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Events in Music History in August 1973

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Aug 6 Stevie Wonder involved (as a passenger) in car crash in North Carolina, goes into a 4 day coma

Singer-Songwriter Stevie Wonder

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Aug 9 Northern Irish guitarist Henry McCullough quits rock band Wings, founded by Paul McCartney

Musician and Beatle Paul McCartney

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Aug 18 Drummer Gene Krupa plays for the final time, appearing with the Benny Goodman Quartet in Saratoga Springs, New York

Jazz Musician, Clarinetist and Bandleader Benny Goodman
  • Aug 19 Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years
  • Aug 25 Butch Trucks, drummer of the Allman Brothers, breaks a leg in a car crash
  • Aug 28 "Smoke on the Water" single by British rock band Deep Purple goes gold
  • Aug 28 Bobby "Boris" Pickett's song "Monster Mash" goes gold

Let's Get It On

Aug 28 Tamla/Motown Records releases "Let's Get It On", the 13th studio album by Marvin Gaye

Singer Marvin Gaye


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