August 3rd Born on this Day in History of Music Tony Bennett (1926), Gordon Stoker - The Jordanaires (1935), Beverly Lee - The Shirelles (1941), John York - The Byrds (1946), B.B. Dickerson - War (1949), John Graham - Earth Wind and Fire (1951), Ian Bairnson - Alan Parsons Project, Pilot (1953), Kirk Brandon - Spear of Destiny (1956), Lee Rocker - Stray Cats (1961), James Hetfield - Metallica (1963), Kyoko Chan Cox (1963), Ed Roland - Collective Soul (1963), Dean Sams - Lonestar(1966), Skin - Skunk Anansie (1967), DJ Spinderella - Salt'n'Pepa (1971), Stephen Carpenter - Deftones (1973), Holly Blake-Arnstein - Dream (1985)
Chart News
1961 Eden Kane at No.1 on the UK chart with Well I Ask You.
1963 The Tymes at No.1 on the US chart with 'So Much in Love'
1968 The Doors at No.1 on the US chart with 'Hello I Love You'
1968 The Irish Rovers at No.1 in Australia with ‘The Orange and the Green / Whiskey on a Sunday’
1974 Bad Company at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Bad Company'
1985 Madonna at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Into The Groove'.
1985 Tears For Fears at No.1 on the US chart with 'Shout'
1996 Los Del Rio at No.1 on the US chart with 'Macarena'
1997 Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 at No.1 in Australia with ‘I’ll Be Missing You’
2003 The Coral at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Magic and Medicine.’
2008 Kid Rock at No.1 on the UK chart with 'All Summer Long'.
2017 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Despacito’
Gig News
1963 The Beatles played their last ever performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. 1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of five nights at the Salvation Club in New York City.
1968 The two day Newport Pop Festival took place in Costa Mesa, California with Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, Chambers Brothers, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Country Joe and the Fish, Electric Flag, James Cotton Blues Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sonny &Cher, Steppenwolf and Tiny Tim.
1991 Metallic held a playback party to launch their self-titled album at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Music News
1971, Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new group Wings with his wife Linda and former Moody Blues guitarist and singer Denny Laine.