August


Happy Birthday! 



 1 - Jerry Garcia, 1942 - Aug 9, 1995
     

 2 - Garth Hudson (The Band) 1943

 3 - Joe Elliot (Def Leppard) 1959

 8 - The Edge 1961

10 - Leo Fender 1909 - March 2, 1991
      Ronnie Spector 1943
      Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) 1947

11 - Eric Carmen 1949

12 - Mark Knopfler

14 - David Crosby 1941
      Dash Croft 1940

16 - Madonna 1958

19 - Ginger Baker (Cream) 1939
      Johnny Nash 1940

20 - Robert Plant 1948
   

22 - John Lee Hooker 1917

23 - Keith Moon 1947 - Sept 7, 1978

25 - Gene Simmons
      Elvis Costello

27 - Alex Lifeson

30 - John Phillips 1935

31 - Van Morrison 1945









did you know that on August....




1, 1971...CBS premiered The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour


1, 1981....MTV goes on the air, the first video played was "Video Killed the Radio Star"
 by The Buggels


5, 1957....American Bandstand hosted by Dick CLark premiers on ABC television


20, 1969...the three day Music and Art Festivalknown as Woodstock begins on
 Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, NY, attracting more than 400,000 people





#1 oldies in August....




1965 - I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher (3 weeks)


1969 - Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones (4 weeks)


1966 - Summer In The City by The Loving Spoonful (3 weeks)


1968 - People Got to Be Free by The Rascals (5 weeks)


1970 - War by Edwin Starr (3 weeks)


1971 - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by The Bee Gees (4 weeks)


1975 - Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band (1 week)


1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee (4 weeks)


1979 - My Sharona by The Knack (6 weeks)


1981 - Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield (2 weeks)






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