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Today In R&R History August 3rd
Daily Rock and Roll History, Birthday and short music clips.
A year long, day by day look back at this date in Rock History in 3-5 minute segments. Now airing WRGG in Greencastle, PA.
Rock and Roll Birthdays
August 3rd
- August 3rd Birthday, English drummer Jimmy Nicol, who substituted for Ringo Starr on The Beatles world tour of 1964, playing eight shows with the band while Ringo was hospitalized with tonsillitis, born in London, England in 1939.
- August 3r dBirthday, R&B singer Syreeta Wright, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1946. She died on July 6th, 2004 at the age of 57 from congestive heart failure following treatment for breast and bone cancer. Her career highlights were collaborations with Billy Preston and her first husband, Stevie Wonder.
- August 3rd Birthday, Sir Douglas Quintet and The Byrds’ bassist, guitarist and singer John York, born John York Foley in White Plains, New York in 1946.
- August 3rd Birthday, War bassist Morris “B.B.” Dickerson, born in Tottance, California in 1949. He passed away on April 2nd, 2021, at the age of 71.
- August 3rd Birthday, Pilot and Alan Parsons Project guitarist and songwriter Ian Bairnson, born in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland in 1953. He passed away on April 7th, 2023 at the age of 69.
- August 3rd Birthday, Stray Cats bassist Lee Rocker, born Leon Drucker in Long Island, New York in 1961.
- August 3rd Birthday, Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for Collective Soul, Ed Roland, born in 1963 in Stockbridge, Georgia.
- August 3rd Birthday, Metallica singer, songwriter and guitarist James Hetfield, born in Downey, California in 1963.
Today In Rock and Roll History
August 3rd
- August 3rd, 1956 Sun Records release “Red Headed Woman” backed with “We Wanna Boogie” the debut single by Arkansas rockabilly singer and guitarist Sonny Burgess on 45. Both songs were written by Burgess.
- August 3rd, 1961 Chuck Berry records “Come On” at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois with Leonard and Phil Chess producing. Written by Chuck Berry, Chess Records released the track as a single on September 18th, backed with “Go-Go-Go.” The Chuck Berry version did not chart in the US, but the song became a hit in England when The Rolling Stones version went to No. 21 in June 1963.
- August 3rd, 1963 Philles Records release “Then He Kissed Me” by The Crystals on 45. Co-written by the records’ producer, Phil Spector, with Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, the track was recorded at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles in April with members of The Wrecking Crew studio musicians. Featuring an arrangement by Jack Nitzsche and a lead vocal by Delores “LaLa” Brooks, the record peaked at No. 6 on September 14th.
- August 3rd, 1966 The Rolling Stones begin sessions at IBC Studios in London to record “Have You Seen Your Mother Baby,” finishing the track on September 8th at RCA Studios in England. Recorded with a horn section arranged by Mike Leander, Jack Nitzsche and The Stones’ Brian Jones are both credited with piano on the track. Out September 23rd, “Have You Seen Your Mother Baby” was the first Rolling Stones single to be released simultaneously in the US and Britain, peaking at No. 9 in America on October 29th.
- August 3rd, 1968 Capitol Records release “Everybody’s Talkin’ (Echoes)” by Fred Neil on 45. Written by Neil, the song became a hit for Harry Nilsson the following year when it was featured in the movie Midnight Cowboy. Produced by Nickolas Venet, the single didn’t chart.
- August 3rd, 1968 Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Peter Banks, Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford play their first gig billed as Yes at the East Mersey Youth Camp in Essex, England. Two nights later, the band played their first big gig at London’s premier live music venue The Marquee Club. Then strictly a cover band, Yes would play The Marquee thirty-eight times.
- August 3rd, 1968 The Doors “Hello I Love You” is the No. 1 single in America, No. 15 in Britain.
- August 3rd, 1969 Fantasy Records release “Green River,” the third album by Creedence Clearwater Revival. The LP was arranged and produced by John Fogerty at San Francisco’s Wally Heider Recording Studios from March through June. The record charted for eighty-eight weeks and featured the hits “Bad Moon Rising,” “Lodi” and the LP’s title track. “Green River” peaked at No. 1 on October 4th.
- August 3rd, 1970 Liberty Records release “Future Blues,” the fifth album by Canned Heat. Co-produced by Skip Taylor and Canned Heat, songwriter and group singer Al Wilson died a month later, September 3rd. The record peaked at No. 59 on October 17th.
- August 3rd, 1973 Tamla Records release “Innervisions,” the sixteenth album by Stevie Wonder. The album featured the hits “Living For The City,” “Higher Ground” and “Don’t You Worry “Bout A Thing.” “Innervision” won Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year and Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording in 1974. The record peaked at No. 4 on September 22nd and charted for eighty-nine weeks.
- August 3rd, 1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter left Steely Dan to join The Doobie Brothers. Afterwards, Michael McDonald and Jeff Porcaro joined Steely Dan, but Porcaro would leave to form Toto and McDonald himself would leave to become a member of The Doobies.
- August 3rd, 1979 Sire Records release “Fear Of Music,” the third album by Talking Heads. Co-produced by Brian Eno and Talking Heads, the sessions for most of the album took place at Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth’s loft apartment in Long Island City, Queens, New York. The record peaked at No. 21 on November 3rd.
- August 3rd, 1979 Atlantic Records release “Highway To Hell,” the sixth studio album by AC/DC and the last with original singer Bon Scott. The record logged eighty-three weeks on the charts and peaked at No. 17 on November 10th.
- August 3rd, 1979 EG/Polydor Records in Britain release “Angel Eyes” by Roxy Music on 45. The song was co-written by saxophonist Andy MacKay and singer Bryan Ferry. The single was a rerecorded dance-oriented version of the song, different than the one on initial copies on the group’s “Manifesto” album. The single was also released on a twelve-inch vinyl single as an extended version of the track. “Angel Eyes” went to No. 4 on the UK singles charts.
- August 3rd, 1985 Columbia Records release “Lie For A Lie” by Mason + Fenn (Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Rick Fenn from 10cc) on 45. Co-written and produced by the pair from their album “Profiles,” the song features Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour on vocals.
- August 3rd, 1987 Mercury Records release “Hysteria,” the fourth album by Def Leppard. Sessions for the album were produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, The Netherlands, Windmill Lane in Dublin, Ireland and Studio Des Dames in Paris, France from February 1984 through January 1987. The album charted for a hundred and thirty six weeks and peaked at No. 1 on July 23rd, 1988.
- August 3rd, 1993 A&M Records release “Tuesday Night Music Club,” the first album by Sheryl Crow. Recorded at Toad Hall Studio in Pasadena, California with producer Bill Bottrell, the record featured the hit “All I Wanna Do.” “Tuesday Night Music Club” charted for one hundred weeks and peaked at No. 3 on March 25th, 1995.
Miscellaneous August
- August 1957 Ace Records release “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” by Huey “Piano” Smith on 45. The song was co-written by Smith and Johnny Vincent. The session for the track included Sidney Rayfield and “Scarface” John Williams on vocals, Lee Allen on tenor sax, Earl King on guitar, Frank Fields on bass and Charles “Hungry” Williams on drums. The record peaked at No. 52 on the Pop singles charts.
- August 1958 Dot Records release “Scratchin’” backed with the novelty song “I Hates Rabbits” by Jerry Neal on 45. Neal was a stage name of Jerry Capehart. He co-wrote both songs with Eddie Cochran. Cochran is rumored to play all the instruments on “Scratchin’,” while Cochran plays lead guitar on “I Hates Rabbits.”
- August 1958 Tune Town Records release “Boxtop” by Ike Turner, Carson Oliver and Little Ann, the first record release to feature the future Tina Turner on vocals. The song was written by Ike Turner, who heard the seventeen-year-old sing during the intermission of a Kings Of Rhythm set at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Carson Oliver was one of the vocalists in Turner’s group, the Kings Of Rhythm band. The track was recorded at Turner’s house on Virginia Place, in East St. Louis.
- August 1963 Original Sound Records release “Heavies” backed with “The Cruncher” by The Rotations on 45. The Rotations were an alias for Paul Buff and Dave Aerni. Both songs were co-written by Aerni and Buff, produced by Frank Zappa at PAL Studio in Cucamonga, California in June. A few seconds of “Heavies” is heard in the opening moments of “Nasal Retentive Caliope Music” on The Mothers Of Invention LP “We’re Only In It For The Money.”
- August 1963 Original Sound Records release “Tijuana” backed with “Grunion Run” by The Hollywood Persuaders on 45. Paul Buff wrote the A-side. “Grunion Run” was performed by Paul Buff and Frank Zappa, recording at PAL Studios in Cucamonga, California in June. Zappa played guitars, bass and drums with Paul Buff on saxophone.
- August 1965 Autumn Records release “Beau Brummels Volume II.” The record featured the hit “You Tell Me Why” and follow-up single “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” but didn’t chart. Sylvester Stewart, later known professionally as Sly Stone, is listed as the album’s producer, but members of the band didn’t recall him being there for the recording sessions.
- August 1969 Immediate Records in Britain release the self-titled album by “The Nice,” the group’s second album.
- August 1971 A&M Records release “White Light,” the second studio album by The Byrds’ singer, songwriter Gene Clark. The LP was recorded at A&M Studios and Village Recorders in Los Angeles with Jesse Ed Davis producing in the Spring, 1971. Playing on the record were Davis, bassist Chris Ethridge of the Flying Burrito Brothers, organist Michael Utley, pianist Ben Sidran and drummer Gary Mallaber, both of the Steve Miller Band.
- August 1972 Thunderclap Newman pianist Andy Newman releases the solo LP “Rainbows” on Track Records in England. Pete Townshend is the executive producer of the album.
- August 1974 Ardent Records release “September Gurls” by Big Star on 45. The song was written by Alex Chilton with autobiographical lyrics about several women in his life. The record was co-produced by Big Stay and John Fry on a six track recording console at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee during sessions for the band’s second album “Radio City.”
- August 1976 Mushroom Records in Australia release “Second Thoughts,” the second LP by Split Enz. The group’s first LP “Mental Notes” had not been released in America or in Europe, so Chrysalis Records issued “Second Thoughts” in September in Britain and January 1977 in the US – as “Mental Notes” with new cover art. “Second Thoughts” was produced by Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera at Basing Street Studios in London. The LP went to No. 18 in the New Zealand album charts.
- August 1978 Chrysalis Records release “I’m Gonna Love You Too” by Blondie on 45, a cover version of The Crickets’ song from 1957. The song was written by Crickets’ bassist Joe Maudlin, guitarist Niki Sullivan and record producer Norman Petty. Produced by Mike Chapman, it was the first single released from Blondie’s “Parallel Lines” LP.
- August 1980 Virgin Records in Britain release “Generals And Majors” by XTC on 45. Written by Colin Moulding and produced by Steve Lillywhite, it was the first single released from the band’s “Black Sea” album and peaked at No. 32 in England.
- August 1980, Virgin Records release “Doc At The Radar Station” by Captain Beefheart. The album was recorded in June at Sound Castle Recording Studios in Los Angeles with Beefheart producing.
- August 1983 Warner Brothers Records release “Song For A Future Generation” by The B-52’s as the second single from the “Whammy!” LP. The song was written collectively by The B-52’s, produced by Steven Stanley.
- August 1984 EG Records release “The Pearl,” the second album by Harold Budd and Brian Eno. Recorded in Toronto, Canada with Daniel Lanois also producing, the premise of the recordings were established on the pair’s first collaboration “The Plateaux Of Mirror,” with Eno treating Budd’s improvised piano parts with studio effects and later making compositional decisions together to create the released tracks.
- August 1986 IMP Records in Britain release “Tokyo Storm Warning” by Elvis Costello and The Attractions on 45, a song Costello wrote with his wife, The Pogues bassist Cait O’Riordan. The track was Costello’s first single release to give credit to his given name MacManus. “Tokyo Storm Warning” was co-produced by Nick Lowe and Colin Fairley.
- August 1987 Virgin Records in England release “Psonic Psunspot,” the first full-length album by The Dukes Of Stratosphere, actually XTC under a different name with guitarist Dave Gregory’s brother Ian on drums. The record was co-produced by John Leckie and the band at Sawmills Studio in Fowey, Cornwall, England in June.
- August 1987 Columbia Records release the movie soundtrack LP “Back To The Beach,” a various artists collection of songs from the film. Highlights include the Stevie Ray Vaughn/Dick Dale remake of “Pipeline,” songs by Dave Edmunds, Eddie Money, Aimee Mann, M<arti Jones and a Herbie Hancock version of “Wipe Out” featuring Dweezil Zappa on guitar and Terry Bozzio on drums.
- August 1989 Virgin Records release “The Loving” by XTC on 45 in Britain. The track came from the band’s Paul Fox produced “Oranges And Lemons” LP.
- August 1992 Warner Brothers Records in Britain release “Real Cool World” by David Bowie on 45. The song was the theme from Real Cool World movie, written by Bowie and produced by Nile Rodgers. The B-side was an instrumental version of the track.
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