August

August
1 Johnny Burnette falls of a ferry boat and drowns in California 1964.
2 Jim Capaldi vocals and drums with Traffic born in Worcestershire UK 1937.
3 The Beatles plays for the last time at The Cavern Club in Liverpool 1963.
4 Elsberry Hobbs bass with The Drifters from 1959 born in 1936.
5 Tv-show "American Bandstand" begins in 1957 on ABC-TV from Philadelphia.
6 Stevie Wonder seriously injured in a car crash in North Carolina 1973.
7 Andy Fraser bass player with Free born in 1952.
8 Joe Tex born in Bay Town, Texas 1933.
9 John Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead found dead in 1995.
10 Ronnie Spector (Veronica Bennett) vocal in Ronettes born in New York City 1947.
11 Joe Jackson born in Burton.on.Trent, UK in 1955.
12 Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits born in Glasgow 1949.
13 Joe Tex dies of a heart attack in Navasota, Texas in 1982.
14 Glady Presley dies of a heart attack in 1958.
15 Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, Texas 1958.
16 Madonna Louise Vernon Ciccone born in Bay City, Michigan 1958.
17 Kevin Rowland from Dexy Midnight Runners born in Wolverhampton, UK 1953.
18 Barbara Harris of The Toys born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina 1945.
19 John Richard Deacon bass with Queen born in Leicester, UK 1951.
20 Robert Plant vocals of Led Zeppelin born in Worcestershire, UK 1948.
21 Jackie DeShannon born in Hasel, Kentucky 1944.
22 Fred Milano second tenor of The Belmonts born in 1939.
23 John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell in Liverpool 1962.
24 William Winfield lead with The Harptones born in 1929.
25 Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) born in Twickenham, London 1954.
26 "The Locomotion" with Little Eva reaches US No.1 in 1962.
27 Brian Epstein manager of The Beatles found dead in 1967.
28 Bob Dylan boed off stage for playing electric guitar at Forest Hills Stadium, New york 1965.
29 Michael Jackson born in Gary, Indiana 1958.
30 John Phillips vocals of Mamas and The Papas born in Parris Island, South Carolina.
31 Van Morrison born in Belfast 1945.