This Day in Music History
August 10

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What happened in history on this day: August 10?

On August 10 in ...

  • 1979 - Michael Jackson releases his breakthrough album "Off the Wall".

Births on August 10

  • 1922 - Birth of Al Alberts; singer (The Four Aces).
  • 1928 - Birth of Eddie Fisher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; singer ("Oh My Papa", "Lady of Spain").
  • 1928 - Birth of Jimmy Dean in Texas, USA; actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever).
  • 1940 - Birth of Bobby Hatfield in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA; singer (The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1964), "Unchained Melody").
  • 1943 - Birth of Ronnie Spector AKA Veronica Bennett Greenfield in New York City, New York, USA; singer (The Ronettes - "Be My Baby").
  • 1947 - Birth of Ian Anderson in Scotland; singer, flutist (Jethro Tull - "Bungle in the Jungle").
  • 1948 - Birth of Patti Austin; singer ("The Real Me").
  • 1952 - Birth of Ashley Putnam in New York City, New York, USA; soprano (New York City Opera 1978).
  • 1961 - Birth of John Farriss; rocker (Inxs - "Kiss the Dirt").
  • 1962 - Birth of Dan Donovan; rocker (Bad).
  • 1967 - Birth of Lorraine Pearson; Singer (Five Star).
  • 1968 - Birth of Michael Bivins; singer (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition).
  • 1980 - Birth of Nikki Bratcher; singer (Divine).

Deaths on August 10

  • 1974 - Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at age 64.
  • 1985 - Death of Kenny Baker at age 72 from a heart attack; comedian, tenor (The Jack Benny Show radio show).
  • 1993 - Death of Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (born 1968).
  • 2008 - American singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes (Hot Buttered Soul album, theme from Shaft, voice of Chef from South Park) dies at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 65.

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