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Today In R&R History August 5th
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Rock and Roll Birthdays
August 5th
- August 5th Birthday, Dave Clark Five bassist Rick Huxley, born in Dartford, Kent, England in 1940. He passed away on February 11th, 2013 at the age of 72.
- August 5th Birthday, Guitarist, vocalist, bassist and record producer Rick Derringer. A member of The McCoys, he worked with Edgar and Johnny Winter and as a solo artist, born Richard Dean Zehringer in 1947 in Fort Recovery, Ohio.
- August 5th Birthday, The Germs, Nirvana and Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, born Georg Albert Ruthenburg in 1959 in Los Angeles, California.
- August 5th Birthday, Beastie Boy singer Adam Yauch (jauk), born in New York City in 1964. He died May 4th, 2012 of salivary gland cancer at the age of 47.
Today In Rock and Roll History
August 5th
- August 5th, 1957 American Bandstand, with twenty-six-year-old host Dick Clark, premiered on the ABC television network. The program had been broadcast locally on Philadelphia station WFIL since 1952. The first record Clark played on the network debut show was “That’ll Be the Day” by Buddy Holly.
- August 5th, 1965 Epic Records release The Dave Clark Five’s “Catch Us If You Can.” Co-written by Dave Clark and guitarist Lenny Davidson, the record went to No. 4 in the US on September 25thand No. 5 in Britain. The song became the theme for the DC5 movie of the same name by film maker John Boorman, retitled Havin’ A Wild Weekend for its’ American release.
- August 5th, 1966 Parlophone Records release The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” backed with “Eleanor Rigby” on 45 in Britain. “Yellow Submarine” was written as a children’s song. With a double string quartet arrangement by George Martin on “Eleanor Rigby” coupled with thoughtful lyrics, The Beatles appeal widened beyond their teenage fan base from two years earlier. On the same day, The Beatles seventh studio album “Revolver,” is released in Britain. After a three-month break from group activities in early 1966, the band reconvened at EMI Studios with producer George Martin to record a new album and single. Sessions ran from April 6ththrough June 21st. The LP came out in the US on August 9th. In America, “Revolver” went to No. 1 on September 10th and spent six weeks at the top of the album charts. “Yellow Submarine” peaked at No. 2 on September 17th and “Eleanor Rigby” went to No. 11 on September 24th.
- August 5th, 1967 “Funky Broadway” by Wilson Pickett enters the singles charts following a July release on Atlantic Records. The song was written by Lester Christian. Produced by Jerry Wexler, the record peaked at No. 8 on September 30th.
- August 5th, 1967 “You Know What I Mean” by The Turtles enters the singles charts. Co-written by Allan Gordon and Garry Bonner and produced by Joe Wissert, the record peaked at No. 12 on September 30th, No. 6 in Canada.
- August 5th, 1969 Elektra Records release the self-titled debut album by The Stooges. The LP was recorded in April 1969 at The Hit Factory, New York City with John Cale producing. The record peaked at No. 106 on October 4th.
- August 5th, 1972 Capricorn Records release the self-titled first album by Captain Beyond. The band were fronted by original Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans with Iron Butterfly guitarist Larry Reinhart, bassist Lee Dorman and Johnny Winter drummer Bobby Caldwell. The record was recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood with the band producing. All the songs were group written but Reinhart and Dorman had binding contracts with Iron Butterfly that didn’t allow their names to be listed in the credits. The Captain Beyond LP sported a unique lenticular 3-D front cover. The album peaked at No. 134 on October 14th.
- August 5th, 1972 A&M Records release “30 Days In The Hole” by Humble Pie on 45. Written by Steve Marriot, the single came from Humble Pie’s “Smokin’” LP, receiving significant airplay on album-oriented FM radio stations.
- August 5th, 1972 Curtis Mayfield’s “Freddie’s Dead” is released, the first single issued from the soundtrack LP from the movie Superfly. Written and produced by Mayfield, “Freddie’s Dead” was nominated for best R&B song at the Grammy awards in 1973. The record went to No. 4 on November 4th.
- August 5th, 1972 Asylum Records release “Rock Me On The Water” on 45 by Jackson Browne. Featuring Craig Doerge on piano, Russ Kunkel on drums, Lee Sklar on bass and David Crosby’s harmony vocals, the original single from 1972 and the version on Browne’s self-titled album are two different performances of the song, with notable differences in the arrangements. The single includes additional background vocals, congas and electric guitar. It omits the piano break between the first chorus and second verse, adds a short introduction and is played at a slightly faster tempo. “Rock Me On The Water” peaked at No. 48 on September 23rd.
- August 5th, 1972 Warner Brothers Records release “Saint Dominic’s Preview,” the sixth solo album by Van Morrison. The album was recorded during late winter and spring in 1971 at Wally Heider Studios and Pacific High Studios in San Francisco and at the Church in San Anselmo. The song “Listen To The Lion” appears, held over from the 1971 “Tupelo Honey” sessions at Columbia Studios in San Francisco. Co-produced by Van Morrison and Ted Templeman, the album peaked at No. 15 on September 23rd.
- August 5th, 1972 The Moody Blues “Nights In White Satin,” originally released in 1967, is reissued and hit No. 1 in America, eventually earning a Gold record for sales of over a million copies.
- August 5th, 1972 After a New York performance, Aerosmith signs a $125,000 recording contract with Columbia Records.
- August 5th, 1972 Dunhill Records release “Black And White” on 45 by Three Dog Night. Danny Hutton sang lead on the song, co-written by David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson and first released by Pete Seeger in 1957. Produced by Richard Podolor, the single entered the charts two weeks later and gave Three Dog Night their third No. 1 on September 16th.
- August 5th, 1974 A&M Records release “Nothing From Nothing” by Billy Preston. Produced by Preston, co-written by he and Bruce Fisher, the record peaked at No. 1 on September 19th. Preston performed the song as the first musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live television show.
- August 5th, 1978 The Aerosmith cover of John Lennon’s “Come Together,” enters the singles charts. Written by Lennon and credited to Lennon and Paul McCartney, the track appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack to the film Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Aerosmith appeared in the film performing the song. The single reached No. 23 on September 30th.
- August 5th, 1980 Chrysalis Records release “Crimes Of Passion,” the second album by Pat Benatar. Produced by Keith Olsen, the album featured three hits, “Treat Me Right,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” and “You Better Run.” The record peaked at No. 2 on January 17th, 1981.
- August 5th, 1983 Columbia Records release “Punch The Clock” by Elvis Costello and The Attractions. The album featured the hit “Every Day I Write The Book.” Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker plays on the song “Shipbuilding.” David Bedford wrote the string arrangements. Co-produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley at AIR Studios in London from January through April, the record peaked at No. 24 on October 1st.
- August 5th, 1985 EMI Records in Britain release “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush on 45. Written and produced by Kate Bush, the song was the lead single from the album “Hounds Of Love.” Written in a single evening and demo’d by Bush at her home studio, the recording was transferred to a twenty-four-track recorded and further built upon. At the time, the song peaked at No. 3 in England and became Bush’s biggest hit single in America at No. 30 on November 30th. Featured in the 2022 Netflix series Stranger Things, the song went to No. 3 in the US, twenty-seven years after its’ first release.
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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