This Day in Music History: August 2
August 2, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: August 2.
1962: Robert Allen Zimmerman legally became Bob Dylan having signed a music publishing deal with Witmark Music on 12th July of this year, engineered by Albert Grossman.
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1977: Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) was fined £125 by a London court after he had been found carrying a knife at the 100 Club Punk Festival last September.
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1980: The Clash released their single 'Bank Robber' after it been available as an import only. CBS, which was the band's record company didn't want to release the record, claiming it was not commercial enough.
1986: Peter Cetera started a two-week run at No.1 on the US charts with the theme from the film 'Karate Kid II', 'The Glory Of Love'. In the UK it went to No. 3.
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1991: Rick James and Tanya Hijazi (his girlfriend) were arrested in Hollywood. They were charged with assault with a deadly weapon aggravated mayhem torture, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation. James was released on $1 million bail.
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