THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (August 12th): 1877: Thomas Edison finishes the prototype of his new invention, the phonograph, and hands it over to his master mechanic John Kreusi to build. Kreusi bets Edison two dollars that the contraption will never work 1927: Porter Wagoner was born – known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. In 1967, he introduced a then little known Dolly Parton on his long-running television show. Also known as Mr. Grand Ole Opry – he died from lung cancer in 2007 1929: Buck Owens was born -- scored twenty number-one hits on the Billboard country music charts, and pioneered what has come to be called the Bakersfield sound’a reference to Bakersfield, California -- he died in 2006 1949: Mark Knopfler was born 1954: Pat Metheny was born 1958: On compassionate leave from the Army, Elvis Presley travels to Memphis Baptist Memorial hospital to be by the side of his mother, Gladys, who is quickly deteriorating from acute hepatitis 1958: The Crests release Sixteen Candles 1960: Pete Best auditioned to become The Silver Beatles drummer and was asked to travel to Hamburg in Germany for the bands next set of dates. Before leaving for Hamburg, The Silver Beatles changed their name to simply, The Beatles 1964: The Beatles first film A Hard Days Night opened in 500 American cinemas to rave reviews 1965: Jefferson Airplane make their stage debut, opening San Franciscos new club The Matrix (3138 Fillmore) 1966: The Beatles performed two shows at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. This was the first stop on what would turn out to be The Beatles final US tour. Support acts were the Remains, Bobby Hebb, Cyrkle, and the Ronettes 1967: Fleetwood Mac make their stage debut at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor, England, alongside such acts as Donovan, Cream, The Small Faces, and Chicken Shack, featuring a young Christine Perfect (later known as Christine McVie) 1968: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the first time at a studio on Gerrard Street in London -- they played The Train Kept A-Rollin, Smokestack Lightning and Im Confused (later becoming Dazed And Confused). The first live dates they played were as The Yardbirds, and it was not until the following month when they started to use the name Led Zeppelin 1970: At Harvard, Janis Joplin performs what would be her final concert, ending with a version of Gershwins Summertime. 1970: The Hollywood Bowl holds a memorial concert for recently deceased folk legend Woody Guthrie, featuring (among others) Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, Odetta, and Tom Paxton 1972: Alice Cooper was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Schools Out. The singers only UK No.1, which was also a No.7 hit on the US chart. Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, Whats the greatest three minutes of your life?. Cooper said: Theres two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, the next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school. 1977: Henri Padovani guitarist with The Police quit the group after nine months leaving them a trio 1978: The Commodores started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Three Times A Lady, also No.1 in the UK and becoming Motowns biggest British selling single. Lionel Richie wrote the song about his love for his wife, mother and grandmother hence Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady. 1985: Kyu Sakamoto was killed in a plane crash, northwest of Tokyo, at the age of 43 -- he was the first Japanese artist to top the US singles with Sukiyaki 1989: The two day Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at The Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Western Acts who appeared included Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Skid Row and The Scorpions. This was the first time that an audience had been allowed to stand up and dance at a stadium rock concert in the Soviet Union. Previous to this, all concerts had to be seated 1997: Luther Allison died at age 57 (lung cancer) 2000: During an outdoor gig in Mancos, California as 38 Special were mid-set (playing Wild-Eyed Southern Boys), the wind took hold of an overhead canopy and brought down ten tons of equipment onto the stage. The drum kit was completely crushed, but no one was seriously injured
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