On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1947 "Medium & The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 211 performances
- 1960 Aretha Franklin's 1st recording session for Columbia Records in NYC
- 1963 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale
- 1964 Beatles' single "A Hard Day's Night" goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
- 1969 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival
- 1971 George Harrison's benefit concerts for Bangladesh (2 shows) take place at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell
- 1986 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia is released from hospital after a 3 week coma
- 1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 149 performances
Birthdays in Music
Jerry Garcia
(1942 - 1995)- Coolio
58th Birthday
Jerry Garcia
CoolioDeaths in Music
- 1628 Francesco Gonzaga, Italian composer, dies at 37
- 1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, German composer, dies at 51
- 1813 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, dies at 60
- 1846 Peter Ritter, German cellist and composer, dies at 83
Weddings in Music
- 1987 Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart
- 2009 Fashion model Rhea Durham (34) weds actor and producer Mark Wahlberg (41) at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills
August in Music History
Jim Morrison's Trial
Jim Morrison and The Doors at the Dade County Courthouse
August 10, 1970Woodstock Music and Art Fair
Swami Satchidananda addressing the opening ceremony at Woodstock
August 15, 1969The Ultimate Beatles Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Beatles Question? Including who was the original Beatles drummer? How about who wrote Hey Jude?
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