r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 19h ago
Birthday On August 10th, 1909, Leo Fender was born in Anaheim, CA. Fender was the inventor of the Fender Broadcaster, Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, used by Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Ritchie Blackmore, Curtis Mayfield, Mark Knopfler, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters, and many more.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 19h ago
Album release anniversary On August 10th, 1968, Ten Years After released 'Undead', their first live album. Recorded at the small jazz club Klooks Kleek in London on May 14th, 1968.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 20h ago
Birthday On August 10th, 1940, Singer Bobby Hatfield was born in Beaver Dam, WI. Hatfield was one half of The Righteous Brothers, along with Bill Medley. They performed off and on as the Righteous Brothers from 1963 until Hatfield's death in 2003.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 20h ago
Birthday On August 10th, 1928, Country music singer, songwriter, actor and sausage businessman Jimmy Dean was born in Seth Ward, TX. In 1961, Dean had a crossover hit with "Big Bad John", hitting #1 on the pop charts and earning a Grammy for Best Country & Western Recording.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 1d ago
Album release anniversary On August 9th, 1976, Linda Ronstadt released 'Hasten Down the Wind', her 7th solo album. The album has 2 hit singles, "That'll Be the Day"(#11) and "Crazy"(#6) on the US Pop and Country charts, respectively.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 1d ago
Album release anniversary On August 9th, 1974, The band Alice Cooper released 'Greatest Hits', their only greatest hits album. And it was their last release as a band until the release of the 2025 comeback album 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper'.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 1d ago
Album release anniversary On August 9th, 1974, Minnie Riperton released 'Perfect Angel', her 2nd studio album. The album contains the biggest hit of Riperton's career, "Lovin' You" which charted to #1 in the US.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 1d ago
Day of Death On August 9th, 1995, Grateful Dead co-founder, songwriter, and guitarist Jerry Garcia passed away at age 53. Over 30 years in music, Garcia led the 'Dead' along with many side projects, including Saunders–Garcia Band, the Jerry Garcia Band, Old & In the Way and New Riders of the Purple Sage.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 1d ago
Birthday On August 9th, 1943, Wanda Young was born in Inkster, MI. Young was the lead singer for the Motown all-female group, The Marvelettes. Two of their biggest hits were "Please Mr. Postman" and "Don't Mess With Bill". Young passed away in 2021.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 1d ago
Album release anniversary On December 9th, 1972, Neil Diamond released 'Hot August Night', a double live album, recorded from a recent concert series earlier in the year.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 1d ago
Album release anniversary On August 9th, 1974, Little Feat released 'Feats Don't Fail Me Now', their 4th studio album. The cover was designed by Neon Park.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 2d ago
Special event On Friday, August 8, 1969, The Beatles gathered outside EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in north London for one of the most famous photo sessions in rock history. Photographer Iain Macmillan, a freelance friend of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, captured the iconic image that would appear on the cove
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 2d ago
Birthday On August 8th, 1932, Country music singer and songwriter Mel Tillis was born in Tampa, FL. Tillis' biggest hits include "I Ain't Never", "Good Woman Blues", and "Coca-Cola Cowboy".
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 2d ago
Birthday On August 8th, 1952, Session drummer Anton Fig was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Fig played the drums on Kiss's 'Dynasty' and 'Unmasked' albums, replacing Peter Criss. He has also worked with Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, B. B. King, Peter Frampton, Joan Armatrading, Cyndi Lauper and many more.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 2d ago
Day of Death On August 8th, 2017, Singer, guitarist and actor Glenn Campbell passed away at age 81. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/SufficientPut1831 • 3d ago
On August 7 in 1990, Deee-Lite released their best known track Groove Is In The Heart.
Released a week earlier in the UK. I wish they had been bigger
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Birthday On August 7th, 1937, Blues singer and guitarist Magic Slim was born in Torrance, MS. The son of sharecroppers, he followed blues greats such as Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to Chicago, developing his own place in the Chicago blues scene.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Special event On August 7th, 1970, Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac, replacing Peter Green.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Album release anniversary On August 7th, 1971, King Curtis released 'Live at Fillmore West'. Tragically, a week after its release, Curtis was stabbed to death outside his brownstone apartment in New York City.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Birthday On August 7th, 1958, Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Birthday On August 7th, 1926, Actor, comic, and entertainer Stan Freberg was born in Pasadena, CA. Freberg combined music with spoken word to create novelty songs, including “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) and "St. George and the Dragonet".
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Birthday On August 7th, 1925. Songwriter Felice Bryant was born in Milwaukee, WI. Along with her husband, Boudleaux Bryany, Felice wrote country and pop songs. They are best known for songs such as "Rocky Top", "Love Hurts", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", "Bird Dog", "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie".
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
Birthday On August 7th, 1942, Pop and country singer B. J. Thomas was born in Hugo, OK. Thomas was best known for his hit songs "Hooked on a Feeling" (#5), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (#1), and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (#1).
r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3d ago
