FM, a film about the struggles of a radio station, debuts in Los Angeles and creates no static at all…
More people would buy the soundtrack than bothered to see the film…
Another Milestone in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…
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On August 1, 1920: First blues recording is made, "Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith...
On August 1, 1950: "Gotta Let You Go"/"Boogie In the Park" by Joe Hill Louis is released on Phillips, a label launched by Sam and Memphis deejay Dewey Phillips. It is the only single released by the label…
August 1, 1953: The Orioles' biggest hit, "Crying in the Chapel," enters the R&B chart, which it will go on to top for eight weeks…
August 1, 1953: The Drifters, featuring Clyde McPhatter on lead vocals, record "Money Honey" on Atlantic Records…
August 1, 1955: "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry reaches #5 on Billboard's Best Sellers chart and tops the R&B chart for ELEVEN WEEKS!!!
August 1, 1957: Lotta Lovin'" peaks at #13 while Gene Vincent and a changeable cast of Blue Caps crisscross the country on tour…
August 1, 1960: Jerry Wexler strikes a handshake deal giving Atlantic distribution rights to Memphis-based Stax Records. The labels' eight-year association will yield scores of hits by such artists as Otis Redding, Sam and Dave and Booker T. and the MGs, literally shaping the sound of Sixties soul music…
As part of the deal with Atlantic, Satellite (The original name of Stax records) agreed to continue recording Carla Thomas, but to allow her releases to come out on Atlantic. Carla Thomas' first hit, "Gee Whiz," was originally issued on Satellite 104, but was quickly re-issued on Atlantic 2086, becoming a hit in early 1961. Carla Thomas would continue to have material issued on Atlantic through mid-1965, though much of it was recorded in the studios at Satellite (later Stax), or in Nashville under the supervision of the Stax staff…
August 1, 1964: “Do I Love You" by the Ronettes charts at #34…
August 1, 1965: The Beach Boys' "California Girls," a last gasp of the L.A. surf-pop sound, reaches Number Three…
August 1, 1967: Little Richard's Greatest Hits, a live collection of older classics cut for the Okeh label, becomes his first LP in ten years to make Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart…
August 1, 1970: Eric Clapton is released, peaking at #13. This same month, Clapton begins recording in Miami with his new band, Derek and the Dominos. They record the monumental double album Layla... and Other Assorted Love Songs in ten days. One writer called it "the most valid double since [Bob Dylan's] Blonde on Blonde”…
August 1, 1971: The concert for Bangladesh, featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, takes place in New York's Madison Square Garden…
August 1, 1974: Curtis Mayfield makes the pop Top Forty for the last time with "Kung Fu," which precedes Carl Douglas's "Kung Fu Fighting" by two months. However, he'll crack the R&B Top Forty a dozen more times between 1974 and 1981…
August 1, 1974: John Lennon records his 'Walls and Bridges' album. He claims to have written ten of the songs in a single week. The album goes to #1, as does its leadoff single, "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night."
August 1, 1993: 'River of Dreams', Billy Joel's 12th studio album, is released. Featuring a cover painted by then-wife Christie Brinkley, it yields hits in "All About Soul" and the title track…
1920 to 1993:
August 1st ROCKED in the
EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL
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