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Friday August 16 in music

August 16th Born on this Day in History of Music Al Hibbler (1915), Ketty Lester (1934), Robert 'Squirrel' Lester - The Chi Lites (1934), Billy Joe Shaver (1939), Barbara George (1942), Kevin Ayers - Soft Machine (1945), Gary Loizzo - American Breed (1945), Gordon Fleet - The Easybeats (1946), Barry Hay - Golden Earring (1948), Victor "The Mascara Snake" Hayden - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band (1948), Scott Asheton - Iggy Pop and The Stooges (1949), James 'J.T.' Taylor - Kool &The Gang (1953), Tim Farriss - INXS (1957), Madonna (1958), Emily Erwin - Dixie Chicks (1972), Vanessa Carlton (1980), Bob Hardy - Franz Ferdinand (1980), Liam Titcomb (1987)
Chart News
1970 Elvis Presley at No.1 on the UK chart with 'The Wonder of You'; The Kinks were at No.2 with 'Lola'
1975 The Stylistics at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)'
1982 Adam Ant at No.1 in Australia with ‘Goody Two Shoes’
1986 Madonna at No.1 on the US chart with 'Papa Don't Preach.
1997 Will Smith at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Men In Black
2014 Nico &Vinz at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Am I Wrong’
Gig News
1966 The Beatles played at the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia
1966 The Byrds played at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
1969 Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young supported by Joni Mitchell played at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
1969 Led Zeppelin played at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park with supporting act Joe Cocker
1980 Queen played at the Civic Centre, Charleston, South Carolina.
1980 Rainbow, Judas Priest, Scorpions, April Wine, Riot, Saxon and Trust played at Donnington Park
1981 U2 played at Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland. 1988 Kiss played at the Marquee Club in London, England
1986 Def Leppard played The Monsters of Rock, the first major gig since drummer Rick Allen lost his arm
1997 Blur, Prodigy, Beck, Kula Shaker, Dodgy, Foo Fighters, Placebo, James, Ash, Dodgy and Gene appeared at the two day V97 UK festival in Chelmsford and Leeds
Music News
1977 Elvis Presley died
2018 Aretha Franklin died
 

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August 17 in music history
August 17th Born on this Day in History of Music John Seiter - Spanky and our Gang (1944), Gary Talley - The Box Tops (1947), Sib Hashian - Boston (1949), Kevin Rowland - Dexys Midnight Runners (1953), Eric Johnson (1954), Colin Moulding - XTC (1955), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Lisa Coleman - Wendy & Lisa, The Revolution (1960), Gilby Clarke - Guns N'Roses (1962), Maria Mckee (1964), Steve Gorman - The Black Crowes (1965), Maysa (1966), Dave Hollister of Blackstreet (1968), Donnie Wahlberg - New Kids on the Block (1969), Kevin Mercer (Posdnuos) - De La Soul (1969), Claire Richards - Steps (1977), Mike Lewis - Lostprophets (1977)
Chart News
1963 Rob E.G. at No.1 in Australia with ’55 Days at Peking’
1968 The Doors at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Waiting For The Sun'.
1968 The Rascals at No.1 on the US chart with 'People Got To Be Free'
1974 Eric Clapton at No.1 on the US album chart with '461 Ocean Boulevard'
1974 Paper Lace at No.1 on the US chart with 'The Night Chicago Died'
1981 Devo at No.1 in Australia with ‘DEV-O Live (EP)’
2002 Darius at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Colourblind'
2002 Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland at No.1 on the US chart with 'Dilemma'.
2002 Red Hot Chili Peppers at No.1 on the UK album chart with'By The Way'
2003 Eva Cassidy at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘American Tune’
2008 The Script at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Script'
2013 Miley Cyrus at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘We Can’t Stop’
2017 Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Feels’
Gig News
1960 The Beatles played at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany
1966 The Beatles played at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada.
1971 Johnny Cash played at The Kings Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester.
2002 Travis, Alanis Morissette, Nickelback, Supergrass, Elvis Costello, The Bluetones, Mull Historical Society, Badly Drawn Boy and The Chemical Brothers all appeared at the UK festival V2002 in Chelmsford, England.
 

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Rained again early this mornin, lights been flashin off and on for about an hour
They have been forecasting rain here for days, but no rain yet. Another 86F and humid day here, hope it cools down soon, too hot for me up North here at the Lake, lol
 

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They have been forecasting rain here for days, but no rain yet. Another 86F and humid day here, hope it cools down soon, too hot for me up North here at the Lake, lol
It was hot and humid here yesterday but for the next 10 days highs in low 80's and lows 50's and 60's.
We've had a lot of rain lately, heavy rains when they come got 1 and a half inches this mornin again

The weather seems to be messed up everywhere
 

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