August 7th Born on this Day in History of Music Art Laboe (1925), Herb Reed - The Platters (1928), Roland Kirk (1935), Charles Pope - The Tams (1936), Magic Slim (1937), Ben Moore - James and Bobby Purify (1941), B.J. Thomas (1942), Lana Cantrell (1943), Kerry Chater - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (1945), Micky Atkins -Parliament / Funkadelic (1948), Rodney Crowell (1950), Pete Way - UFO (1951), Alexei Sayle (1954), Dez Dickerson (1955), Bruce Dickinson - Iron Maiden (1958), Jacquie O'Sullivan - Bananarama (1960), Ian Dench - EMF (1964), Raul Malo - The Mavericks (1965), Kristin Hersh (1966), Cheri Dennis (1979), Gangsta Boo - Three 6 Mafia (1979)
Chart News
1963 The Beatles at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Please Please Me'
1965 Herman's Hermits at No.1 on the US chart with 'I'm Henry VIII I Am'
1965 The Rolling Stones at No.1 in Australia with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1971 The Bee Gees at No.1 on the US chart with 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart'
1976 Elton John and Kiki Dee at No.1 on the US chart with 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart'
1982 Dexy's Midnight Runners at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Come On Eileen'
1982 Fleetwood Mac at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Mirage'
1982 The Kids From Fame at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Kids From Fame'
1993 Cypress Hill at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Black Sunday'
2005 James Blunt at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘You're Beautiful’, Mariah Carey at No.1 on the US chart with ‘We Belong Together’
2011 Cher Lloyd at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Swagger Jagger'
Gig News
1954 Elvis Presley appeared at the Eagles Nest in Memphis Tennessee
1957 The Quarry Men played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool (Paul McCartney reportedly at Scout camp with his brother)
1964 The Rolling Stones, Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes, Manfred Mann, Yardbirds and Mose Allison all appeared at the fourth Richmond Jazz Festival held over three days in Richmond, England
1969 Led Zeppelin appeared at the Berkeley Community Theatre, California
1970 The Goose Lake International Music Festival held in Leoni, Michigan. Over 200,000 fans attended the three day festival. Acts who appeared included, Jethro Tull, 10 Years After, Mountain, Chicago, Bob Seger, John Sebastian, James Gang, Stooges with Iggy Pop, Brownsville Station, MC5, Rod Stewart and Flying Burrito Brothers
1980 Ted Nugent played the first of two nights at Newcastle Mayfair
1983 Howard Devoto supported by The Smiths appeared at The Lyceum in London, England
1990 David Bowie appeared live at Maine Road Football ground Manchester, England
1997 Garth Brooks reportedly played to the largest crowd ever in New York's Central Park. An estimated 1 million people attended the live concert.