EVENTS ON AUGUST 31 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 31 in 1957 – Tommy Steele was an number one in the UK with the soundtrack album to ‘The Tommy Steele Story’ film that follows his rise to fame. 1961 – John Leyton started a three-week run at number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘Johnny Remember Me’. The song was…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 30 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 30 in 1957 – Paul Anka started an impressive nine-week run at No.1 on the UK Singles chart with ‘Diana’. 1969 – With ‘In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)’, pop rock duo Zager and Evans topped the UK Singles chart. The song also reached No.1 in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand,…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 29 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 29 in 1966 – The Beatles wrapped up their tour with a show at Candlestick Park, San Francisco in front of 25,000 fans. This turned out to be their last paid concert. 1970 – With his rendition of the Norman Whitfield and Barret Strong counterculture song ‘War’, Edwin Starr started a three-week run at number…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 28 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 28 in 1961 – With his rendition of Elvis Presley‘s song ‘Wooden Heart’, Joe Dowell topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. 1968 – The Beach Boys scored their second number one single in the UK with ‘Do It Again’. In the US the song wasn’t as successful and it peaked at No.20….
EVENTS ON AUGUST 27 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 27 in 1964 – With their debut single “Have I the Right?’, The Honeycombs went to number one in the UK. The song also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Sweden that year. 1967 – British music entrepreneur Brian Epstein died at the age of…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 26 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 26 in 1964 – Roy Orbison and the Candy Men released ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’. The song was a commercial success and a big international hit topping the singles charts in eleven countries. 1965 – Husband-and-wife pop duo Sonny & Cher topped the UK Singles chart with ‘I Got You Babe’. It also topped the…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 25 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 25 in 1956 – Frank Sinatra was at number one in the UK with his tenth studio album ‘Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!’. In USA the album peaked at No.2. 1958 – Doo-wop vocal group The Elegants went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with ‘Little Star’. It was…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 24 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 24 in 1956 – Elvis Presley recorded ‘Love Me Tender’ at the 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles. The song featured in the film of the same name and it topped the singles charts in the US and Canada. 1959 – With ‘The Three Bells’, the vocal trio The Browns started…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 23 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 23 in 1963 – The Beatles released ‘She Loves You’ in the United Kingdom. It became their best-selling single of all time in the UK and it topped the charts in several countries worldwide. 1969 – The Rolling Stones scored their second No.1 single in the US when ‘Honky Tonk Women’ started…
EVENTS ON AUGUST 22 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day August 22 in 1958 – The Kalin Twins topped the UK Singles chart with their rendition of ‘When’. Also a chart-topper in France and the Netherlands, and a Top 5 hit in North America that year. 1963 – Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas went to number one in the UK with…