This Day in Music History: August 17
August 17, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: August 17.
1965: The Byrds were forced to cancel a concert during their UK tour at The Guildhall, Portsmouth. The reason for the cancellation was because only 250 of the 4,000 tickets had been sold.
1968: The Doors started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Waiting For The Sun'. The group's third album spawned their second US No.1 single, 'Hello, I Love You'.
1973: Former Temptations singer Paul Williams was found dead in his car, after shooting himself. He owed $80000 in taxes and his celebrity boutique business had failed.
1979: The New York Post reported that Keith Richards' wife, Anita Pallenberg was linked to a witches coven in South Salem, New York where Keith owned a house. A policeman claimed he was attacked by a flock of black-hooded, caped people and a local youth claimed he had been invited by Pallenburg to take part in ‘pot smoking sex orgies’. Locals also claimed they found ‘ritualistic stakes’ and small animals that had been ‘sacrificed’ near the house.
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1987: Session drummer Gary Chester died of cancer. He had been a member of The Coasters and played on many major hits for other acts including: 'Brown Eyed Girl' 'Under The Boardwalk' 'Walk On By', 'It's My Party.'
1991: Nirvana shot the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' music video at GMT Studios in Culver City, California. It costed less than $50,000 to make, and the shoot featured real Nirvana fans as the audience. It won Nirvana the Best New Artist and Best Alternative Group awards at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2000 the Guinness World Records named 'Teen Spirit' the Most Played Video on MTV Europe.
1995: Dave Gahan, singer of Depeche Mode was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre after an apparent suicide attempt. Police had found Gahan at his Los Angeles home with a two-inch laceration on his wrist.
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