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Today in 1984,Lionel Richie closed the Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games by singing “All Night Long”
โBorn Todayโ
- Cara Delevingne (23)
- Justin Gaston (27)
- Dominique Swain (35)
- Plaxico Burress (38)
- Casey Affleck (40)
- Michael Ian Black (44)
- Yvette Nicole Brown (44)
- Rebecca Gayheart (44)
- Pete Sampras (44)
- Tanita Tikaram (46)
- Peter Krause (50)
- Sir Mix-A-Lot (52)
- Bruce Greenwood (59)
- Sam J. Jones (61)
- Dana Ivey (74)
- George Hamilton (76)
- Miss Cleo (RIP)
- Cantinflas (RIP)
โDied Todayโ
- John Cage (Born: September 5, 1912 / Died: August 12, 1992)
- Dorothy Mackaill (Born: March 4, 1903 / Died: August 12, 1990)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (Born: December 22, 1960 / Died: August 12, 1988)
โMoviesโ
- 1970 – Lovers and Other Strangers
- 1974 – Harry and Tonto
- 1977 – Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
- 1977 – Suspiria
- 1983 – Cujo
- 1983 – The Man Who Wasnโt There
- 1983 – Smokey and the Bandit: Part 3
- 1988 – The Last Temptation of Christ
- 1988 – Mac and Me
- 1988 – Tucker: The Man and His Dream
- 1988 – Young Guns
- 1994 – In the Army Now
โMusicโ
- 1956 – Elvis Presley received the key to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1957 – Frankie Lymon left his group The Teenagers for a solo career.
- 1957 – Buddy Holly & the Crickets debuted on the Singles chart with “That’ll Be The Day”
- 1958 – The Crests recorded “16 Candles”
- 1963 – The Ronettes released the single “Be My Baby”.
- 1966 – John Lennon held a press conference in Chicago, Illinois to apologize for his recent remark that “the Beatles were more popular than Jesus.”
- 1966 – The Beatles, Ronettes and Bobby Hebb performed at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. ย It was the beginning of what would turn out to be the final U.S. tour for the Beatles. ย
- 1967 – The Doors spent a third week at #1 with “Light My Fire”
- 1967 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band spent 7 weeks as #1 on the Album chart. Headquarters from the Monkees remained at #2 while Flowers by the Rolling Stones locked up position #3.
- 1968 – Led Zeppelin played together for the first time at a studio rehearsal on Gerrard Street in London’s West End. The quartet’s first song was “Train Kept-A-Rollin”
- 1968 – Big Brother & the Holding Company released their one and only big album, Cheap Thrills.
- 1970 – James Taylor released his first single on this date–it was called “Fire And Rain”
- 1970 – Derek & the Dominoes played at the Speakeasy in London.
- 1970 – Janis Joplin performed for the final time at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts before she died from drugs less than two months later.
- 1971 – The Carpenters released the single “Superstar”
- 1972 – The Festival of Hope in Westbury, New York became the first rock festival to raise funds for an established charity.
- 1972 – Alice Cooper had the #1 U.K. song with “School’s Out”
- 1972 – Al Green hit #1 with the R&B song “I’m Still In Love With You”
- 1972 – Gilbert O’Sullivan remained on top for a third week with “Alone Again (Naturally).โ Looking Glass held steady at #2 for the third week with “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)”
- 1974 – Bad Company released its first single “Can’t Get Enough”
- 1978 – Toby Beau reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “My Angel Baby”
- 1978 – “Three Times A Lady” was the new #1 on the R&B chart for the Commodores.
- 1981 – Christopher Cross released the single “Arthur’s Theme”.
- 1981 – Dan Fogelberg released the single “Hard To Say”.
- 1982 – Joe Tex (“I Gotcha'” from 1972) died of a heart attack at the age of 49 in Navasota, Texas. ย
- 1984 – Lionel Richie closed the Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games by singing “All Night Long”
- 1985 – Syu Sakamoto was killed in a plane crash when his flight crashed on a mountain about 60 miles northwest of Tokyo. Sakamoto was the first Japanese artist to reach #1 in the United States with “Sukiyaki.โ He was 43.
- 1986 – Paul Simon released Graceland.
- 1987 – Heart released the single “Who Will You Run To”
- 1987 – John Mellencamp released the single “Paper In Fire”
- 1989 – Prince owned the top R&B song with “Batdance”
- 1989 – Richard Marx hit #1 with “Right Here Waiting”
- 1991 – Bryan Adams hit #1 in the U.K. with “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”
- 1992 – Don Henley & Patty Smyth released the single “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough”
- 1995 – A mass wake was held for Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.
- 1995 – TLC hit #1 for the sixth week with “Waterfalls”
- 1996 – The Spice Girls mined gold when their first release “Wannabe” reached #1.
- 1998 – Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession.
โTV/Radioโ
- 1956 – The Platters performed on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- 1967 – The Supremes sang “Reflections” on American Bandstand.
- 1972 – Jim Croce appeared on American Bandstand.
โOther Important Eventsโฆโ
- 1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” premiered in Oconomowoc, WI. Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” The movie premiered in Hollywood on August 15th.
- 1981 – IBM unveiled its first PC.