THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (August 22nd): 1947: Donna Jean Godchaux (Grateful Dead, vocals) was born 1952: Debbie Davies was born 1956: Elvis Presley began work on Love Me Tender, his first movie 1958: Vernon Reid (Living Colour, guitar) was born 1962: The Beatles first TV appearance -- Granada TV, of Manchester, filmed a lunch session at The Cavern Club in Liverpool (shown on October 17, 1962) 1963: Bad To Me was at #1 on the UK singles charts for Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas (a John Lennon song) 1966: New York City teenagers, Carol Hopkins and Susan Richmond, threatened to jump from a second floor ledge of a city hotel if they could not meet The Beatles -- police talked them down 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared on the BBC TV Simon Dee show with Kiki Dee and Cat Stevens 1968: The news was kept secret, but Ringo Starr quit The Beatles during the White Album sessions due to the constant bickering -- he returned September 3rd, but The Beatles recorded Back In The USSR with Paul on drums and John playing bass 1970: Make It With You was at #1 on the US singles charts for Bread 2011: Jerry Lieber (songwriter and producer) died at age 78 -- with Mike Stoller he wrote, among others, Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, There Goes My Baby, Yakety Yak, Stand By Me, Poison Ivy and Kansas City -- by the way, did you know there is no Twelfth Street and Vine in KC?
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:13:03 +0000
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