Aug 1st
08.01.2010Born on this day

1942, Jerry Garcia, guitar, vocals, The Grateful Dead

1953, Robert Cray, singer, blues guitarist

1959, Joe Elliott, vocals, Def Leppard

1964, Adam Duritz, Counting Crows

1963, the first Beatles Monthly was published. A magazine devoted to the group, it continued until 1969 and at its peak was selling over 350,000 copies a month.

1965, during a U.K. tour, The Rolling Stones appeared at the London Palladium supported by The Walker Brothers, The Fourmost, Steampacket featuring Rod Stewart and Sugar Pie Desanto with The Shevelles.

1969, the three-day U.S. Atlantic City Pop Festival took place with B.B. King, Janis Joplin, Santana, Joni Mitchell, Three Dog Night, Dr. John, Procol Harum, Arthur Brown, Little Richard and Canned Heat.

1971, the Concert For Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh, took place at New York's Madison Sqare Garden. The concert featured Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Leon Russell and members from Badfinger. Harrison had to shell out his own money to maintain the fund after legal problems froze all proceeds. The triple-album release (the second in a row by Harrison), hit #1 in the U.K. and #2 in the U.S. and received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

1980, Def Leppard made their US live debut when they appeared in New York City, opening for AC/DC. It was also Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott's 21st birthday.

1987, Bob Seger scored his first US #1 single with “Shakedown,” taken from the film Beverly Hills Cop II.

1987, MTV Europe was launched, the first video played being “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits which contained the appropriate line “I Want My MTV.”

2002, a new book, Show the Girl the Door, written by a former tour manager, disclosed some strange demands by female acts. It revealed that Shania Twain would travel with a sniffer dog in case of bombs. Jennifer Lopez liked her dressing room to be all white, including carpets flowers and furniture. Cher would have high-security rooms for her wigs. Janet Jackson would have a full medical team on standby, including a doctor, nurse and throat specialist. And Britney Spears would demand her favorite Gummie Bear candies.

2007, John Lennon’s “granny” sunglasses were snapped up by a British collector at auction. The sunglasses, from one of the last Beatles concerts, were expected to fetch around £1m, but auction bosses refused to say what the actual figure was. Lennon gave the gold-rimmed glasses to his Japanese interpreter in Tokyo in 1966, and the translator removed the lenses when Lennon died.

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