August 4th in Rory history: 1971 Torquay GB Torquay Town Hall Marquay Club 1972 Washington DC USA Constitution Hall 1984 Zonhoven BE Festivalcatraz (📸 Gie Knaeps)
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34 years without legendary Toto and session drummer Jeff Porcaro. He sadly left us back on August 5, 1992 at the age of 38.
August 5, 1989: The 3rd Mildenhall Rock and Blues Festival, Mildenhall Stadium, Bury St. Edmunds, ENG
August 5, 1974 Whiskey-A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA (Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Rory Gallagher Electric Flag, Sensational Alex Harvey Band & Abba) youtu.be/O2H1vAAsThM?...
Rory Gallagher Live Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1976
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August 5, 1972: Music mogul Clive Davis catches Aerosmith's act at Max's Kansas City in New York and immediately signs them with CBS Records for $125,000.
August 5, 1975: Stevie Wonder signs the largest contract for a single artist in history: $13 million over seven years for seven albums with Tamla/Motown.
August 5, 1978: The Rolling Stones' disco-flavored "Miss You" hits #1 in America, where it stays for one week, knocking Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing" from a seven-week run at the top. #AT40
August 5, 1975: One of the first all-female hard-rock bands is formed when producer Kim Fowley puts together The Runaways, featuring Joan Jett, future Bangle Michael Steele, and Lita Ford.
August 14, 1972 Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT (In our neck of the woods!)
August 4, 1973: Maureen McGovern's "The Morning After (The Song From The Poseidon Adventure)" hits #1 in the US for the first of two weeks. It wins an Oscar for best song. She's part of our MM club along with Melissa Manchester, Michael McDonald, and Maureen McCormick
August 4, 1972: The movie Super Fly is released, along with a soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield that becomes a soul music landmark, taking on the drug culture portrayed in the film with vivid commentary.
August 2nd in Rory history: 1964 Cork IRL Arcadia Ballroom 1968 Dunstable GB California Ballroom 1974 Berkeley USA Keystone Berkeley 1980 Côte d'Opale FR Festival de la Côte d'Opale (📸 Frédéric Brassart)
This 1978 Technico Inc. advertisement features the Technico SS-16 microcomputer, powered by the 16-bit Texas Instruments TMS 9900 microprocessor. Possibly a bit sexist? #Technico
Born 2 Aug 1951, US singer/songwriter Andrew Gold. He had the 1977 US No.7 single 'Lonely Boy', and the 1978 UK No.5 single 'Never Let Her Slip Away'. His 'Thank You for Being a Friend' was used as the theme music for The Golden Girls. He died in 2011 from a heart attack, aged just 59. #AndrewGold
