August 28

Events

 * 1922 WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio commercial (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)


 * 1954 - Elvis Presley enters US territorial bestsellers chart (Memphis Area returns) at No. 3, with 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' (B-side of 'That's Alright'), his first-ever chart entry
 * 1961 - Marvelettes release 'Please Mr. Postman' in US, the first Motown chart-topper
 * 1963 - Mahalia Jackson, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez play as Martin Luther King delivers his 'I Have a Dream' speech in Washington
 * 1965 - Rolling Stones sign with Alan Klein
 * 1965 - Bob Dylan booed offstage at Forest Hill Stadium, New York, for playing electric guitar
 * 1965 - Joe Tex enters R&B chart, subsequently reaching No. 1 with 'I Want To (Do Everything for You)'
 * 1971 - Cat Stevens hits UK chart with 'Moon Shadow'
 * 1976 - Alan Parsons' 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' hits UK LP chart
 * 1978 - Tom Verlane's band, Television, split up
 * 1985 - INXS (formed in Sydney in 1977 as Farriss Brothers) begin their first world tour, in Australia

Births

 * 1863 - Andre-Eugene Blondel. André-Eugène Blondel was a French physicist who invented (1893) the electromagnetic oscillograph, a device that allowed electrical researchers to observe the intensity of alternating currents. Blondel was a pioneer in the high voltage long distance transport of electric power, and also contributed to developments in wireless telegraphy, acoustics, and mechanics. (d.15 Nov 1938.)


 * 1867 - Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)
 * 1894 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981)
 * 1925 - Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist
 * 1929 - Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
 * 1939 - Clem Cattini (Pirates/Tornados)
 * 1940 - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind)
 * 1941 - Paul Plishka, American bass
 * 1942 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995)
 * 1945 - Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality
 * 1948 - Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago)
 * 1949 - Hugh Cornwell, British musician (The Stranglers)
 * 1951 - Wayne Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
 * 1961 - Kim Appleby (Mel and Kim)
 * 1962 - David Fincher, American music video and film director
 * 1965 - Shania Twain, Canadian singer
 * 1970 - Rick Recht, Jewish singer
 * 1973 - DJ Assault, American musician
 * 1974 - Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer
 * 1979 - Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer
 * 1982 - LeAnn Rimes, American singer
 * 1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer

Deaths

 * 1959 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890)
 * 2007 – Hilly Kristal, American musician (b. 1932)
 * 2009 – Adam Goldstein, American DJ also known as DJ AM (b. 1973)