Every day on Radio Nova, just before 11am, we play a couple of songs key to “today in music history” Have a listen! But for now – here’s some light reading and watching. August 18th in Music History looks like this.
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1962, Ringo makes his Beatles drumming live show debut! This was the first appearance of the Fab Four as the world would come to know them: John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
1969, Mick Jagger was accidentally shot in the hand during filming of Ned Kelly in Australia. The film was a nightmare to produce. Jagger's girlfriend of the time, Marianne Faithfull, had gone to Australia to Ned's sister, Maggie, but the Jagger-Faithfull relationship was breaking up, and she took an overdose of sleeping tablets soon after arrival in Sydney resulting in being hospitalised in a coma, and pulling out of the film.
1977, The Police made their live debut as a three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England.
1986, Bon Jovi gave album number 3.. and it was a HUGE one. Slippery When Wet.
1992, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love become parents to Francis Bean Cobain.
2012, Scott McKenzie died. Best known for his love in hit...
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