August 8th Born on this Day in History of Music Mel Tillis (1932), Joe Tex (1935), John ‘Jay’ David - Dr Hook (1942), Brenda Lee Eager (1947), Liberty Devitto - Billy Joel band(1950), Nick Straker (1952), Anton Fig-Letterman/KISS (1952), Lady Bianca Thornton - Zappa/Sly & The Family Stone (1953), Ali Score - A Flock of Seagulls (1956), David Grant - Linx (1956), Dennis Drew - 10,000 Maniacs (1957), Chris Foreman - Madness(1956), Music fan Andrew King (1964) Rikki Rockett - Poison (1961), Paul Jackson - T'Pau (1961), The Edge - U2 (1961), Scott Stapp - Creed (1973), Brian Harvey - East 17 (1974), Joshua Chasez - *NSYNC (1976), Bradley McIntosh - S Club 7 (1981)
Chart News
1960 16-year old Brian Hyland at No.1 on the US chart with 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'
1963 The Searchers at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Sweets For My Sweet'
1970 Blood Sweat & Tears at No.1 on the US chart with 'Blood Sweat &Tears 3'
1977 Peter Allen at N o.1 in Australia with ‘I Go to Rio’
1987 U2 at No.1 on the US chart with 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'
1992 Madonna at No.1 on the US chart with 'This Used To Be My Playground'
1992 Snap! at No.1 on the UK singles with 'Rhythm Is A Dancer'
1998 The Spice Girls at No.1 on the UK chart with'Viva Forever'
2006 Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Hips Don't Lie’
2010 Ne-Yo at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Beautiful Monster'
2020 Taylor Swift at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Cardigan'
Gig News
1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the last night of a five night run at the Salvation Club in New York City
1969 During a North American tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California, supported by Jethro Tull
1971 Tim Buckley and Tom Waits both appeared at In The Alley, San Diego, California
1991 On A Friday, (later to become known as Radiohead) appeared at The Jericho Tavern, Oxford, England
1996 Kiss appeared at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio
Music News
1969 The photo session for the cover of The Beatles 'Abbey Road' album took place on the crossing outside Abbey Road studios
1981 MTV broadcast its first stereo concert with REO Speedwagon who performed in Denver, Colorado
2022 Olivia Newton-John died
2017 Glen Campbell died