|
What happened in history on this day: August 17?
On August 17 in ...
- 1959 - The Miles Davis album Kind of Blue is released.
- 1962 - The Beatles replace Pete Best with Ringo Starr.
- 2007 - Disney film High School Musical 2 is shown on TV in the USA, becoming the single most-watched basic cable telecast, with about 17.2 million viewers.
Births on August 17
- 1920 - Birth of Georgia Gibbs in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; singer ("Ballin the Jack", "Kiss of Fire").
- 1939 - Birth of Luther Allison in Arkansas, USA; guitarist ("Bad News is Coming").
- 1953 - Birth of Kevin Rowlands; rocker (Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come on Eileen").
- 1958 - Birth of Belinda Carlisle in Hollywood, California, USA; singer (The Go Gos, "Heaven on Earth").
- 1965 - Birth of Glen Goldsmith; rocker ("What You See is What You Get").
- 1969 - Birth of Donald E Wahlberg Junior in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids - "Hangin' Tough").
- 1978 - Birth of Vibeke Stene, Norwegian rock singer (Tristania).
Deaths on August 17
- 1973 - Death of Paul Williams at age 34 by suicide; singer (The Temptations - "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "My Girl", "Just My Imagination").
- 1983 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills, California, at age 86 (born 1896).
- 1990 - Death of Pearl Bailey at age 72 of heart disease; singer ("Takes Two to Tango"), actress (As the World Turns TV show), and comedienne.
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/music/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|