August 31st Born on this Day in History of Music Jerry Allison - The Crickets (1939), Cleveland Eaton (1939), Wilton Felder -The Crusaders (1940), Roger Dean - album cover designer (1944), Van Morrison (1945), Bob Welch - Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974 (1945), John Davis of The Monster Orchestra (1947), Ricky Gardiner - Beggars Opera (1948), Rudolf Schenker -The Scorpions (1948), Anthony Thistlethwaite - The Waterboys (1955), Wendy Wild (1956), Gina Schock - The Go-Go's (1957), Glenn Tilbrook - Squeeze (1957), Tony DeFranco - The DeFranco Family (1959), Egyptian Lover (1963), Reb Beach - Winger / Whitesnake (1963), Larry Waddell - Mint Condition (1963), Debbie Gibson (1970), Craig Nicholls - The Vines (1977), Del Marquis - Scissor Sisters (1977)
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Chart News
1963 Angels at No.1 on the US singles with ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’
1970 Mungo Jerry at No.1 in Australia with ‘In the Summertime’
1981 Rick Springfield at No.1 in Australia with ‘Jessie’s Girl’
1985 Dire Straits at No.1 on the US album charts with 'Brothers In Arms'
1985 UB40 and Chrissie Hynde at No.1 on the UK chart with 'I Got You Babe'
1991 'Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' at No.1 on the UK album chart.
1991 Metallica at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Metallica'
1996 Los del Rio at No.1 in Australia with ‘Macarena’
1997 Oasis at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Be Here Now.'
2003 The Darkness at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Permission To Land’
2003 Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee at No.1 on the US chart with 'Skae Your Tailfeather'
2003 Elton John at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Are You Ready For Love'
2008 The Verve at No.1 on the UK album chart with their final album ‘Forth’
2019 Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello at No.1 on the US chart with 'Señorita'
2023 Dua Lipa at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Dance the Night'
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Gig News
1957 Elvis Presley played at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.
1965 The Beatles played at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California
1968 The Move, The Pretty Things, The Crazy World Of Aurthur Brown, Orange Bicycle, Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention and Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared at the first Isle Of Wight Festival
1969 Led Zeppelin played at the Texas International Pop Festival in Lewisville. Also on the bill: BB King, The Incredible String Band, Sam & Dave and Janis Joplin.
1974 Traffic made their last live performance at the UK Reading Festival. Other acts appearing included Alex Harvey, 10cc, Focus, Steve Harley and Procol Harum.
1975 Rod Stewart and the Faces, Loggins & Messina, Fleetwood Mac and Lynyrd Skynyrd played at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California.
1991 Guns N' Roses, Skid Row and Nine Inch Nails played at London's Wembley Stadium.
2000 The Strokes played at The Mercury Lounge in New York City.