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Monday Aug 26 in music
August 26th Born on this Day in History of Music
Jet Black - The Stranglers (1938), Nik Turner - Hawkwind (1940), Chris Curtis - The Searchers (1941), Vic Dana - The Fleetwoods (1942), Moe Tucker The Velvet Underground (1944), Valerie Simpson - Ashford & Simpson (1946), Bill and Dick Cowsill - The Cowsills (1949), Leon Redbone (1949), Michael Chetwood - T'Pau (1954), John O'Neill - The Undertones (1957), Dr. Alban (1957), Branford Marsalis (1960), Annie Holland - Elastica (1965), Shirley Manson - Garbage (1966), Adrian Young - No Doubt (1969)
Chart News
1965 Sonny & Cher at No.1 on the UK chart with 'I Got You Babe'
1972 Looking Glass at No.1 on the US chart with 'Brandy You're A Fine Girl'
1978 Frankie Valli at No.1 on the US chart with 'Grease'
1995 Blur at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Country House'
1995 Seal at No.1 on the US and Australian chart with 'Kiss From A Rose'
2001 Maxwell at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Now'. Staind at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Break The Cycle'
2007 High School Musical 2 soundtrack album at No.1 on the US chart.
Gig News
1963 Cilla Black made her first major concert appearance at The Odeon Cinema Southport on a bill with The Beatles.
1965 The Byrds played at the Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California. '
1967 Small Faces, Move, The Gass, Tomorrow, Denny Laine, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon and Marmalade appeared at ‘Festival of the Flower Children’ at Woburn Abbey, England.
1970 Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, (his last ever UK appearance), Donovan, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Arrival, Cactus, Family, Taste, Mungo Jerry, ELP, The Doors, The Who, Spirit, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Procol Harum, Sly and the Family Stone and Free appeared at the three day Isle Of Wight Festival
1973 10cc made their live debut at the Palace Lido Isle of Man
1977 Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Golden Earing, Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, Hawkwind, Racing Cars, John Miles, Graham Parker, The Enid, No Dice and Frankie Miller's Full House appeared at the 17th three day Reading Festival, England
1978 Fleetwood Mac, The Cars, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welsh and Eddie Money appeared at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
1988 Iggy Pop, Starship, Squeeze, Ramones, Meat Loaf, Bonne Tyler, Hothouse Flowers, Deacon Blue, Quireboys, Broken English appeared at the three day Reading Festival
1995
1996 The Corrs appeared at The Carrickdale Hotel, Dundalk Ireland
Music News
1967 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull joined up with The Beatles in Bangor North Wales to seek guidance from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
2004 Laura Brannigan died
 
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Tuesday Aug 27 in music
August 27th Born on this Day in History of Music Lester Young - Count Basie's Orchestra (1909), Phil Shulman - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound (1937), Tommy Sands (1937), Alice Coltrane (1937), Edward Patten - Gladys Knight and the Pips (1939), Daryl Dragon - The Captain and Tennille (1942), Chip Douglas The Turtles (1942), Tim Bogert - Vanilla Fudge, Bogert & Appice (1944 ), Malcolm Allured - Showaddywaddy (1945), David Leon ‘Billy’ Knight (1947), Jeff Cook (1949), Kevin Kavanaugh - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1951), Alex Lifeson - Rush (1953), Glen Matlock - Sex Pistols (1956), Yolanda Adams (1961), Tony Kanal - No Doubt (1970), Mase (1975), Sarah Neufeld - Arcade Fire (1979), Mario (1986)
Chart News
1964 The Honeycombs at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Have I The Right'
1977 The Floaters at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Float On'
1979 Two-Man Band at No.1 in Australia with ‘Up There Cazaly’
1984 Wham! at No.1 in Australia with ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’
1988 George Michael at No.1 on the US chart with 'Monkey'
1988 Fairground Attraction at No.1 in Australia with ‘Perfect’
1988 Tracy Chapman at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Tracy Chapman'
1994 Boyz II Men at No.1 on the US chart with 'I'll Make Love To You'
2001 Five at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Let's Dance'
2006 Beyonce featuring Jay-Z at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Deja Vu.
2011 Katy Perry at No.1 on the US chart with 'Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)'
2011 Wretch 32 featuring Josh Kumra at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Don’t Go’
2015 Jess Glynne at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself’
Gig News
1964 The Beatles played at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio
1969 Led Zeppelin played at the Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
1982 Queen played at Myriad, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1983 Barry Manilow played at Blenheim Palace, England
1993 This year’s Reading Festival kicked off with headline acts New Order, The The, The Lemonheads, Rage Against The Machine, Dinosaur JR, plus on the Melody Maker stage, Blur, Radiohead, The Boo Radleys and Shampoo
1999 The Charlatans, Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Offspring, Catatonia, Reef, The Chemical Brothers, The Divine Comedy, Pavement, Silverchair, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion appeared at The Carling Reading three day festival
2004 Green Day, The Darkness, The White Stripes, Morrissey, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, 50 Cent,The Streets, The Vines, Soulwax, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, The Offspring, Ash, Placebo and Lostprophets all appeared at this years UK Carling Weekend in Reading and Leeds, England
2006 The Rolling Stones played at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England
Music News
1967 Brian Epstein died
1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin following a concert at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin. Also killed was pilot Jeff Brown, agent Bobby Brooks, bodyguard Nigel Browne, and tour manager Colin Smythe.
1991 Pearl Jam released their legendary debut album "Ten"
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