EVENTS ON AUGUST 8 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1950s On this day August 8 in 1953 – Les Paul and Mary Ford started a nine-week run at No.1 in the US with ‘Vaya con Dios (May God…

EVENTS ON AUGUST 7 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1950s On this day August 7 in 1954 – The Crew-Cuts started a seven-week run at No.1 in the US with their version of The Chord‘s…

EVENTS ON AUGUST 6 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1960s On this day August 6 in 1960 – The soundtrack album to the 1958 film ‘South Pacific’ starring Mitzy Gaynor and Ray Walston reached No.1 in the…

EVENTS ON AUGUST 5 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1960s On this day August 5 in 1964 – The Beach Boys began recording ‘When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)’. The song reached No.9 in the…

EVENTS ON AUGUST 4 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1950s On this day August 4 in 1958 – Ricky Nelson became the first artist to top the newly formed US Billboard Hot 100 chart with ‘Poor…

EVENTS ON AUGUST 3 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1960s On this day August 3 in 1961 – Richard Graham Starstedt also known professionally as Eden Kane topped the UK singles chart with ‘Well I Ask You’. 1963 –…

EVENTS ON AUGUST 2 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1960s On this day August 2 in 1962 – Robert Zimmerman officially changed his name to Bob Dylan. 1962 – Aretha Franklin appeared for the first time on American television….

EVENTS ON AUGUST 1 IN MUSIC HISTORY 1960s On this day August 1 in 1963 – With ‘(You’re the) Devil in Disguise’, Elvis Presley topped the UK singles chart. The single also reached No.1 in…