song gained notoriety due to its lyrics which were of an explicit sexual nature, was banned by the BBC and most radio stations.
1973 - The Mamas And The Papas filed a lawsuit against their record label Dunhill, for $9 million in unpaid royalties.
1975 - The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with One Of These Nights, it was the group's second US No.1 single and the first single to chart in the UK where it made No.23.
1976 - Peter "Puddy" Watts, road manager with Pink Floyd died of a heroin overdose. Watts supplied the crazed laughter on the groups 'Dark Side Of The Moon' album
1980 - The Clash released their single 'Bank Robber' after it been available as an import only. The band's record company CBS didn't want to release the record saying it was not commercial enough.
1986 - Peter Cetera started a two week run at No.1 on the US charts with the theme from the film Karate Kid II, The Glory Of Love. It made No.3 in the UK.
1986 - Chris de Burgh was at No.1 in the UK with The Lady In Red, his first No.1 in twenty-four single releases.
1987 - The audience carried Billy Joel out on their shoulders at the end of a Leningrad, Russia concert.
1991 - Singer Rick James, the Grammy-winning 'King of Funk' of the 1980s, was arrested with his 21-year-old girlfriend Tanya Hijazi, and charged with assault with a deadly weapon (with a hot cocaine pipe), aggravated mayhem, torture, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation with a young woman, during three days at James' Hollywood Hills home. James was held in lieu of $1 million bail. Died August 6th 2004 aged 56.
1998 - Mojo Magazine published the results from an nation-wide survey asking 'Who is your favourite recording artist of all time, 5th place was Elton John, 4th was Queen, in 3rd was Frank Sinatra, second placing went to Elvis Presley and first place to The Beatles.
2000 - Died this day, Jerome Smith, of KC and The Sunshine Band, after being crushed by a bulldozer he was operating. 1975 US No.1 single Get Down Tonight, 1983 UK No.1 single Give It Up.
2005 - Status Quo filmed a cameo appearance in UK's Coronation Street playing themselves. Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt were set to appear in three episodes of the long-running ITV soap.