August 21

Events

 * 1958 - KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
 * 1965 - Waylon Jennings hits US country chart for first time with 'That's the Chance I'll Have to Take'
 * 1965 - Joe Simon makes US chart debut with 'Let's do it Over'
 * 1965 - Lovin' Spoonful debut on US chart with 'Do You Believe in Magic'
 * 1965 - Barry Mcguire hits US chart with his only top 40 single, 'Eve of Destruction', on his way to No. 1
 * 1967 - Columbia Records re-sign Bob Dylan, despite opposition from MGM, for whom he appeared to have *already signed. MGM never countersigned the contract and subsequently went out of business
 * 1970 - Supertramp release first LP
 * 1971 - The Who hit US chart with 'Who's Next' LP
 * 1973 - Doobie Brothers 'Toulouse Street' and 'Brothers and Sisters' by Allman Brothers win gold discs
 * 1976 - Rolling Stones headline at Knebworth with 10CC
 * 1968 - Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
 * 1968 - After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
 * 1993 - NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

Births

 * 1904 - Count Basie (bandleader)
 * 1915 - Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998
 * 1928 - Art Farmer, American trumpet player (d. 1999)
 * 1933 - Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano
 * 1934 - Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist
 * 1938 - Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
 * 1939 - James Burton, American guitarist
 * 1944 - Jackie DeShannon, American singer
 * 1945 - Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (d. 2006)
 * 1950 - Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer
 * 1952 - Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)
 * 1957 - Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
 * 1958 - Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge)
 * 1961 - David Morales, American disc jockey
 * 1967 - Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down)
 * 1971 - Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)
 * 1971 - Matthew Noonan, American Concert Organist
 * 1979 - Kelis Rogers-Jones, American singer
 * 1984 - Alizée Jacotey, French singer
 * 1988 - Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5)
 * 1989 - Hayden Panettiere, American actress, model and singer
 * 1996 - Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress