From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: August 3
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…. 
