FLASHBACK POP MUSIC HISTORY: AUGUST 3

From the MCRFB music calendar:

Events on this date: August 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Kingston Trio on Life Magazine cover; August 3, 1959. (Click on image for larger view).

1959: Folk group the Kingston Trio are featured on the cover of LIFE magazine.

1963: After nearly 300 shows over two years, the Beatles play their last headlining gig at Liverpool’s popular Cavern Club.

1971: Paul McCartney announces the formation of Wings, his first band since the breakup of the Beatles. It features ex-Moody Blues’ singer Denny Laine and Paul’s wife Linda.

1974: Guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter leaves Steely Dan to join the Doobie Brothers.

1993: Boston Venture, the group to whom Berry Gordy had sold Motown in 1988 for $61 million dollars, sells the label and its holdings (5 years later) to Dutch conglomerate Polygram for a $325 million return.

1999: Country singer legend Patsy Cline is awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

 

Deaths: Arthur Lee (Love); 2006.

Releases: 1963: “Surfer Girl,” The Beach Boys. 1963: “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh,” Allan Sherman.

Recording: 1966: “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?,” The Rolling Stones.

Charts: 1963: “So Much In Love,” The Tymes; hits No. 1 on the chart. 1968: “Hello, I Love You,” The Doors; hits No. 1 on the chart. 1974: ‘Bad Company,’ (LP) Bad Company; hits No. 1 on the Billboard LP chart.

Certification: 1971: “It Don’t Come Easy,” Ringo Starr; certified gold by the RIAA.

 

 

 

 

 

And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day….

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