3rd of August - On this day 1963, The Beatles played their last ever performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. The Beatles, whose fee for their first performance at the Cavern had been £5, received a fee of £300 for this performance. 1963, The Beach Boys released Surfer Girl, the first song Brian Wilson ever wrote and the first one he produced. 1966, The Rolling Stones began nine days recording sessions for their next album at Los Angeles, RCA Studios, Hollywood, USA. Tracks recorded included: Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? Let’s Spend The Night Together, My Obsession, Yesterdays Papers and Back Street Girl. Bob Egan Pop Spots 1968, The Doors started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Hello I Love You, the groups second US No.1. Hello I Love You, was also in the Top 5 at the same time as Jose Felicianos version of Light My Fire, giving The Doors two songs, written by the group, simultaneously in the Top 5. 1968, The two day Newport Pop Festival took place in Costa Mesa, California with Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, Chambers Brothers, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Country Joe and the Fish, Electric Flag, James Cotton Blues Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sonny & Cher, Steppenwolf and Tiny Tim. Over 100,000 fans attended the festival. 1971, Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new group Wings with his wife Linda and former Moody Blues guitarist and singer Denny Laine. 1974, Anne Murray appeared at The Schaefer Festival in New York as the headlining act. The opening act was Bruce Springsteens E Street Band. 1974, Bad Company went to No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled debut album. The band were made up of former members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople, (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell). 1985, Drive by The Cars was re-released following its dramatic use on TV during the Live Aid concert. All the royalties from the record went to the Band Aid trust. 1985, Madonna scored her first UK No.1 single with Into The Groove. The track was taken from the movie Desperately Seeking Susan which featured Madonna and Rosanna Arquette. Into The Groove is Madonnas best selling single in the UK, having sold over 850,000 copies. 1985, Tears For Fears started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Shout, the duos second US No.1. 1986, The News Of The World in the UK printed an exclusive interview with 16 year old model Mandy Smith, who revealed she has been having an affair with Rolling Stone Bill Wyman for the past 2 and a half years. 1987, Def Leppard released their fourth studio album Hysteria which became their best selling album to date, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. The title of the album was thought up by drummer Rick Allen, relating to his experiences during the time of his car accident, and the worldwide media coverage that followed. 1991, Cities In The Park took place in Heaton Park Manchester, England. A two day event with O.M.D. The Buzzcocks, The Fall, Wonder Stuff, The Soup Dragons, Happy Mondays, Electronic and The Railway Children. 1991, Metallic held a playback party to launch their self-titled album at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic from Nirvana both attended. 1996, Los Del Rio started a 14 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Macarena. The song which has sold 11 million copies world-wide was ranked the No.1 Greatest One-Hit Wonder of all Time by VH1 in 2002. 2000, Maurice Kinn died aged 76. The UK publisher launched The New Musical Express in 1953, which instigated the first charts based on record sales (first published on 14 November 1952). and organised the annual NME poll-winners concerts between 1963 and 1966. 2000, Pearl Jam played the first date on the North American leg of their Binaural 73-date world tour at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia 2001, Co-founder of US group 5th Dimension Ron Townson died of kidney failure aged 68. Had the 1969 US N.1 & UK No.11 single Aquarius. 2002, After an absence of 37 years, Bob Dylan returned to the Newport Folk Festival (now known as the Apple and Eve Newport Folk Festival) where he performed a 2 hour show of 19 songs, wearing a false beard and a wig. Songs played included: Subterranean Homesick Blues, Desolation Row, Positively 4th Street, The Wicked Messenger, Like A Rolling Stone and Mr. Tambourine Man
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