This Day in Music History: August 15
August 15, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: August 15.
1965: The Beatles set a new world record for the largest attendance at a pop concert when they played in front of 55,600 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City. They were paid $160,000 for the show and the set list included the songs: ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘She's a Woman’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzie’, ‘Ticket to Ride’, ‘Can't Buy Me Love’, ‘Baby's In Black’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘A Hard Day's Night’, ‘Help!’, and ‘I'm Down’. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were at the audience during the show, and later that evening Bob Dylan visited The Beatles at their hotel.
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1969: Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Over 400,000 people attended the event as it featured: Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. During the three days of this great festival, there had been three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.
1987: Michael Jackson had his third UK No.1 with the single 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You', a duet with Siedah Garrett. It was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and either Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Session singer Siedah Garrett also worked with Madonna.
1991: Paul Simon played a free concert in New York's Central Park. 600,000 people were initially claimed to have attended the show, though later estimates downgraded the number to less than 50,000.
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1992: INXS reached the No.1 spot on the UK album chart with 'Welcome To Whoever You Are', their first UK No.1 album.
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