DYR Today, August 31

“Born Today”

1957 – Elvis Presley performed at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1959 – Bobby Vee appeared on the music charts for the first time as “Suzie Baby” debuted.
1961 – Ray Charles released the single “Hit The Road Jack”

https://youtu.be/0rEsVp5tiDQ

1963 – Little Stevie Wonder spent a fifth week at #1 on the R&B chart with “Fingertips – Pt. 2”

1963 – Peter, Paul & Mary remained at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with “Blowin’ In The Wind”

1963 – The Angels sang that “My Boyfriend’s Back”, and it took them all the way to #1.

1965 – The Beatles wrapped up their tour of North America with two shows at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The group performed before 11,700 and 17,000 fans, respectively.
1967 – The Beatles announced that they would manage their own affairs after the death of Brian Epstein.
1968 – Guitarist Danny Kirwan joined Fleetwood Mac.
1968 – Jefferson Airplane, the Move, T. Rex, Fairport Convention and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown performed at the first Isle of Wight Festival in England.
1968 – Mason Williams had the #1 Easy Listening song for the third week with “Classical Gas”

1968 – Wheels of Fire by Cream continued to set the pace on the album chart. Time Peace/The Rascals’ Greatest Hits was #2 and the Doors’ release Waiting for the Sun was at position #3.
1968 – The Rascals spent a fourth week at #1 with “People Got to Be Free.” Steppenwolf was at #2 with “Born to Be Wild,” Jose Feliciano edged up with “Light My Fire”

1969 – Bob Dylan appeared in concert for the first time since his motorcycle accident in 1966 at the Isle of Wight Pop Festival in England.
1969 – The Chicago Transit Authority, later shortened to Chicago, played for a second day at the Texas International Pop Festival at the Dallas International Motor Speedway. Led Zeppelin, Santana, Sam & Dave, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, and The Incredible String Band also performed.
1970 – R. Dean Taylor released the single “Indiana Wants Me”
1973 – The Rolling Stones released the album Goat’s Head Soup.
1974 – John Lennon testified in federal court that the Nixon administration tried to have him deported due to his anti-war demonstrations at the 1972 Republican convention in Miami, Florida.
1974 – Roberta Flack held on to #1 on the R&B chart for the fifth straight week with “Feel Like Makin’ Love”

1974 – Paul Anka remained at #1 with “(You’re) Having My Baby” while Eric Clapton’s biggest career hit “I Shot the Sheriff” was at #2. Rufus was a strong #3 with “Tell Me Something Good”

1976 – George Harrison was guilty of “unconscious plagiarism” of the Chiffons song “He’s So Fine” for his 1970 hit “My Sweet Lord”

https://youtu.be/srLcDhmHn5s

1984 – Prince’s movie Purple Rain opened in theaters
1985 – Aretha Franklin made it five weeks at the top of the R&B chart for “Freeway of Love”

1985 – Huey Lewis & the News hit#1 with “The Power of Love.” “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” from John Parr moved up to challenge while Aretha Franklin made a huge comeback as her 73rd career hit (“Freeway of Love”) was her first Top 10 in 12 years.

1987 – Billy Idol released his remake of the great Tommy James & the Shondells song “Mony Mony”

1987 – The album Bad set a Rock Era record when 2.25 million units were shipped to music stores.
1988 – Julianne Phillips filed for divorce from Bruce Springsteen.
1988 – Bob Seger and wife Annette filed for a divorce.
1989 – The Rolling Stones went on tour for the first time in eight years, performing at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1991 – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was the #1 album in the U.K.
1991 – Metallica debuted at #1 with their self-titled release
1991 – “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” by Bryan Adams was #1 for a fifth week on the Adult Contemporary chart.

https://youtu.be/ZGoWtY_h4xo

1996 – “Macarena” by Los Del Rio had been out for 37 weeks, but it was just getting started, spending a fifth week at #1. Donna Lewis had a strong #2 with “I Love You Always Forever”

1997 – James Brown became the first American artist to perform in Lebanon.
1997 – Oasis owned the top U.K. album with Be Here Now.
2000 – Harold Lee Clayton, who wrote “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” for the S.O.S. band, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Los Angeles, California.

1920 – The first news program to be broadcast on radio was aired. The station was 8MK in Detroit, MI.
1974 – The Partridge Family television show ended.
1987 – Michael Jackson released his video “Bad” on CBS-TV.