ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

AUGUST 1

• Francis Scott Key (1779)
• Ramblin' Jack Elliot (1931)
• Jerry Garcia (1942)
• MTV begins broadcasting (1981)

• Garth Hudson (The Band)
• Andrew Gold (1951)
• Brian Cole (The Association) dies from a drug overdose (1972)
• Johnny Cash signs with CBS records (1958)

• John Klemmer (1946)
• Lenny Bruce dies from a drug overdose (1966)

• Rick Derringer (1947)
• Several US radio stations ban the Beatles because John Lennon says they are now "bigger than God" (1966)
• Jim Morrison passes out on an old ladies' porch and is arrested (1970)

• Jimmy Webb (1946)
• Marilyn Monroe dies (1962)
• Dick Clark's American Bandstand begins in Philadelphia (1957)
• The Beatles release "Revolver" (1966)

• Andy Warhol (1927)
• Isaac Hayes (1938)
• Stevie Wonder nearly dies in North Carolina car crash (1973)

• Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936)
• Homer (Homer and Jethro) dies (1959)

• Joe Tex (1933)
• Dave "The Edge" Evans (U2) (1963)
• Cannonball Adderly dies (1975)
• Boston's debut LP is released and becomes the fastest selling premiere in record history, after every other major label rejected the demos

• Sharon Tate is murdered by the Manson Family (1969)
• Robert Zimmerman legally changes his name to Bob Dylan (1962)

• Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers) (1940)
• Ronnie Spector (1947)
• Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) (1947)
• Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested for drugs in Sweden (1972)
• Isaac Hayes died (2008)

• Eric Carmen (1949)
• Joe Jackson
• The Rolling Stones play a jazz festival headlined by Acker Bilk (1963)

• Buck Owens (1939)
• Mark Knopfler (1949)
• Janis Joplin gives her final concert, at Harvard (1970)

• Dan Fogelberg (1951)
• King Curtis dies after being knifed (1971)

• David Crosby (1941)
• Big Bill Broozy dies of cancer (1958)
• Gladys Presley (Elvis' mom) dies (1958)
• The Family Dog, San Francisco concert venue, closes (1970)
• Johnny Burnette drowns, knocked unconscious by a cruiser's collison with his fishing boat. (1964)

• Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker sign a management deal (1955).
• Woodstock Music And Arts Fair opens on Max Yasgur's farm for three days of peace, love, and music (1969)
• "Slow Train Coming", Bob Dylan's testament to Christianity, is released (1979)

• Madonna (1959)
• Elvis Presley dies (1977)
• Pete Best is fired from The Beatles and replaced by Ringo Starr (1962)
• Robert Plant almost kills himself and his wife in a car wreck in Greece (1975)

• Colin Moulding (XTC) (1955)
• Belinda Carlisle (1958)
• Paul Williams of The Temptations commits suicide (1973)
• Joan Baez introduces Bob Dylan to 14,000 at Forest Hills. He sings three songs with her (1963)
• John Phillips (Mamas and Papas) is charged with operating a cocaine ring (1980)

• Nona Hendryx (1945)
• Mick Jagger is accidentally shot on the set of "Ned Kelly" (1969)
• Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter wed (1979)

• Ginger Baker (Cream) (1939)
• John Deacon (Queen) (1951)
• Groucho Marx dies (1977)
• "Who Are You", the last Who LP with Keith Moon, is released (1978)
• Second US tour by The Beatles starts in San Francisco at the Cow Palace (1964)

• Robert Plant (1948)
• Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) (1951)
• "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley And The Comets reaches number one (1955)
• John and Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy" (1980)

• Liam Howlett (Prodigy) (1971)
• Count Basie (1904)
• Jackie DeShannon (1944)
• Joe Strummer (Clash) (1952)
• Linda Ronstadt opens as Mabel in "Pirates Of Penzance" (1980)

• Tori Amos (1963)
• Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) (1961)
• John Lee Hooker (1917)
• Layne Staley (Alice In Chains) (1967)
• Debbie Peterson (Bangles) (1961)
• Donna Godchaux (ex-Grateful Dead) (1947)
• Elvis Presley makes his live comeback at the International Hotel in Las Vegas (1969)

• Gene Kelly (1912)
• Keith Moon (1947)
• John Lennon and Cynthia Powell wed (1962)
• "She Loves You" is released by The Beatles (1963)
• "Help", the Beatles second film, is released (1965)
• Lou Reed plays his last gig with Velvet Underground for many years (1970)

• David Frielberg (Starship) (1938)
• John Cippolina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (1943)
• Jim Capaldi (Traffic) (1944)
• Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's assassin, gets 20 years to life (1982)

• Elvis Costello (1954)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918)
• Gene Simmons (Kiss) (1949)
• Stan Kenton dies (1979)
• "Cars" by Gary Numan is released (1979)

• The third Isle Of Wight pop festival is held (1970)

• Willie "Mink" DeVille (1950)
• Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) (1956)
• Alex Lifeson (Rush) (1953)
• Brian Epstein (Beatles manager) dies of drug overdose (1967)
• "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan is released (1965)

• Mary McCartney (Paul and Linda's daughter) (1969)
• Bob Dylan introduces the Beatles to smoking pot in the Delmonico hotel in New York (1964)

• Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920)
• Dinah Washington (1924)
• Michael Jackson (1958)
• George Harrison joins The Quarrymen, which already includes John Lennon and Paul McCartney (1958)
• The Beatles perform their final scheduled concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco (1966)

• John Phillips (Mamas and Papas) (1935)
• The Beatles release their first Apple recording "Hey Jude/Revolution" (1968)

• Van Morrison (1945)
• Led Zeppelin's "In Through The Out Door" enters Billboard at number 1 (1979)

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