What Happened Today In Music
August 4th
2017 - Justin Bieber
'Despacito' by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Justin Bieber became the most-watched YouTube video ever, passing the Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth collaboration 'See You Again' with nearly 3 billion views in just seven months.
2015 - Billy Sherrill
Influential country producer Billy Sherrill, who worked with artists like George Jones, Charlie Rich, and Tammy Wynette and is known for pioneering the “countrypolitan” sound, died after a short illness at the age of 78. Sherrill also co-wrote many hit songs, including 'Stand by Your Man' (written with Tammy Wynette).
2010 - Don Henley
Don Henley reached an out-of-court settlement with Republican Senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore who used parodies of two Eagles' hits for an election campaign without permission. 'All She Wants To Do Is Dance' and 'The Boys of Summer' were used in campaign videos on YouTube as 'All She Wants To Do Is Tax' and 'Hope Of November'.
2007 - Lee Hazlewood
US singer, songwriter Lee Hazlewood died of cancer, in his home near Las Vegas aged 78. Hazlewood wrote and produced many of Nancy Sinatra's most famous hits, including 'These Boots Were Made For Walkin', 'Jackson' and 'Did You Ever’ He also produced Duane Eddy and Gram Parsons and 'Something Stupid' - the duet Nancy recorded with her father Frank in 1967.
2005 - Little Milton
American blues singer and guitarist Little Milton died. Milton had suffered a brain aneurysm on 25th July 2005 and had lapsed into a coma. He signed to Sun records in 1953 and had the 1965 US No.25 single 'We're Gonna Make It'.
2002 - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen scored his fifth UK No.1 album with 'The Rising', also No.1 in the US.
2001 - Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart married fashion photographer Anouska Fisz on a private beach on the French Riviera. Guest's included Elton John, Mick Jagger, Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher and his former Eurythmics partner Annie Lennox.
2001 - Mariah Carey
The News Of The World reported that Mariah Carey had hired a private eye to spy on her ex husband, record boss Tommy Mottola. Investigator Jack Palladino told the paper that Mariah believed her ex husband was conducting a smear campaign against the singer.
2000 - Craig David
Craig David scored his second UK No.1 single with '7 Days'. At the age of 19, he became the youngest male artist to score two No.1's since Donny Osmond in 1973.
1990 - New Kids On The Block
During a New Kids On The Block concert in Montreal. Canada, three armed robbers stole souvenir sales proceeds valued at $260.000.
1990 - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey's started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Vision Of Love', her debut release. 'Vision Of Love' was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 33rd annual ceremony, held on February 20, 1991: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, winning the latter.
1984 - Prince
Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with Purple Rain. His sixth studio album which features the hits 'When Doves Cry' and 'Let's Go Crazy', as well as the title track has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming the seventh best-selling soundtrack album of all time.
1979 - Lowell George
A benefit concert was held to raise money for Little Feat guitarist and singer Lowell George featuring members of his band plus Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt.
1975 - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and his wife were both badly injured when the hire car he was driving spun off the road and crashed on the Greek island of Rhodes. Plant smashed both his ankle and his elbow, and was not fully fit for the best part of two years. A forthcoming North American tour had to be cancelled.
1968 - Newport Pop Festival
The second day of the two day Newport Pop Festival took place in Costa Mesa, California with Blue Cheer, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Grateful Dead, Illinois Speed Press, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Byrds. Over 100,000 fans attended the festival.
1967 - Monkees
A female Monkees fan stowed away on the bands plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The girl's father threatened to bring charges for transporting a minor across state lines.
1967 - Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd released their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett. In subsequent years, the record has been recognised as one of the seminal psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s. When reviewed, by the two main UK music papers in the UK, Record Mirror and NME both gave the album four stars out of five. The album which was recorded at Abbey Road studios, London during the same time that The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper peaked at No.6 on the UK album chart and failed to chart in the US.
1966 - The Troggs
The Troggs were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'With A Girl Like You', the group's only UK No.1 single.
1963 - The Beatles
UK music weekly The NME reported that The Beatles could score their first US hit with 'From Me To You' as the single was 'bubbling under' on the charts at No.116.
1963 - The Beatles
The Beatles appeared at the Queen's Theatre in Blackpool. So many fans crowded around the theatre, blocking every entrance, that The Beatles had to go through a construction area, up and across some scaffolding to the roof of the theatre, from where they were lowered through a trap door.
1962 - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones played the first of 22 weekly shows at Ealing Jazz Club in Ealing, London. They were known as The Rollin' Stones during this period.
1958 - Ricky Nelson
Billboard introduced 'The Hot 100 Singles Chart', Ricky Nelson was at No.1 with 'Poor Little Fool'.
August 4th
1988 - Tom Parker
Tom Parker, singer with the Wanted, who became one of the most popular British boybands in a generation. Their debut 2010 single, the anthemic 'All Time Low', reached No 1, as did 'Glad You Came' in 2012. Parker died from brain cancer age 33 on 30 March 2022.
1969 - Max Cavalera
Max Cavalera guitarist, singer from Brazilian heavy metal Sepultura. Formed in 1984 the band was a major force in the thrash metal and groove metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
1968 - Rob Cieka
Rob Cieka drummer with English alternative rock band The Boo Radleys who had the 1995 UK No.9 single 'Wake Up Boo'.
1966 - Andy Henderson
Andy Henderson, drums, Echobelly, (1995 UK No.13 single 'Great Things').
1962 - Paul Reynolds
Paul Reynolds, A Flock Of Seagulls, (1982 UK No.10 single 'Wishing If I Had A Photograph Of You').
1960 - Graham Massey
Graham Massey keyboards, 808 State, (1989 UK No.10 single 'Pacific State').
1958 - Ian Broudie
Ian Broudie, English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Broudie was a member of Big in Japan and later The Lightning Seeds who twice took football anthem 'Three Lions' (with comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel) to No.1 in the UK.
1953 - Vini Reilly
Vincent "Vini" Gerard Reilly, English musician and leader of the post-punk group The Durutti Column. Reilly was Tony Wilson's first signing to Manchester's iconic label, Factory Records and played guitar on fellow Manchester artist Morrissey's first post-Smiths album Viva Hate in 1988.
1952 - Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan from Irish family band Clannad who had the 1982 UK No.5 single 'Harry's Game'. Clannad have recorded in six different languages, and scored eight UK top-10 albums. They are widely regarded as a band that have brought Irish music and the Irish language to a worldwide audience.
1951 - Roy Flowers
Roy Flowers, from British soul group Sweet Sensation who scored the 1974 UK No.1 and US No.14 single 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'.
1947 - Klaus Schulze
German electronic music composer and musician Klaus Schulze, who was a member Tangerine Dream before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.
1947 - Paul Layton
Paul Layton, singer from The New Seekers who had the 1972 UK No.1 and US No.7 single 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing' and hits with 'You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me' and 'Beg, Steal or Borrow'.
1943 - David Carr
David Carr, keyboards, from English harmony beat group The Fortunes, who had the 1965 UK No.2 & US No.7 single 'You've Got Your Troubles' and the hits 'Here It Comes Again and 'Storm in a Teacup'. Carr died on 12 July 2011 from a heart attack.
1940 - Frankie Ford
American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singe Frankie Ford, known for his 1959 hit single 'Sea Cruise'. Ford died in Gretna at the age of 76 on 28 September 2015.
1940 - Larry Knechtel
Larry Knechtel, an American keyboard player and bassist, best known as a member of The Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon And Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Doors and Elvis Presley and as a member of the 1970s band Bread. Knechtel died on Aug 20th 2009.
1936 - Elsbeary Hobbs
Elsbeary Hobbs, The Drifters, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me'). Died on May 31st 1996 at Veterans Hospital in Manhattan. He was 59.
1901 - Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, singer, bandleader, trumpet. Had many hits including the 1964 US No.1 'Hello Dolly!', 1968 UK No.1 'What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain't Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ Died 6th July 1971.
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