This Day in Music History: August 8

August 8, 2016

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: August 8.

 

1966: In response to John Lennon's remark about The Beatles being bigger than Jesus, The South African Broadcasting Corporation banned all Beatles records. Also, The Beatles album 'Revolver' was released in the US, the bands' seventh album, featuring hits like: ‘Taxman’, ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘I'm Only Sleeping’, ‘Here, There and Everywhere’, ‘She Said She Said’, ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’. It spent 77 weeks on the Billboard chart peaking at No.1.

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1970: Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of her greatest influence Bessie Smith at the Mont Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia. Smith, who was a blues singer died in 1937 after being refused admission to a whites only hospital.

 

1987: U2 scored their second US No.1 single from their Joshua Tree album with 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'. The song also received two nominations for the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988: Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

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1991, On A Friday, which later became known as Radiohead, appeared at The Jericho Tavern, Oxford, England. The band had met while attending Abingdon School, a boys-only public school. "On a Friday", referred to the band's usual rehearsal day in the school's music room.

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1992: A riot broke out during a Guns N' Roses and Metallica concert at Montreal stadium when Metallica's show was cut short after singer James Hetfield was injured by pyrotechnics. Guns N' Roses took the stage but frontman Axl Rose claimed that his throat hurt, causing the band to leave the stage early. This cancellation led to a riot by the audience who overturned cars, smashed windows, looted local stores and set fires.

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