August 25th
Born on this Day in History of Music
Leonard Bernstein (1918), Wayne Shorter (1933), Michel Donato (1942), Walter Williams - The O'Jays (1942), Danny Smythe - The Box Tops (1948), Henry Paul - The Outlaws / BlackHawk (1948), Gene Simmons - KISS (1949), Willy DeVille - Mink DeVille (1950), James Warren - The Korgis (1951), Bob Mayo (1951), Rob Halford - Judas Priest (1951), Geoff Downes - Buggles / Yes / Asia (1952), Peter F. Wolf (1952), Elvis Costello (1954), John McGeoch - Siouxsie & The Banshees / Magazine (1955), Matt Aitken (1956), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Vivian Campbell - Dio / Whitesnake / Def Leppard (1962), Candida Doyle - Pulp (1963), Greg Jacobs 'Shock G' - Digital Underground (1963), Erik Dahlgren - The Wannadies (1965), Norman Rogers 'Terminator X' - Public Enemy (1966), Jeff Tweedy - Wilco (1967), Stuart Murdoch - Belle and Sebastian (1968), Luke Scott - Babybird (1969), Jo Dee Messina (1970), Karriem Riggins (1975), Amy Macdonald (1987), Ray Quinn (1988), Alexandra Burke (1988)
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Chart News
1957 Paul Anka at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Diana'
1958 The Elegants at No.1 on the US chart with 'Little Star'
1960 The Shadows at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Apache'
1962 Little Eva at No.1 on the US chart with 'The Loco-Motion'
1967 Bobbie Gentry at No.1 on the US chart with 'Ode To Billie Joe'
1973 Donny Osmond at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Young Love'
1973 Stories at No.1 on the US chart with 'Brother Louie'
1979 Cliff Richard at No.1 on the UK chart with 'We Don't Talk Anymore'
1979 The Knack at No.1 on the US chart with 'My Sharona'
1990 Faith No More at No.1 in Australia with 'Epic'
2002 Eva Cassidy at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Imagine'. Blazin' Squad at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Crossroads'
2012 Flo Rida at No.1 on the US chart with 'Whistle'
2012 Rita Ora at No.1 on the UK chart with 'How We Do (Party)'
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Gig News
1961 The Beatles played two gigs, lunchtime at The Cavern, Liverpool then aboard the Merseyside riverboat M.V. Royal Iris supporting Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band.
1966 The Beatles played two shows at the Coliseum in Seattle, Washington.
1967 Brian Wilson rejoined The Beach Boys for two live shows recorded at the Honolulu International Center Arena in Hawaii.
1970 Elton John made his US live debut when he played at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.
1979 Reading Rock '79 featured The Scorpions, Steve Hackett, Gillan and Cheap Trick.
1981 R.E.M. played at The Milestone, Charlotte, North Carolina.
1989 The Sugarcubes, New Order, The Pogues, The Mission, The House Of Love, Swans, Pop Will Eat Itself, Green On Red, That Petrol Emotion, Billy Bragg and The Wonder Stuff appeared at the Reading Festival in England.
1994 Take That played at the SECC, Glasgow.
1995 Smashing Pumpkins, Björk, Neil Young, Green Day, Hole, Paul Weller, Soundgarden, Beck, Foo Fighters, Ash, dEUS and Gene appeared at this year’s UK Reading Festival.
1997 Police in Helsinki, Finland arrested a man on stage prep after he attempted to set fire to Michael Jackson's HIStory Tour stage ahead of his concerts at Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
2000 Oasis, Primal Scream, Foo Fighters, The Bluetones, Muse, Beck, Stereophonics, Blink-182, Slipknot, Placebo, Pulp, Eminem, Rage Against The Machine, Gomez, Limp Bizkit, Embrace and The Wannadies all appeared at the Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds Festival in England.
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Music News
1972 Brian Cole, bassist and founding member of The Association, died aged 29.
1995 Longtime Billy Joel bassist Doug Stegmeyer died aged 43.
1999 Robert Fisher, songwriter and member of pop duo Climie Fisher, died aged 39.
2000 Oscar-winning arranger, producer, and composer Jack Nitzsche died of a heart attack aged 63.
2001 Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas along with eight others after filming her "Rock the Boat" music video, aged just 22.
2019 Guitarist Neal Casal (The Cardinals, Chris Robinson Brotherhood) died aged 50.