August 10

Events

 * 1910 - James McCurdy sends first aircraft-to-ground wireless message
 * 1979 - Madness release 'The Prince' on 2-Tone (recorded for £200 at London's Pathway Studio)

Births

 * 1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)
 * 1860 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)
 * 1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
 * 1874 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)
 * 1928 - Jimmy Dean, American singer
 * 1928 - Eddie Fisher, American singer
 * 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
 * 1943 - Ronnie Spector, American singer (Ronettes)
 * 1943 - Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. 2005)
 * 1943 - Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer
 * 1947 - Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull)
 * 1948 - Patti Austin, American singer
 * 1956 - Charlie Peacock, American record producer, singer-songwriter
 * 1959 - Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin)
 * 1961 - John Farriss (INXS)
 * 1964 - Neneh Cherry
 * 1967 - Todd Nichols (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
 * 1968 - Michael Bivins (New Edition/Bell Biv Devoe)
 * 1970 - Jeff Mangum, American musician
 * 1971 - Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician
 * 1972 - Christofer Johnsson, Swedish musician
 * 1977 - Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling)