On This Day in Music History 24 August

Here are the major music events, births, deaths and album releases on this day in music for 24 August:

Key Events
1787 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Violin and Piano Sonata in A major, K. 526, one of his most enduring chamber works.
1914 – The musical The Girl from Utah premiered at New York’s Knickerbocker Theatre.
1964 – The Beatles released the U.S. single “Matchbox / Slow Down.”
1975 – Queen began recording their operatic masterpiece “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales.
1979 – The film Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, starring the Ramones, premiered in New York City.
1979 – Prince released his first U.S. hit single “I Wanna Be Your Lover.”
1979 – B.B. King celebrated his 30th year in show business with a special event at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles.
1992 – The Wallflowers released their self-titled debut album.
1993 – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration album, honoring Bob Dylan’s career, was released.
2004 – Donovan released Beat Café, his first new album in eight years.
2005 – Missing by Everything But The Girl set a Billboard Hot 100 record with its 55th and final week on the chart.

Births
1905 – Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Delta blues singer-songwriter, later covered by Elvis Presley.
1915 – Wynonie Harris, R&B singer and early rock-and-roll pioneer.
1943 – John Cipollina, guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service.
1945 – Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep, and Molly Duncan of Average White Band.
1948 – Jean-Michel Jarre, electronic music composer and producer.
1951 – Danny Joe Brown, lead singer of Molly Hatchet.
1954 – Steve Holley, drummer for Wings.
1961 – Mark Bedford, bassist for Madness.
1963 – John Bush, vocalist for Armored Saint and Anthrax.
1968 – Andreas Kisser, guitarist for Sepultura.
1981 – Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer in Fahrenheit.
1997 – Alan Walker, DJ and producer.

Deaths
2005 – Hal Kalin of the Kalin Twins died in a car accident at age 71.
2006 – John Weinzweig, Canadian composer, passed away at age 93.
2021 – Charlie Watts, legendary drummer of The Rolling Stones, died at age 80.

Single Releases
1964 – The Beatles, Matchbox / Slow Down.
1979 – Prince, I Wanna Be Your Lover.

Album Releases
1992 – The Wallflowers, The Wallflowers.
1993 – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Bob Dylan tribute).
2004 – Donovan, Beat Café.

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