Sunday August 18 in music
August 18th Born on this Day in History of Music Johnny Preston (1939), Maxine Brown (1939), Edwin Hawkins (1943), Carl Wayne - The Move (1943), Sarah Dash – Labelle / Keith Richards & the Winos (1945), Lloyd Pack of Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes (1946), Barbara Harris - The Toys (1945), Nigel Griggs - Split Enz (1949), Dennis Elliott - Foreigner (1950), John Rees - Men at Work (1951), Patrick Swayze (1952), Marvin Isley of The Isley Bros (1953), Stuart Matthewman - played with Sade, Maxwell and Sweetback (1960), Andi Deris - Helloween, Pink Cream 69 (1964), Dan Peters - Mudhoney (1967), Tracy Tracy - The Primitives (1967), Erik Schrody - House of Pain (1969), Aphex Twin (1971), Mika (1983), Romy Madley Croft - XX (1989)
Special birthday wishes to Iain Munn author of the superb and definitive account of The Style Council - Mr. Cool's Dream Biography. The only place to go for the full history of The Style Council
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Chart News
1958 The Kalin Twins No.1 on the UK chart with 'When'.
1973 Diana Ross at No.1 on the US chart with with 'Touch Me In The Morning'.
1973 Jethro Tull at No.1 on the US album chart with 'A Passion Play'.
1979 Chic at No.1 on the US chart with 'Good Times'
1980 Genghis Khan at No.1 in Australia with ‘Moscow’
1984 George Michael at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Careless Whisper'
2002 Sugababes at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Round Round'
Gig News
1962 The Beatles played at The Horticultural Society Dance, Birkenhead, England - this was Ringo's first live performance with John, Paul and George.
1969 Led Zeppelin played at the Rock Pile in Toronto
1977 The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England.
1979 AC/DC, Nils Lofgren, The Stranglers and The Who played at Wembley Stadium, London, England.
1991 Sweet Jesus appeared at the Boardwalk, Manchester. Support act was The Rain (later to become Oasis), minus Noel Gallagher who had yet to join his brother’s band.
2001 Texas, The Charlatans, Coldplay, Faithless, Nelly Furtado and Embrace all appeared at the V2001 festival Chelmsford, England.
2007 Sean Kingston at No.1 on the US chart with ‘Beautiful Girls’