This Day in Music: August 12th 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. 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. 1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the first time when they rehearsed at a studio in Gerrard Street in Londons West End. The first song they played was a version of The Train Kept A-Rollin. They also played Smokestack Lightning and a version of Im Confused (soon to become 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. 1971, John & Yoko donated £1,000 to the Clyde Shipbuilders Scottish Union fighting fund who were refusing to stop work at the Glasgow site after being made redundant. 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. 1973, The Eagles, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers all appeared at the Corral Club in Topanga, California. 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. 1984, As The Olympic Games came to a close, Lionel Richie performed, All Night Long live from Los Angeles to an estimated television audience of 2.6 billion people around the world. 1985, Kyu Sakamoto was killed in a plane crash when JAL Flight 123, a 747, crashed and burned on a thickly wooded mountain about 60 miles northwest of Tokyo. He was 43. He had the 1963 US No.1 & UK No.6 single Sukiyaki, the first Japanese artist to hit the top of the US singles chart. 1986, Prince started a run of five nights at Wembley Arena, London, his first UK shows for five years. 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. 1991, Bryan Adams started the fourth of sixteen weeks at No.1 on the UK single chart with (Everything I Do), I Do It For You. 1996, Alanis Morissette appeared at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, New York with Radiohead as support. 2000, During an outdoor gig in Mancos, California as 38 Special were mid-set, 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. 2012, The London 2012 Olympics ended with a spectacular musical closing ceremony. The three-hour show featured some of the biggest names of British music from decades past, including the Spice Girls, George Michael, The Who, Take That, Muse, Jessie J, Emeli Sande, Elbow, Madness, The Pet Shop Boys, One Direction, Ray Davies, Liam Gallagher, and Brian May and Roger Taylor from Queen. August 12th: Born on this day 1927, Born on this day, Porter Wagoner, Country singer 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, Wagoner has scored over 80 US Country singles from 1954–1983. He died from lung cancer on October 28, 2007. 1929, Born on this day, Buck Owens, Jr. American singer and guitarist, who 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. Died March 25th 2006. 1949, Born on this day, Mark Knopfler British songwriter, guitarist, singer with Dire Straits, (1985 US No.1 single Money For Nothing, 1986 UK No.2 single Walk Of Life, 1985 world-wide No.1 album Brothers In Arms). Knopfler has recorded and performed with many prominent musicians, including Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, Sting, and James Taylor. 1953, Born on this day, Jerry Speiser, Men At Work, (1983 UK & US No.1 single Down Under). 1954, Born on this day, Pat Metheny, jazz rock guitarist, worked with David Bowie and Gary Burton. Recorded film soundtrack albums 1958, Born on this day, Jurgen Dehmel, Nena, (1984 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 99 Red Balloons). 1961, Born on this day, Roy Hay guitar, vocals, Culture Club, (1983 UK No.1 & 1984 US No.1 single Karma Chameleon plus seven other UK top 10 singles).
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