August 25 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Gene Simmons!



Musicians Born On August 25

1933 Wayne Shorter (Weather Report)
1949 Gene Simmons (Kiss)
1954 Elvis Costello (Declan McManus)
1961 Billy Ray Cyrus
1962 Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard)
1966 DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy)

Happy Birthday Elvis Costello!



Number 1 In The Charts On August 25

1958 Elegants: 'Little Star' US 45
1960 Shadows: 'Apache' UK 45
1973 Donny Osmond: 'Young Love' UK 45
1973 Stories: 'Brother Love' US 45
1979 Cliff Richard: 'We Don't Talk Any More' UK 45
1979 Knack: 'My Sharona' US 45
1990 Bombalurina: 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' UK 45


Various Music Events On August 25

1962 'Sherry' by Four Seasons enters US charts

1967 Traffic release 'Hole in My Shoe' in UK

1967 Brian Wilson makes rare appearance on stage with Beach Boys in Hawaii

1970 Elton John plays his first-ever American show at the Troubador in Los Angeles

1970 Emerson, Lake and Palmer make their concert debut in Plymouth

1973 Henry Mccullough leaves Wings

1973 Allman Brother, Butch Trucks breaks his leg in an auto accident in Macon, Georgia, only yards from the spot where Duane Allman was killed two years earlier

1979 Nick Lowe hits UK chart with 'Cruel to be Kind'

1994 Robert Plant and Jimmy Page reunite in a London studio to record their MTV "Unplugged" show, which they call, "Unledded."


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August 25 - Today in Beatles History

1963
Concert at the Queen's Theatre, Blackpool.

1964
US Gold certification for 'A Hard Day's Night' single.

1965
'Help!' single, 5th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1966
Concert at the Coliseum, Seattle.

1967
Afternoon: Trip to Bangor, from Euston station.

Brian receives by phone news that BBC television offered Cilla Black her own series.

Afternoon: Brian goes to Kingsley Hill.
8.00pm. Peter Brown and Geoffrey Ellis arrive in Kingsley Hill.
10.00pm. Brian announces to Peter and Geoffrey he will take a drive.
Brian arrives in his Chapel Street house to spend the night.

1969
Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-8.00pm. Editing: 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' (of master); 'Ending' (working title of 'The End') (of master). Recording: 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' (unnumbered sound effects takes). Tape copying: 'Abbey Road' LP masters. Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
Recording of sound effects for 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', not used. Copy of 'Abbey Road' LP masters for Geoff Emerick, who will take them to Malcolm Davies, at Apple, to cut the disc. End of sessions for 'Abbey Road'.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).


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August 24 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain
1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
1986 Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic
1985 STS-51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather
1984 Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
1983 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745
1982 KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record
1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel
1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder
1980 Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
1980 Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland premier Babiuch

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Cars play concert in New York Central Park
1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
1979 U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1975 Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing
1975 Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1975 Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens
1975 San Francisco Giant Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0
1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1973 John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium
1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 2-1
1972 Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 vs. Australia
1972 Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms
1970 Bomb kills 1 at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament
1969 Peru nationalizes U.S. oil interests
1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 6-4
1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)
1963 John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'
1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 Windward Islands' Airways International (Winair) forms
1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...)
1960 -127 degrees F (-88 degrees C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India
1959 Hiram Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1958 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1958 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
1957 British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea
1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight
arrived Washington D.C.
1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party
1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
1954 William Heatherton's "Reluctant Debutante," premieres in London
1951 Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on
1950 Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N.
1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews

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August 24 - Today In Rock Music History

We Miss You John! Your Spirit Lives On...




Musicians Born On August 24

1905 Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup (That's Alright)
1939 Ernie Wright (Little Anthony and the Imperials)
1942 Fontella Bass (Rescue Me)
1943 John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1951 Mike Derosier (Heart)
1944 Jim Capaldi (Traffic)
1945 Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)
1945 'Mollie' Duncan (Average White Band)
1956 Matt Aitken (Stock/Aitken/Waterman)
1957 Jeffrey Daniels (Shalamar)
1961 Mark Bedford (Madness)


Number 1 In The Charts On August 24

1959 Browns: 'Three Bells' US 45
1963 Stevie Wonder: 'Twelve-year-old Genius' US LP
1974 Paul Anka: '(You're) Having My Baby' US 45
1985 Huey Lewis: 'The Power of Love' US 45
1991 Metallica : Metallica : UK LP

Various Music Events On August 24

1956 'Studio 51', London's first rock-and-roll club, opens. Rory Blackwell is the first to play

1963 Little Stevie Wonder becomes the first artist to make No. 1 on US pop singles, LP and R&B charts at the same time, with 'Twelve-Year-Old Genius' (LP) and 'Fingertips'

1967 Patti Harrison talks husband George into attending lecture by Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi at the London Hilton. Having sent a note requesting an audience, the Mahareshi invites them and the other Beatles and friends to University College, Bangor where he is holding a Spiritual Regeneration Course

1969 Arlo Guthrie's film 'Alice's Restaurant' premieres in Los Angeles and New York

1979 Cars play Central Park, New York to an audience of half a million

1979 B.B. King celebrates his 30th anniversary in music with a gig at the Roxy Club in Los Angeles

1981 Mark Chapman is sentenced to twenty years in jail for the murder of John Lennon

1983 Jerry Lee Lewis's fifth wife, Shawn, found dead

1989 Huge charity performance of 'Tommy' at Universal Amphitheatre, with Elton John, Robert Plant, Phil Collins and Billy Idol

1990 Sinead O'Connor refuses to perform if the United States National Anthem is played before her show at the Garden State Arts Plaza in Homdel, New Jersey.. Several radio stations ban her music.

1991 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Learning To Fly" enters the singles chart at No.28..

1994 Drummer Dave Abruzzese quits Pearl Jam.

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August 24 - Today in Beatles History

1963
'Please Please Me' LP, number 1, 16th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

10.00-12.00am. BBC's 'Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 30 July 1963).

Concert at the Gaumont, Bournemouth, with Tommy Quickly and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

Appearance on ABC-TV's 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'.

1964
US single release: 'Matchbox'/'Slow Down'.

First meeting between Brian and Colonel Parker, Elvis Presley's manager. They lunch in the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles.

US Gold certification for LP 'Something New'.

Livingston Garden, Los Angeles. Reception organized by the Foundation against hemophilia. paul holds Rebel Lee Robinson (daghter of Edward G. Robinson) in his arms.

1966
2nd concert at the Shea Stadium, New York.

'Yellow Submarine', 3rd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Eleanor Rigby', 3rd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1967
Queenie leaves from London to Liverpool, by train.

8.00pm. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's public lecture in the Hotel Hilton's ballroom. John, Cynthia, Paul, Jane, Michael McCartney, George, Patti, and Jenny Boyd attend.

Ringo visits Maureen and Jason at Queen's Charlotte Hospital.

Long conversation of the Beatles with Brian about the 'Magical Mystery Tour' film.

1969
Morning: John writes 'Cold Turkey'.
Afternoon: John rehearses 'Cold Turkey'.
Evening: John records 'Cold Turkey'.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

1995
Start of Lee Starkey's stay at a private medical centre, London.

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August 23 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey home run)
1989 Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38)
1988 Mike Tyson and Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem
1987 15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion
1987 Betsy King wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic
1987 Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s
1986 "Rags" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 4 performances
1985 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin
1985 South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested
1985 West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to East Germany
1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games
1982 Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president
1982 Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter
1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1981 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1980 Charlie Finley sells A's for $127M to Haas (owners of Levi Strauss)

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City
1979 Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
1978 Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar
1977 1st man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor)
1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in East Germany
1977 Yankees leap frog over Red Soxs game in 1st place to stay
1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
1975 Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway
1975 Communists take over Laos
1975 Ethiopian junta under Mengistu Haile
1975 Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
1975 Philip Kapleau conducts 1st jukai ceremony in Poland
1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1974 John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City
1974 Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan vs. England at The Cricket Oval
1973 Intelsat communications satellite launched
1972 Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) renominates Vice President Agnew but not unanimous - 1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley
1972 Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers
1971 WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 Kathy Ahern wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
1970 Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Audrey McElmory (U.S.) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno,
1969 France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)
1968 Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily
1968 Yankees and Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew
1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
1964 Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament
1964 St. Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL, and win World Series
1963 Beatles release "She Loves You" in UK
1963 Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By"
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 1st Europe-U.S. live TV program (via Telstar)
1962 John Lennon weds Cynthia Powell
1961 Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
1961 East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin
1961 U.S. lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back
1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
1958 China resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe
1958 Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open
1954 President Getulio Vargas of Brazil resigns temporarily
1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
1953 Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter
1953 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die
1953 KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3 ")
1953 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1952 Arab League security pact goes into effect
1952 Giants Bob Elliot is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman complete his at bat, he strikes out and is also ejected for arguing
1950 Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
1950 West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation


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August 23 - Today In Rock Music History

We Miss You Keith! Your Spirit Lives On...



Musicians Born On August 23

1912 Gene Kelly (singer/dancer)
1936 Rudy Lewis (Drifters)
1946 Keith Moon (The Who)
1949 Rick Springfield (Jessie's Girl)
1949` Jim Sohns (Shadows of Night)
1953 Bobby G. (Bucks Fizz)
1959 Lowyn Collins (Orange Juice)
1960 Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
1961 Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
1964 Pebbles (Mercedes Boy)

Number 1 In The Charts On August 23

1969 Rolling Stones: 'Honky Tonk Woman' US 45
1969 Johnny Cash: 'Johnny Cash at San Quentin' US LP
1975 Hamilton Joe Frank Reynolds: 'Fallin' In Love' US 45
1980 David Bowie: 'Ashes to Ashes' UK 45
1980 Roxy Music: 'Flesh and Blood' UK LP
1986 Boris Gardner: 'I Want to Wake Up with You' UK 45
1997 Texas : White on Blonde : UK LP

Various Music Events On August 23

1957 Elvis Presley's 'Loving You', featuring cameo performance by his parents, opens in London at the Plaza Cinema

1962 John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell at Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool

1965 Rolling Stones fans have water hoses turned on them by security guards outside Manchester TV studios

1968 'People Got to Be Free' single by Young Rascals goes gold in US

1969 'Crosby, Stills and Nash' hits UK LP chart

1970 Lou Reed plays last gig with Velvet Underground at Max's, Kansas City, New York; recorded for 'Live at Max's' LP

1973 The first Reading Festival begins, with Eric Burdon, Traffic and Focus performing

1980 Jam hit UK chart at No. 3 with 'Start'

1980 Heatwave Festival begins near Toronto, Canada, featuring Elvis Costello, Pretenders, Talking Heads and B52s.

1993 Duran Duran get a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

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August 23 - Today in Beatles History

1962
John marries Cynthia, at the Mount Pleasant Register Office. Wedding lunch, funded by Brian, for John and Cynthia, at Reece's cafeteria, Liverpool.

Evening: Performance at the Riverpark Ballroom, Chester.

1963
UK single release: 'She Loves You'/'I'll Get You'.

Concert at the Gaumont, Bournemouth, with Tommy Quickly and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1964
8.00pm. Live concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA. Recording: 'Introduction' (by announcer); 'Twist And Shout'; 'You Can't Do That'; 'All My Loving'; 'She Loves You'; 'Things We Said Today'; 'Roll Over Beethoven'; 'Can't Buy Me Love'; 'If I Fell'; 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'; 'Boys'; 'A Hard Day's Night'; 'Long Tall Sally'. Producer: Voyle Gilmore, with George Martin; Engineer: Hugh Davies; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.
6 songs were included in 'The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl' LP.

Brian gives his appraisals of the Beatles in the 'New York World-Telegram'.

1965
The Beatles party move to San Diego, California, to take a rest for several days at a Beverly Hills house rented by Brian.

New York 'Help!' premiere.

US Gold Certification for 'Help!' LP.

1966
Concert at the Shea Stadium, New York.

1967
Chappell Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: 'Your Mother Should Know' (tape reduction take 8 into take 9, overdub onto take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: John Timperley; 2nd Engineer: John Iles.
Visit at the studio: Brian Epstein.

Evening: Brian and Queenie go to the Saville Theatre.

1968
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: 'Back In The USSR' (overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into take 6, overdub onto take 6). Mono mixing: 'Back In The USSR' (remix 1, from take 6). Tape copying: 'Back In The USSR' (of remix mono 1); 'Rocky Raccoon' (of remix mono 1); 'Wild Honey Pie' (of remix mono 6); 'Mother Nature's Son' (of remix mono 8); 'Sexy Sadie' (of remix mono 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
Copies taken away by Mal Evans.

Cynthia announces she has filed for divorce from John on the grounds of adultery.

1969
'Give Peace A Chance', 7th week in the Top 28 (Billboard).

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1974
New York newpapers publish that John has seen, while being at his building's terrace, a UFO, at 9.00.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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August 22 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
1988 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)
1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1
1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
1985 30th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 13-11
1985 Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed
1984 Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200
1984 Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush
1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted
1982 General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
1982 Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale


Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young
1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1975 Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford
1975 McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens
1973 Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws
1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as Minister of Foreign affairs
1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia
1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out
1971 Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road"
1969 Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America
1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry
1968 Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota
1966 Beatles arrive in New York City
1965 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open
1964 Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market
1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1
1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
1962 Failed assassination on president De Gaulle
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1962 Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga
1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers
1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open
1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive home runs
1958 Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)
1956 President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco
1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 France closes jail on Devil Island
1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union
1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran
1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition
1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end

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August 22 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Debbi Peterson!



Musicians Born On August 22

1917 John Lee Hooker (US blues performer)
1926 Bob Flanigan (Four Freshmen)
1938 Dale Hawkins (Susie Q)
1939 Fred Milano (Belmonts)
1958 Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers)
1961 Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears)
1961 Debbi Peterson (The Bangles)
1963 Tori Amos
1963 James DeBarge (DeBarge)
1967 Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
1973 Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys)

Number 1 In The Charts On August 22

1958 Kalin Twins: 'When' UK 45
1963 Billy J. Kramer: 'Bad to Me' UK 45
1964 Supremes: 'Where did Our Love Go' US 45
1970 Moody Blues: 'A Question of Balance' UK LP
1970 Bread; 'Make it with You' UK 45
1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival: 'Cosmos Factory' US LP
1981 'Foreigner 4' US LP
1987 Madonna: 'Who's That Girl' US 45
1992 Genesis : We Can't Dance : UK LP

Various Music Events On August 22

1906 Victor Talking Machine Company markets first gramophone with inbuilt speaker

1956 Five Satins hit US R&B chart with 'In the Still of the Night' in US

1956 Elvis Presley's first film, 'Love Me Tender', goes into production

1964 Martha and the Vandellas release 'Dancing in the Street'

1965 Beatles' second film, 'Help', premieres in US

1969 Elvis Presley's show opens at the International Hotel, Las Vegas

1978 Joy Division release first single, 'An Ideal for Living'

1979 Led Zeppelin release 'In Through the Out Door' LP

1981 The first Monsters of Rock Festival takes place at Donnington Castle

1987 Dusty Springfield returns to UK chart at No. 10 with Pet Shop Boys and 'What Have I Done to Deserve This?'


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August 22 - Today in Beatles History

1962

Filmed performance at the Cavern, for a Granada Television programme. First filmed record of the Beatles.

1963
It is announced that 500 000 advance orders have been received for the next British Beatles single ('She Loves You'/'I'll Get You').

Concert at the Gaumont, Bournemouth, with Tommy Quickly and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1964
Concert at the Empire Stadium, Vancouver (30 minutes). Filmed.

'A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 5th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

The 'Liverpool Echo' reports that Brian is trying to become the Searchers' manager.

1965
Concert at the Portland Coliseum.

Mike Maxfield, the Dakotas' lead guitar, leaves the group.

1966
US Gold Record certification for 'Revolver' (1 million copies sold).

1967
Chappell Recording Studios. Time unknown. Recording: 'Your Mother Should Know' (takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: John Timperley; 2nd Engineer: John Iles.

1968
Studio 2. 7.00pm-4.45am. Recording: 'Back In The USSR' (takes 1-5). Tape copying: 'Baby You're A Rich Man' (of remix mono 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
First session after Ringo left the group. Copy of 'Baby You're A Rich Man' for Martin.

Cynthia accuses John of adultery.

1969
'Tittenhurst', Suningdale, Ascot, Berkshire. Last photographic session. Photographers: Ethan Russell, Monty Fresco and Mal Evans. Partially shot.
Locations: 1) Pillars in front of the main house; 2) Main garden path; 3) Paddock of high grass; 4) John and yoko posing with donkeys; 5) cypress tree by the Diana statue; 6) Weeping blue Atlas cedar trees; 7) Atlas trees; 8) Lawn near main house; 9) Balcony; 10) Side doorway in the assembly hall; 11) Arched porches; 12) Walled path between cottages and main house; 13) Indoors; 14) Southern balcony of main house.

1970
'Live Peace In Toronto', 33rd and last week in the ranking (Billboard).

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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August 21 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Joe Strummer! Your Spirit Lives On...



Musicians Born On August 21

1904 Count Basie (bandleader)
1938 Kenny Rogers (Ruby don't Take Your Love to Town)
1944 Jackie De Shannon (When You Walk in the Room)
1952 Joe Strummer (Clash)
1957 Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
1958 Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge)

Number 1 In The Charts On August 21

1968 Tommy James: 'Mony Mony' UK 45
1971 Diana Ross: 'I'm Still Waiting' UK 45
1993 Various : Sleepless in Seattle (OST) : US LP

Various Music Events On August 21

1965 Waylon Jennings hits US country chart for first time with 'That's the Chance I'll Have to Take'

1965 Joe Simon makes US chart debut with 'Let's do it Over'

1965 Lovin' Spoonful debut on US chart with 'Do You Believe in Magic'

1965 Barry Mcguire hits US chart with his only top 40 single, 'Eve of Destruction', on his way to No. 1

1967 Columbia Records re-sign Bob Dylan, despite opposition from MGM, for whom he appeared to have already signed. MGM never countersigned the contract and subsequently went out of business

1970 Supertramp release first LP

1971 The Who hit US chart with 'Who's Next' LP

1973 Doobie Brothers 'Toulouse Street' and 'Brothers and Sisters' by Allman Brothers win gold discs

1976 Rolling Stones headline at Knebworth with 10CC

1980 'Breaking Glass', starring Hazel O'Connor, opens in London

1980 Linda Ronstadt opens on Broadway in 'Pirates of Penzance'

1996 Former Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne sued to prevent the rest of the group from touring as "The Heads." The suit was settled out of court.


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August 21 - Today in Beatles History

1963
Studio 3 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm, 2.00-5.30pm. Editing: 'Money (That's What I Want)' (of takes 6, 7); 'You Really Got A Hold On Me' (of takes 7, 10, 11); 'Roll Over Beethoven' (of takes 7, 8); 'It Won't Be Long' (of takes 17, 21). Mono mixing: 'Devil In Her Heart' (from take 6); 'Money (That's What I Want)' (from edit of takes 6, 7); 'You Really Got A Hold On Me' (from edit of takes 7, 10, 11); 'Please Mister Postman' (from take 9); 'Till There Was You' (from take 8); 'Roll Over Beethoven' (from edit of takes 7, 8); 'All My Loving' (from take 14); 'It Won't Be Long' (from edit of takes 17, 21). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick.

'Please Please Me' LP, 22nd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

Concert at the Gaumont, Bournemouth, with Tommy Quickly and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1964
Concert at the Coliseum, Seattle.

1965
Concert at the Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis. Press conference.

1966
Concert at the Busch Stadium, Saint Louis.

1968
George returns from Greece to England.

Studio 2. 7.30pm-7.15am. Recording: 'Sexy Sadie' (tape reduction take 107 into take 112, overdub onto take 112, tape reduction take 112 into takes 113-115, overdub onto take 115, tape reduction take 115 into takes 116, 117, overdub onto take 117). Mono mixing: 'Sexy Sadie' (remixes 1-5, from take 117). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.

1969
Abbey Road, Room 4. 1.00-2.00pm. Tape copying/Editing/reinserting: 'Ending' (working title of 'The End') (take 7). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: not assigned. Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-12.00pm. Stereo mixing: 'You Never Give Me Your Money' into 'Sun King'/'Mean Mr Mustard' (stereo crossfade remix 12, from sound effects take 5 of 'You Never Give Me Your Money'); 'Ending' (working title of 'The End') (remix 4, from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/ Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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August 21 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune
1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
1988 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1988 Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21)
1987 "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)
1987 Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted
1987 Silke Horneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91)
1986 "Rags" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 4 performances
1986 Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v New Zealand, The Oval)
1986 Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
1986 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians
1986 Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials
1986 Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000
1986 With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs
1985 Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1985 New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47)
1983 "La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 1761 performances
1983 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record)
1983 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1982 Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
1982 Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
1980 Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0
1978 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs U.S. Air Force
1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
1976 Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history
1976 Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman
1975 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway
1975 Rick and Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out
1975 U.S. lightens trade embargo against Cuba
1972 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
1972 British harbor strike ends
1972 Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
1972 Republican convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida
1972 U.S. orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched


Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
1968 After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1968 Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
1968 Marine James Anderson, Jr. is 1st black Medal of Honor winner
1968 Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
1968 Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
1968 William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
1967 China reports downing of 2 U.S. bombers
1967 Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent
1967 Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1967 Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1965 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
1965 Romania adopts constitution
1965 The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1963 Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 win
1963 Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
1962 Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1961 Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state
1958 KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
1957 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)
1956 WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation
1953 Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
1953 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed

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August 20 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed
1989 Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
1989 Janet Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22)
1989 Said Aouita runs world record 3000 m (7:29.45)
1988 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed
1988 Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)
1986 Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead
1986 Phils Don Carmen perfect game bid is broken in 9th
1985 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden)
1985 Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US
1985 Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers
1985 Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win
1985 Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle
1982 Don Lever becomes 1st captain of New Jersey Devils
1982 U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon
1980 Mount Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone
1980 New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
1980 Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season
1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mount Everest
1980 Cleveland Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles
1980 U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is it's capital

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 India premier Charan Singh resigns
1979 Singer Vikki Carr and Michael Nilsson wed
1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London
1978 Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds
1978 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open
1978 Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6)
1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
1975 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126
1975 Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing
1974 Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat
1974 Nelson Rockefeller becomes V.P.
1974 Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph)
1974 President Gerald Ford, assumes office after Richard Nixon's resignation
1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1971 FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr
1970 Hurricane Dorothy, kills 42 in Martinique

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record)
1968 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1967 Alvin Dark (52-69) is fired, rehired, and fired again as manager of A's
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1966 Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their 1st #1 U.S. hit)
1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954 - 1965) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team
1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
1964 President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act
1964 Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings
1964 Yankee Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite Yogi Berra's orders
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves
1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13
1960 Senegal breaks from Mali federation, declaring independence
1960 U.S.S.R. recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Belgium shortens conscription to 12 months
1958 Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years
1958 Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0
1957 "Simply Heavenly" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 62 performances
1957 Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0
1957 USAAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)
1957 White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0
1956 Republicans convene at Cow Palace
1955 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale, California
1955 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria
1953 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia
1953 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation
1952 Stalin meets Chou Enlai

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August 20 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Robert Plant!



Musicians Born On August 20

1924 Jim Reeves (He'll Have to Go)
1941 Tom Coster (Santana)
1947 James Pankow (Chicago)
1948 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
1951 Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
1952 Doug Fieger (The Knack)



Deaths On August 20

1988 Leon McAuliffe (pioneer steel guitarist)



Number 1 In The Charts On August 20

1977 Brotherhood of Man: 'Angelo' UK 45
1977 Emotions: 'Best of My Love' US 45
1983 Jackson 5: '18 Greatest Hits' UK LP
1988 Steve Winwood: 'Roll With It' US 45
1988 Steve Winwood: 'Roll With It' US LP



Various Music Events On August 20

1955 Apollo Theatre in Harlem presents Big Joe Turner, Bo Diddley, Five Keys, Heart and Spaniels

1960 Connie Francis begins work on her first movie, 'Where the Boys Are'

1965 Rolling Stones release 'Satisfaction' in UK

1965 Andrew Loog Oldham launches Immediate label, home of Small Faces,
Chris Farlowe and Nice

1966 Beatles are pelted with rubbish and rotten fruit in Memphis as the row regarding John Lennon's 'Jesus' comments goes on

1981 Bruce Springsteen begins a special series of concerts for Vietnam veterans at Los Angeles Arena

1996 Carlos Santana receives a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame.

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August 20 - Today in Beatles History

1963
5.00-5.29pm. BBC's 'Pop Go The Beatles' broadcast (recorded 16 July 1963, 8.45-10.50pm).

Concert at the Gaumont, Bournemouth, with Tommy Quickly, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1964
Concert at the Convention Hall, Las Vegas.

1965
Concert at the Comiskey Park, Chicago.

It is announced that George Martin will form his own company, AIR Productions.

1966
Concert at the Crosley Field, Cincinnati (cancelled because of heavy rain).

'Yellow Submarine', 2nd week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
''Yesterday'... And Today', 9th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1967
Date booked for Tim Buckley's performance at the Saville Theatre.

Cream flies to the USA, beginning a tour.

Cilla Black flies to Portugal, beginning her holiday.

1968
Studio 3. 5.00-5.30pm. Recording: 'Yer Blues' (edit piece take 1). Editing: 'Yer Blues' (of remix mono 3 and edit piece take 1). Mono tape copying: 'Revolution 9' (of mono copy 1, from edit of remix stereo 2). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith. Studio 2. 8.00pm-4.00am. Recording: 'Mother Nature's Son' (overdub onto take 24; tape reduction take 24 into take 26, overdub onto take 26); 'Etcetera' (take 1); 'Wild Honey Pie' (take 1). Mono mixing: 'Mother Nature's Son' (remixes 1-8, from take 26); 'Wild Honey Pie' (remixes 1-6, from take 1). Producer: George Martin; Editing: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
Recording of count-in for 'Yer Blues', brasses for 'Mother Nature's Son' and demo of 'Etcetera'.

1969
Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-6.00pm. Stereo mixing: 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' (remixes 1-8, from take 1, remixes 9, 10, from unnumbered Trident master). Editing: 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' (of stereo remixes 8, 10). Studio 2 (control room only). 6.00pm-1.15am. Master tape banding and tape copying: 'Abbey Road' LP. Producer: George Martin; Editing: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
Last reunion of all 4 Beatles in the studio.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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August 19 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected 1st non-communist president of Poland
1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
1988 Muang Muang succeeds General Sein Lwin as President of Burma
1988 New York Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer
1986 Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran, Iran
1985 Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala
1984 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1984 Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for president
1984 Sally Quinlan wins LPGA MasterCard Golf International Pro-Am
1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 years for counterfeiting
1983 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of U.S. sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
1982 Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
1981 2 U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22
1980 George Brett ends hitting streak at 30
1980 Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die
1980 Willy Russell's "Educating Rita," premieres in London

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
1979 Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
1979 Sally wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic Little
1979 Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov and Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space
1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
1976 President Gerald R. Ford won Republican President nomination at Kansas City convention
1975 Astros hire Bill Virdon to replace Preston Gomez as manager
1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 Kris Kristofferson weds Rita Coolidge
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA St. Paul Golf Open

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0
1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1
1966 Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed
1965 Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences
1965 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0
1964 Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched
1963 NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters, Oklahoma City
1962 Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1961 U.S. vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin
1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by U.S.S.R. (U-2 incident)
1960 Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha
, to become NWA wrestling champ
1959 Honolulu seeks a franchise in Continental League
1959 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit
1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters
1957 New York Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958
1957 U.S. Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon
1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open
1955 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record)
1955 Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.)
1955 U.S. raises import duty on bicycles 50%
1955 WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's)
1954 Ralph J. Bunche named undersecretary of UN
1953 England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0
1951 Bill Veeck (Browns) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit
1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch)


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