Today in Oldies Music History: August 19

Today In Oldies Music History: August 19

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Births

1939: Ginger Baker (Cream)
1940: Roger Cook (Blue Mink)
1940: Johnny Nash
1943: Billy J. Kramer
1943: Don Fardon (The Sorrows)
1945: Ian Gillian (Deep Purple)
1948: Elliott Lurie (The Looking Glass)
1948: Susan Jacks (The Poppy Family)
1951: John Deacon (Queen)

Deaths

1979: Dorsey Burnette
2001: Betty Everett

Events

1918: Songwriter Irving Berlin, still a Sergeant in the US Army, debuts his WWI-themed musical Yip Yip Yaphank, at New York's Century Theatre.
1957: Pat Boone appears on the cover of Newsweek with the tag "His Refreshing Song Fills The Air." The article inside claims that "the teen-agers are finally revolting against the musical delinquents."
1966: Just before their first show at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN (which is picketed by local KKK members), the Beatles receive an anonymous phone call warning them that at least one of them will be assassinated on stage as a result of John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" remarks. Midway through their second show of the evening, a lit firecracker is thrown on stage, frightening the band and making them look around to see which of them had been shot. This incident is one of the main reasons the Beatles make this tour their last.
1967: Ringo Starr and his wife, the former Maureen Cox, give birth to their second son, Jason.
1968: The final episode of The Monkees, directed by Micky Dolenz, airs for the last time on NBC-TV. The last song performed in this, the 58th episode, is "Zor And Zam."
1969: Crosby, Stills, and Nash appear on ABC-TV's Dick Cavett Show, the first band to report on the just-concluded Woodstock festival. Joni Mitchell appears, too, to debut her new song about the concert.
1972: The musical variety show The Midnight Special, featuring DJ Wolfman Jack as announcer and John Denver as host, debuts on NBC. The first song performed is War's "Slippin' Into Darkness."
1973: Kris Kristofferson marries Rita Coolidge at his Malibu home in a ceremony officiated by his father, an ordained minister. The marriage would last seven years.
1980: An asthma attack forces Alice Cooper to cancel tonight's show in Toronto, sparking a riot in the crowd of 1,400.
1983: Having been sporadic since it was originally shut down in 1968, "pirate radio" station Radio Caroline makes its comeback on board the ship Ross Revenge in the North Sea's international waters. Six years to the day later, it would be shut down again.
1988: Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" is named the most played song in the first hundred years of the jukebox's existence.

Releases

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Recording

1939: Dick Jurgens, "Day Dreams Come True At Night"
1966: Sandy Posey, "Single Girl"
1969: The Beatles, "Here Comes The Sun"

Charts

1957: Debbie Reynolds' "Tammy" hits #1
1967: The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" hits #1
1972: Chicago's LP Chicago V hits #1

Certifications

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