August 10th Born on this Day in History of Music Clarence Leonidas Fender (1909), Jimmy Dean (1928), Eddie Fisher (1928), Bobby Hatfield - The Righteous Brothers (1940), Les Humphries (1930), Daddy Dewdrop (1940), Jimmy Griffin - Bread (1943), Mick Clarke - The Rubettes (1946), Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull (1947), Ronnie Spector - The Ronettes (1943), Andy Cresswell-Davis - The Korgis (1949), Carolyn Gill of The Velvelettes (1949), Patti Austin (1950), Mark Price - All About Eve (1959), Kym Mazelle (1960), Jon Farriss - INXS (1961), Julia Fordham (1962), Aaron Hall of Guy (1964), Kangol Kid of UTFO (1966), Lorraine Pearson – Five Star (1967), Leigh Marklew - Terrorvision (1968), Michael Bivins - New Edition (1968)
Chart News
1961 Helen Shapiro at No.1 on the UK chart with You Don't Know aged 14
1963 Stevie Wonder at No.1 on the US chart with 'Fingertips part II' aged 13
1963 Jan and Dean at No.1 in Australia with ‘Surf City’
1968 Tom Jones at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Delilah'
1970 Simon and Garfunkel at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'
1974 John Denver went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Back Home Again'
1974 Roberta Flack went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Feel Like Makin' Love'
1985 Bryan Adams at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Reckless'
1987 Kylie Minogue at No.1 in Australia with ‘Locomotion’
1991 Luciano Pavarotti at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Essential Pavarotti II'
1996 Celine Dion at No.1 in Australia with ‘Because You Loved Me’
1997 Puff Daddy &the Family at No.1 on the US album chart with 'No Way Out'
2008 Katy Perry at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘I Kissed a Girl'
Gig News
1963 Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Ronnie Ross, Cyril Davies, Long John Baldry and The Rolling Stones all appeared at the third Richmond Jazz Festival held over two days in Richmond, England
1968 Deep Purple, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ten Years After, The Nice, Ginger Baker and Arthur Brown all appeared at the National Jazz &Blues Festival, Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury On Thames, England
1970 Elvis Presley played The International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
1976 Elton John played Madison Sq. Gardens in New York City
1982 Queen played the Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut
Music News
2008 Isaac Hayes died