August 17

Events

 * 1982 - First audio CDs are manufactured (a recording of Richard Strauss' Alpine Symphony)

Births

 * 1562 - Hans Leo Hassler (baptized), German composer (d. 1612)
 * 1904 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
 * 1919 - Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
 * 1933 - Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
 * 1936 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
 * 1939 - Luther Allison, American musician
 * 1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
 * 1944 - Sib Hashian (Boston)
 * 1947 - Gary Talley (Box Tops)
 * 1948 - Rod MacDonald, American musician
 * 1953 - Kevin Rowland, English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners)
 * 1954 - Eric Johnson, American guitarist
 * 1955 - Colin Moulding (XTC)
 * 1958 - Belinda Carlisle (Heaven Is a Place on Earth)
 * 1960 - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
 * 1962 - Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
 * 1964 - Colin James, Canadian musician
 * 1965 - Steve Gorman (Black Crowes)
 * 1966 - Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer
 * 1969 - Kelvin Mercer (De La Soul)
 * 1969 - Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids On The Block)